Missing Rail on Drawing Tokens
Hi in one drawing im working on, all of the base cabinets are missing the top frame rails, how can i add them back in, i cannot see anything obvious or missing or broken in the design data, if im looking in the right places.
Is my project toast?
I just got this error message when trying to draw walls: Please tell me there is a way to fix this without starting over. I've been working on this for 3 weeks. I found a Microvellum video on YouTube but RJ goes deep into detail about a very specific
Certain Products Not Showing Up in 2D Plan Drawing
When I go to Draw 2D Wall Plan View there are items not showing up on the drawing. I understand that its not going to draw CAD things I added. But I have built this bedroom wall that only has one base cabinet and the rest of the wall is built of Mitered
Premill & Fixed Shelf Dado
We use legacy premill for the shelf edges, so the parts are cut to the correct size from the CNC. Problem is the fixed shelves have the dado set too long and it leaves a gap between our edging and the shelf, weve been piecing bits back in as i forgot
How to Connect (Or Reconnect) Walls
I'm trying to draw my Plan View by Drawing 2D Walls and getting this error "Please select walls that are all connected." I have zoomed in as far as possible and dragged the corner snap points together, but after this I don't know what to do. Also - not
Not displaying true route on part after we 2D the part
I noticed after I 2D a part and add certain custom routes (Vcut) When I update the part It isn't showing the true route however when I nest the part I can see the route and everything cuts as it should. I have also noticed this sometimes when using the
MV Command Compendium
Is there a more complete list of MV commands than what is shown in the KB Article? It would also be super nice (from a nerdy perspective) to know when the commands were added to toolbox (version? date?) you may ask.. "but Ezra, why would you be asking
Best Way to Draw a Plan View of ALL Walls and Products?
When you try to choose more than one wall to Draw 2D Walls Plan View you get the "Please select walls that are all connected." dialogue. Why is this limited like that? And can I get around it without making a separate drawing of each wall and then meticulously
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
Extend Finished Toe Kicks for Miter
I would like to have all finished toe kicks extended by a set amount to make it easier to miter the corners. I've looked in the globals and don't see a way to do it unless I'm missing it. Is this something that would have to be added to the length formula
Understanding hardware items in reports
Foundation: 25.1024 Build: 25.1.129.641 I need some help understand the relationship between hardware items and how/when they are included in reports. Scenario: 1) We added a bunch of faucets to our custom sink subassembly. 2) The faucet types are filtered
BSB Panels and Ribbons
Got an issue that is making me pull my hair out. Currently using the Drafting workspace. I got used to the ribbon along the top of the screen. When ever I would pull up an object properties it would open the properties panel and I would put it on the
Exploded cabinets??
Hello... Not sure what happen or what I am doing wrong. All of my cabinets in this big project I have going on have gone into exploded mode / selection. When I click on a cabinet it doesn't select the entire cabinet. If I want to see product prompts and
Hinge Bore Visible Through Faces in Conceptual
Why is this happening? We have a client that wants a more Cabinet Vision/Mozaik look, but the hinge bores are visible through the faces. Even if I turn off the hardware layer, the hinge bores are still visible in the Conceptual Visual Style. This is with
A Guide on How to Best Transfer Globals to a New Install
I think it would be really helpful if Microvellum produced a guide that walks through best practices to move all of our globals to a fresh install. If any users have suggestions, I'm all ears.
Select Entire Product Broken
Every time i edit a viewbase drawing or something similar even though the "select entire product" is ticked, it does indeed not select entire drawing, until i re click, and select the unit. The real kicker is i have to do that per unit, during the same
Using Dynamic UCS (DUCS) When Adding Dimensions
We just published a new article that shows how to use Dynamic UCS (DUCS) in Toolbox BSB (BricsCAD) to place dimensions directly on 3D faces. If you’ve ever wished you could dimension a product without switching to a front view or side view first, this
Default settings and Presspull on BSB
Hi everyone, I’m hoping someone can help me out. When I’m working with BSB, the value of VIEWRES defaults to 500. I’d like to set it permanently to 16000, but I can’t find any way to make that change stick. Every time I create a new room, it goes back
FEATURE REQUEST: Ability to Adjust Door Overlay on Hinge Side Independently in FF Library
In the Face Frame Library, especially on the Master Horizontal Designer FF and the Master Multi Carcass Designer Cabinet, it would be great to be able to set the door overlay independently for the inside hinges and the out side hinges. The photo below
2D Part Editor Menu
Is there a way to undock the menu so I can close it? one of my guys played around and I now cant access the close button, see attached
Rendering options for BricsCAD
I was wondering if anyone has any recommendations for a rendering add-on for BricsCAD that will give us not quite photo-realistic, but something better than what BricsCAD offers natively?
New PC setup.
I recently set up my new work PC and successfully installed the Microvellum software. I now need to transfer my personalized settings and configuration files from my old computer to this new installation. Could you please advise on the correct procedure
Remove wall 2D Plan Dims
I want to remove the "Use_2D_Plan_Dim_Tokens" from all of my walls. I intend to manually dimension my walls in plan view Is there a global setting? Or can I save the wall setting to apply to the template? Thanks
Locks Missing from Sections
Anyone else running into the issue were locks are no longer drawing in section views when you have add lock selected for door and drawers? Originally they displayed when we were setting up or foundation library as there was a prompt to drawblock. Now
Feature Requests: Adjustments for 2D Drafting
We have been working towards being able to use the Foundation Library and there have been some basic drafting things that we have run across that we feel could be improved or updated to function better. Plan View: It would be nice if there was a clear
Custom 5 Piece Door
Is there an existing CUSTOM 5pc DOOR in MV that would be like this? Or one that could be modified from. This is some more detail ... the 3/4" x 3/4" on the perimeter would be solid lumber that we would like to get linear solid wood footage on a report.
Strip Lighting Notch
How are people dealing with this light strip notch when the using the dado construction on the top piece? At the moment we we just manually cut the slot on the saw id like to just have it done on the CNC though, any ideas how easy this would be to set
Is there a way to reference Product Angle?
Hi, I am trying to fix where a DRAWDIM token is placing elevation dimensions, and I need to reference the product angle- because depending on if the product is rotated 90 degrees or not, the dimensions need to move positive or negatively. It doesn't seem
Removable drawer inserts option
One of our jobs has requested 1/4" inserts in our drawers. Does microvellium have something built in for this? Have looked but didn't see anything that stood out to me. We are wondering whether we just need to make our own subassembly. thank you in
Cabinet Numbering and Spec Groups
Hello, I had an idea, not sure if it would actually be useful or not. But I notice when I get in a groove and am drawing a job, I can sometimes forget to either select the correct spec group, or forget to correctly number a product. Is it possible to
Database Explorer - Copying Products to multiple categories question
Hi, I am wondering if I copy a custom product into multiple product categories will the product be linked or will it be considered two different products? The reason I want to know is I want to have all of our custom products all in one Custom Product
Feature Request: Floating Shelf Hardware
It would be super ideal to have some of the popular floating shelf hardware pre loaded for the mitered shelf product, that would include a 3D and 2D block, and machine tokens. in particular, we use the Triade Pro system from Richelieu
Hardware 3D DWG not appearing
Hey ya'll, I'm trying to add a 3D dwg to hinge, but for some reason it's not showing up. The machining shows up, but the DWG is no where to be found. I'm thinking it's some kind of spreadsheet issue, but if anyone has any ideas I'd greatly appreciate
MV CAD Technician - Available bandwidth for projects
If you are using the current version of BSB or OEM, I have some available time to assist create any projects you might have in your back log. Millwork 6 sided boxes or Custom 50 panel cabinet monsters, no worries....I can help. Marc sonstone @ sudom
Toolbox BSB 2D Wireframe very "raw" looking
Anybody else noticed that the 2D Wireframe view on Toolbox BSB is not very polished like it was in the AutoCAD version? Almost resembles if you were to Turn OFF Hardware Acceleration back in AutoCAD Toolbox. Tried 10s of different settings but can't seem
Misc./Custom parts & 2D drawings
New to MV Main Question: what do you use when adding "custom parts" and do you have any issues when creating drawings for those parts? I just finished designing an office project. It has a variety of cabinets. For the misc. panels, shelves and countertops,
FEATURE REQUEST: Add "Do Not Show Again" Checkbox to "Component file updating is now complete" Dialog Box
The title says it all. That way we aren't waiting to click "OK" in a dialog box that is often hidden.
Changing a wingwall to be angled?
I was curious what some best practices are for adjusting a wall to be angled now. Originally i had a room that on paper showed it was squared off. When we got to site for field dimensions it seems this rooms wing wall was angled. I dont know the easiest
Toolbox BSB - Crashes
Is anyone else having issues with Toolbox BSB crashing? All of our users are experiencing crashing, it's not like Toolbox OEM never crashed but certainly not as frequent. What used to take a couple hours to draw is now taking the entire day. We cant lose
FEATURE REQUEST: Setting Door Gap in "Face Options" Tab Automatically Calculates Door/Drawer Front Overlay
Right now, in the Face Frame Library, setting the "Door Gap" and the "Horizontal Drawer Gap" in the "Face Options" tab has no effect on the size of the door/drawer fronts. It would be great to be able to specify the gap and have all of the overlays calculated
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