New Zealand
Several years ago I blogged about finding Cadman Rd in Auckland & wondered if there were any place names with BIM (Building Information Model). Google maps showed just one in New Zealand: Bims Rd in a fairly isolated part of the South Island near Nelson Lakes. By chance I had
Shopping for a laptop (not for me!) recently it was good to see 64 bit OS installed on all but entry level products. Given that level of acceptance in the consumer space I find it surprising to find some dedicated CAD workstations are still running the 32 bit flavour of
New Zealand
In late March I’m off to tour Northland — the north of NZ’s North Island — with a bunch of similarly crazy cyclists. Ten days of cycling a mainly coastal circuit around the beautiful Northland scenery. I just hope some summer weather we haven’t had yet arrives really late!
Weblogs
Seeing Shaan’s post & photo montage celebrating his Autodesk anniversary also brought back many memories for me. Curiously I’ve also been at TWL about 14 years, also having previously spent 3 years max in a role, so can relate to how that feels. 14 Years 98 in Dog
Cloud Computing
The “day before Day One” kicked off with a media session packed with information. I’ll post in more detail when time allows but an overview will give some impression of the material covered: * Chris Bradshaw (SVP and Chief Marketing Officer) covered Autodesk’s approach to traditional markets and the
CAD and BIM General
Autodesk Labs recently announced the Project Spark technology preview. Based on a Revit Technology Platform Spark previews a simpler leaner Revit aimed at new entrants to the world of Building Information Modelling. Some might say, in a Jeremy Clarkson voice, this is a Limited Technology Revit with features aimed at
Revit Architecture
Jimmy Bergmark has released a snazzy freeware report generator for capturing FlexNet/FLEXlm license use. Run the app, click once to search for license servers and again to get a nicely formatted HTML report of current servers, license and user allocation. You can save the server search results making future
If you are on Twitter & want to chat CAD check out the Cadalyst Twitter Chats. The series kicks off with Autodesk Evangelist Lynn Allen followed by Solidworks blogger Josh “SolidSmack” Mings. The Cadalyst page has details on how to join in the fun. Cadalyst Dell-Sponsored Twitter Chats - http:
Inventor
Recently I spent a day at SkyCity Convention Centre with a bunch of other CAD/BIM users for the AEC Systems NZ Technology Solutions Day. I couldn’t see everything as after a few shared sessions the day split into tracks covering Civil, AEC and Manufacturing. It was a little
A couple of weeks back I showed the scene below in a presentation on “bImformation modelling” for the Auckland Revit User Group. It was created with Autodesk Labs Project Photofly technology which assembles a collection of 2D digital camera images into a 3D spatial arrangement then generates a 3D point
CAD and BIM General
Nearly a decade ago I saw Scott Arvin's doctorate thesis prototype software (below) which experimented with logic control of space & adjacency to create dynamic bubble diagrams. He used a mechanical metaphor to describe relationships with “strengths” expressed as springs. You could automatically or manually rearrange spaces based
Thinking about budgets which means AutoCAD Revit Architecture Suite (at home & work), AutoCAD Revit MEP Suite etc led me to wonder… If there was an Autodesk Suite (i.e. every stand-alone product they make) What would it cost? How much would subscription be? How big would the download be?
