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Today this would be a SaaS application that can only be accessed from a browser and your designs can't be downloaded. It would cost a monthly fee, and if you do

by api 3y ago

Today this would be a SaaS application that can only be accessed from a browser and your designs can't be downloaded. It would cost a monthly fee, and if you don't pay all your data would be locked and erased after one year.

app4soft 3y ago
> Today this would be a SaaS application It exists for years, and rattleCAD has been inspired by it — its name is BikeCAD (it also available as a standalone app). Also, rattleCAD has been inspired by Linkage app. Read Wikipedia article.[0] Also there are freeware no-login SaaS: BikeGeoCalc[1] and BikeConfig[2]. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RattleCAD https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RattleCAD [1] https://www.bikegeocalc.com/ https://www.bikegeocalc.com/ [2] http://www.bikeconfig.com/ http://www.bikeconfig.com/
- phkahler 3y ago
  >> Also, rattleCAD has been inspired by Linkage app. If you like Linkage, you might also like Solvespace. https://solvespace.com/ https://solvespace.com/
  - app4soft 3y ago
    > If you like Linkage, you might also like Solvespace. No, I mean Brent Curry's Linkage[1] bicycle design software, not David Rector's Linkage Mechanism Designer and Simulator[2]. You should read Wikipedia article.[0] N.B. About SolveSpace, as I'm its experienced user[youtube,patreon], I may say next: yes, it could be used for bike mockup, as any other CAD, but it still has a lot of limitations and even does not export correct STEP files yet[3], and in FreeCAD such STEP could fixed only partially.[video] So, for serious 3D CAD work I highly recommend use FreeCAD (and LibreCAD for 2D CAD work) instead of SolveSpace, and use SolveSpace only as a helper tool like a calc or as a notepad for noting ideas. About Linkage Mechanism Designer and Simulator, it is only useful for planar (2D) kinematics analyze, and if You are looking an alternative for it take a look on Pyslvs[4], that is in part based on SolveSpace's solver. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/rattleCAD#History https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/rattleCAD#History [1] https://bikechecker.com/ https://bikechecker.com/ [2] https://blog.rectorsquid.com/linkage-mechanism-designer-and-simulator/ https://blog.rectorsquid.com/linkage-mechanism-designer-and-... [3] https://github.com/solvespace/solvespace/issues/206 https://github.com/solvespace/solvespace/issues/206 [4] https://github.com/KmolYuan/Pyslvs-UI https://github.com/KmolYuan/Pyslvs-UI [video] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F3LJMeqUDrU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F3LJMeqUDrU [youtube] https://www.youtube.com/@appsoft https://www.youtube.com/@appsoft [patreon] https://patreon.com/app4soft https://patreon.com/app4soft
    - app4soft 3y ago
      > No, I mean Brent Curry's Linkage Correction: Gergely Kovacs' Linkage (Brent Curry is dev of BikeCAD)
dghlsakjg 3y ago
RattleCAD still exists. It is a SAAS: 30 Euro/year for non-commercial usage 120 for commercial. Not a browser app.

by api 3y ago

app4soft 3y ago

> Today this would be a SaaS application It exists for years, and rattleCAD has been inspired by it — its name is BikeCAD (it also available as a standalone app). Also, rattleCAD has been inspired by Linkage app. Read Wikipedia article.[0] Also there are freeware no-login SaaS: BikeGeoCalc[1] and BikeConfig[2]. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RattleCAD https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RattleCAD [1] https://www.bikegeocalc.com/ https://www.bikegeocalc.com/ [2] http://www.bikeconfig.com/ http://www.bikeconfig.com/

phkahler 3y ago
>> Also, rattleCAD has been inspired by Linkage app. If you like Linkage, you might also like Solvespace. https://solvespace.com/ https://solvespace.com/
- app4soft 3y ago
  > If you like Linkage, you might also like Solvespace. No, I mean Brent Curry's Linkage[1] bicycle design software, not David Rector's Linkage Mechanism Designer and Simulator[2]. You should read Wikipedia article.[0] N.B. About SolveSpace, as I'm its experienced user[youtube,patreon], I may say next: yes, it could be used for bike mockup, as any other CAD, but it still has a lot of limitations and even does not export correct STEP files yet[3], and in FreeCAD such STEP could fixed only partially.[video] So, for serious 3D CAD work I highly recommend use FreeCAD (and LibreCAD for 2D CAD work) instead of SolveSpace, and use SolveSpace only as a helper tool like a calc or as a notepad for noting ideas. About Linkage Mechanism Designer and Simulator, it is only useful for planar (2D) kinematics analyze, and if You are looking an alternative for it take a look on Pyslvs[4], that is in part based on SolveSpace's solver. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/rattleCAD#History https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/rattleCAD#History [1] https://bikechecker.com/ https://bikechecker.com/ [2] https://blog.rectorsquid.com/linkage-mechanism-designer-and-simulator/ https://blog.rectorsquid.com/linkage-mechanism-designer-and-... [3] https://github.com/solvespace/solvespace/issues/206 https://github.com/solvespace/solvespace/issues/206 [4] https://github.com/KmolYuan/Pyslvs-UI https://github.com/KmolYuan/Pyslvs-UI [video] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F3LJMeqUDrU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F3LJMeqUDrU [youtube] https://www.youtube.com/@appsoft https://www.youtube.com/@appsoft [patreon] https://patreon.com/app4soft https://patreon.com/app4soft
  - app4soft 3y ago
    > No, I mean Brent Curry's Linkage Correction: Gergely Kovacs' Linkage (Brent Curry is dev of BikeCAD)

dghlsakjg 3y ago

RattleCAD still exists. It is a SAAS: 30 Euro/year for non-commercial usage 120 for commercial. Not a browser app.