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...
CAD and BIM General
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...
CAD and BIM General
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
CAD and BIM General
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...
CAD and BIM General
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...
Autodesk Labs
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
AGC BIM Forum Meeting, Pinehurst, North Carolina
If you are interested in developing BIM and BIM Standards in the AEC industry this event may be of interest. The Associated General Contractors (AGC) of America BIM Forum is hosting Building Inform...