Tool for trying out different paintjob ideas?

[lightweenie]

Is there some kind of tool that I could use to try out various paintjob ideas for my next frame? I assume that bike-cad can do this but it is probably not worth it to buy a license just for that. Are there other options?

I thought it might be a nice pastime while waiting in queue for the frame to be built.

[ltwtsculler91]

Originally Posted by lightweenie

Is there some kind of tool that I could use to try out various paintjob ideas for my next frame? I assume that bike-cad can do this but it is probably not worth it to buy a license just for that. Are there other options?

I thought it might be a nice pastime while waiting in queue for the frame to be built.

I decided on my K.Bedford on the free version of bike cad online. They have a lot of basic panels, stripes, fades, Not sure if that's still a thing.

The other steel bike I have ( Fabrica team bike), the shop had a bunch of the old Serotta sheets where you can sketch what you want onto the frame and we all just printed and drew on it with crayon/markers until we got a nice scheme we all liked and then went with that in the 3 colors

[BRad704]

MyO Orbea and Trek Project One both have online paint color customization, but you're limited to their designs.

[ORMojo]

Ridley has a similar tool, limited to their frames/schemes.

You didn't specify road bike(!), so on the off chance that you or someone else wants to try this out for a mtb, there is this on iphone, android phone, or chromebook.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/d...3DConfigurator