HOK Blog!
HOK have a couple of new(ish) blogs looking at buildingSMART (Building Information Model) and Green design. It’s great to see companies sharing their experience knowledge! HOK CAD Solutions - We...
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Autodesk buy Kiwi made!
Must admit I’d never heard of Skymatter or Mudbox , their “3D brush-based modeling software”, until I read this: Autodesk to buy New Zealand software company: Financial News - Yahoo! Finance Aut...
A Tablet PC for CAD/BIM?
As it’s an evolution from “the drawing board” combining CAD/BIM software and Tablet PC seems natural. I wonder why it hasn’t been done by the major market players? In the early days hardware was a rea...
Real world tales of Revit BIM’plementation
These articles share tips from the front line where BIM theory meets production reality: BIM Do's and Don'ts – Cadalyst Beau Turner* Joe Eichenseer (Avatech Solutions) offer some real-world insi...
xkcd on LISP
;-) Lisp Cycles - xkcd - A webcomic of romance, sarcasm, math, and language Lisp Cycles - xkcd - A webcomic of romance, sarcasm, math, and language Warning: this comic occasionally contains strong language (which may be unsuitable for children), unusual humor (which may be unsuitable for adults), and advanced
CATIA, the power of a napkin...
Kevin Roberts on Lovemarks, CATIA V5R14 CAD and the power of a napkin sketch… KR Connect: Learning from a napkin Anyone familiar with the birth of Lovemarks knows that my core idea about the futu...
A showcase of Kiwi motorsport design - The Bruce McLaren Trust “Technical Evening”
The cars on display at the Bruce McLaren Trust “Technical Evening” spanned decades, and generations, of Kiwi Motorsport design. This is a CAD blog and while it’s unlikely CAD/CAM was used for the 1968...
Are Architects Using BIM?
While there is much vendor talk about BIM it’s good to hear from the coalface; are users implementing BIM in their projects? Ed Goldberg shares his thoughts after talking with a variety of users, usin...
An introduction to the Green Building Revolution...
KQED QUEST provide a nice short, 11 minute, introduction to the Green Building revolution They cite the new California Academy of Sciences , Golden Gate Park, as new building example and Adobe Systems...
Ponoko, Ideas made real!
I first heard of Ponoko when their “Blog Editor” Stephen Kempton commented on one of my posts. We exchanged a few emails about Ponoko which makes design concepts real providing a new model for manufac...
Autodesk NavisWorks?!
I first read the announcement on Tenlinks and was surprised to see Autodesk are acquiring NavisWorks. I’ve seen a few NavisWorks demos, but had no hands on experience, and saw enough to know it’s a go...
Is this the ultimate CAD interface?
Combine this with Tablet PC interaction and I think you’re getting close! It’s Alive in the Lab: Touch Wall: Manipulating CAD data with just your hands