Overlapping Prompts
I think this is controlled in the spread sheet, but I can't figure out why or how these would be overlapping. I don't have access to my Door Swing Prompts for my Upper Products. My other single door products are ok.
Project Login History
Hi All I am just wondering if there is any kind of login history or a way to see who has accessed certain projects at certain times. What could stop another co worker from entering a project that belonged to someone else and messing with it?
work orders
is it possible to change quantities in a work order? sometimes we want to run a cabinet for 6 pieces and the perhaps run only 4. the cabinet has been processed for 6 but we would like to run a batch for only 4 of the same cabinet and vice versa. can this
Can the Saw Report show a minimum panels size
Has anyone tried to set up a Sawing Optimization Report that could show what the minimum panel size required would be? Something that could incorporate the Leading & Trailing numbers in a material. Or, can this even be accomplished? Or, even in the Labels
Can't open block editor
I would like to open "block editor" to modify the block.But i can only open enhanced attribute editor.as attached.
What is the scale for adding 3d hardware in MV
I added some new drawer slides with updated product numbers, etc. and everything went great. I added the DWG into the graphics folder but did not scale the item so the new drawer slides came in HUGE compared to the cabinet. I scaled it down and now they
Estimate machining on nested machine
Hello All! Those of you that have years of experience in CNC should know this one easy: About how many minutes would the attached piece take to get a nested CNC machine to cut through and poke all the holes for hinges and such? Thanks in advance,
Part Properties Add New Part
Hi, When Adding A New Part To A Cabinet In Part Properties, It Comes Up As 3d_part How do You Change It To 3D-Door 1 Permanently?
Finger Pull customisation
Hi Microvellum, We have had the need for this a few times now & hoping you guys can help, We wish to alter the top finger-pull shadow height independently to the below rail heights. The reason for this if we have a higher than 40mm stone top I want to
FEATURE REQUEST - Want to reference Project Properties and/or Room Properties info inside a product
As an example, I would like to use the Room# in a formula for a prompt in my product. We enter the Room# in the Room Properties, but how can I reference it inside the product?
Associative Hardware
We started using these brackets for our removable plumbing panels and would like to add this to our Hardware Library and add it to the Plumbing Panel Subassembly. Does the hardware need to be drawn in 3D? When the panel is not being used I don't want
Text Help
I know this is probably a rookie question but how do I change the size of the text in the drawings page? Everything in model space is set to annotative but I can't change the text to annotative for some reason. Normally this is already set but somehow
MV Block, broken since flash is not supported any more
Since adobe stop supporting flash, i was curious if there another tool to better visualize the panel rotation to machine points. I don't have any screen shots of the MVBlock. User would choose what machine point and rotation,the panel would be displayed
DIE WALLS
how do you get a library die wall product so that the return is not mitered? i don't see an option in the prompts. the standard die wall inserted to follow a polyline always miters the return and i want to change that to a butt joint.
Routers 'do not have valid diameters'
Hi, We just transferred MV from an old workstation to a new one, and prior to this I did not receive this message. When I draw products, I am receiving two popup messages stating: The router named '3_8COMPRAMP' does not have a valid diameter. Make sure
point style nodes
does anyone know how to change the point style in Toolbox OEM? DDPTYPE doesn't work.
Feature Request: Adjust Wall - Include Product
Currently if you uncheck this box, the product will not be moved, or resized. But it WILL be redrawn. This can in some cases require an elevation to be completely deleted and have to be redrawn from scratch. Either because MV has for some reason decided
Feature Request: Option for Wall product elevation tokens
Please enable the MV System Prompts 'ELVNODIM' & 'ELVNOOUTLINE' on Room Component Wall products. Currently there is no way to disable to existing Elevation dims or product outline in order to replace it with custom tokens.
How do you remove some line bore holes?
How do you remove some line bore holes that are not needed from a part. They are associative and won't delete whe editing in 2d part editing. i only need to remove the upper most holes.
Feature Request: Edit Walls with 'Edit Multiple Product Prompts'
It is difficult to adjust wall prompts once they are drawn. Making them accessible through the Edit Multiple Product Prompts command would be very helpful.
Handle missing in section
Hi, I seem to have an issue from time to time where my handles will not show in my 2D sections. I have tried multiple stock handles and some copied ones. What am I missing? There seems to be drawing tokens attached and I've tried all options from the
Part Orientation in grain container
Hey everyone, I'm trying to grain match a closure panel (false door on bulkhead) to the upper cabinet below. I'm getting the closure panel rotated in my grain container like in the picture below. Regardless if I have none, or force width or length in
microvellum solidwork
I want transfert microvellum 3d drawing to solidwork. Thank you Francois B
Save prompt for Drawing1
I have closed Drawing1 a couple thousand times now and I hate having to say No each time to saving it. It is seen as changed each time because of system variables that are applied after opening Toolbox, as I understand it. Does anyone know what I can
How to copy existing hardware
I am trying to figure out how to essentially copy all the Blum hinges and rename them to Richelieu. We use Richelieu as our standard hinge, but have used Blum when requested and I would like to be able to differentiate between the two for report purposes.
2d Plan View drawing
Is there a way to include the depth of the door in the plan view of a cabinet? when I draw a plan view it only outlines the carcass. Also I would like to include the complete thickness of wall (hatched). Does anyone know how to accomplish this as we
Product shows up in Product List but not in Drawing
I tried to change the width of multiple cabinets in Product List and when I tried to open one of the cabinets in the drawing, I received a fatal error and MV shut down. After going through the recovery process , I tried to open a Product and MV crashes
How can i have drawer front adjusters reference drawer box, not drawer front.
I need the position of the drawer front adjusters to be a fixed location in the drawer box and variable on the drawer front. We buyout all our drawers and i can give the vendor a location for a drilled hole for the drawer front adjusters, but it will
counter top brackets
i see countertop support brackets in the hardware library but don't know how or where they can be used.
To customize or not to customize
Historically we have always made minimal customizations and stayed current with software and library. Wondering what strategy everyone else has employed. What's the lifespan of a library given you stay current with the latest software?
Add Shop Location to Reports (and Work Order)
I created a UDPP for Shop Location, but do not know how to add it to a report. Following the tutorial for “Reverse Child/Parent relationship” I added Project Properties under the MV “Type” Database on a renamed current report. I found the Data Sources
Front to back equals formula
Does anyone know of a formula similar to the EQV formula that work in the depth of a product instead of the width?
FEATURE REQUEST: Purge Part Drawings
It would be useful if there was a tool we could use to purge part drawings that are created when you draw a part in 2D. If you are doing a bunch of modifications to parts, these can accumulate over time and take up drive/server space.
Text placement on nested panels
I remember someone mentioning somewhere before how to add part information to the panel rather than below the pattern in a composite which wasn't going to work for us, but we are doing some things now that it will be good for. Now I've tried it and it's
Solid Modeling Analyzer Machine and Base point
I there a way to change to default Machine and Base point for the Solid Model Analyzer? It is always 2 M2 by default and this is not the best point for us.
Can we add the the Length & Width label back to the part image for labels?
I have screen shot of an image from a past label where the part image had the Length & Width Labeled “in line” with the part image to show the orientation of the part. This was great and key when you have parts where the Length & Width of the part is close to the same size and you are then asking an operator to guess and possibly rotate a part. How can we add this back into the image? The current “OptimizationResult.WMF” doesn’t include the dims but it does have the H-Boring. The “Parts.WMFStreamDimension”
Hatch scale for hatched returns
Is there a way to change the default scale of 50 (left image) for hatched returns for something more dense? I'd like to have the hatched returns with a hatch scale of 16 (right image) without having to manually change it every time I insert a hatched
Batched Nesting
I would like to be able to nest an entire job, say 250 cabinets, and set the number of cabinets in a batch to 10-20 boxes. This way if I had another job that needed to be rushed I could finish the batch of 10 cabinets and fit in another job, it also would
Creating New Mach Instructions and GCode from Drawing Problem
We have been using scrap for small or make up part nests. Sometimes we have to manually configure the nested parts in the composite drawing to get grain matching or just fit the needed parts on a specific piece of scrap. Since we have an auto labeler
How can I make a hardware page reflecting the hardware choices that are made in MV
We use a hardware page like the image below. I would like to know if anyone knows of a way that I can attach an image to a hardware item, as well as a title and description. Then the hardware page could be a block with attributes reflecting the hardware that is chosen in the spec group. The title could be the hardware name. Is this possible? Who can give me some info on how to do this if it can be done?
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