Pyslvs-UI VS Bike-Draw

> 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

[1] https://bikechecker.com/

[2] https://blog.rectorsquid.com/linkage-mechanism-designer-and-...

[3] https://github.com/solvespace/solvespace/issues/206

[4] https://github.com/KmolYuan/Pyslvs-UI

[video] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F3LJMeqUDrU

[youtube] https://www.youtube.com/@appsoft

[patreon] https://patreon.com/app4soft

N.B.: There are few other projects which is using SolveSpace's libslvs, for example Pyslvs - an open source planar linkage mechanism simulation and mechanical synthesis system.

> There's something so satisfying about mechanical linkages

On Wikipedia some other mechanical linkages also described.[0]

If you want dive into kinematics try also Pyslvs[1,2] app.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category%3ALinkages_%28mechani...

[1] https://pyslvs-ui.readthedocs.io

[2] https://github.com/KmolYuan/Pyslvs-UI

> A while back, I put together a list of bike-oriented software at:

> https://old.reddit.com/r/BicycleGear/wiki/software

Nice list. It yet complete, but has some I not seen before, such as "Bike-Draw".[0]

One I've found recently is Brent Curry's Linkage[1] bike design app, which looks like a serious competitor for BikeCAD and rattleCAD.

And there are few other not listed in your list SaaS for bike design, I've listed in previous comment.[2]

Also, I'm trying to create own bike design template/macro for FreeCAD.[3]

[0] https://github.com/occamsshavingkit/Bike-Draw

[1] https://bikechecker.com/

[2] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38096780

[3] https://fosstodon.org/@app4soft/111282227406105616

[4] https://forum.freecad.org/viewtopic.php?t=82131