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Extruded Wall Dadoes
The dado cut on angled walls is not staying square. It is nesting as an angle on the ends of the dado rebates which is to small for my router to follow and is throwing up an error on my cnc and it stops the sheet from cutting. I have nested a big job
How To Adjust Hatch Scale for Custom Material
So im going through the material editor and called out for 'AR-CONC' for a 2cm stone material. When it creates my section the hatch is at 1.0 Scale. I went into 'Hatch' and settings to adjust it to .25 but it doesnt adjust the material selection scale.
Digilocks Hardware
For a while now jobs have called for Digilocks or similar brands. any thoughts on adding to hardware library. Especially for blended lockers in office furniture. Just putting it out there see if there's a demand for it.
Note on Updating to Build 25.1.0519.641
Some users updating to the latest Toolbox build (25.1.0519.641) with SLA-type licenses have reported temporary loss of access to certain modules. This is due to a coding change in the build that interacts with the updated automated module-enablement process.
New Toolbox Release Available Today: Build 25.1.0519.641
We are happy to announce that Toolbox build 25.1.0519.641 is now available! This build includes resolutions for issues with modifying work orders, 2D plan tokens, an error that sometimes occurred on startup, and more. Please refer to the complete Release
2d Grain Indicator
We would like to be able to use our own block for the 2d-Grain indicator if possible. We also want this to come in the same size on all finished faces instead of scaling on larger/smaller ones. Finally, we want to move the location of the direction to
Work order summary by batch
I would like a report that shows only the products, hardware, sheets etc... used in a single batch of a work order. How can this be accomplished?
Edge band
Hello, Can somebody please help me? I need to show the edge band on fixed and adjustable shelves. thank you.
Double side panels
When I draw a "Tall Fridge Cabinet", somehow it always draws a double side panel. Every time I need to manually "Erase the part".Is it a software bug or a settings problem?
Multiple Sheets
Good Morning Microvellum. I have nested a job and some sheets have the same layout so it is telling me to cut sheet B2300 2 times. I don't want this. Regardless of the layouts being the same i would like to cut each sheet separately. I just cant find
Converting Text into polylines
We are routing unit number plates and need to routes using a specific font, is there a way within MV to convert text to polylines? I've tried the AutoCAD commands to no avail.
INNERGY IIBT
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Procedure: How to Add Edge/Tab Pull to Component Library 50.7 Metric
Attached is a document that will show how to add a Tab/Edge Pull to Component Library 50.7. Values are in Metric. I also included the Tab/Edge Pull drawing files that I used. DISCLAIMER: This is my own take on the procedure and have tested on various
Blended lockers ,office furniture
Anybody work with this yet ,I don't see many options as far as adjusting door sizes or swing. We do a lot of these type lockers. Most always swing same direction and different door measurements. this does get me closer than previously but was hoping for
Moving Prompts/Rows
I noticed our data is getting a bit spread-out in our spreadsheets and I am just wanting to move my rows around so I can start grouping my machining/hardware etc prompts next to each other to organize better. EDIT: Forgot to ask, just how can do that
after update to latest build, the material catalog, lost the "face 6 flipping option".How can i bring it back?
Any one has the same issue as me? I just update to the latest build and test out.
MV Product Inside of Block Editor
Hello All, Just throwing this out to any who may take interest... For reasons not terribly important to the topic... "Because I wanted to." 😄 I drew an MV Product inside of Block Editor... It drew fine... I was able to access the interfaces once drawn..
How long would it take you to process ~500 cabinets into a Work Order?
We process approx. 9000 cabinets per week. We have work orders that range in size from 10 cabinets to 1500 cabinets. We are struggling with the slow speed in which Work Orders get created (500 cabts would take around 5 hours). Processing the batch is
Wine Rack appears to be slightly out of alignment
As per the title i think the wine rack is out in a couple of the formulas, short divisions all round.
Copy product from one wall to another
It would be great if we could right click and copy a product via 'Product Viewer'. Currently if you MVCopy a product that is associated to a wall, it keeps that association and you don't get the option to 'Place Product on Wall', or 'Place Product Next
Internal Drawers - Wood boxes - Sub front
Hi, I feel kind of stupid for asking but anyways: We recently switched to doing all drawers as Wood Boxes with Blum Movento runners. All works great, except for internal drawers. The sub front is never finished, no matter what setting I use. Currently
Adding a Pull
I am attempting to add a new pull into my Microvellum hardware. I am following the Knowledge Base methods and everything was going good until I opened the Workbook Designer, went to the Global page and the Lookup Table tab. There is no Pull list in my
Importing V67 Jobs
We have nine years of V67 job that I would like to import in to our current FactoryDataBase. Is that possible? I don't see any tool in the data base utilities UI to do this, only V67 Library, not jobs... Has anyone work out if this is possible?
project vs template materials
I have been using the local version of MV for a long time. We have spec groups set up for most scenarios. Process when starting a projects. make a copy of the desired spec group along material file and edge banding files rename to spec group / material
Drawer in a Drawer
Anyone have words of advice or guidance of doing a 'drawer in a drawer' Like this: And yes buying it from Rev-A-Shelf would be the best ... but that's too easy! The size / proportions it doesn't exist. Any input would be appreciated
double rendering
Hello Microvellumers! Does anyone experience this issue? When re-drawing a product (usually when changing a prompt dimension) the new product drawing appears and the old remains in the screen as seen in the image below. It doesn't happen every time time,
Force attach materials to a appliance
How do i go about forcing the materials i have attached to the base drawing for a appliance, in this case an aga, that is not built into MV by default but is now in the system by me. However no matter what i try i cant get the materials stick to the layers
Grain matching and grain direction issues..
We have a large job where we need to grain match across several cabinets, including horizontal grain on all doors and FEs. It does not seem to be working properly and I don't know where I am going wrong. Any insight will be helpful or should I create
Drawer Front Calculator
I would like to turn it off, so the Designers can not access it. Where is it located and has anyone have it turned off?
copy from one wall to the another
So I've been using Microvellum since 2007. I got away using MV walls but now we are going back to it. So this is a MV 101 question. How do i copy a product from one wall to the next. Whenever i use the MV copy command i get extra elevation drawn everywhere.
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Ramped Routing CAD representation
I am adding a ramped routing for pocket screw pockets and am trying to figure out if there is a way to get a 3D AutoCad representation of the sloped rout. I am using a PLINE machine token with a starting Z value of 0 and an ending Z value of 7/16", this
Can we link Wall Cabinet Dimensions to the actual wall height cabinets are Associated too?
I have been asked if we could put wall cabinet face-frame dimension on our elevation; but they want them to always be based off the top of the wall. I know I could reference the global wall height but that doesn't mean that it will always be the same
Unmachinable Toggle-Bolt Cutouts after update 2D Machining
We cut our countertops to have dog-bone shaped cutouts on the underside to draw them together at seams using toggle bolts. The machining works fine from simply processing the products through a work order and running it at our CNC. However, if we find
Adding a drawer slide in Imperial Component Cabinet Library
There used to be documentation on the knowledge base tab of this page showing how to add drawer slide hardware for the imperial component library, now it's only showing for the foundation library and I can't find the one for imperial component. was it
CutParts File & Formula Materials
I've been trying to make some updates to our formula generated materials and just made a pretty big mistake due to not understanding how the CutParts file worked. In the library template, I made a copy of the CutParts file and started to edit the formula
Tall cabinet finish end/scribe side 1" short
I have a problem every time I add a finish end or a scribe to a tall cabinet. That side always 1" short from the correct height. How do I correct this? Thank you.
Product Prompt Options Columns
Would it be possible to have in product prompts for the materials prompts be split into separate columns? Example being the first column is the material prompts then the next column to be all the edging prompts? I have a few custom products that require
The Formula for crown molding is wrong
By default the height of the Crown Molding/cornice is looking for height alone. This fine for probably 99% of the market i guess, but ive changed to read the actual global variable so its now correct with our setup as our isn't flush to the top of the
small parts and dados
Hello, Can I tell microvellum to cut dados, small parts, cutouts, routes, etc. first? and then cut big parts. thank you.