Export Material Pointers
In the latest 21.1.0420.641 build, adding a new way to import materials into an existing library is a long waited feature that finally became a reality. Thank you Microvellum. Another feature that would be great to see would be a way to import material
Defining Feed Speed Per Material
I've read a handful of topics/articles/videos on this topic, but I'm still running stuck. I cannot get a different feed speed for a particular material. I have a 0.75 MDF material which I want to override the border tool with tool 1 and a feed speed of
Drawer Slide Cross Reference
Question ... Does anyone have or know of a drawer slide cross reference chart? Meaning .... That a Hardware Resources Slide "ABC" is exactly the same prep / same slide as an Accuride "XYZ" or the same as a Salice "LMNOP" or a Bee Slide "123" - and so
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Associative Dado Machine Token - Reverse Direction
I cannot reverse the direction of the router for the Associative Dado Machine Token by changing the value in Parameter 2. Has anyone have the same problem and was able to solve it? I am using Microvellum OEM 2019 with Build 20.1.617.641. I do not remember trying to change the dado direction since upgrading from V67 a few months ago. I know in V67, it worked. But in V67, Parameter 2 was only Reverse Direction unlike the new Toolbox which has 3 options. From reading the release notes of previous builds,
Type of bit for plexi glass application.
Hi! I wanted to see if anybody has cut plexi glass on their CNC before and if so, what kind of bits did you used? I'm shooting for the cleanest cut posible and the table saw is not delivering what we need. any info on this will be highly appreciated!
New Product- How to add Tab to tab list.
So i've made a new product and just want to add some tabs to organise the prompts better. But because it's a new product, if I go --> 'Part Properties' --> 'Prompts' --> 'Tabs, Calculators, And Warning Messages', The 'Tab List' column is empty, and when
FEATURE REQUEST: Add W x H x D at Top of Edit Design Data
There are times when you're deep in a product and you're trying to verify calculations based on the product's width, height, or depth values. Having those values displayed at the top of Edit Design Data would be very helpful and eliminate having to navigate
Hanging File hardware discussion
Does anyone else use the extruded plastic that goes on top of the drawer side? If so, what are you doing on lateral files? I'm trying to design a lean/cost-effective way to handle file drawers. If I use this extrusion on the drawer front and back for
Forced Global file by product
I'm designing a product that is relatively unique for us and will require it's own global file. Is there a way for me to set a default global for a product when saving it to the library? i don't want to create a separate Library just for this one pr
Drawing Index Creation
Currently we utilize Sheet Set for managing our drawing layouts. It is phenomenal AutoCAD tool that gives us the ability to manage all of our information across multiple drawings really well. Microvellum has some of this by way of the user defined project
curved cabinet
has anyone tried to make curved cabinets from the library. there is not a lot of prompts that allow sub-assemblies, etc. and when i try to insert a division with shelves it doesn't show up and when you edit anything from the prompts or even when creating
Missing Tall doors with inner drawers
Hi Guys Does anybody know why i would be getting this error message? It is only applicable to the double and single door with inner drawers. The product is in the Product Viewer and Over drive, just not on screen. AU Library 20.1.0 Application does
Door/Front Options
I had an idea of making basic door cabinet products a bit easier & all in one. In product prompts having the options on a single product that allows you to pick left door, right door or double door. It would make changing cabinets easier without having
Updating Material Workbook(s) takes ages...
Does anyone else have an issue with the "Updating Material Workbook(s)" notification taking ages to go away when opening a job? We never had an issue before, maybe it has something to do with a new update or maybe my material db is funky? It will go
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Draw Part 2D
Hi, I am drawing parts in my model space in 2d. Then I create a part and click draw part in 2d. I copy out my drawing I have already done and put it over my new panel in draw part in 2d. When I select my lines to machine them the lines change to random
Increase Size Of Open Buttons
This is probably just something that annoys me rather than being an actual problem, but i'd love the open symbols to be a bit bigger as i quite often miss it by a whisker and open up the folder by mistake Also appears in projects, materials etc
Label positioning
Hi I saw in the work order, in the "part", a column name LabelPosition. Its empty. I was wondering if its possible to have custom position for label for each part instead of always be in the middle? Alex
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Edgebanding taking off more than specified
Hi, I am having some trouble with my doors being cut to the wrong size. We cut the door slabs on the saw and edgeband after. For example: A door should finish (including edgebanding) at 22.875" x 35.875". The edgeband specified to the part has a thickness
Transfering wizard values from an .XML file
Anybody know if there is a way to transfer values from a .XML file into the Wizard's workbook? so far we are able to do it in the local workbook to affect cabinet prompts but cannot seem to do it in the Wizard or any other workbook. I tried prefacing my prompt name with W! but it did not work.
Using ERP for shipping and shelves
What is everyone using for shipping/tracking your products? How are you shipping your shelves? We use microvellum to print and scan product labels that are placed on the the cabinets,desks and countertops. I've been looking into breaking the shelves
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Minimize windows To reference drawing
I think this topic has been discussed but I am not finding it. It would be nice to have the ability to minimize any of the open Microvellum windows to reference the drawing. Another thought would be able to have the double click option within the wizard
Saw 45 degrees
It would be nice to have the option to put the SAW at 45 degree!
Bay Starter Horizontal
Hello, A little help here please? I want 2 bays of differing widths and the bay calculator is not adding them right, what am I doing wrong here? The total width is 1160 but the calculator only gives the total as 1106. TIA for any help. Ben
New release available today: 21.1.0420.641
We are pleased to announce that the update to build 21.1.0420.641 is now available! Build Highlights You can now import materials from a spreadsheet using the Database Management Tools. This new feature will accommodate hardware, solid stock, edge banding,
Parametric Scallop
Hey all, So we do a lot of worktops through our factory and to make our lives much easier I've built a custom product with most of the things that we are asked for as modifications to our standard worktop. Things like cutouts/grommits, variable radius
base point
i could have sworn i saw a button to find a base point on a part but can't find it. is there a way to see where the base point is on a part in the drawing without have to open part properties? i need to know where to add machining bur i always seem to
Unhandled Exception
Please see image of error attached. This seems to happen anytime I have to redraw a product, anything with a 96mm wire pull. Does anyone have a clue as to how to fix this? Build 20.1.203.641 frameless library 039.2
Scrap Management
So kind of a question, kind of an idea, kind of a discussion. Definitely a big problem. So we have an older model Biesse in our shop. It's from 2010, but it's still going and we've just had a series of major works done on it. It's running. One of the
Drawer Box ONLY
Is there an easy way to produce a drawer box only? Just have the prompts for the drawer box width, height and depth? Similar to the Single Door of Drawer Front under Miscellaneous? Thanks in advance!!
Locating hardware on subassembly inserts
We have been generating CNC machining for locks and strikes using Microvellum for over a year now without any issue. For library cabinets the way we have it setup does not require the user to do anything except check the box in the prompts to lock the
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Edge band position on Nested Sheet WMF
Is there a way to edit the WMF stream for Placed sheets (Placed.Sheets.WMF.Stream) in order to show the edges where edgeband is applied in the nested sheet report? Thanks in advance
Perfect Grain Stacking on top of one another
Hello, I am trying to make a list wall panels that will need to be matched with Perfect Grain. I have attempted to assign 'Perfect Grain Info:' under Part Properties of each panel in accordance with the suggestions given in the video below: https://community.microvellum.com/portal/en/kb/articles/overview-of-graining-features
MACHINING SMA PARTS ERROR
I have a division part that has a dado and thru holes (including line bore). For some reason it processes the dado as face 6 machining and we do not flip parts here. How do i get it to machine all on face 5? Also, we use tapered point drill bits as opposed
Shop Fabrication Best Practices - Open Discussion
I wanted to start an open discussion to see what everyone’s opinions are towards fabrication and shop setup. From personal experience, the shop I came from was CNC nested-based. We did not have a saw or point-to-point setup. This was a great and simple
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