RobiNZ CAD Blog

A present arrives... AutoCAD Architecture 2010 is here

On my blog birthday a "present" arrived in the form of AutoCAD Architecture 2010 , Wish I didn't know the subscription renewal won't be far behind! Read more →

5th Anniversary!

It’s blog’iversary time again. I still find it hard to believe five years have flown by since that first tentative post . It is now old enough to start school in New Zealand and look how it's grown. T... Read more →

Engineering Evolution

Off topic but I had to share; Via; Life on the Wicked Stage Read more →

Seeking your input on Visual Styles in AutoCAD (and other applications)

I saw this AutoCAD Visual Styles Survey posted on David Harringnton's blog and rushed to have my say. I'm considering 64 Bit Operating Systems for the 2010 Deployments as our larger projects are pu... Read more →

Autodesk 2010 Secrets Leaked

Ok, it's only Shaan Hurley sharing the 2010 beta project codenames but there are some I hadn't seen before. Gator, Botta, Kraken, Danube and Trapelo were no surprise but I loved the tribute to Arthur... Read more →

BBC Formula 1 graphics from New Zealand

Formula 1 fans watching the BBC, including N.Z. which gets the U.K. feed via satellite, will see graphics from Dunedin Company Animation Research . I must admit I'd rather be in Melbourne to see it li... Read more →

Autodesk 2010 releases shipping, the little boxes and electrons are on the move!

The Autodesk website has had its out of season "Happy New Year make-over" for 2010. Many of the 2010 products are shipping including several* that matter to me: AutoCAD , AutoCAD Architecture , Autode... Read more →

AutoCAD Exchange, a user community

Coinciding with the AutoCAD 2010 release Autodesk have launched a new community resource, AutoCAD Exchange. It aggregates video, blogs (inc feed aggregation), discussion groups, content and tips relat... Read more →

Internet Explorer 8, a few migration pains but mostly great

I've reverted to an HTML Flickr photo display "badge" for my side-bar as it appears Internet Explorer 8 doesn't like the Flash version. It showed blank unless toggled to "compatibility mode" which is... Read more →

A Media Player tip from the dept of stupid...

It was a boring task made tolerable by listening to podcasts*. I had to open a bunch of files, check the xrefs were loaded OK (very old content), publish a DWF of selected sheets and export the file t... Read more →