RobiNZ CAD Blog

Ed Bott on XP versus Vista, is it a 2000/XP replay?

I haven’t got a great deal of experience with Vista, one machine with Vista Business, but so far it’s been ok. I like the looks but find it’s constant “ Do you want to do this..” nagging a little tedi... Read more →

Jimmy saves my desktop layout

Jimmy Bergmark posted a useful tip for anyone who, like me, spends time arrangng desktop icons just so – only to have a resolution change or similar mix them up again. Now it’s just right-click Restor... Read more →

Microsoft offer 5GB of "Cloud" - Windows Live SkyDrive

Microsoft have released SkyDrive, their “cloud” storage solution, from beta and now offer 5GB storage in 38 countries, including New Zealand. That’s a ray of sunshine on a gloomy Auckland day. W... Read more →

The demise of Viz, comes at a price...

At the recent World Press Day Autodesk announced the demise of Autodesk Viz and their intention to “encourage” Viz customers to move to Autodesk 3ds Max Design 2009. It’s a subset of 3ds Max 2009 opti... Read more →

Hide the InfoCenter, if you prefer - AutoCAD 2009

InfoCenter was introduced with AutoCAD 2008. I liked how it combined the old communication centre, help, search and integrated RSS feeds. However, some found the title bar search entry box consumed to... Read more →

DWG TrueView 2009 measures up

I’ve flogged this capture from “Beyond the Paper” to illustrate an important new feature in Autodesk’s free .dwg drawing viewer. It could always view, print and publish (to DWF) but Autodesk DWG Tr... Read more →

Fiat 500 Abarth - Re-inventing a design classic

Fiat does small cars best. Abarth has returned to it’s roots, making Fiats fast. The Fiat 500 Abarth is nearly here. It’s small, it’s Fiat, it’s Abarth and it will be a classic*. Fiat 500 Aba... Read more →

A couple of new AutoCAD blogs

From Perth, Australia, AutoCAD Guru Steve Johnson has started an AutoCAD blog… Welcome to blog nauseam - www.blog.cadnauseam.com This is the blog of cad nausea owner Steve Johnson. Expect to fi... Read more →

AutoCAD 2009's Quick View Layout & Drawing feature

I was going to blog about AutoCAD 2009’s new Quick View Layout Drawing feature but now there is little point. Just click through to Donnie’s brilliant post and video to see these features in action:... Read more →

QuadriSpace gets ribboned

Yesterday a press release arrived in my inbox from QuadriSpace. I’m not familiar with their product but the tagline on their site “3D Publishing Software – It’s 3D, it’s a document” explains it all. T... Read more →