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Hardware machining on face 1 or 3
Does anyone know if it's possible for Microvellum to show the machining (even though it can't produce code) on faces 1 or 3 for something like a lock mortise on a man door?
FEATURE REQUEST - Add 3D Elevation Tokens
We would like to see 3D Elevation Tokens that work in much the same way as 2D plan tokens, drawing automatically when you draw your 3D product. This way, once we have the 3D products in, you could have viewports set up to automatically show the layers you want in each view and create your elevations without having to use the "Draw 2D Elevation" button. We could use this for products regardless of if they associate to a wall or not, including our custom millwork walls.
Drill Distance Past Part
Hi, I am trying to adjust the depth that our THRU bit drills past parts. I thought that this was something that was easily adjusted via the Globals under machining (see attached image). After adjusting this Global, the bit is penetrating .02" through
Onsite Microvellum Draftsman Wanted
Benchmark Woodworks Company in Delaware, Ohio is hiring for a full time, onsite Microvellum draftsman. We are MV 7 shop producing millwork and casework packages for restaurant, retail and office environments. We are utilizing MV programming for our manufacturing
New MV User - 21 years experience with AutoCAD
Hey everyone. I'm new and I've got some questions. Some of this could be the way our Engineering Manager has Toolbox setup, but hopefully you may have some insight. We are running: Microvellum Toolbox 2020, Build 20.1.203.641 Library version 2014 R3
2D Drawing Instructions (Part 2) - Wood Hacks S1:E5
Hi Friends, This is a part two of our five part Wood Hack mini series focused on 2D drawing instructions. In this video, we focus on how to add Global controls and parameters for automating your drawings! Prompt Properties:
Continuous Education - Wood Hacks S1:E9
Hey Friends! Are you taking the time to invest in your training? If not, in this latest episode of Wood Hacks, James reviews a few tips and and ideas related to keeping your skills sharp.
2D Wall Elevation Not working
This was working fine, now it is not. I have a simple Closet Drawn and wanted a 2d Elevation but the result is as attached and getting the dreadful "Unhandled exception" error also crashing Error.
Shaker door
Hi, We have an issue when we increase the rail size on this subassembly where we lose the insert panel? Must be a bug in the code but not sure how to fix it
FEATURE REQUEST - Project Pane Information
I don't know if it would be helpful for anyone else but it would be great if we could show the category name in this little section. We use the company name for the category so it would be quite helpful to show that information at a quick glance!
Errors
Anyone else getting theses types of errors more and more consistently lately? Seems to be fine for days and then we just go through a string of errors that all seem to be related to the work order creation.
FEATURE REQUEST - Save and close product prompts interface without redrawing
I would like the option of redrawing a product (or not) after making changes to the product prompts. I know in the product list you can access the product prompts interface and make changes without the redraw each time. But this would be a great time
Automatic Flip face
When processing parts that were Machined on face 6 they are being auto flipped in the nest without a pop up dialog question if that is needed. How do I turn that dialog box back on?
Migrating From a Metric Library to Imperial
What would your process be? *** Migrate from Metric (V49.1) to Imperial(50.7). At one point in time it was decided(right , wrong, or indifferent) that we would set up our Library in Metric. We would like to now migrate to Imperial(Taking our build standards
Pulling single drw boxes from a product?
I have a 6 drw unit that I only need 3 complete drws from the entire unit. I sized the box to give the the correct drw size needed for a water damage project . Currently I am searching for parts and pieces I need in the processing center and only processing
Foundation Library UCN Function
=UCN(<value1>,value2) This function is found in the new Foundation library and looks to be a type of IF statement where <value1> is for Imperial users and <value2> is for Metric users, but they don't necessarily have to equal. Is this true and can anyone
Mulitpass tools - set different options to original tool
I have a multipass tool that uses my main compression cutter. However, I want this tool to have a slower feed and rotational speed to the original tool in the multipass tool. It has the options to change it however the resulting CIX file does not reflect
Rebuilding the products of a room from a processed work order??
Trying to backstep my process, I copied a room and made a lot of changes. For whatever reason my AutoCAD crashed. I restarted without any problems, but when I went back to the original room that I copied, all the products are missing in the product
Work Order Naming Convention
Now this is an old request of mine that has long been a little bugbear so I thought I would put it out there now and see if this is something that would benefit others as well or if it's just us! When processing an order, we work with 5 digit order numbers
Laguna Tools Smart Shop 2 versus ShopSabre Pro 408
I have spent A LOT of time picking out our first CNC router and have it narrowed down to 2; the Laguna Tools Smart Shop 2 and the ShopSabre Pro 408. From what I have gathered both are great machines with companies that have plenty of experience in the
Optimization Strategy
Have a project with a lot of small parts and it wants to place these on the edge of several panels, I don't want that as I tend to loose small parts at the edge or at least hope the operator is more careful. So I thought I would try the place small parts
Event log, logs too much stuff.
Not necessarily a problem, more of an annoyance but I just cleaned out 3.5gb of event logs from the database and noticed there is a lot of stuff we don't need in there. For the most part I like the event log but I feel like it's logging too much stuff.
Item Number Location
I have created a master product that draws many different cabinets but for some the item number draws underneath. I am aware of the prompts to move them but I would like them to be correct automatically. For example, for one base cabinet @ 24" depth the
Import Specification group
Hi We recently learned that we can import Specification group to project. So I changed our XML accordingly to import our options. The trouble we have, the importation work on the project specification groups and sometime, not always, it also overwrite
We Just Launched Our New Microsoft Teams Phone System!
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Is it possible to access the PROFILE machine token in a report?
I am looking to generate a report for our Shaper operator. I have PROFILE tokens on my parts so that the 3D model shows correctly but I can't find this same data anywhere in the various report dataset options. Just want to make sure I am not missing something
Troy Smith
It is with deep regret that I am letting you all know of the passing of my friend and coworker Troy Smith. Troy has worked at my family's company using MV for about 20 yrs (I am 31) . He was a frequent contributor to the MV forums. Troy has spent the
Streamline Process of Drawing Products from the Product List
The current process of drawing products from the Product List (Overdrive Pro) requires that you leave that interface, enter the Product Viewer interface, right-click on the desired product to draw, hover over two flyout menus, and click the desire option for the drawing. I realize that the current process offers more options than previous versions, but it now requires several more clicks than was necessary for those versions. Is there any way to streamline this process to make it less cumbersome?
Remove Construction Holes when Drawing Sections
Is there a way to remove the construction holes in a 2D section without choosing the option of drawing it only with minimal machining and shelf holes? I'd like to keep the 3d drawing that I base everything off of with Full Machining but I can't figure
Solid Model Analyzer - Grained Material
I created a few custom 3D products and the material is grained. I used Solid Model Analyzer to create the Microvellum products. And when I nest the parts, Microvellum optimizes the parts without considering the grain direction. I guess Solid Model Analyzer
error codes
does anyone know what error code 84051 means. looks like a boolean error but what causes it and why did my part disappear?
JIT Error?
Anyone know why I am getting this error when I modify cnc routing and redraw.
Copy a Specification Group when importing from xml
I have one Specification group in my template. When I import an XML project with multiple group of colors can we take the default specification group and copy it for every group of color I need? Thank you
Sheet set Not Publishing to Adobe PDF
I'm having an issue Publishing the sheet sets to Adobe PDF. I don't think this is an in house Tech Problem. Can Anyone from MV help me fix this? This is holding me up.
MATERIAL LISTS
is there a way to print a report that would show all the materials on one sheet for a given project/
2D Drawing Instructions (Part 5) - Wood Hacks S1:E8
Hey Friends! Our #WoodHacks mini series focused on automating 2D drawing instructions for shop drawings continues... In this fifth video, we review how to add drawing tokens to subassemblies.
Double Passing Dadoes
It was brought to my attention that the dado's started doing double passing in the most recent builds. I reverted back to Build 21.1.202.641 to see when this change was done. Is there anything I can do to revert to single pass routes when the dado width
Design Manufacturing Report
Hello, I have 2 reports the first Old Nesting Master G-Code and the second New Nesting master G-Code. In each there is a filter to choose which processing station (linkidprocessingstation). Now I have created 2 new processing stations and I would like
What has everyone added in their 2d drawing tokens?
Hi, I am bringing up this topic as I am updating all my 2d drawing information to automate it as best as possible (just learnt this!). Was wondering what 2d tokens everyone has added and or is using to make drafting as automatic as possible with plan
Full-time Wood Science Instructor at Northcentral Technical College (Antigo, WI) at the Wood Technology Center of Excellence
We have been asked by the AWFS Education Committee to share this open position for full-time Wood Science instructor at Northcentral Technical College (Antigo, WI) at the Wood Technology Center of Excellence. Please pass it on! Here is the job posting: