Customer Focus Group: Q1 2026 Planning
It’s that time again, when we get together to talk about what we prioritize next quarter. Our Q1 2026 Focus Group is coming up on November 20th, and this session is all about hearing from you and what you’d like to see us focus on next. We use your feedback,
Microvellum Drafter/Engineer looking for 1099 work-REMOTE
Hello My name is Clint Soto. I have close to 13 years experience with Microvellum, AutoCAD and I am currently learning BricsCAD. My work experience is a mixed bag of residential, commercial, product design and architectural millwork jobs. I have a Microvellum
New Toolbox Release Available Today: Build 25.1.1107.641
We are happy to announce that Toolbox build 25.1.1107.641 is now available! This build includes resolutions for various issues with the Beta Optimizer, subassembly names and prompt values, extruded products, and more, as well as improvements to certain
global switch for changing drawer color
is there such a switch if so were, if not why not as it would help with ordering the correct hardware.
FEATURE REQUEST: Revert Subassembly in Prompts UI
This would be a helpful addition and would eliminate having to open another UI to revert a subassembly. James Drury Technology Advocate MICROVELLUM SOFTWARE LinkedIn Vimeo
DADO Route Start Location
Anyone know if it's possible to flip the starting location of a rectangular DADO route? You can see in the screenshot, the starting location is in the middle of the longest edge on the inside of the part. Our vertical router slips slightly when machining
Subcontract or Full Time Engineer
I am looking for any companies that need either full time or 1099 help with either Autocad submittal drawings or full on Microvellum production work. I would prefer to work with someone who: A) answers their voicemails and emails in a timely fashion,
[Sharing is Caring] Elliptical Cutout
I had to do an elliptical cutout in a countertop (undermount sink). This gets you a pretty good result, but will still need some hand-work to smooth it out after. Add the prompts in the attached .CUTX to your product/subassembly. -Ezra
Hiring Opportunity
May Cabinets is a leading architectural millwork manufacturer specializing in high-end commercial and luxury residential projects in Glassboro, NJ. We are seeking a highly skilled and detailed Millwork Engineer to join our technical team. You will be
Downloading Sandbox Database
I am trying to install a sandbox database but all the links to download the foundation library lead to dead ends and broken links. I downloaded it before and didn't have these issues. I am trying to download the autocad version to install as a local database/sandbox
Rotate Subassemblies on the X and Y axes
We're considering using our standard hinged doors on an ADA angled frame so the custodian can easily retrieve the trash can behind the door instead of using a removable panel. It would save me a ton of time and headaches if it were possible to rotate
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
Face 5 Machining with Pline Hardware Token
Hi everyone, I'm trying to customize a lock machining operation using a Pline token. The issue I'm running into is that I can't figure out how to get it to machine on Face 5 (green). No matter what I do it generates the machining on Face 6(red). Does
Part Properties UI - Prompts search
Could some sort of search function be added to the Part Properties interface to allow searching for a specific prompt? Right now it seems all you can do is scroll through the entire list of prompts and hope to see the one you need to find
Dowel in the front drawer box part to align with the drawer front - does anyone does this?
Team, I am having this challenge. How can I perform a dowel operation on the front of the drawer box?
Change Room Automatically when you change tabs
It would be very nice to have an option to allow us to change the current room when you click on your tabs.
Where to adjust the router in/out angle
When MV creates our gcode, our operators have been telling me that the in/out angle is too steep and has been causing issues. They just change it now at the machine but Id like to fix it so they dont have to spend the time to do that every route. Looks
Custom G Code Header on Face 6 programs
Does anyone know of a way to insert a few custome lines of G code to the header on only face 6 programs?
Formula Help - works in Legacy Library but not Foundation Library
We are setting up our Foundation Library and are bringing over our Lookup Table for all of our in house custom moldings we make and I am running into the issue where the following formula no longer works in the Foundation Library like it currently works
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
Base 2 Door 2 Drawer- Drawer Problem
The Base 2 Door 2 Drawer cab doesn't show the drawers correctly, it is missing parts and placing parts out side of the carcass. Has Anyone seen this before? Not sure how to fix it. This is straight from the library no modifications.
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.
Single Doors and Single Drawer Fronts should be included with perfect graining
While working with a material with directional grain (cathedral grain), we discovered the "1 Drawer Base" drawer front did not nest with the same orientation as the adjacent products. My ticket to Microvellum informed me that "a minimum of a pair of parts
Introducing the Next-Gen Optimizer: Now in Beta
We’re excited to introduce a new generation of optimization tools—now available in beta. This release marks a major step forward, featuring an all-new optimizer built from the ground up with a modern, flexible architecture and a powerful genetic algorithm.
Q4 2025 Roadmap Preview
Did you miss yesterday’s roadmap preview event? Here’s a quick summary of what made it onto the roadmap this quarter. Remember, these are the items we’re committing to, not the only things we’ll be working on. .......... CAD/CAM Decoupling Machine Code/Post
Fix the hidden error window when Processing
When Processing in the process center, when MV encounters an error the notification window is often hidden and remains invisible. Can the process center flash red or something so the user knows to look for the error window . I'm assuming MV can't make
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
Unlimited Machining cuts
Can anyone tell me how i might make my sub assembly for reeded drawers do an unlimited amount of cuts. Its purely visual, but that could change, we spindle them right now. Its all based around the groove panel and by default that stops at 31 machining
Construction options: back construction: no back / removable back are gone
hi, what happened with the new update? the options "no back" and "removable back" seem to have gone. I really enjoyed that feature
FEATURE REQUEST: "Open Previous..."
I would love to have the ability to have a single button at the bottom of the Open Project and Open Room interfaces to open the previous project and room. I know you can access recent projects and rooms from the drop-down menu in those interfaces, but
Draw Products Favorites Tab
I feel like I am spending more time than I'd like navigating through the draw MV products tabs and drop downs to find the products I use pretty regularly, seems like it wouldn't be all that difficult to have an additional tab on the left that you can
Erased Products / Restore Previous Version
Had an issue today where a complex custom product was accidentally erased using the MV erase command. My understanding is that the product is now completely erased. We are currently backed up on an SQL server. Shouldn't there be an option to "restore"
RANGETOSTRING returning #N/A instead of value in LookUpTable.
Have a RANGE TO STING formula that just returns #N/A for the value, even thought there is date in the LookUpTable that is references. Not sure what is going on with it as every other RANGETOSTRING Formula we have like this in our Materials Workbook works
TRIANGLE ERROR
This error came up. I remember seeing it somewhere explaining this. Cant remember or find anything on it. If someone could refresh my memory
product viewer
wondering if we could have folders or categories that we can make just like adding a new room into category but in the product viewer and have a check box to turn off and on products or turn off and on groups. for example i want to group the outside of
Setting Up Solid Modeling Layers
Is there a way to place the options in alphabetic order
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