Creating a Successful Quality Assurance Program
Quality Assurance is best defined as “a means to focus on the prevention of mistakes and/or defects during the manufacturing process that impact efficiency or quality that can impact profits.” Having a process in place to ensure you team adheres to the principles of a Quality Assurance Program will help you streamline your production and maintain high standards throughout the design to manufacturing process. Whether you are a design/drafting firm, engineering specialist or wood product manufacturer,
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Working Remotely During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Microvellum is fully committed to our family of users and wishes everyone well during the business chaos surrounding the COVID-19 (novel coronavirus) pandemic. Many of our users have transitioned or are transitioning from a central office to working remotely from their home offices. In this business climate, we want to do our part to help you all stay productive, wherever you may be working. If you are working from your home office, we would like to make it easier for you to do so. Disaster Relief
Staying Productive in a Changing Business Climate
Microvellum has been closely monitoring the rapidly increasing domestic and worldwide developments related to COVID-19 (coronavirus) during the last several weeks. For now, the business climate is changing and having an impact business-as-usual for many. During this time, we are determined to help our staff, customers, and business partners around the world stay healthy, safe and productive. Here are some of the precautionary actions we’ve taken in response to the current world events: Are You Working
Microvellum’s Update Release Has Arrived!
We are pleased to announce the Controlled Release of Toolbox, Build 20.1.0203.641. This release includes significant stability enhancements, fixes, new features, and other improvements to both the user interfaces and experience for Microvellum Toolbox, Production, and Server software. How to Get the Update Microvellum software updates are available to users with an active maintenance subscription upon request. To request access, simply create a ticket and select "Software Update Request" as the classification
Microvellum Introduces New Software Versioning Schema
If you’re like most users, the version or build number of your software may not be that important. Whether it’s a beta major, minor, or beta build number doesn’t really matter, right? What is important is knowing whether or not the build you are running is the most current and being able to have a clear understanding of the features available in the software build. So, we’ve made some changes to our build numbering schema to reduce the confusion and help users be more informed. As of February 3,
Mel Swartz Rejoins Microvellum as Head of Professional Services
We're excited to welcome back Mel Swartz as Head of Professional Services here at Microvellum! Mel is a fourth-generation woodworker with over 20 years of experience in all phases of woodworking including, commercial and residential production, software integration, and organizational change management. He'll be leading Microvellum’s global service and support teams based out of our headquarters in Central Point, Oregon. Mel will oversee all stages of projects, from pre-sales scoping through to
Microvellum Ends Maintenance Updates for Toolbox 2017
As of February 3, 2020, Microvellum will officially stop producing maintenance updates for Toolbox 2017 licensed software. This move to end the development of software updates for Toolbox 2017 aligns with Microvellum's development cycle to include maintenance support for the current release and two previous versions. (Toolbox 2020, 2019, and 2018) The most current software build for Toolbox 2017 is 15.6.2008.641. How Does this Impact Users? Microvellum users that still use Toolbox 2017 will no
Autodesk Ends Support for Full Version AutoCAD 2007 – 2010
As of August 31, 2019, Autodesk® has officially ended support for all full version AutoCAD® 2007 and 2010 perpetual license software. Going forward, Autodesk will support all current versions of Autodesk Software and previous versions listed on their subscription and maintenance plan eligibility list – typically three versions back. For more information on this announcement, visit Autodesk’s Help Center: https://knowledge.autodesk.com/support/autocad/troubleshooting/caas/simplecontent/content/previous-version-support-change.html?_ga=2.135817393.1001391335.1561610530-272723876.1532330357
Toolbox Update Coming on February 3, 2020
We are pleased to announce that the update for Toolbox, Build 20.1.0203.641, will be available as a Controlled Release beginning February 3, 2020. This update includes several new features, stability improvements, and other modifications. Users with a current Support & Maintenance Subscription will be able to request access to the update and participate in Microvellum’s new White Glove program, a service designed to help users successfully install, test, and validate the update. This White Glove
Introducing Microvellum Server 2020
These days, the data driving your shop’s production can come from multiple systems such as online orders, ERP, MRP, or other software applications. The problem is, these systems are most likely disconnected from each other or drive independent processes within your shop. So we developed a platform that enables users to seamlessly connect their 3rd party applications with Microvellum’s automated production processes. Microvellum Server is an information hub that collects, processes, and transfers
Microvellum Announces End of Support for Windows 7
Support for Microsoft Windows 7 officially ended January 14, 2020. Microsoft® announced that from this date forward, they will stop development efforts and technical support for Windows 7. How Are Microvellum Users Impacted? Microvellum software applications will continue to function on Windows 7 after the 14th, but Windows 7 will no longer be considered during product development cycles or defect remediation for issues impacting users with Windows 7. At this time, future releases and software