RobiNZ CAD Blog http://rcd.typepad.com/rcd/ CAD, Design, IT and related stuff! en-NZ 2008-09-04T20:49:53+12:00 This is an XML content feed. It is intended to be viewed in a newsreader or syndicated to another site. Playing with the new browsers - IE8 & Chrome http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/RobinzBlog/~3/383095551/playing-with-the-new-browsers---ie8-chrome.html I thought I better check out all the recent activity in the browser world. There's nothing better to test them with than your own site so here are mine in Microsoft IE8 beta and Google Chrome. I'll re... I thought I better check out all the recent activity in the browser world. There's nothing better to test them with than your own site so here are mine in Microsoft IE8 beta and Google Chrome. I'll refrain from commenting on the performance of the respective browsers but can report they both work, surprisingly well, on a Pentium 3 600 running XP Sp3 with just 384mb ram! *

Browser_Test_IE8_Chrome_P3

The image itself was created on my test box, saved to a Microsoft Live Mesh folder and composed on another mesh connected machine.

* It was once a high spec cad machine, now it's just a browser tester...

]]> Cool Software Web/Tech Weblogs Windows RobiNZ 2008-09-04T20:49:53+12:00 http://rcd.typepad.com/rcd/2008/09/playing-with-the-new-browsers---ie8-chrome.html Tech Ed (New Zealand) Live http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/RobinzBlog/~3/377939537/tech-ed-new-zealand-live.html Tech-Ed New Zealand is next week. If, like me, you're not attending some sessions will be available on line; Tech Ed Live and online Experience Tech.Ed 2008 NZ in the comfort of your own desk... Tech-Ed New Zealand is next week. If, like me, you're not attending some sessions will be available on line;

Tech Ed Live and online

Experience Tech.Ed 2008 NZ in the comfort of your own desktop. Catch all the action, watch interviews with top speakers, popular breakout sessions, behind the scenes footage, download technical PowerPoints and much more at Tech Ed Live.

If you are struggling with sessions clashing - or if you won't be at Tech Ed - we are going to record video content for six of the sessions and put them up on www.techedlive.co.nz.  The six sessions that will be recorded will be:

DAT302 – Overview of SQL Server 2008 – Jeremy Boyd
SEC305 – Virtualization and security – Steve Riley
SVR315 – Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V Architecture, Scenarios and Networking Deep Dive – Ben Armstrong
WEB304 – Web futures panel
WEB309 – Silverlight for developers – Jonas Folleso
SVR319 – Active Directory Deep Dive – Tony Murray

These sessions will start becoming available on www.techedlive.co.nz from Tuesday morning (Sept 2 NZ), so stay tuned.

Via Darryl Burling

]]> Windows RobiNZ 2008-08-29T21:34:01+12:00 http://rcd.typepad.com/rcd/2008/08/tech-ed-new-zealand-live.html AUGI at Autodesk University http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/RobinzBlog/~3/376110184/augi-at-autodesk-university.html If you want to keep in touch with AUGI at Autodesk University 2008: Join the AUGI Group on AU Connect by clicking here: If you use Twitter join: * And say Hi to Mike, who prompted this pos... If you want to keep in touch with AUGI at Autodesk University 2008:

  • Join the AUGI Group on AU Connect by clicking here: AUGIatAU Online Group  
  • If you use Twitter join:  Follow AUGIatAU on twitter

* And say Hi to Mike Perry, who prompted this post, for me

]]> Autodesk University Revit User Group NZ RobiNZ 2008-08-27T23:35:09+12:00 http://rcd.typepad.com/rcd/2008/08/augi-at-autodesk-university.html Feeds & Readers explained in a minute! http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/RobinzBlog/~3/376064371/feeds-readers-explained-in-a-minute.html A few days with my feed disabled, to trace a fault, showed how many of you already use a feed reader. The drop-off in readers was very apparent in the statistics, so thanks for subscribing and coming... RCD_nofeedA few days with my feed disabled, to trace a fault, showed how many of you already use a feed reader. The drop-off in readers was very apparent in the statistics, so thanks for subscribing and coming back!

However, feeds & readers are still a mystery to many but Common Craft's one minute guide to Google Reader explains it all. If you're reading the same web sites frequently without using a reader watch this video, get a reader, then subscribe to this feed, and this one, and this one! 

]]> Web/Tech Weblogs RobiNZ 2008-08-27T22:20:06+12:00 http://rcd.typepad.com/rcd/2008/08/feeds-readers-explained-in-a-minute.html BIM BOOM BAM Blog http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/RobinzBlog/~3/375985287/bim-boom-bam-blog.html Via Steve , I learnt of a new'ish Aussie based BIM Blog. Judging from the content there already, Michelle Louw's* take on the meaning of BIM is well worth following. Subscribed! BIM BOOM BAM - b... Via Steve, I learnt of a new'ish Aussie based BIM Blog. Judging from the content there already, Michelle Louw's* take on the meaning of BIM is well worth following. Subscribed!

BIM BOOM BAM - bimboombam.wordpress.com


Welcome to my blog page and I encourage you to use this and other forums to begin to challenge our understanding of BIM (Building Information Modelling) to move beyond 3d modelling, automated drawings and some sexy schedules or dare I mention the promise of the golden egg… “ODBC”

* I didn't attend, but remember seeing Michelle was a speaker at RTC 2008

]]> CAD and BIM General Revit Architecture RobiNZ 2008-08-27T20:15:44+12:00 http://rcd.typepad.com/rcd/2008/08/bim-boom-bam-blog.html Enrico's Venice Chronicles to be published soon http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/RobinzBlog/~3/375100709/enricos-venice-chronicles-soon-to-be-published.html A couple of years ago I mentioned Enrico's "Venice Chronicles". What started as a graphic travelogue, shared on the web, is soon to be published as a book. Enrico shared the creative process on his bl... A couple of years ago I mentioned Enrico's "Venice Chronicles". What started as a graphic travelogue, shared on the web, is soon to be published as a book. Enrico shared the creative process on his blog. It's been interesting to follow the development as sketches became finished watercolours, then formatted into a book. It's on my Wish-list* ready for my next Amazon order. 

* Due to New Zealand being international shipping from everywhere I bookmark a batch of products to order before clicking that alluring "Buy" button.

Enrico's blog

The Venice Chronicles - a travelogue in pencil, watercolor and varying shades of silliness. Enrico Casarosa is a storyboard artist living in San Francisco, working in Animation by day, publishing artbooks and comics by night. Forever stuck between the gravitational pulls of Italy (his home country) and Japan (a cultural passion).

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]]> Design and Art RobiNZ 2008-08-26T22:27:11+12:00 http://rcd.typepad.com/rcd/2008/08/enricos-venice-chronicles-soon-to-be-published.html Architosh chats with Nemetschek http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/RobinzBlog/~3/373340408/architosh-chats-with-nemetschek.html This is not a new article, posted Feb 2008, but is still worth reading. I don't use ArchiCAD, VectorWorks or Mac but the nature of BIM, the challenges for Software Vendors/Users and the varied technic... This is not a new article, posted Feb 2008, but is still worth reading. I don't use ArchiCAD, VectorWorks or Mac but the nature of BIM, the challenges for Software Vendors/Users and the varied technical approaches are similar whatever your platform. It's always interesting to hear another point of view.

Architosh: Features > Chatside with Sean Flaherty, CEO of Nemetschek North America


Back in the fall of last year I got on the phone with Sean Flaherty, CEO, of Nemetschek North America, to discuss his company's recent new release, VectorWorks 2008. What was expected to be 30 minutes turned into more than an hour of intense discussion about not just the newest version of the venerable VectorWorks CAD/BIM software, but a broad discussion about the nature of BIM itself, the opportunities for integration at the software level (both horizontal and vertical), and his parent company's (Nemetschek of Germany) decision to acquire rival Graphisoft, makers of ArchiCAD...

]]> ArchiCAD CAD and BIM General RobiNZ 2008-08-24T22:09:13+12:00 http://rcd.typepad.com/rcd/2008/08/architosh-chats-with-nemetschek.html ActiveWords update v1.95 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/RobinzBlog/~3/372467613/activewords-update-v195.html ActiveWords have released an update (Version 1.95) which adds Windows Language features. It also adopts the standard Windows protocol for user settings (. ..Documents and Settings\LOGON\Application Da... ActiveWords have released an update (Version 1.95) which adds Windows Language features. It also adopts the standard Windows protocol for user settings (...Documents and Settings\LOGON\Application Data\ActiveWords) which means they are captured if you backup/move your profile.

The install was painless and manages the migration of your existing wordbase to the new folder. I've found a few other refinements, like date incremented naming for manual wordbase backups, and had no problems since upgrading a couple of weeks ago.

What's new in ActiveWords Version 1.95?

  • You can now create text substitutions in any Windows Language and have ActiveWords that are in any Windows Language.
  • The ActiveWords Monitor is now designed to handle all Windows Language Settings, accurately passing through all characters to the underlying context regardless of the active character set.

This is a free update for all licensed ActiveWords users. A free 60 day trial is available for previous and new trial users.

Get it from www.activewords.com

]]> ActiveWords RobiNZ 2008-08-23T17:12:56+12:00 http://rcd.typepad.com/rcd/2008/08/activewords-update-v195.html 5 years Between the Lines http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/RobinzBlog/~3/369928067/5-years-between-the-lines.html As I post this it's August 21'st (in New Zealand anyway) which is Shaan Hurley's fifth blog'day. Between the Lines: Madonna is now 50, but this blog is turning 5!!! It's no small task to main... As I post this it's August 21'st (in New Zealand anyway) which is Shaan Hurley's fifth blog'day. 

Between the Lines: Madonna is now 50, but this blog is turning 5!!!

It's no small task to maintain a blog for that length of time, especially a good one like Between The Lines. Mind you it's no surprise considering he never stops blogging. In New Zealand you see lots of tourists and typically they'll have a camera, maybe a camcorder. Even today, it’s unlikely they'll be live blogging from a Blackberry like Shaan was when he visited a couple of years ago.

I read Between the Lines before I really knew what a blog was and it prompted me to think about doing something of my own. Happy blog'day to the guy who motivated me to start this one!

Shaan posting to Between The Lines from Huka Falls, New Zealand

]]> Weblogs RobiNZ 2008-08-21T00:12:46+12:00 http://rcd.typepad.com/rcd/2008/08/5-years-between-the-lines.html A cool SnagIt tip! http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/RobinzBlog/~3/369811268/a-cool-snagit-tip.html From Richard... Beside the Cursor...: Align Annotation in SnagItTired of inserting a line or stamp or an arrow head in your SnagIt screen capture only to have to go back and move the endpoints?  From Richard... 

Beside the Cursor...: Align Annotation in SnagIt
Tired of inserting a line or stamp or an arrow head in your SnagIt screen capture only to have to go back and move the endpoints?

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