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Old October 12th 07, 09:28 PM posted to rec.bicycles.tech
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While my ribs are healing from a night crash I thought I'd try out some
design software on my pedal powered ideas. Alibre has a free download. I'm
not sure the free version is 3D. It's rather complicated and slowing my
progress. Solidworks costs a minimum of $4000 unless you're a student. Guess
I should stick with pencil drawings. It's going to be rough going.


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Old October 12th 07, 09:36 PM posted to rec.bicycles.tech
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Greens wrote:
While my ribs are healing from a night crash I thought I'd try out some
design software on my pedal powered ideas. Alibre has a free download. I'm
not sure the free version is 3D. It's rather complicated and slowing my
progress. Solidworks costs a minimum of $4000 unless you're a student. Guess
I should stick with pencil drawings. It's going to be rough going.


You can get a nice drawing tool set at a pawn shop for no money at all.
The back side of half your mail is blank paper.

If you switch to production airliners, invest in a CAD program.
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Old October 12th 07, 09:37 PM posted to rec.bicycles.tech
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"Greens" wrote in message
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While my ribs are healing from a night crash I thought I'd try out some
design software on my pedal powered ideas. Alibre has a free download. I'm
not sure the free version is 3D. It's rather complicated and slowing my
progress. Solidworks costs a minimum of $4000 unless you're a student.
Guess I should stick with pencil drawings. It's going to be rough going.


Greens,
I haven't tried this, but it's free, and says it's 3D.
Kerry


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Old October 12th 07, 10:02 PM posted to rec.bicycles.tech
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"Kerry Montgomery" wrote in message
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"Greens" wrote in message
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While my ribs are healing from a night crash I thought I'd try out some
design software on my pedal powered ideas. Alibre has a free download.
I'm not sure the free version is 3D. It's rather complicated and slowing
my progress. Solidworks costs a minimum of $4000 unless you're a student.
Guess I should stick with pencil drawings. It's going to be rough going.


Greens,
I haven't tried this, but it's free, and says it's 3D.
Kerry


Something... is missing. Yes?


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Old October 12th 07, 10:18 PM posted to rec.bicycles.tech
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On Fri, 12 Oct 2007 16:28:02 -0400, in rec.bicycles.tech "Greens"
wrote:

While my ribs are healing from a night crash I thought I'd try out some
design software on my pedal powered ideas. Alibre has a free download. I'm
not sure the free version is 3D. It's rather complicated and slowing my
progress. Solidworks costs a minimum of $4000 unless you're a student. Guess
I should stick with pencil drawings. It's going to be rough going.


I use Alibre. Get ready to spend quite a bit of time learning the
software. It will actually generate CNC code, so, unless you're
feeding a controller, you'll have more than you really need. Also,
it's a disk hog and needs quite a bit of processor & memory to run.

Suggestion: AutoCad has a "lite" drawing package that'll do most of
the usual stuff and won't make you buy a new computer. It's not fully
3D, but then, blueprints aren't either. I would encourage you to
start on an easier package. Alibre is a monster.

Jones
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Old October 12th 07, 10:38 PM posted to rec.bicycles.tech
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"Greens" wrote in message
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"Kerry Montgomery" wrote in message
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"Greens" wrote in message
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While my ribs are healing from a night crash I thought I'd try out some
design software on my pedal powered ideas. Alibre has a free download.
I'm not sure the free version is 3D. It's rather complicated and slowing
my progress. Solidworks costs a minimum of $4000 unless you're a
student. Guess I should stick with pencil drawings. It's going to be
rough going.


Greens,
I haven't tried this, but it's free, and says it's 3D.
Kerry


Something... is missing. Yes?


Greens,
Yes, my focus. Here's the missing link:
http://sketchup.google.com/
Kerry


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Old October 12th 07, 10:50 PM posted to rec.bicycles.tech
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"Kerry Montgomery" wrote in message
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"Greens" wrote in message
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"Kerry Montgomery" wrote in message
...

"Greens" wrote in message
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While my ribs are healing from a night crash I thought I'd try out some
design software on my pedal powered ideas. Alibre has a free download.
I'm not sure the free version is 3D. It's rather complicated and
slowing my progress. Solidworks costs a minimum of $4000 unless you're
a student. Guess I should stick with pencil drawings. It's going to be
rough going.


Greens,
I haven't tried this, but it's free, and says it's 3D.
Kerry


Something... is missing. Yes?


Greens,
Yes, my focus. Here's the missing link:
http://sketchup.google.com/
Kerry



Does sketchup have some standard gears, chains and so forth? I want to draw
up a pedal powered walker.


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Old October 12th 07, 11:12 PM posted to rec.bicycles.tech
A Muzi
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"Greens" wrote
While my ribs are healing from a night crash I thought I'd try out some
design software on my pedal powered ideas. Alibre has a free download.
I'm not sure the free version is 3D. It's rather complicated and
slowing my progress. Solidworks costs a minimum of $4000 unless you're
a student. Guess I should stick with pencil drawings. It's going to be
rough going.


"Kerry Montgomery" wrote
I haven't tried this, but it's free, and says it's 3D.

http://sketchup.google.com/


Greens wrote:
Does sketchup have some standard gears, chains and so forth? I want to draw
up a pedal powered walker.


try this for inspiration:
http://www.space.com/php/multimedia/imagedisplay/img_display.php?pic=h_forest_walker_02.jpg&cap=%20 %20...%20yeah,%20those%20Earth-Firsters%20are%20bad,%20but%20y'know%20what's%20wo rse?%20Ewoks.%20Yup.%20And%20some%20people%20think %20they're%20cute!%20%20Watch%20out,%20Bambi:%20Pl ustech's%20Walking%20Forest%20Machine%20in%20actio n.
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Old October 13th 07, 12:46 AM posted to rec.bicycles.tech
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On Oct 12, 1:28 pm, "Greens" wrote:
While my ribs are healing from a night crash I thought I'd try out some
design software on my pedal powered ideas. Alibre has a free download. I'm
not sure the free version is 3D. It's rather complicated and slowing my
progress. Solidworks costs a minimum of $4000 unless you're a student. Guess
I should stick with pencil drawings. It's going to be rough going.


BikeCAD.
http://www.bikeforest.com/CAD/index.php

Free online or 350$ offline

 




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