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gertrudestein
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Love answering stuff. No worries.
CAD modelling and rendering is a part of my process. Aesthetics are important to me and I feel I can guage the outcome much better being able to view my work as a visualisation render before committing to anything.
I also expect this will be my thing compared to other framebuilders. Customer will get a pretty precise idea of what they are getting.
Wheels are off Grab CAD website but everything else I draw up in Rhino. Dropouts and stuff for CNC machining I model in Fusion 360.
All tubes are drawn up based on Columbus and Reynolds drawings if they are special (s bend stays for example) or I need to check clearances. So that top tube for example is a Columbus Max modelled after a drawing.
I draw tubes up uncut and have an archive of modelled tubes so it's easy to make a bike design by importing tubes and placing according to geometry line drawing