RobiNZ CAD Blog

The magnificent 7! - Life with MindManager 7

It’s taken me a while to blog about MindManager Pro 7 . Previously if I’ve burst into print, well blog, soon after a product release it’s because I’d been living with beta/preview versions for several... Read more →

Advice for a future Engineer, everyone really...

In a LinkedIn Question Joel Orr asked “ What should college students know about careers in engineering?” . I considered answering but carried on browsing my feeds while I thought about it. I’m glad I... Read more →

The Flying Spaghetti Monster meets Freewheel

Robert Grandmaison made rather stunning model of the Flying Spaghetti Monster in AutoCAD and shared as a DWF . With his permission I’m hosting it and if you have a free DWF Viewer you can click to dow... Read more →

3D, isn't always as it seems...

Sadly magician, illusionist, thinker Jerry Andrus died recently . He was a master of illusions which use perspective to fool the mind. About 1 minute into this one look for a city model that defies gr... Read more →

Autodesk Patch Wednesday?

Microsoft have their “ Patch Tuesday ” but this Wednesday seems it was Autodesk’s turn. Guess who was about to build a new master CAD deployment but got distracted and ran out of time. Then he arri... Read more →

Stephen Fry on the phone?

Stephen Fry, yes that Stephen Fry , has just started a personal blog. So why isn’t this post on my personal blog ? Because he’s a gadget freak and his first post is a long, eloquent, discourse on the... Read more →

Rich's Footomobile - Salesoft CAD People with wheels

A recent visit to my CAD dealer and reading the brilliant XKCD Blog resulted in a rather remarkable coincidence. Rich Sales (yes, that’s really his name) was showing me his new company vehicle, a S... Read more →

Julian Bencito - Future Architect?

Click through for the full story of a remarkable school project. It’s a Building Model of a city. Too long ago to think about an inspiring teacher let me make hundreds of paper planes. Years later,... Read more →

Autodesk University 2007 Podcast Series

Stumbled on this podcast tonight while on the Autodesk University site. Looks like it will be the first of many in the wind up to AU2007. I’ve booked the conference but trying to decide between a shor... Read more →

The future, a look at 1999 from 1967

I’d finished my email, just done some Internet banking, checked out a few things on Amazon and decided to get back to reading that book on Google. It’s been on my “ must read heap ” for far too long b... Read more →