FAQ

Adding tabular data from CSV file

Adjusting Axle Position in Track and Sliding Dropouts

Aerobar dimensions and top view (showing)

Allotec C40 modular dropouts

Angle of Attack

Animated GIFs (Exporting from BikeCAD Pro)

Bakfiets Cargo Bikes (Controlling front end geometry)

Bakfiets style cargo bikes

Belt and Chain drive (mixing on tandems)

Bending tubes (a new method introduced in version 16.0)

BikeCAD on MacOS Big Sur

BikeCAD Pro on Different Operating Systems (Differences)

Bitmap Images (Exporting from BikeCAD Pro)

Bottle bosses (locating from either end of tube)

Brake lever styles (Controlling)

Brand Logos in BikeCAD

Bridges (Modeling seat stay and chain stay bridges to locate caliper brakes)

Bulk export PDF and SVG files

Cable guides (Locating from either end of tube)

Cable guides (modeling)

Caliper brakes (locating the front brake)

Cantilever brake bosses (locating)

Capping the saddle clamp on a seatpost

Chain or Belt Drive (Modeling)

Chainline (Displaying front and rear and chainline offset)

Chainstay dimples or cutouts (adding)

Chromebook (Running BikeCAD on)

Chromebook desktop icon

Cleats (positioning)

CNC Mitering with BikeCAD Pro

Cobra Framebuilding Creator Frame Fixture (Setting up)

Cobra Framebuilding Stay Slayer spacer width

Colors (Copy and Pasting)

Configuration files (Selecting new location for)

Configuration folders in BikeCAD Pro

Control Frame by Front Center, Effective Top Tube, Handlebar Position or Stack and Reach

Controlling front end geometry (Six ways)

Controlling rear end geometry with bent seat tube

Controlling the Rear End by Chainstay Length or Rear Wheel Gap

Crankset enhancements for version 21.0

CSV File (Exporting Frame Building Specs in a CSV File)

CSV Output (obtaining older version formatting)

Curved stay bridges

Custom drawing aspect ratio

Customizing BikeCAD Pro

Customizing the BikeCAD Interface

Dashed lines (associating with dimensions)

Decal text angle (adjusting)

Dimension color (changing)

Dimension states (toggling)

Dimensions (Creating angular dimensions with respect to horizontal)

Dimensions (Creating User Dimensions in BikeCAD Pro)

Dimensions (Displaying in BikeCAD)

Dimensions (Showing frame fixture dimensions)

Dimensions (Understanding the meaning of)

Disc brakes (modeling)

Discontinuous seat tubes (Designing beam bikes)

Display of Components, Views, Animation, and Crosshairs

Double clicking to launch BikeCAD Pro

Down tube and Bar end shifters

Downloading BikeCAD Pro

Drag and drop (must be into main window)

Drag and Drop Files into BikeCAD Pro

Driving vs. Driven Dimensions

Dropout spacing

Dropout spacing (Changing)

Dropouts (Choosing from static drawings)

Dropouts (Orienting the Slot Angle)

Dropouts exported to FreeCAD

Dropper posts (showing maximum drop and current drop)

Dual dimensioning

Dual monitor (and going back to single monitor)

DXF Export from BikeCAD Pro

Elliptical (ovalized) tubes

Embedding a Custom Applet on your own Website

ENVE Handlebars

ETB Jig Mark III dimensions

Extension of head tube and seat tube above top tube and below down tube

Extra tubes (connecting to a single tube)

Fender geometry (Defining)

Fillets (Rounding edges)

Finding Files Quickly in the File Open Dialog Box

Fit advisor (new outputs)

Fit Advisor: Applying Recommended Dimensions

Fit Advisor: Approximating Missing Dimensions

Fit Advisor: Collecting Body Dimensions On Your Web Page

Fit Advisor: Customizing Fit Formulas

Fit Advisor: Customizing in BikeCAD Pro

Fit Advisor: Determining Rider Anatomy From

Fit Advisor: Using in BikeCAD Pro

Fitting a bike into a travel case

Fonts (Adding to BikeCAD)

Fork Crown Clearance (Checking for)

Fork paint scheme

Fork Rake (Measuring an actual fork)

Framing Bike in Printouts

Free standalone version of BikeCAD

FreeCAD (Exporting to)

FreeCAD (Installing on MacOS)

FreeCAD (Installing requests library (Alternative))

FreeCAD (Installing requests library)

Freehand drawing

Freehand sketch elements (naming)

Front derailleurs

Gearing Data (Displaying)

Gender removed from Fit advisor

GUI Font and Text Size (How to change in BikeCAD Pro)

Hand position (adjusting)

Handlebar and stems (modeling one piece bar and stem)

Head tube (Selecting tube profiles)

Head tube logos (preparing for export to FreeCAD)

Headset spacers (Extra)

Helmet style (switching)

Highlighting dimensions and tables

Horizontally oriented dimensions

Icon size (Scaling)

Identifying problematic curves in BikeCAD Pro

Images files (How BikeCAD saves imported images)

Input fields (Changing size of)

Installation Directory (Finding where BikeCAD Pro is installed on a PC)

Installing BikeCAD Pro on a Mac

Installing BikeCAD Pro on a PC

Installing BikeCAD Pro on a PC (Remember to extract setup file first)

Installing BikeCAD Pro on Linux

Installing BikeCAD Pro on Mac OS (Outdated instructions)

Installing BikeCAD Pro on Windows

Introduction to the BikeCAD.ca Website

Java (Check if Java is enabled)

Language (How to change in BikeCAD Pro)

Language (How to change in free version of BikeCAD)

Launching BikeCAD Pro from a Batch File

Launching the Free Version of BikeCAD

Lean Angle (Displaying)

Lefty forks and inverted suspension forks

Line weight of dimensions (Controlling independent of outline thickness)

Lock Scale Icon

Logos (adding vector logos to the title block)

Logos (How to change)

Look and Feel (How to change in BikeCAD Pro)

Looped stays (modeling)

Lug Angles (Building a frame to suit predefined lug angles)

Lugs (Modeling)

MacOS Big Sur in Full Screen Mode

Managing Dialog Boxes in BikeCAD Pro

Minimum tube length (displaying this dimension as well as c-c and miter to miter)

Miter template enhancements

Miter Templates

Miter Templates: Do Not Scale Prints

Mitering the seat tube to the down tube or chain stays

Mixte (Designing)

Modeling foot position through the pedal stroke

Morphing designs

Motor cabinet for Shimano E6000 series STEPS system

Mountain bar bend angle

Multi-model PDF (Exporting)

New Brake Levers in BikeCAD version 18.0

Notes (Adding on-screen notes in BikeCAD Pro)

Offset rear dropouts for fatbike tire clearance

Offsetting the down tube, seat tube or chain stays at the bottom bracket

Opening and Saving Designs Online in BikeCAD Pro

Optimizing space in a drawing of a bare frame

Outline Thickness (Changing)

Paint Palettes (Configuring in BikeCAD Pro)

Paint schemes (including fork, stem, headset spacers and pump)

Parallelogram flat pedals

Phase Blocks (Modeling Sputnik Tool's mitering fixture)

Photorealistic rendering using FreeCAD and CADRays

Photos (Importing into BikeCAD Pro)

Primary Dimensions (Changing)

Pump (adding a frame pump)

Quickly changing colours, hiding items and changing geometry

Quill Stems (modeling)

Rear axle to seat tube (Driving frame by)

Rear derailleur attachment

Rear dropout spacing for thru axle dropouts

Rear end geometry (Controlling by Rear axle to seat tube)

Recent files list (setting number of files)

Registering changes (with the Enter or Tab keys)

Removing older versions of BikeCAD on a PC

Rider anatomy (controlling in BikeCAD Pro)

Rider Anatomy Tabs (The difference between the two)

Rise applied at angle in drop handlebars

Saddle (Fore and aft positioning)

Saddle (Positioning by height and seat angle, or by X and Y coordinates)

Saddle dimensions

Saddle height (Changing)

Saddle Reference Point

Saddle to Pedal Dimensions (Showing)

Saving BikeCAD Designs Online

Scroll wheel (Reversing the effect of)

Seat angle dimension on a curved seat tube

Seat Stay Mounting Options

Seat stays (attaching to seat tube measured from top tube)

Seat tube sleeve

Seat Tube Top Profile

Seatmast (modeling)

Seatpost clamp, binder boss or wedge

Seatposts (Constant diameter)

Seatposts (modeling dropper post)

Setting Permission Levels on BikeCAD Models

Shimano Steps Electric Drive

Snapshot (Enabling tool in BikeCAD Pro)

Snapshot in BikeCAD Pro

Splash screen (Customizing)

Stack and reach to top of headset

Standard parts libraries (Adding components to)

Standover height (Custom)

Stays (Displaying Auxiliary View)

Steering geometry (ISO recommendations)

Step through frame (Creating)

Tables in BikeCAD Pro

Tabulating specs from multiple bikes

Tapered head tubes (mitering to)

Template menus (relocating)

Templates in BikeCAD Pro

Tire Diameters: Understanding

Tire Profile (Controlling the cross-sectional shape)

Title Block (Adding Your Own Logo to)

Title Block (Fitting a design into limited sheet size)

Title Block (Setting Up)

Title block color and gridline weights

Toe Overlap (Displaying)

Toe Overlap (ISO standard)

Translation of Languages in BikeCAD

Tubing Profiles (Controlling)

UCI Regulations (Checking compliance with)

Updating BikeCAD Pro

Updating BikeCAD Pro (a simple approach)

View menu (adding menu options to)

W Factor (displaying)

Water bottle bosses (adding single bosses)

Water Bottle Cage (Changing styles)

Water bottle direction (Changing)

Water bottles (adding, with cages and bosses)

Water Bottles (Positioning)

Website User Profile and User Map (Configuring)

Wheel display modes

Windows 10 Start Menu (Adding an icon to)

Windows 11 (Installing BikeCAD Pro on)

Yokes (adding chainstay yokes)

Yokes (positioning with F dimension)

Yokes (single sided chainstay yokes on both drive and non-drive side)

Zooming In and Out

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