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Viewing Chainstays/Seatstays from the top?

rznicolo
Framebuilder
By rznicolo | 11:10 PM EST, Tue March 05, 2024
BikeCAD How To Forum

Is there a way to view the chainstays and seatstays from the top of the bike so I can check clearances to the tires?

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Modelling Internal Tube View

Guerciotti123
Framebuilder
By Guerciotti123 | 6:11 AM EDT, Fri October 20, 2023
BikeCAD How To Forum

Hi,

Does anyone know if it is possible to view / model / export an internal view of the tubes showing tube wall thickness and butting?

Thanks in advance.

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Modular dropouts

spotter83
Framebuilder
By spotter83 | 12:51 AM EDT, Fri April 28, 2023
BikeCAD How To Forum

Hey everyone. Not sure if this is the right place for this.. I'm looking for information or cad data on the modular dropouts from framebuilder supply (picture attached).

Basically I need the dimensions because I want to make a longer dropout to fit a 29" wheel.

Thanks in advance!

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Mitres not showing

frankbike
Framebuilder
By frankbike | 2:09 AM EDT, Mon April 24, 2023
BikeCAD How To Forum

Hello,

For some reason, I cannot display the mitres on my model, despite the ioption being correctly set (it seems). To be accurate, it is showing the miter at stem but none of the rest.

Any idea what I could be missing?

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V19.0 strange behavior on Mac

falsea
Framebuilder
By falsea | 10:18 PM EST, Sun January 29, 2023
BikeCAD How To Forum

Hey Brent,

I'm occasionally running into an issue where I'll try to enter new dims in a box and only 1 digit will populate (e.g. I was just trying to update reach from 530 --> 550) and only the last diget (0) would enter. If I clear out all the digits (via delete/backspace) things seem to reset and I can continue on for a time. I can't seem to trace it to any specific operation/behaviour. Only seems to happen on my mac. Happens on old files and new ones. Happens in various menus (e.g. fork, main dims, wheels, etc)

2017 13" MBP.

OS: Ventura (13)

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Lateral downtube offset at BB

jrmelanson
Framebuilder
By jrmelanson | 4:27 PM EST, Fri January 20, 2023
BikeCAD How To Forum

By default the bottom bracket is centered at the BB. An offset is available vertically through the offset at BB checkbox. Is there a way to accomplish an offset laterally like we can with the chainstays through dimension F?

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Rear wheel dish

jrmelanson
Framebuilder
By jrmelanson | 3:43 PM EST, Fri January 20, 2023
BikeCAD How To Forum

I am in the process of designing an asymetrical frame that will require the rear wheel to be dished to the NDS. In the wheel settings "Offset in drive direction" appears to shift the chainstay angle laterally. When I alter G or H nothing seems to happen in the chainstay or seatstay view. Is there a way to change the rear wheel dish that I am not seeing? Can this be displayed in the chaninstay and seatstay view?

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Custom Standover

cowrevenge
Framebuilder
By cowrevenge | 10:25 AM EST, Sun January 01, 2022
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Custom Standover works on the web but not on the 17.5 demo.

Am I doing something wrong?

Or can I somehow enable Standover on the demo?

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I can`t see my dimension templates

scarabcycles
Framebuilder
Scarab Cycles
By scarabcycles | 7:36 AM EST, Fri November 18, 2022
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Hi, I already upload some dimensions I want to see for my templates. When I try to open a dimension template, it says there are no dimensions available. How should I proceed?

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Saddle on seatstay

Galen Kehler
Framebuilder
By Galen Kehler | 4:30 PM EST, Mon November 14, 2022
BikeCAD How To Forum

Does anyone know how to change the Saddle to mount on the seststays?

Hand drawn a sample, let me know if that's a Pro only feature.

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