Suspension Setup Tracking Software

[joedoozer]

I really like this. This is going to clean things up in my setup book.

I know you could add 100 different things to this. How hard would it be to have more locations for panhard/J-bar? I have 7 locations on the frame and 8 on the pinion. Or would it be easier to just add a manual height for both locations? Then I could just put the heights in. 5th coil shock? Ride heights? Gear? Caster, Camber and Toe for the front end.

Just throwing out some ideas. This is really good stuff. Thanks for doing this.

[dualdj1]

Adding stuff is simply having the space to do so on the form. At this point I'm thinking I may have to change to combo boxes (drop down list, click the little arrow at the side to see all the numbers and pick which one you want) for the bar settings, as I don't think there's going to be enough room to add more holes. I like the visual aspect of the radio buttons to be able to "see" where your bars are set, but if it's not gonna fit, it's not gonna fit. I will also put a measured height box in there for manually typing it if you so choose. I want to make this as universal as possible to fit the largest variety of cars.

Gear is something I just forgot, and would've caught, so that'll be in. I see no problem adding all the rest of that stuff as well. Let me see if I get time today, but should be able to get it going.

[5m Racing]

Thanks JoeDozer. I agree with you. This is gonna make my notes and set up a lot more organized and easier to deal with. I cant wait to use it at the track and be able to look up previous changes on similar track conditions at a click of a button instead of looking through pages of unfinished notes and finding nothing.

[joedoozer]

Adding stuff is simply having the space to do so on the form. At this point I'm thinking I may have to change to combo boxes (drop down list, click the little arrow at the side to see all the numbers and pick which one you want) for the bar settings, as I don't think there's going to be enough room to add more holes. I like the visual aspect of the radio buttons to be able to "see" where your bars are set, but if it's not gonna fit, it's not gonna fit. I will also put a measured height box in there for manually typing it if you so choose. I want to make this as universal as possible to fit the largest variety of cars.

Gear is something I just forgot, and would've caught, so that'll be in. I see no problem adding all the rest of that stuff as well. Let me see if I get time today, but should be able to get it going.

I like the idea of the drop down boxes, is it possible the "default" selection in the box is blank?

This is what I am doing now . Not sure if it will help anyone else. Or if OP even thought of anyone doing this.

I take a screenshot of the program. Open up MS Paint and paste the screenshot. Then I cut out the section I want, and paste it in Excel. I do this for all the sections (Bars, Weights, and Shocks). I move stuff around so I get a printable version for my notebook, so I can take it in paper form to the track.

If the drop down boxes had a default blank setting. I could print out a "blank" form, and then write in everything at the track. I could print out the completed one (with all my car settings), because that is the way the car is going to the track. Then print out a bunch of "blanks" so when changes are made to the car, I can write them in without scribbling things out.

It would be nice to have a print button in the program. Something with a clean format that was similar to the layout in the program. Here is a link to the "blank" form I created.

http://www.speedyshare.com/files/28092194/Set_Up_Sheet_Blank.xlsx

[dualdj1]

You're gettin ahead of me man :P Yeah I have a lot of that stuff planned, this is just early on. I did a revamp of the bars page and hope to have it posted later today, but came into work to a ton of stuff broken/down, so I don't know if it'll go up today or not. Will keep ya posted. I did plan to make a setup sheet to go with it, but if you get one that works good that saves me the trouble

[dualdj1]

On your setup sheet, can you save in Excel97/2000/2003 format (.xls)? I think you're in office 2010 and us people with older office versions can't open it.

[apr28]

I couldn't down load it for the same reason.

[dualdj1]

OK New version (0.3.1) is up, with significant changes, mostly in the bar settings section. I've done some quick testing, but haven't had much time to get into it too extensively. It should also work with your existing data file for those upgrading, though it may not populate all fields. Let me know how it works!

[joedoozer]

yeah I can save it as an xls format. Its just a copy and pasted picture of what I did a screen shot of. You can't actually type anything in the fields. I just needed a blank form for the book.

I have a set up sheet I made (before I found your program), and it worked well. But to take that info and put it in the program can be a bit confusing. Since my original form was not in same layout as your software. Its much easier if the write on form is identical to the computer one.

Just providing some 2 cents is all. Merely suggestions is all . I am happy I have anything to use at all. If you never made any changes it is 1000 times better then the way I was doing it.

[dualdj1]

more updates coming this week. Made a couple minor changes already based on some suggestions over the weekend. Hoping to get some reporting capabilities added this week as well.

Any other thoughts/comments/suggestions from use so far? Areas that need improving?

[joedoozer]

Sorry guys. Just moved into a new house and we have been without internet for over a week. Here it is in PDF. Not perfect but its a work in progress. As the software changes I will try and keep a printable version on here.

http://www.speedyshare.com/files/28254846/Set_Up_Sheet_Blank.pdf

I like the drop down window idea the more I thin about it. It would save space, and give us the ability to print out a "blank".

[dualdj1]

cool joe thanks, the version that's up there now has the dropdowns on it, as well as some more fields for weight and such. I'll try and get a few more updates done and get a 0.3.2 version up today.

[dualdj1]

version 0.3.2 is up, with some minor changes and bug fixes. More to come!

[dualdj1]

0.3.3 is up, with bug fixes for new users on first load.

[dualdj1]

updated to 0.3.4 with a few more options, including setting a rating for the setup (will add some filtering later based on setup rating)