RobiNZ CAD Blog

A new look for RobiNZ CAD Blog, a very natural glow!

A few weeks ago I mentioned I was considering a redesign for the blog. At the time I made a few tweaks as realised a new ‘look’ would take more time than I had to spare. A few months ago I was one of many who helped crowd fund a “Evolution in Action” science project. The aim is serious, studying bacterial genetic evolution to help combat disease, but one of the fun rewards provided a new blog logo and inspired the theme. Siouxsie Wiles is a microbiologist, bioluminescence enthusiast (with very pink hair!) and “Infectious Thoughts” science blogger who heads... Read more →

AutoCAD 2013/AutoCAD LT 2013 SP1 helps combat malware

UPDATE 2012-09-12: The update has been reposted as Service Pack 1.1 UPDATE 2012-08-24: Posted on the download page today: “Service Pack 1 for AutoCAD 2013 has been temporarily removed due to a newly discovered fatal error. The AutoCAD team is actively working on resolving this and a new service pack will be posted here [the download page] as soon as it is available” The AutoCAD, and AutoCAD LT, 2013 Service Pack 1 is out. Without A Net: Service Pack 1 for AutoCAD and AutoCAD LT 2013 Autodesk has released Service Pack 1 for AutoCAD 2013 and AutoCAD LT 2013. 32-bit... Read more →

Preparation before installing Autodesk software (and my 3ds Max removal tip)

I was removing an existing Autodesk Building Design Suite Premium 2012 install prior to test deploying the 2013 version. Most of the components (AutoCAD, Revit, Inventor Fusion, Showcase etc.) uninstalled fine but I struck a problem with 3DS Max Design 2012. It failed as was unable to access a set of user profile related folders on the particular machine. They were standard folders with resources etc. found (in Win 7 at least): C:\Users\\AppData\Local\Autodesk\3dsMax\ For some reason the (un)installer could not access these folders from the admin logon (as used for the install) and failed. The user logon had been removed... Read more →

EPIC August Meeting Announcement ~ AutoCAD & Revit

This months meeting looks at collaboration between AutoCAD and Revit. EPIC Meeting #5, AutoCAD <> Revit, with Kerry Thompson - Effective Prototyping, Interoperability & Communication Grp. (Auckland) - Meetup This month we have Kerry Thompson of KTA and Triptech presenting from him vast knowledge of converting information between products for download from product sites. The main focus is Revit to AutoCAD and back, though questions can be posed for ArchiCAD and Bentley Wednesday, August 8, 2012 5:30 PM to 7:30 PM Mainzeal House, Auckland. Details and RSVP via Meetup Read more →

AutoCAD Architecture 2013 has a RGB colour display problem?

Last year I found some of our AutoCAD Architecture Spaces displayed strangely when imported, as exploded AutoCAD hatch, into Revit 2012. Many looked fine but a few hatches (exploded spaces) displayed solid black instead of the colour assigned. It didn’t matter as the AutoCAD Architecture Spaces were only used as a reference. RGB = Black? Now I have found the same display glitch appearing inside AutoCAD Architecture 2013 itself. Spaces look fine in Modelspace, Print perfectly but display incorrectly in a layout viewport. You can click the image below to enlarge: Window 1: Shows the spaces displaying correctly in Modelspace... Read more →