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

• How can the '2D_ELV' layer not show when drawings product with "Draw 2D Products" tool?

  When using the "Draw 2D Products" tool to make elevations from a 3D product, a rectangle of the product's width and height draws on the '2D_ELV' layer. The rectangle's width is dimensioned. This is in addition to the programmed items in the sub assemblies.

• Save to Library

  For some reason I cannot save the "Carcass Tall" subassembly back to the Library. I have tried saving that subassembly from different projects as a test and that subassembly cannot be saved to the Library. I am able to save other subassemblies from the

• Adding vaulted ceiling to walls [issues]

  I am adding vaulted ceilings to walls. I am selecting the proper measurements and the direction of the vault is the wrong way. The opposite wall is correct and using the exact same dimenions. This is probably due to drawing the walls left to right. When

• 3D Modeling - Presspull or other commands

  I understand the parametric nature of MV so far, but is there any way to "free-form" model within the 3D space? Similar to SketchUp's tools or like the presspull command in AutoCAD. I tried presspull on a slab, but when redrawn it will revert to the original

• Draw Dynamic Image - Parts List Discrepancy

  When going to make shop drawings we are looking for the parts list to reflect each part without the edge banding deducted from the part size. Using mvpartslist the dimensions are accurate, but when using Dynamic image it deducts the edge banding from

• 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).

• Drawer Front Overlays

  im needing to modify a existing project that some one started. what i need to do is change the drawer front overlay which is leaving a 1/4" reveal to a 1/16" reveal? it shouldn't be a globe setting because we don't do 1/4" reveals not sure why this guy

• Draw Toe Kick Box

  I have recently changed companies I work for and am missing something we used at the previous company. We had a global to draw a simple 3D Box under the base cabinets for elevations and to snap dimensions to. I have added a capture of the global I thought

• 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

• How do you center pull on doors

  Hello, Customer wants pulls on cabinet doors to be horizontal and centered on door width. Where is the setting to have all the pulls centered on doors? I am lazy and  do not want to do it manually for each door. Thanks.

• Best way to create Multi Drawer Sink Cabinet

  Hi everyone, Need to create a 4 drawer sink cabinet that has a open space in the middle for plumbing, and the drawer fronts overlay, not sure the best way to create this using the library. See attached drawings for what I need to build.  I was thinking

• How to draw cabinets plan view not associated to wall (island cabinets) in Foundation library

  Curious how to do this. We have cabinets back to back so do I need to draw 2 microscopic walls as a work around? 

• Minor Cosmetic Issue - Theme Colors Vary by Workbook

  The color options for cell formatting are different between workbooks.  The F! and W! workbooks are the same, and all others use a 2nd selection of colors.  We like to try to color code our lookuptables, and this would be easier if we had the same color

• Change DIM to front from back for island cabinets

  How do I change this in the foundation library? In 50.7 there was an option in product prompts we used all the time. I want to be able to do it just for certain cabinets. 

• Changing the Chamfer Angle of Corner Cabinet

  Hi there, I'm needing to fit a very small space with a corner cabinet that has a 51 degree angle, but the angle is set at 45 degrees and I can't seem to change it. Does anyone know how to do this? Or do you know another way to fit that cabinet in (it

• Deleting Hardware

  Hi there, I'm new to microvellum and am trying to delete a lift-up door mechanism from my cabinet (I want the door to be fixed and don't want the hardware included in the order). It seems like it should be easy but I can't figure out how to do it.  Thanks

• Dynamic Product Images as files

  I know Dynamic Product Images are created in model tab for printing. But is it possible to save Dynamic Product Images as files as in parts' DXF and PNG files?

• 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

• Drafting and Design: Now hiring

  Title: Design and Drafting Looking for an opportunity to join a team of woodworkers who love their craft and want you to as well? Check out this posting! Here at Wellington Millwork, we are looking for someone to join our Design and Drafting team.  As

• Rotate along the Y axis

  Hello, Is it possible to rotate a product along the Y axis? The Rotate Product command spins the product along the Z axis. I need to flip my product along to Y so that it stands up. Is there an easy way to do it? Thanks.

• Drawings for Customers

  Kitchen Manufacturing company here. We have been having feedback from customers that they are not understanding the 2D Wireframe drawings or the 3D Hidden drawings. Some are also saying there is too much information and some say there is not enough. Has

• Solid Model Analyzer - Curved Parts

  Solid Model Analyzer is a great tool, but It doesn't seem to handle curved parts very well. For now, I have just been dealing with it. Please see attached for an example. The part is a curved top plate of a die wall and I assigned it to be plywood. The

• Build 21.1.916.641

  When using "edit multiple products" command it now defaults to edit Selected product Rows only. Not sure if there was a reason for this change but I would say if its to edit multiple products it should default to edit all products. 

• Draw2DGlassFrameDoor

  Does anyone know if there is a way to control the "frame width" that is drawn when using this token?  It's nice that it draws the glass lines and the frame width, but I don't see a way to control it.  It seems to default to 2.5".   The only thing I can

• Creating a set of Shop Drawings from Multiple Rooms

  Currently where i am working we are creating shop drawings within Microvellum, but ONLY drawing in one "room" even though there are multiple rooms for the project.  We draw the entire job under one project and one room in order to utilize the Layout tabs

• Item Number

  Is there a way to write a formula that will populate the products item number automatically? 

• Adjusting product item number

  How do you change the size of the product number for my drawings. 

• Adjustable shelf

  Hello Guys,  I am trying to add adjustable shelves on both side of the Cabinet Division, but in the sub prompt I have only the options of adding shelves to either side of the division. what can i do to have the shelves on both side? Thanks! Amy

• MV_Foundation_Library_21_0831_Metric

  How do I setup a Toolbox platform to use for experimenting? What is the best practice to do backups and archiving? How can I explore the new Library in a toolbox setup?

• Mouldings

  How do I add a moulding in this case a custom cornice to the 'drawer room components' in the library. I want it t follow a polyline like the preset ones in the library. I've drawn the profile and added to library - mouldings directory. From here I can't seem to find how to include it so I can drawer it using MV.

• Rendering

  I've been noticing that certain 2D objects like dimensions and text labels are showing through the floor on my renderings. Does anyone know how to fix this?

• Products on curved wall

  Hi all. I have a room with a curved wall that I've created with a pline. When I place cabinets on this wall the fire way off in the distance and don't seem to have any wall association with the angle. What do we do with curved walls? Thanks!

• Renderings

  Has anyone found certain rendering settings that work well for them? I struggle to get good lighting so I'd like to figure out some basic settings I could use for all of my drawings.

• Grain marker has gone missing

  One of our drafters noticed that grain markers are not automatedly coming in on 2D Elevations. This seems to be a new glitch as it used to work. We did notice that if we force the grain direction on a door and redraw the grain marker comes in. Any thoughts?

• Combo Box Hover

  So we just had a toilet partition job that was ruined because of an annoying little "feature/bug" When in the prompts screen, we've discovered that you don't need to open a combo box to scroll between its options, you just need to have the mouse hovered

• Setting to allow every product number to be unique

  It would be great if there could be a setting that would force each product in a project or even a room to be unique. This would save confusion in the event that Toolbox creates two numbers the same which it always does on heavily reworked projects. There are ways to do this manually however this requires time and to remember to do it.  A setting that would activate a check would be great.

• Lineweight for PDF's

  Hey guys, I've recently updated from toolbox 2020 to 2021 and had to go through and adjust all my old settings again. I've become stuck trying to get my lines for printable PDF's after publishing to be thin as previously. I've tried a few things but nothing

• 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

• Icons for custom toolbar

  Does anyone have any idea of where I can get some meaningful icons for the custom toolbar?

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• Save to Library

  For some reason I cannot save the "Carcass Tall" subassembly back to the Library. I have tried saving that subassembly from different projects as a test and that subassembly cannot be saved to the Library. I am able to save other subassemblies from the

• How can the '2D_ELV' layer not show when drawings product with "Draw 2D Products" tool?

  When using the "Draw 2D Products" tool to make elevations from a 3D product, a rectangle of the product's width and height draws on the '2D_ELV' layer. The rectangle's width is dimensioned. This is in addition to the programmed items in the sub assemblies.

• Drawer Front Overlays

  im needing to modify a existing project that some one started. what i need to do is change the drawer front overlay which is leaving a 1/4" reveal to a 1/16" reveal? it shouldn't be a globe setting because we don't do 1/4" reveals not sure why this guy

• Draw Dynamic Image - Parts List Discrepancy

  When going to make shop drawings we are looking for the parts list to reflect each part without the edge banding deducted from the part size. Using mvpartslist the dimensions are accurate, but when using Dynamic image it deducts the edge banding from

• 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).

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