I place utmost emphasis on manufacturability in the design work I do, as a result of having always worked very closely with the manufacturing environment. In these areas I’ve designed machinery, equipment and products involving a huge variety of materials and manufacturing processes. I have worked in a variety of industries including Aerospace, Defense, Consumer Products, and materials handling equipment for everything from logging/mining to food. Before becoming a Technical Consultant, I spent about 10 years using Inventor and Vault as a mechanical designer. My role is a split between technical support/consulting and software development, usually in the form of customisation for Autodesk Products. I’m an Autodesk Inventor 2013 Certified Professional and focus on both Inventor and Vault. Some of these personal projects might filter through to my blog posts as most of my hobbies involve design/digital prototyping of some sort. A few that stand out would be: touring around our beautiful country on my motorbike with my wife, hacking my espresso machine to make a better cup, performing CNC conversions on machine tools, and building UAVs.

Outside of work I am a man of numerous varied passions and interests. I emigrated here from South Africa when I was 11 years old, eventually marrying a girl from the deep south (of New Zealand.) We have 2 child-substitutes in the form of Sphynx cats, but hope to add some human members to the family at some point too.

Hello, I’m Gavin, a Technical Consultant for an Autodesk VAR in Christchurch, New Zealand.

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