Materials
Material Pointers Guide
Material Pointers A downloadable PDF of this article is attached to this page. This document is written to reflect the software as of Microvellum Foundation Library build 25.0418. Some sections in this article contain information in tabbed format. ...
Synchronizing Sheet Sizes in the Microvellum Workbooks
During the process of customizing one’s library, it may be necessary to create formulas that reference certain aspects of the database material inventory, such as sheet sizes. To create a parametric library formula for a certain product, one may ...
Overview: Formula Driven Materials
There are two distinct types of Microvellum materials – formula materials and non-formula (traditional) materials. This article focuses on formula-driven materials. Accessing Formula-Driven Materials You may use either the Add Formula Material ...
Edit a Material Size
This article explores how to change the sheet sizes for a given Material in the Material File of Toolbox. To change the sheet size for a desired material: 1. Open the Library or Project Specification Group interface from the Toolbox Setup dropdown ...
Overview: Material Pointers
The material of a part is determined by the Material Name property associated with the part. The image below shows a Base Back part within a product and the material that is currently assigned to that part. Fig. 1 – Base Back currently has the ...
Overview: Material Handling Codes
Material Management Systems are becoming more common in the woodworking industry. One of these is the SCMI Flexstore system. These systems require material information in the header of the TXT files that define the part labels for the sheet. Fig. 1 ...
Overview: Material Wizard Prompts
In our effort to reduce the number of separate cut part materials, edgeband materials, and hardware materials, Microvellum has created what we refer to as formula-driven materials. The interface for user interaction between these materials and the ...
Setting up Tool Overrides for Specific Materials
Setting up Tool Overrides for Specific Materials Materials can be set up to use specific tools instead of using the default tools. Tool overrides can be set up for both routing operations and border operations. A tool override can be set up by ...