Microvellum Knowledge Network

• How Many of You are Using VIEWBASE?

  I'm curious to know how many users are using AutoCAD's VIEWBASE command to create their paper space layouts/views. The concept is pretty cool, but for me the cons outweigh the pros. Pros: Quickly draw elevations, sections, isometric views on a single

• Default Layers

  Hi, We are struggling to find the setup to have our layers saved as a defualt. Every time we open a new room and project we have to set the new layers up

• FOUNDATION LIB.: Where did the toggle for door/drawer face 'hinge lines' get moved to?

  Good morning all, In the component libraries there was a global for toggling the 2D swing direction lines of doors and also the diagonal  line across a drawer face. Has this been moved, renamed, or removed? 

• D for DIM was totally working for months!

  When I type my custom pgp alias 'D' for the AutoCAD 'DIM' command, I now get the attached message.  There's nothing missing!!  All layers, dimension styles and text styles are available.  This occurs in multiple drawings.  New drawings from our template

• Where is this coming from?

  I am editing / customizing the cross section for a base 1 drawer microwave cabinet and cannot for the life of me find out where the microwave outline is coming from in the section view.    I looked in the subassembly file and did not see it.  Can someone

• Tall cabinet doors not showing in plan view

  I noticed that the tall cabinet doors are not showing for me in plan view.  When looking at the spreadsheets, I see this formula in the finished faces subassembly prompts (foundation library 22.1.307.641). =IF(AND(Bay_Position>59,Bay_Position<67),"DRAWRECTANGLE",0)

• Microvellum Drafter

  We are looking for someone with extensive experience and strong commitment to come join our millwork team. Some of the job duties include overseeing all aspects of the millwork production, create shop drawings and production cutlists as needed.Job description:

• 2D wire pulls not showing up

  The wire pulls native to the library ( Foundation 22_0317) aren't drawing on 2D drawings. The "rods" and knobs draw just fine. I've looked at the tokens, DRAWBLOCK is there, all parameters look correct, and I've been through the dwg's in factory data.

• Include all scales in my annotative dimensions

  Here is my problem. We use annotative dimensioning. When I do the dims in model space it only includes the one scale that is current. As a result it does not show up if the viewport is at a different scale. I know how to fix it and add the extra scales

• Open Discussion: Shop Drawing Best Practices

  I'm curious to know what processes you're using when it comes to creating shop drawings. Are you strictly using Microvellum to draw plans, elevations, and sections? Is it a mix of Microvellum and AutoCAD drafting? What about AutoCAD functions and commands

• 2D section tokens/drawing layers

  Is there a way to assign different parts to different layers when making a 2d section? I would assume it would be a similar approach to the the 2d product tokens but I don't see anything for the sections specifically.

• Layer Names

  I am trying to set up some plan view annotation through drawing token prompts. I can successfully do this however the layer name that I put in the prompts always has "2D_" appended to the front of it when it is created in the actual drawing. I am exporting

• FEATURE REQUEST - Add 3D Elevation Tokens

  We would like to see 3D Elevation Tokens that work in much the same way as 2D plan tokens, drawing automatically when you draw your 3D product.  This way, once we have the 3D products in, you could have viewports set up to automatically show the layers you want in each view and create your elevations without having to use the "Draw 2D Elevation" button.  We could use this for products regardless of if they associate to a wall or not, including our custom millwork walls.

• Width factor of Drawing Token Text

  Can you adjust the width factor of text that comes in with 2D Drawing Tokens? The text that comes in with DRAW2DADJ (for example) is the correct text style, height, and layer, but the width factor of that text style is not applied.  Can I change that?

• 2d Elev Finish Labels

  I can't seem to change my finish label on my generated 2D elevations. They are showing as "Imperial" which is the Spec group I'm in, which is not even what was supposed to be there to begin with, I don't think (should've been L1 till I changed it to PL1).

• Turning off Door Hinging in the spread sheets?

  Using the 48_0 and the 50_3 libraries. We have a "Door" subassembly that we had help during one of our on-site trainings where we set it up and saved it to be used as a "trash pullout drawer".  I have been asked to remove the Hinge Lines from the elevation

• P Line token

  Hi, I'm getting the following problem consistently and not too sure what to do to fix it. Any help would be greatly appreciated. 

• Dimension offset from the wall length

  Hello guys, I'm trying to modify this offset from the wall dimension (I want to decrease this gap), but I'm not finding the filed to do this, I'm sending the picture below: I already tried the "Walls Setup",  "Product Drawing Setup" and also the "Shop

• Waterfall end countertops

  Curious how you guys are handling waterfall end countertops made from solid surface materials.  The stock out of the box solution from Microvellum leaves a lot to be desired as it does not address any type of mitered nosings etc.  For example, if I am

• Profiled Doors

  Does anyone know how to add in a different profiled door. We don't produce the vinyl doors but would just be great to be able to show renders with the correct profile on the door. I am looking at getting the Calcutta Design from Polytec added in

• Video Training Request - Sheet Set Manager

  We would like to see a specific training video and a walk through from Microvellum on creating and using Sheet Set Manager through the OEM version of AutoCAD.   Currently we have our room and drawing template setup to draw 15-20 rooms or more per CAD

• SMA - Colored Models

  When I analyze solid models all is good, but all of the lines turn the same color. Is there a way to preserve colors? It gets a bit confusing looking at a blob of lines that are all brown.

• FEATURE REQUEST: Updated Product Prompts UI

  This may be wishful thinking, but I think an update to the Product Prompts, similar to the image below would be extremely helpful. I would also like to see the added functionality of being able to access the drawing while the prompts window is open. Pretty

• Font used for tags and dims when inserting a product

  I am trying to create a new template for our company and I want to cut down on the styles of text in the template, but still retain control over the look of the tags when a product is inserted. How does MV determine which style of text is used for dimensions

• Model Space Labels

  Hi.  Can someone please help with getting the text to display to the correct scale.  See attached image.  I'm using the default template shipped with MV  22.0317. Toolbox 2019. I've changed 'annodisplay' to 0 and 1 and neight make a difference!!

• using metric

  Is there a rule of thumb for using metric? 36" equals 914.4mm Is it proper to input 914mm and do not use a decimal, I am thinking you round-up and round-down .5 and below: DOWN .6 and above: UP

• Show 3mm PVC edge in countertop cross section

  Is there a way to show edge banding on the edge of a countertop in a cross-section view?  Specifically, what I want to do is show 3mm pvc edge on a 1 1/4 countertop.  The edge will have a 1/8" (3mm) radius top and bottom.  Currently my sections show a

• Item Number Locations 2D plan Drawings

  Is there a way to control the Item Number placement in the generated 2D Plan drawings? I've set my _ ItemNumberY3D var, and it works for the regular 3D model, but when drawing a 2D Plan, it has no effect, while the Product Description can be moved in

• Raised Panel Door 2D Elevations

  In trying to adjust how the raised panel door looks in 2D elevations I find reference to a setting called "RPDrawOffset" but cannot find where to adjust this setting.  I want a wider look to the raised panel "swoop" cut" margin.   It is now only 1/2"

• FEATURE REQUEST: Part Properties Open Inside Selected Sub

  I like how if you click on a part after selecting to open Edit Design Data, it opens inside of the Sub or Nested Sub that the selected part resides in.  I would like to see the same feature on the Part Properties interface as well.  It would save a couple

• 2D Section Missing Parts

  When I create a 2D section of my cabinet it comes in perfectly fine with all the parts *see attached*. When I modify a part in my cabinet or redraw it, the cabinet disappears in the 2D section view *see attached*. I have to redraw the section every time

• Moving Upper Cabinets

  I am trying to create a pantry using a 3-drawer base cabinet and a 2 door upper with no gap between the 2 cabinets but am running into an issue of the 2 cabinets overlapping. I am looking to figure out how to adjust the z-axis position of the upper 2

• Link two products in a project

  Hi Everyone, I have a situation where I have multiple products and their dimensions depend on each other. For example, Product A height and Product B height are in some proportion with each other. My question is if there is any way to link some parameters

• SQ meter report for doors

  Any one know of a report that can spit out square meter of finished faces for use with painted doors 

• Cabinet not saving to library properly.

  After customising a library cabinet, I have tried saving it back to the library - AU_Premium_Library_20_1_2 . Everything seems fine until I go to insert the new customised cabinet into a new Project. Some of the information that was set up reverts to

• 3D Solids Disappearing

  We have an issue with Microvellum OEM 2019 with 3D solids disappearing from the drawing. It seems to happen randomly. For example, we would save a drawing at the end of the day and everything is good. But the next morning, when we open the same drawing, all the 3D solids have disappeared. There is no error message. Both AutoCAD and Microvellum created 3D solids would be gone. The Microvellum 2D products are not affected.  Fortunately, the Microvellum products Item Numbers are still there and we could

• Adding a Pull

  I am attempting to add a new pull into my Microvellum hardware. I am following the Knowledge Base methods and everything was going good until I opened the Workbook Designer, went to the Global page and the Lookup Table tab. There is no Pull list in my

• Adjustable Shelf Conflict

  When I run a tall cabinet with adjustable shelves, and one of the shelves is near a cabinet door hinge, we get a weird route near the corner of the shelf. Is there a way to avoid this? It is the depth of the hinge cup route.

• 2D Section Dimensions

  When I draw a 2D cross-section of a product, the dimensions for the doors and drawer fronts are anchored to the face of the cabinet rather than the face of the door or drawer front. Is there a way to change this?

• Drawing Tokens - does it have to [END]?

  According to the Drawing Tokens section of the Knowledge Base you need to add [END] at the end of the list. Is there a reason for this? None of our products have this.  Is something going on during the processing of drawing the Elevation/Section/Etc.

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• D for DIM was totally working for months!

  When I type my custom pgp alias 'D' for the AutoCAD 'DIM' command, I now get the attached message.  There's nothing missing!!  All layers, dimension styles and text styles are available.  This occurs in multiple drawings.  New drawings from our template

• FOUNDATION LIB.: Where did the toggle for door/drawer face 'hinge lines' get moved to?

  Good morning all, In the component libraries there was a global for toggling the 2D swing direction lines of doors and also the diagonal  line across a drawer face. Has this been moved, renamed, or removed? 

• Default Layers

  Hi, We are struggling to find the setup to have our layers saved as a defualt. Every time we open a new room and project we have to set the new layers up

• Where is this coming from?

  I am editing / customizing the cross section for a base 1 drawer microwave cabinet and cannot for the life of me find out where the microwave outline is coming from in the section view.    I looked in the subassembly file and did not see it.  Can someone

• Tall cabinet doors not showing in plan view

  I noticed that the tall cabinet doors are not showing for me in plan view.  When looking at the spreadsheets, I see this formula in the finished faces subassembly prompts (foundation library 22.1.307.641). =IF(AND(Bay_Position>59,Bay_Position<67),"DRAWRECTANGLE",0)

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