BikeCAD Pro How To Forum

Hi Brent, sorry to bother you. Whenever a new version comes out I have my old frame files I reopen them to copy off the saved specs to do a new frame. With this update and maybe on the others it opens in the version they were done in. How can I make my drawings work in each new version ?

Hi !
I just installed the 8.1 version, and it seems that the View-->Display menu entry has disappeared!
Is this a bug or a feature ? ;-)
I've tried to re-install in a new directory, with no improvement...

Francois

Hi Brent,

I imagine it is possible to print a full size (1:1 scale) drawing from BikeCADPro? Is there anything special that needs to be done or do you just export it in whatever format the printer needs (SVG?) and ask them to print full size?

Cheers,

Lachlan

I can't seem to find a way to do a couple things, all in the same vein.

When viewing fork crown clearance, I am trying to see the measurement from the top of the tire to the bottom of the fork crown... I can view the tire diameter, and see that it is close but not touching, but I can't find a way to get a measurement. Is this possible?

I love the "import photo" feature, which places a photo of an existing bike in the background and allows you to recreate the dimensions and angles in BikeCAD on top of the photo. How do you turn off that imported photo image or remove it? Is there a simple check box somewhere to turn the image on and off?

unfortunately I can't attach a screen capture as this would explain the problem better

In the colors form there are dozens of items which can have their color customized.

When I change the color of an item from default, the button text eg. saddle or frame or spoke, turns to a shade of white which is so similar to the button color that its almost impossible to discern the text any longer.

I'm sure at one stage the button color changed to the customized color, but now they are all just a creamy color.

to reproduce:

have a bikecadpro window about 1/2 the screen size
maximize the window
close BCP then reopen
the window is displayed maximized - correct
system menu > Restore - the window is still displayed close-to-maximized instead of 1/2 the screen size - bug - the incorrect window size was saved when the program exited

I've fixed this bug in my own C# program - if saving a maximized window you need to save the "RestoredSize" & "RestoredLocation" not the current "Size" & "Location" (C# properties not Java sorry).

Is it possible to change this angle? The Shoes form has a section on the right hand side - heel at highest and lowest, but its grayed out/ disabled.

This is my first post and after a quick search I couldn't find how this is done. I saw someone's beach cruiser drawing so I'm sure it's possible but I see no options to add a 15 degree curve in the downtube to add long-travel suspension fork clearance (at least where I'm looking). It'd be great to have it spit out the correct miter angles so I don't have to file too much by hand!
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks,
Whit

Hmmm... not sure how people haven't noticed this, but it would seem the library forks (I'm personally referencing the "Fox-like" 29er forks), use the axle-to-crown (AC) length as the L length, which is incorrect since:

AC^2 = L^2 + R^2 (basic trig...)

So with a rake (R) in the range of 44mm to 51mm, that makes the "virtual" fork in BikeCAD ~3-4mm longer than it should be... which is enough to throw angles out by about 1/8 degree. Or if angles are matched, then linear dimensions then become out of whack. :)

Easy workaround is obviously:

L = (AC^2 - R^2)^0.5