BikeCAD How To

/**/ $newArticleNode = $this->createLogoNode("/node/31720","Windows pop up under task bar","<p>Hi, great software, thanks for sharing a free version. If i ever get more serious i'll have to upgrade to the pro. </p><p> </p><p>I run my windows taskbar on the left side of the screen. This is great most of the time and i think makes a lot more sense than at the bottom considering our monitors are now wide screen. The problem is that every window that pops up when you choose to adjust something in bikecad, pops up at the top left corner of the screen, UNDER my taskbar. THis is not an issue for many users who run their taskbar at the bottom, but for those of us with side or top taskbars, it's very obnoxious. Can you change this behavior or is this something within windows?</p><p> </p><p>I'm running windows 8.1</p>");
/**/ $newArticleNode = $this->createLogoNode("/node/31512","unresponsive / java crashing? Win 8.1","<p>I haven't used Bikecad for several months but would like to now. I have a new computer since the last time, win8.1 and using chrome. I can't get things to work. I added a java security exception for this site, as shown in another thread, I also lowered the security threshold. </p><p>WHen i try to load the applet, i get a pop-up saying the java plugin is unresponsive and would i like to stop it. (Jave SE7 U51). One time i managed to get my model loaded/displayed but was not able to do anything. I tried firing up IE to see if it was any different but it doesn't appear to be. I'm not sure what else to try...</p>");
/**/ $newArticleNode = $this->createLogoNode("/node/30955","Track (Horizontal) Dropouts?","<p>First, I want to say thanks for the use of this fantastic free design tool.</p><p>I can't find/figure out how to select track dropouts. I have been using the hooded version and rotating them 180 degrees, but that looks funky.</p><p>Also, Quick Start won't launch today. Any news?</p><p> </p><p>Thanks again.</p>");
/**/ $newArticleNode = $this->createLogoNode("/security_1.7.0_51","Java security","<div id="block-block-11" class="block block-block contextual-links-region even"> <p><b>This page is obsolete!</b></p> </div> <p>The 1.7.0_51 update of Java has introduced some changes that I thought would be worth addressing.</p><p>Recently, you may have heard about security concerns surrounding Java. Since BikeCAD is written in Java, I feel compelled to emphasize that these security concerns are limited to the Java plugin for browsers. Despite this concern, Java is still a thriving language: still ranked #2 in the January 2014 TIOBE Programming Community index which is an indicator of the popularity of programming languages world-wide.</p><p>While the Java language is thriving, the use of the Java plugin for web browsers is waning. <a title="BikeCAD Pro" href="http://www.bikecad.ca/bikecadpro">BikeCAD Pro</a> runs as a standalone Java application and is therefore free of any security concerns. The free version of BikeCAD has always been implemented as a Java applet. Because it used to be a given that everyone would have the Java plugin installed in their browser, deploying BikeCAD as an applet was a convenient way to let people try some of the features of <a title="BikeCAD Pro" href="http://www.bikecad.ca/bikecadpro">BikeCAD Pro</a> without any special downloads.</p><p>There are two main types of Java applets. Java applets can be signed or unsigned. Signed applets have the ability to read and write files both on the web server where they are stored, plus on the local computer on which they are being deployed. Years ago, the free version of BikeCAD was distributed as a signed applet so that users could save and open designs from their own machines. However, under these circumstances, users were confronted with a warning message alerting them to the fact that the applet had this ability to read and write files, and that if the user did not trust the originator of the applet, that they should not proceed.</p><p>Although I never had any malicious intent, I knew that not everyone could be expected to know that for sure. To solve this problem, I redesigned the BikeCAD applet to work within the restrictions of an unsigned applet. An unsigned applet has no ability to read or write files on the user's machine. An unsigned applet can only communicate back to the server on which it is stored. The redesigned version of BikeCAD would allow users to save and retrieve their designs but in order to do this, all files would be routed through the BikeCAD web server, and it was always the user controlling where these files were read from or written to on their own machine.</p><p>As an unsigned applet, BikeCAD operates within a very strict security sandbox and therefore poses no security risks to the user. Still, because of the possibility of malicious software being deployed through the Java browser plugin, this latest version of Java (1.7.0_51) has default settings that will block the deployment of the BikeCAD applet as well. There are two ways to correct this. Both approaches involve opening the <a title="Java control panel" href="http://www.java.com/en/download/help/jcp_security.xml" target="_blank">Java control panel</a>.</p><p>The first approach is to navigate to the security tab in the Java control panel and lower the security level to medium.</p><p><a class="colorbox colorbox-insert-image" href="https://bikecad.ca/sites/default/files/forum_img/java_security_1.png" rel="gallery-all"><img class="image-size612w" src="/sites/default/files/styles/size612w/public/forum_img/java_security_1.png?itok=z-5_PoUz" alt="" width="520" height="557" /></a></p><p>This step alone will allow you to run BikeCAD in your browser. However, if you would like to maintain the recommended higher level of security, you can alternatively leave the security set to High, but click the "Edit Site List..." button and add http://www.bikecad.ca to the list of exceptions. If you need to upload BCAD files from your local computer, you will also need to allow <a href="http://bikecad.ca">http://bikecad.ca</a>. This is the same as the first URL, but without the www.</p><p><a class="colorbox colorbox-insert-image" href="https://bikecad.ca/sites/default/files/forum_img/java_security_2.png" rel="gallery-all"><img class="image-size612w" src="/sites/default/files/styles/size612w/public/forum_img/java_security_2.png?itok=yn2jnK8P" alt="" width="520" height="557" /></a></p><p>This is the dialog box you'll see when you click the "Edit Site List..." button.</p><p><a class="colorbox colorbox-insert-image" href="https://bikecad.ca/sites/default/files/forum_img/java_security_3.png" rel="gallery-all"><img class="image-size612w" src="/sites/default/files/styles/size612w/public/forum_img/java_security_3.png?itok=k8fo0hJV" alt="" width="552" height="366" /></a></p><p>Following these instructions should get you back working on BikeCAD again. If any of this makes you feel uneasy, remember that <a href="http://www.bikecad.ca/bikecadpro">BikeCAD Pro</a> has no security concerns. For a one time fee of $350 (Canadian) you can have all the added functionality available within <a title="BikeCAD Pro" href="http://www.bikecad.ca/bikecadpro">BikeCAD Pro</a>.</p>");
/**/ $newArticleNode = $this->createLogoNode("/node/28360","Hub Gears","<p>I am trying to design a hub gear setup with a flange dia. of 105mm. Entering 105 in the appropriate field does not translate to the drawing. Also I cannot remove the derailleur from the chain so that it shows a single sprocket.</p><p>Help please?</p>");
/**/ $newArticleNode = $this->createLogoNode("/node/26731","Cycling Brands fonts.","<p>Hi brent when i select the new cycling brands fonts and i click on the help button for the complete list of the brands logos it doesn't work.</p><p>Can you help me.</p><p>Thank you.</p><p>P.S: Sorry for my bad english, I'm french.</p>");
/**/ $newArticleNode = $this->createLogoNode("/node/26562","Bike Cad free problems","<p>So this is my first post folks and it may be a stupid one but take it easy on me. I'm trying to use the free version on my mac. It tells me I need a plug in. I downloaded the java it requested but continues to tell me I need to update it. What am I doing wrong? Thanks in advance.</p>");
/**/ $newArticleNode = $this->createLogoNode("/node/26531","My Designs","<p>Hi</p><p>I just came on to update an old design of mine, but had forgotten my password. I requested a new password and as I was changing that, decided to chenge my username too.</p><p>Now I'm unable to locate any of my designs. Have they vanished without trace? Have I simply opened a fresh account instead? If so, my old username is no longer being recognised. Could I have somehow overwritten my old account?</p><p>None of the designs are in the public design archive, so unfortunately, I cant locate them that way.</p><p>I have jpeg files of the designs, but nothing I can continue to work on.</p><p>Do I have to start all over again?</p><p>Any help much appreciated.</p>");
/**/ $newArticleNode = $this->createLogoNode("/v10_chain","Extreme slowness recently?","<p>I'm an occasional user of the web-based tool.   When I went back to edit a saved design yesterday I couldn't get the applet to paint the screen.  Hovering over the button area shows those, but the main edit canvas never renders.</p><p>I tried at home and at work on totally separate PCs and internet connections (and multiple browsers) - same symptoms for each.   Is anyone else seeing this?</p><p>Hugh</p>");
/**/ $newArticleNode = $this->createLogoNode("/node/25399","tube diameter ","<p>I forgot  how to change the tube diameter. My top tube is 29mm wide so how do I change it? I think my down tube is not the same either.</p><p>thanks Mike</p>");

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