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Autodesk University 2009 Preparation 1.03 – 45 Long Distance Travel Tips

Dragos has 44 great tips for long distance travel but I’d add one more to reduce the need; 45. Don’t live in New Zealand, just about everywhere is a long haul trip from here! Dragos’s first tip is. 1. Make A Standard Packing List and refine it every trip: I do have a minimal packing routine and I always start by getting it done first. After my minimum is done, I try to figure out what exactly I need in rapport to that specific destination: is it going to be clothing? Or maybe some specific medicines I should carry on?... Read more →

Notice of Revit User Group Manawatu November (& inaugural) Meeting

If you are a Revit user in the Manawatu region there is now a user group for you! Revit User Group Manawatu November Meeting Next Meeting presented by: Scott Sellars & Chris Croton 5.30pm, Wednesday 4th November 2009 @ The Brewers Apprentice, cnr Church & Linton St, Palmerston North Please join us for the inaugural launch of rug;MANA, our new Revit User Group Manawatu. Rug;MANA has been established as our own local Revit User Group here in the Manawatu as an informal networking and support forum for all users of Autodesk Revit Architecture, Structure and MEP software. This first meeting... Read more →

Paul Romer on Cities 2.0 and economic growth in a finite world

It is amusing that Peter Day’s podcast introduction mentions a chance encounter. It’s only a result of chance that I heard the interview and thanks to an unlikely encounter that I knew the interviewee. I turned on the radio this afternoon and heard the last minute of “Peter Day’s World of Business” on Radio New Zealand National. I thought I recognised a voice and heard a familiar name in the credits. Thanks to the web I found the source BBC podcast, heard the whole thing, and also a related TED Talk*. The reason I knew the interviewee was thanks to... Read more →

RUGANZ News, by any other name?

Some Australasian Revit User Group News from RUGSYD and RUGAKL: RUGANZ Umbrella Group Name: You may know that we have been looking to form an Umbrella User Group with the Australia and NZ user groups - However we are stuck on a name! Please help us out by going to the RUGSYD Forum and voting on an online poll (read Wesley Benn's Post for some further insight) Follow this link to the Poll - http://www.rugsyd.com.au/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=797 RTC Call for Papers: If you are interested in being a presenter at Revit Technology Conference 2010, to be in Sydney next year, the RTC... Read more →

Revit on Mâori TV

Auckland Architect Roger Morrison and Gary Page (Salesoft ATC) showed Revit on Mâori Television 411 last Monday. It featured Roger’s impressive use of Revit for residential design. The clip is available on-line but I couldn’t find a way to embed it so click through to their site. Mâori Television 411 – Revit with Gary Page & Roger Morrison (The Revit segment starts at about 0:18:00) Read more →

Favorite a favourite post, if you like!

I’ve added the new TypePad Favorite to my blogs. To “Favorite” a post, you will need to sign in using TypePad, Facebook, Twitter, or OpenID and click the button in the post footer. Of course it should be “Favourite” but there isn’t a button for that yet. The advantage for you is Favorited posts can be found again, on your TypePad Dashboard, I get to know what you like, and others in the TypePad community get to know about the post. Of course, as for commenting, sign-in is totally optional. For more detail on adding, and using the feature see:... Read more →

Revit Subscription Advantage Packs coming soon

UPDATE 2009-10-22: The Advantage Packs are available now via your Autodesk Subscription login I just finished a web meeting previewing some upcoming Revit Advantage Packs for Revit Architecture, MEP and Structure Subscription Customers. There are a bunch of refinements and some significant new features; Refinements: Keyboard Shortcut Management UI – Edit, export, import View Cube Functions Enhanced Conditional Format In Schedules (from MEP) DWG Import/Export Refinement Text Formatting Shortcuts - CTRL+B, CTRL+I, CTRL+U Text Find & Replace Model/Detail Lines Convert API Improvements Some of the new functionality highlights include; Architecture Timber Framing module: Model Standards Review: Validate and repair Revit... Read more →

A surprising omission from the Revit Dictionary?

An out of the box Revit MEP 2010 install on a new machine and look what is missing? Read more →

Notice of Revit User Group Wellington October Meeting

Details of the next Revit User Group - Wellington (RUGWELL) meeting: Productspec HQ, 14 Holland St, Te Aro, Wellington 5.30 Drinks chit-chat 6.00 Welcome presentation start Presentations:... Read more →

Notice of Revit User Group Auckland October Meeting

Details of the next Revit User Group - Auckland (RUGAKL) meeting: Wednesday 21 October Jasmax Offices 2 Marston Street Parnell Join us from 5.30 for Drinks and networking ($5 donation for cateri... Read more →