RobiNZ CAD Blog

Faultless typing in live demonstrations?

If you’ve watched a demonstration you’ve probably seen this! If you’ve presented you’ve done probably this! There is an alternative ! Demo shows Notepad with the ActiveWords Bar visible, i... Read more →

Learning about Windows & more... - Microsoft 2007 Technical Briefing Session

I spent the day at the Auckland Microsoft 2007 Technical Briefing Session . Although aimed at Enterprise IT Managers and Developers I found most the sessions useful. I don’t mange our network but work... Read more →

A new BlogJet and a Coding Robot?

Apart from when I’m travelling, computer-less, every post seen on this blog since January 2005 has been composed with BlogJet - an off-line composition tool. BlogJet 2 has just been released but I’ve... Read more →

Freebie laptops, loot and CAD Blogger ethics...

There have been a flood of stories about blogger ethics thanks to Microsoft/AMD PR sending some Bloggers Acer “Ferrari” Laptops loaded up with Vista and Office 2007. It’s clever marketing, perhaps, bu... Read more →

Snagged by SnagIt

Since Camtasia played a role in getting me there it was really great to meet TechSmith Chief Evangelist Betsy Weber at AU. After coming up with the wacky theme for my submission I created the plane... Read more →

A Paper Aircraft, MyFeedback, and how I got to Autodesk University 2006?

About 30 years ago a Primary (Elementary) School Teacher encouraged a 10 year old boy, named Robin, to do a special science project based on flight. I can’t remember the detail but do remember buildin... Read more →

Gyronix GyroQ for MindManager

Gyronix GyroQ ™ is a productivity application for Mindjet MindManager . It allows you to collect and store notes then transfer them to a MindManager Map when it suits you. Gyronix GyroQ ™ is available... Read more →

Autodesk SOM Korea Trip Index

All posts relating to the Autodesk Skidmore, Owings & Merrill BIM Presentation are indexed in the Travel Seoul 2006 Category. Disclosure: Travel & Accommodation provided by Autodesk Building Solutions Division, Asia Pacific. Read more →

Autodesk + Skidmore, Owings & Merrill BIM Presentation

Today I’m heading to Seoul, South Korea, to hear how Skidmore, Owings & Merrill are applying BIM techniques to projects like The Freedom Tower and other significant buildings around the globe. It will be an interesting trip. If any readers are attending it would be great to meet up, contact me via the Blog Email Me link or COEX Intercontinental. Agenda Transforming Building Process: Ideas Realised Phil Bernstein, Vice President, Industry Strategy & Relations, Autodesk Inc. Realising the Freedom Tower: Pioneering Process Change If a picture is worth a thousand words, then a visualisation is worth a million Darren Rizza,... Read more →

Artistic CAD? - Meet Vespa

At Autodesk University there was a lot of talk about “Vespa” but it didn’t refer to cute little Italian scooters (right). What is Vespa? An “application concept” being previewed at AU. This is not a product, or even a beta, and the presentation was subject to a disclaimer* that you may never see any of it in a release product…. So what does Vespa do? The idea is to take precise, too precise, 2d output from CAD applications as an AutoCAD Drawing (.dwg) or Design Web Format (.dwf) export and transform it into an artistic sketch/illustration. I can do that... Read more →