Microsoft & Trimble take BIM beyond the desktop with Hololens
When a model mixes with reality the results are stunning!
CAD and BIM General
BIMThoughts, a podcast about BIM
I love podcasts and just found this one about Building Information Modelling technology and techniques. Bill Debevc, Aubrey Frederick and Carla Edwards have already posted six episodes covering software, collaboration and interviews with BIM’Stars like Jim Balding, Marcello Sgambelluri and Phil Read. You can listen on the site or
Farewell to The Warehouse, Hello Auckland International Airport
It isn’t unusual to look forward to a long weekend but Easter 2015 will be particularly memorable for me. Last Thursday was my last day working for The Warehouse Limited (TWL) after seventeen, would have been eighteen in July, years. Tomorrow, the first day of a new adventure. Leaving
Autodesk Pier 9 | The ultimate Workshop and more?
Imagine the ultimate workshop… A place to think, dream, tinker and play with ideas that could change the world. Imagine it packed with all the design and manufacturing technology you could desire. Imagine the ultimate location for your ‘shop’: harbour side in centre of a beautiful city, a short walk
Free Autodesk Software for ALL Schools, Teachers, and Students Worldwide!
I arrived back from Tibet to find some very welcome news from Shaan Hurley. Autodesk now provides students, teachers and schools WORLDWIDE with free* access to Autodesk software: 3-year licenses of 80 titles of the exact same software that our commercial customers use. Free Software for ALL Schools, Teachers, and
Autodesk University: Online and Simulated (in New Zealand!) #AU2013
I couldn’t get to Autodesk University 2013 but won’t miss out entirely thanks to technology; both virtual and real. Autodesk University Online AU Online makes some of the the formal side of AU (Keynotes, Innovation Forums and some classes) available to all from the comfort of your office,
May, a month full of Revit & BIM events!
It’s a busy time for Revit related events. Just a reminder of those coming up this month in addition to the usual RUGAKL Meetup on Wed 15th May. Revit Technology Conference on-line registration deadlines looming & AUGI offer: There is only about a week left for On-line Revit Technology
The new Autodesk.com and 2014 products revealed
Autodesk have unveiled a new look Autodesk.com and announced their 2014 product updates. The new look Autodesk, hinted at earlier this month, comes with updates to existing products, new applications, revised industry specific Design Suites and Autodesk 360 Cloud Services. Check out the announcement below and details at http:
Autodesk gets a new look
Since I’ve been a customer I can only remember a couple of changes in Autodesk branding. They recently they announced a new logo so it is goodbye to the old: Hello to the new: Autodesk, autodesk, Autodesk, AUTODESK? I like the new logo but wonder about the uppercase text.
Revit Technology Conference Australasia 2013 — See you there?
RTC is coming to Auckland, New Zealand. I’ve just registered and look forward to meeting you there. RTC Australasia 2013 – www.rtcevents.com/rtc2013au/ The ninth Australasian Revit Technology Conference will be held at the Langham Hotel Auckland on 16 – 18 May 2013.
ASUS TAICHI: The UltraBookLet for Business/CAD/BIM?
Ok, so 1.2 kg isn’t going to make it an iPad competitor but I don’t want an iPad. So far this is the closest I have seen to my “My Perfect Computer”. You’re not going to do full on design on the road but an i7,
Real BIM on a Tablet
I found this video via an Aussie Tablet PC Blog, A demo showing Tekla BIMSight running on a Motion Tablet. Motion F5t Tablet – BIM Demonstration(Building Information Modelling) | Tablet PC Blog As demonstrated in the video below, the really awesome thing about a Windows tablet (Windows 7 or Windows 8)