Microvellum Expands their Support Team in Australia

Central Point, Oregon – August 6, 2015 – Microvellum Inc., a leading cabinet and manufacturing software provider, specializing in AutoCAD based CAD/CAM/CIM technologies, today announced the expansion of their global customer service and support team, with the addition of Scott Hawksworth, based out of Queensland, Australia.

Hawksworth, a twenty-nine year veteran in the woodworking industry, has acquired an extensive set of skills that make him well suited for supporting users of Microvellum Software. His technical experience ranges from CNC programming, drafting, project estimation, to building site construction, installation, and management. As a Master Craftsman Cabinet Maker and member of the Woodworkers Guild of Australia, Hawksworth takes pride in his work and his accomplishments. He has an eye for detail and has demonstrated the ability to critically analyze and troubleshoot complicated issues.

“With my background in production management, machining, joinery installation, and setting out using nearly every software available, including Microvellum, I am well verse in using software to drive production to its best capacity. I’m looking forward to advancing my career with Microvellum and having the opportunity to work with customers from around the world.” said Hawksworth.

“We’ve been working hard to streamline our support and provide more prompt service for our customers. Having an asset like Scott around will definitely help ensure our customers receive quality support from someone who’s been in their position as user of our software.” says David Fairbanks, Director of Operations for Microvellum, Inc.

“In fact, within the last two months, we’ve grown our capacity with the addition of two new support techs, and improved the response times by 30%.” continued Fairbanks.

Hawksworth joined officially joined Microvellum’s Global Support team July 6th, and is currently in the process of completing Microvellum’s on-boarding and support certification at their headquarters in Central Point, Oregon, USA. Microvellum’s Global Support Team is responsible for providing support 24-hours a day 7 a week.

About Microvellum

Founded in 1991, Microvellum Inc. is a leading cabinet design and manufacturing software provider, specializing in AutoCAD based CAD/CAM/CIM technologies. Microvellum is headquartered in Central Point, Oregon and has offices throughout North America, Europe, Australia and New Zealand. Microvellum offers a single-source solution for 2D & 3D drawings, production reporting, labeling, job management, estimating, nested optimization, direct g-code generation and more.  To learn more about Microvellum, visit Microvellum.com.

MIcrovellum Software Announces Compatibility with Windows 10

Central Point, Oregon – August 4, 2015 – Microvellum Inc., a leading cabinet and manufacturing software provider, specializing in AutoCAD based CAD/CAM/CIM technologies, has confirmed that all of its current software products are compatible with Windows® 10, including 64-bit and 32-bit versions. This includes Toolbox, MicroManager, Overdrive Pro, Blueprint Analyzer, and ALIS.

Clay Swayze, Marketing Director for Microvellum, Inc., “In our continuing effort to keep our products utilizing the latest technology from Microsoft®,” stated Swayze, “we are happy to announce to all of our valued users, based on our in house testing, the latest versions of our products are compatible with the new Windows® 10 operating system.”

About Microsoft Windows 10

Windows 10 is a personal computer operating system developed by Microsoft as part of the Windows NT family of operating systems. Officially unveiled in September 2014 following a brief demo at Build 2014, the operating system entered a public beta testing process in October 2014, leading up to and continuing through the consumer release of Windows 10 on July 29, 2015, and its release to volume licensing on August 1, 2015. To encourage its adoption, Microsoft announced that during its first year of availability, Windows 10 would be made available free of charge to users of genuine copies of eligible editions of Windows 7 or Windows 8.1.

To learn more about Microsoft Windows 10, visit: www.microsoft.com

About Microvellum

Founded in 1991, Microvellum Inc. is a leading cabinet design and manufacturing software provider, specializing in AutoCAD based CAD/CAM/CIM technologies. Microvellum is headquartered in Central Point, Oregon and has offices throughout North America, Europe, Australia and New Zealand. Microvellum offers a single-source solution for 2D & 3D drawings, production reporting, labeling, job management, estimating, nested optimization, direct g-code generation and more.  To learn more about Microvellum, visit Microvellum.com.

What’s New in Toolbox OEM 2016?

The latest release of the Toolbox OEM 2016, software built on the AutoCAD 2016 platform, offers significant improvements and upgrades compared to previous releases. Along with improved performance for drawing speed, rendering, and annotating, this release is packed full of other enhancements that will make your day-to-day usage of the product easier, and faster.

User Interface

File Tabs

The New Tab drawing file tab has been renamed to Start and remains persistent as you create and open additional drawings. The NEWTABMODE system variable has been renamed to STARTMODE. When set to 0 the Start tab is not displayed.

You can press Ctrl+Home or use the new GOTOSTART command to switch focus from the current drawing to the Start tab. The new CLOSEALLOTHER command offers command line access to close all the open drawings except the one in focus.

Layouts

Layouts now support drag and drop to move or copy layouts to positions that are hidden in the overflow menu. As you drag the selected layouts to the right or left edge of the layout tabs they automatically scroll, enabling you to drop the layouts into the proper position.

New controls in the right-click menu enable you to dock the layout tabs in line with the status bar or above it.

Status Bar

The Status bar can now automatically wrap onto two rows when there are more icons than can fit into a single row. At any given time, the model tab and at least one layout tab are always displayed.

Isolate Objects and Lock UI have been added to the Status bar customization menu.

The Lock User Interface tool on the Status bar enables you to check and uncheck multiple UI elements at one time instead of having to reopen the flyout each time. Click the icon to enable or disable UI locking.

Dimensioning

DIM Command Enhancements

The DIM command is significantly enhanced in Toolbox OEM 2016 and is now accessible from the Annotate ribbon tab. Next to it you’ll find a new dimension layer control. Dimensions created using the DIM command are automatically placed on the specified layer. If an appropriate dimension layer doesn’t currently exist in the drawing, you can quickly create one and apply it to the DIM command using the new DIMLAYER system variable.

Options within the DIM command are now displayed at the command line and in the right-click menu, eliminating the need for you to remember which options are available and how to enter them.

However, even the need to specify Dimension options is significantly reduced in Toolbox OEM 2016. Now the DIM command automatically creates appropriate dimensions based on the type of objects you select. A preview as you pass the cursor over those objects enables you to see the resulting dimension before you actually create it. For example if you launch the DIM command and hover the cursor over a linear object, a preview of the appropriate horizontal, vertical, or aligned dimension is displayed. After selecting the object you can either place the dimension or hover the cursor over another non-parallel linear object to display and place an angular dimension.

If you hover the cursor over a circle or an arc object, a preview of a diametric or radial dimension is displayed and the command prompt offers relevant options including the ability to switch between Radius and Diameter. Arc objects include the additional option to create an angular dimension.

The DIM command further simplifies creating dimensions by eliminating prompts to modify the dimension text and angle. Instead, the default values are automatically applied. Mtext, Text, and Text Angle options are available from the command line and right-click menus if you choose to change the default values.

If you attempt to create a dimension that overlaps with other similar dimensions, a cursor menu offers options to automatically move, break up, or replace the existing dimension in addition to simply placing the new dimension on top of the existing ones without affecting them.

When using the Baseline or Continue options, you are automatically prompted to select the first extension line origin.

Regardless of which type of dimension you create, the DIM command remains active, enabling you to easily place additional dimensions until you exit the command.

Text

When editing dimension text, a width sizing control is displayed above the text, enabling you to specify the width for text wrapping.

A new Text frame property has been added to Mtext objects, enabling you to create a border around the text.

The Match text formatting button in Toolbox OEM 2016 is “sticky,” so you can apply the properties of the selected text multiple times within an Mtext object. It’s available for all objects that use Mtext including mleaders, tables, and dimensions.

Geometric Center Object Snap

A new Geometric Center object snap has been added. Using the Geometric Center object snap you can snap to the geometric center of polygons and closed polylines. It is accessible by entering GCE at the command line as well as from typical osnap controls, including the Drafting Settings dialog box, Status bar, and contextual menus.

Tooltips distinguish the Geometric Center osnap from the traditional Center osnap.

A new object tracking glyph distinguishes the Center object snap from other object snaps that display the traditional “+” glyph.

Isometric Line Grid

The isometric line grid now updates when you change the isoplane via the Isometric Drafting Status bar control, as well as with the F5 toggle.

Move/Copy Enhancement

When you move or copy a large number of objects together in the 2D Wireframe visual style in Toolbox OEM 2016, move function preview is generated quickly, enabling you to move the selected objects freely without significant lag.

Property Preview

Property preview performance has been improved in Toolbox OEM 2016. For example, when you want to preview color changes for a large selection set, you can move your cursor freely on the properties palette or Ribbon controls to preview the change.

Command Preview

Command preview functionality has been extended in Toolbox OEM 2016 to the BLEND, ERASE, STRETCH, ROTATE, and SCALE commands, helping you predict the results and minimizing the need to undo the operation.

Selection Highlighting Color

With hardware acceleration turned on in Toolbox OEM 2016, the selection effect color can be customized by clicking on the Selection Effect Color drop-down list on the Selection tab of the Options dialog box.

PDF Enhancements

PDF support has been significantly enhanced in Toolbox OEM 2016, offering improved performance, flexibility, and quality. Zooming and panning a drawing with PDF underlays, even large ones, is considerably faster in Toolbox OEM 2016.

Truetype fonts in Mtext and Text with any formatting options, as well as Polygonized text (TTF font plotted as Geometry), SHX text, and Unicode characters, are now searchable in PDF output files. And PDF plotting

performance for drawings that contain a large amount of text, polylines, and fill patterns is improved.

The Export to DWF/PDF Options dialog box has been split into two separate dialog boxes; one for DWF and one for PDF. Both are accessible from the Output Ribbon tab.

PDF Options now include the PDF quality and font handling controls as well as new controls for hyperlinks and bookmarks.

The hyperlinks control enables you to include hyperlinks from the drawing in the PDF file. For example, these may include links to sheets, named views, external websites, and files. It also supports links from different types of objects such as text, images, blocks, geometry, attributes, and fields. The bookmarks control exports sheets and named views as bookmarks so that you can easily navigate between them when viewing the PDF file.

When using the Plot tool to create PDF files, you can now choose from four predefined PDF presets, offering a quick way to apply different PDF output options that meet various needs. If you select any PDF pc3 from the Printer/plotter drop-down list, a PDF Options button is displayed, providing convenient access to the PDF Options dialog box.

Similar PDF presets and options controls are available when creating PDF files using the Export to PDF and Batch Plot tools.

The Sheet Set Manager has also been updated to support these PDF enhancements.

Regardless of which of these methods you use to create PDF files from Toolbox OEM, viewing them in a PDF viewer offers additional advantages, including enhanced support for Unicode characters.

Layout names are automatically displayed as page labels in the PDF file, making it easy to identify sheets when viewing the PDF.

Text that was created as SHX in the drawing can be highlighted, copied, and even searched in the Comment List.

Plot Dialog Box

The default display for the Plot dialog box in Toolbox OEM 2016 is expanded, giving you immediate access to all the plot controls. You can collapse or expand the dialog box using the control in the lower-right corner.

Design 

Section Object

Section objects, created using the Section Plane tool, provide more flexibility in Toolbox OEM 2016. The Section Plane tool creates a section object that acts as a cutting plane through 3D objects, including solids, surfaces, meshes, regions, and now point clouds.

The section object’s type can be set to represent a simple cutting plane, a bounded area, or volumetric area. In Toolbox OEM 2016, a new Slice type has been added to the section object.

The Slice type generates a thin cut through the model that always contains parallel front and back section planes. The Slice type has a slice thickness property and cannot contain jogs. When switching to a slice type, any jogs in the section object are removed.

Some grips have been offset or repositioned to make them easier to select and now operate more consistently regardless of the view or whether polar tracking is toggled on or off. For example, the flip grip is now displayed on the side of the plane opposite the visible model instead of on the same side as the visible portion of the model.

The contextual panel for the section object has been changed to a contextual tab and has more controls. It has tools for toggling Live Sectioning on and off, changing the section type, adding jogs, and rotating the object in 90-degree increments. The tab also has edit boxes with spinner controls for adjusting the offset of the section plane and the thickness of the slice. This is useful for changing these values when grips are not accessible from different views. There are also tools for generating section blocks for solids and for extracting section lines from point clouds.

Render Engine

A new rendering engine in Toolbox OEM 2016 replaces the previous rendering engine. This physically based path tracing renderer provides a simpler way to render in Toolbox that can produce better results. The new render UI has significantly fewer settings compared with the previous render UI. Many of the previous settings were removed as they are no longer valid with the new rendering engine.

The Render Ribbon panel on the Visualize Ribbon tab is updated to support the new rendering engine. It includes a size drop-down list where you can quickly select from standard predefined render sizes or choose More Output Settings to access the new Render to Output Settings dialog box.

In the Render to Size Output Settings dialog box, you can specify the image size and resolution. And you can choose to automatically save the rendered image to a file, including BMP, TGA, TIF, JPEG, and PNG formats.

The Render Presets list on the Visualize Ribbon tab includes additional options, enabling you to control the render quality by setting either the number of levels to render or how much time to render. Tooltips assist you in making an appropriate choice.

The new Render Presets Manager is much simpler than the previous Render Presets Manager. You can create, modify, and delete custom render presets. Specify render preset name and description as well as

the duration and accuracy. You can render directly from the Render Presets Manager, choosing to render in the Render

indow, the current viewport, or a specified region in the current viewport. When rendering in the render window, a drop-down list enables you to specify the render size in addition to selecting one of the preset render quality options.

A new Render Environment and Exposure palette offers powerful new image-based lighting (IBL) environments. You can access it from the Render panel of the Visualize Ribbon tab.

When the Environment control is turned on, you can select from predefined IBL environments.

The IBL environments automatically apply lighting effects. Some of them include 360-degree background images that emulate a realistic environment as you orbit around the model. The viewport must be in a perspective view and you must render to see the IBL environment.

A control in the Render Environment and Exposure palette enables you to use a custom background image. Custom images are static and do not emulate a realistic 3D environment as you rotate.

Additional controls in the Render Environment and Exposure palette enable you to adjust the Exposure and White Balance.

The Exposure slides between Bright and Dark.

The White Balance slides between Cool and Warm.

The new render window displays the current render process and enables you to save a snapshot, zoom in and out while rendering, and print the rendered image. Render history is displayed in the expanded section of the render window.

Improved Graphics

The appearance of lineweights (for continuous linetypes) and curves (circles, arcs, ellipses, and elliptical arcs) has been enhanced in Toolbox OEM 2016. To see these improvements, your graphics hardware must be DirectX® 11-capable and you must have hardware acceleration turned on. A new control in the Graphics Performance dialog box enables you to take advantage of improved graphics for capable devices. You can access Graphic Performance from the Status bar icon.

When enabled, you can display perfect curves in the 2D wireframe visual style and they will be smooth at any zoom level.

Two new variables offer additional control over the display when high-quality geometry is enabled. Turn LINEFADING on to automatically fade geometry as you zoom into dense drawings. The

LINEFADINGLEVEL variable enables you to control the amount of fading between 1 and 3.

You are no longer required to perform a manual regen when zooming or panning as far as possible. The REGENAUTO system variable automatically performs the regens as needed.

A new CURSORBADGE system variable enables you to control the display of cursor badges. When it is set to 2, cursor badges are displayed. When it is set to 1, they are not.

Toolbox OEM 2016: The Powerful, New Render Engine

The New Render Engine

One of the most significant advances of Toolbox OEM 2016, compared to previous versions, is the brand new rendering engine called Rapid RT.  This new engine provides users the tools to produce high-quality renderings in a short amount of time and with minimal setup.  Even beginner designers can create great results after a few minutes exploring the setup options.

Simplified Rendering Presets

Render presets enable to you specify the render quality, either by the number of iterations or the quality. For quick results, select from the default presets. You can choose from low, medium, or high quality. If you want to set a time-frame for rendering, select from the coffee-break, lunch, or overnight settings. The Lunch break setting will render for 60 minutes, and the overnight setting will render for 12 hours. In most cases, depending on your computer specs, 10 minutes is sufficient for lower resolution or 60 minutes for high resolution. You can specify the exact size of the output you need or choose from preset sizes, for example 1980 x 1080 HD or 5100 x 3300 at 300 Dpi.

If you like tweaking settings, you have complete control over the preset settings. If necessary, you can save your own settings.

The new settings and presets are much easier to understand than previous versions. Here is a comparison between the old render settings and the new Toolbox OEM 2016 settings:

New Render Environments

The most impressive feature of the new Rapid RT rendering engine is the Image Based Lighting (IBL) environments. You can simply choose the best environment for your project from one of the built-in options, start the rendering and get a great result.  The render environments are high resolution, panoramic HDR images.  The lighting is automatically adjusted to match the image – giving you a quick, hassle-free, yet high quality rendering.  The environments are also seen in materials such as glass, plastics, tile, or other reflective materials – making your renderings even more realistic.

To learn more about IBL, visit: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image-based_lighting

Switching between the different lighting effects is simple and doesn’t take much time.  The image above took less than a minute to render.

About Microvellum

Founded in 1991, Microvellum Inc. is a leading cabinet design and manufacturing software provider, specializing in AutoCAD based CAD/CAM/CIM technologies. Microvellum is headquartered in Central Point, Oregon and has offices throughout North America, Europe, Australia and New Zealand. Microvellum offers a single-source solution for 2D & 3D drawings, production reporting, labeling, job management, estimating, nested optimization, direct g-code generation and more.  To learn more about Microvellum, visit Microvellum.com.

Microvellum is Looking for Skilled Product Data Developers

Central Point, Oregon – August 20, 2015 – Microvellum Inc., a leading cabinet and manufacturing software provider, specializing in AutoCAD based CAD/CAM/CIM technologies, today announced that they are actively seeking skilled product data developers to join their Data Development team.

“Our ideal candidate is someone who has worked in a custom cabinet or fixture shop, proficient in AutoCAD, Toolbox and has strong math skills.” says Lenny Scianna, Director of Data Development for Microvellum, Inc.

“Having grown up in a cabinet shop myself, I can tell you, being familiar with engineering, production and assembly will help you be a successful Data Developer here at Microvellum.” continued Scianna.

Microvellum is actively seeking talented individuals to join their Data Development team based out of Central Point, Oregon. Microvellum Product Library Data Developers partner with the existing development team and are a key component to the organization’s success. They provide dynamic and intuitive products used to demonstrate the software as well as providing customers a spring board to quickly launch them into seeing productivity with the software.  As a Microvellum Library Data Developer, you will be responsible for developing new library products, helping customers integrate a library into their business, and supporting the development team with trade knowledge experience.

For more information or to apply, visit: microvellum.com/careers/

About Microvellum

Founded in 1991, Microvellum Inc. is a leading cabinet design and manufacturing software provider, specializing in AutoCAD based CAD/CAM/CIM technologies. Microvellum is headquartered in Central Point, Oregon and has offices throughout North America, Europe, Australia and New Zealand. Microvellum offers a single-source solution for 2D & 3D drawings, production reporting, labeling, job management, estimating, nested optimization, direct g-code generation and more.  To learn more about Microvellum, visit Microvellum.com.

Microvellum Announces Plans to Attend the AWI 63rd Annual Convention in Salt Lake City

Central Point, Oregon – May 20, 2015 – Microvellum Inc., a leading cabinet and manufacturing software provider, specializing in AutoCAD based CAD/CAM/CIM technologies, today announced plans to attend the upcoming AWI Convention in Salt Lake City, Utah.

“We’ve been long-time supporters and sponsors of the Architectural Woodworking Institute and are looking forward to meeting with our industry peers and many customers that will be attending this event in Salt Lake City.” says David Fairbanks, Microvellum’s Director of Operations for Microvellum, Inc.

“This industry is moving at such a fast pace. Having a forum such as this where business men and women can come together to discuss, network and share information is key vital for companies wanting to keep up.” Fairbanks continued.

The AWI Convention will be attended by Microvellum Regional Managers Matt Monson, a local Utah resident, and John Griffin of Dallas,Texas.

Learn More About this Event

AWI’s Vision

• Create, publish and continually improve the architectural woodwork industry standards.
• Provide education and opportunities for members to participate, collaborate, share resources and engage through AWI.
• Develop, deliver and continually improve AWI’s high-value member benefits.
• Cultivate and strengthen relationships with leading industry partners on behalf of the architectural woodwork industry.

To learn more about the Architectural Woodworking Institute, visit: www.awinet.org/

About Microvellum

Founded in 1991, Microvellum Inc. is a leading cabinet design and manufacturing software provider, specializing in AutoCAD based CAD/CAM/CIM technologies. Microvellum is headquartered in Central Point, Oregon and has offices throughout North America, Europe, Australia and New Zealand. Microvellum offers a single-source solution for 2D & 3D drawings, production reporting, labeling, job management, estimating, nested optimization, direct g-code generation and more.  To learn more about Microvellum, visit Microvellum.com.

Commercial Furniture Manufacturer Transforms their Production Utilizing Microvellum & Biesse Technology

COMMERCIAL FURNITURE MANUFACTURER, Frankco & Simon, fell into the trap that many woodworkers do, they spent money on software with high hopes of transforming their business.  Like many companies, owner Frank Tong was consumed with day-to-day operations within his business and never took the time to implement or learn the tool they invested in. Frank’s interest in transforming his business was once again renewed after a brief meeting with Tim Veale, Microvellum’s New Zealand Account Manager.

Frank Tong purchased Microvellum back in 2008, a time when business was good and “the shop floor was buzzing” with projects. “Honestly, we were so busy back then. The thought of slowing our operations to learn the software we just purchased seemed a little overwhelming” said Tong. “So, until Tim came around, the software just sat on the shelf…” continued Frank.

“In a short amount of time, Tim was able to show me how to use the software, and to my surprise, it was pretty easy. It definitely helps having an expert like Tim around, but the truth of it is, his sincere interest in helping me reach my goals has definitely been motivation to keep the software off the shelf and into production.” Continued Frank.

“When I first met Tim, we were using a pod and rail system and experiencing most of the normal errors associated with duplicate data entry throughout the design to manufacturing process. Tim suggested that we change the way we manufacture and switch to a nested-base router to help improve our efficiency.”

“Initially, I was a little resistant to the idea of implementing such a BIG change, but soon decided that I needed to keep moving forward and invest in the new technology. I ended up purchasing a Biesse Rover A machining centre and after experiencing the benefits and improved efficiency, decided to buy a second one three months later.”

“I would have to say that Microvellum was the catalyst for our recent success. We’ve implemented the total design to manufacturing solution. Now, we process our projects in one system, a single entry resulting in a seamless operation that eliminates duplication and the chances of human error.”

“We’ve kept current with our updates and have found them very beneficial. In fact, the most recent update really improved our processing speed. What used to take 5-10 minutes to render, now takes less than a minute. A real boom in productivity for our two designers using the software”

“It gives us the capacity to build the products the way we want with the detailed of accuracy and precision.”

“At the end of the day, it’s the ongoing service that has impressed me the most over the last few years. With Tim at the helm of Microvellum here in New Zealand, we’ve really been taken care of and received outstanding support through a time of considerable change. Now that we’ve fully implemented Microvellum and our two nesting machines, we’ve seen our output increase by 30%, our overtime reduced by 10%… and we still have 25% machine capacity.”

“Now that we’ve experienced the benefits of the latest release of Toolbox we are looking forward to implementing MicroManager Purchasing, Scheduling, Time Tracking and Shipping modules.”

With a little guidance and reliance on Microvellum technology, the twenty-five person team at Frankco & Simon have been able to streamline and truly transform their design to manufacturing process utilizing their once forgotten software.

About Frankco & Simon

Frankco & Simon Furniture was founded in 1993. The New Zealand-based company was started out with basic manual machinery and only two people. Nowadays, their team has grown to a large team of twenty with seven CNC machines from semi automation to fully automation. These machines are driven with advanced woodworking production software, Microvellum.

Our design team use Microvellum software as well as CAD software. Microvellum is an autoCAD based woodworking software which provides detail from the design to manufacturing process.

Frankco & Simon provide everything needed for office interiors; from workstations, desks, storage and reception for government agencies, offices, schools, and other commercial institutions.

Their primary focus is to develop strategic long-term relationships with their customers; recognizing that every office interior, every room is unique and can require specialized furniture.

To learn more about Frankco & Simon, visit their website: frankcoandsimon.co.nz/

Profile

Company: Frankco & Simon

Location: Auckland, New Zealand

Employees: 20

CNC: Biesse Rover A Nesting Centre, Biesse Winstore

Web: www.frankcoandsimon.co.nz/

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Microvellum Gears Up to Exhibit at Canada Woodworking West 2015

Central Point, Oregon – August 14, 2015 – Microvellum Inc., a leading cabinet and manufacturing software provider, specializing in AutoCAD based CAD/CAM/CIM technologies, today announced that they will be exhibiting the Canada Woodworking West Machinery & Supply Show on October 7, 8, 2015.

“We have an amazing line up of products to demonstrate to the Canadian markets this fall…” said Clay Swayze, Microvellum’s Marketing Director. “with the advancements in our ERP technology and improved performance of our flagship, AutoCAD-based product Toolbox, attendees coming to the show to buy software or experience the latest technology will not be disappointed.”

Microvellum will be exhibiting is booth 124, and will have Canadian representatives, and service technicians on hand to demonstrate the latest advancements in Microvellum’s technology.

About Canada Woodworking West

This event is for western Canada’s secondary woodworking market, including commercial and residential cabinet manufacturers and installers, residential furniture manufacturers, commercial and institutional furniture manufacturers, custom wood products manufacturers, architectural woodworkers, and millwork, molding, door, window and stair manufacturers.

Exhibitor categories will include: 

About Microvellum

Founded in 1991, Microvellum Inc. is a leading cabinet design and manufacturing software provider, specializing in AutoCAD based CAD/CAM/CIM technologies. Microvellum is headquartered in Central Point, Oregon and has offices throughout North America, Europe, Australia and New Zealand. Microvellum offers a single-source solution for 2D & 3D drawings, production reporting, labeling, job management, estimating, nested optimization, direct g-code generation and more.  To learn more about Microvellum, visit Microvellum.com.

Microvellum Beats Forecasted Growth Targets in 2015

Central Point, Oregon – September 1, 2015 – Microvellum Inc., a leading cabinet and manufacturing software provider, specializing in AutoCAD based CAD/CAM/CIM technologies for the woodworking industry, today announced another solid growth quarter, with business up over 45% in the first half of 2015.

Month-by-month in 2015, Microvellum has exceeded its forecasted growth rate, fueled by improvements to customer service, support, product strength, a rebounding economy and a focus on user group feedback.

“We had a growth target of 15% over last year for 2015. After taking a look at our sales performance from the first half of this year, we’ve already surpassed that goal by 32%.” commented David Fairbanks, Director of Operations for Microvellum, Inc.

Most of the growth was seen in the United States, Australia and Canada. Early results from the third quarter of this year indicate that Microvellum will once again beat its forecasted growth target.

In addition to the many new customers that have been added this year, Microvellum also reports that they’ve had a large number of existing customers renew their maintenance subscriptions and upgrade to the latest releases of their software.

“There’s no doubt that our product sales are exceeding expectations this year. We are also seeing more and more companies sticking with their support & maintenance subscriptions than ever before. In fact, we are maintaining a 108% retention rate. That means we are not only keeping current customers, we are also attracting more customers that have been running older versions or have been without a maintenance subscription for many years.”

Microvellum reports that the increased functionality combined with the improved stability has been the driving force behind many of its customers decisions to upgrade and get current with their Microvellum Subscriptions and Software.

To support the demand for its products, Microvellum has added four new Product Support Agents to their 24-hour Global Support Team, three new Service Technicians and three new Software Developers in 2015. According to their website, www.microvellum.com/careers/, they are continuing to expand and are currently seeking additional skilled individuals to join their growing Account Management, Support, Service and Development teams.

“We continue to focus on improving our products and our customer service strategies. We’ve added substantial value to our latest releases, making our solution more competitive and affordable.”

“Companies choosing to upgrade gain access to more features within their software; features that were once sold separately. This value-add strategy is paying off and our users are benefiting from the added functionality.”

Microvellum’s 2015 R4, to be released mid-October, will be a significant release and will introduce many new features, enhancements, and improvements developed to expand user capabilities and productivity.  With a focus on improvements to nest optimization algorithms, sawing optimization, 2D drawing tools, solid model analyzation, time tracking, shipping management and the addition of an all new carcass-based product library that features simplified formula logic and maintenance, this latest release is expected to be one of the most feature-rich and stable versions to date.

With the release of Toolbox OEM 2016 (AutoCAD), users will notice enhancements to drawing speed, improved graphics, rendering, lighting controls, text input, and simplified dimensioning and editing.

“We are committed to providing the very best user experience and cutting-edge technology for the woodworking industry. Looking ahead, our customers can expect more innovative advancements engineered to enhance user efficiencies, productivity, and capabilities.” concluded Fairbanks.

About Microvellum

Founded in 1991, Microvellum Inc. is a leading cabinet design and manufacturing software provider, specializing in AutoCAD based CAD/CAM/CIM technologies. Microvellum is headquartered in Central Point, Oregon and has offices throughout North America, Europe, Australia and New Zealand. Microvellum offers a single-source solution for 2D & 3D drawings, production reporting, labeling, job management, estimating, nested optimization, direct g-code generation and more.  To learn more about Microvellum, visit Microvellum.com.

Microvellum Tech Talk: Featuring Toolbox v15 R3

Central Point, Oregon – September 10, 2015 – Microvellum Inc., a leading cabinet and manufacturing software provider, specializing in AutoCAD based CAD/CAM/CIM technologies, today announced the date for their upcoming Tech Talk Event featuring Toolbox v15 R3.

“Our development teams have been working diligently on Toolbox v15 R3 and we are anticipating its upcoming release…” said David Fairbanks, Director of Operations for Microvellum, Inc.

“Attendees will have an opportunity to see the latest release in action on October 1st in our all new Tech Talk event – three of our top techs sitting down together reviewing new features and improvements found in R3.”

The format for this event is unlike any other event hosted by Microvellum. You will have an opportunity to interact with three of Microvellum top technicians as they candidly discuss the advancements found in their latest release.

Microvellum’s Tech Talk event will stream live on October 1, 2015 starting at 11:00 AM Pacific Standard Time and again at 11:00 AM Australia Eastern Standard Time on October 2nd. Some of the new features or improvements to be reviewed include:  the all new Toolbox OEM 2016, Carcass-based Product Library, True Shape Nesting algorithm improvements, Stay-Down Nesting enhancements, Solid Model Analyzer improvements, and new Sawing Optimizer.

Attendees will also benefit by listening to the comments from a special guest, a power user from Interior Woodworking Specialist and current member of the Microvellum User Advisory Group, an independent organization that advises Microvellum by providing feedback on product development, business process and service needs for the woodworking industry.

To register for this Tech Talk event, go to: www.microvellum.com/event/microvellum-v15-r3-tech-talk/

About Microvellum

Founded in 1991, Microvellum Inc. is a leading cabinet design and manufacturing software provider, specializing in AutoCAD based CAD/CAM/CIM technologies. Microvellum is headquartered in Central Point, Oregon and has offices throughout North America, Europe, Australia and New Zealand. Microvellum offers a single-source solution for 2D & 3D drawings, production reporting, labeling, job management, estimating, nested optimization, direct g-code generation and more.  To learn more about Microvellum, visit Microvellum.com.

Central Point, Oregon – September 11, 2015 – Microvellum Inc., a leading cabinet and manufacturing software provider, specializing in AutoCAD based CAD/CAM/CIM technologies, today announced plans for a two-day training seminar in Abbotsford, British Columbia Canada on October 5-6, 2015.

The two-day training will be led by Tim Scholman, a Microvellum user for over 10 years, Certified Microvellum Service Provider and current Account Manager for Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Alberta Canada.

The training event will include instruction on the following topics:

• Drafting with Microvellum
• Creating custom products with Subassembly Inserts
• New Software tools & Library features
• Understanding spreadsheet controls
• Defining and creating parametric formulas
• Creating new, custom hardware
• Understanding associative hardware
• Library Designer

Admission for this event is $400 per person, lunch is included. Training will be conducted using the latest version of Microvellum’s software.

Schedule:

• Monday, October 5: 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM (Lunch Included)
• Tuesday, October 6: 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM (Lunch Included)

Location:

BEST WESTERN PLUS Regency Inn & Conference Centre
32110 Marshall Rd, Abbotsford, BC V2T 1A1

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Cost:

$400 per student

Preparation:

• Be sure to bring your own personal laptop.
• You should have the latest version of Toolbox to follow along with the instruction.

For more information, please contact Microvellum at 1-800-204-0913.

Register Now!

About Microvellum

Founded in 1991, Microvellum Inc. is a leading cabinet design and manufacturing software provider, specializing in AutoCAD based CAD/CAM/CIM technologies. Microvellum is headquartered in Central Point, Oregon and has offices throughout North America, Europe, Australia and New Zealand. Microvellum offers a single-source solution for 2D & 3D drawings, production reporting, labeling, job management, estimating, nested optimization, direct g-code generation and more.  To learn more about Microvellum, visit Microvellum.com.

Central Point, Oregon – September 11, 2015 – Microvellum Inc., a leading cabinet and manufacturing software provider, specializing in AutoCAD based CAD/CAM/CIM technologies, today announced plans to host a a two-day training seminar in Auckland and Christchurch, New Zealand in October.

The two-day training will be led by Tim Veale, a Microvellum power-user for
over 13 years, Certified Microvellum Service Provider and current Account Manager.

The training event will include instruction on the following topics:

• Drafting with Microvellum
• Creating custom products with Subassembly Inserts
• New Software tools & Library features
• Understanding spreadsheet controls
• Defining and creating parametric formulas
• Creating new, custom hardware
• Understanding associative hardware

Admission for this event is $600 per person, lunch is included. Training will be conducted using the latest version of Microvellum’s software.

Schedule:

Auckland:

• Wednesday, October 14: 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM (Lunch Included)
• Thursday, October 15: 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM (Lunch Included)

Christchurch:

• Thursday, October 22: 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM (Lunch Included)
• Friday, October 23: 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM (Lunch Included)

Location:

Blum – Auckland, New Zealand
621 Rosebank Road, Avondale, Auckland 1026

Blum – Christchurch

27 Dalziel Place, Woolston, Christchurch 8023 New Zealand

Cost:

$600 per student – Limit 2 per company.

Preparation:

• Be sure to bring your own personal laptop.
• You should have the latest version of Toolbox to follow along with the instruction.

For more information, please contact Microvellum at 0800 206 904.

Register Now!

About Microvellum

Founded in 1991, Microvellum Inc. is a leading cabinet design and manufacturing software provider, specializing in AutoCAD based CAD/CAM/CIM technologies. Microvellum is headquartered in Central Point, Oregon and has offices throughout North America, Europe, Australia and New Zealand. Microvellum offers a single-source solution for 2D & 3D drawings, production reporting, labeling, job management, estimating, nested optimization, direct g-code generation and more.  To learn more about Microvellum, visit Microvellum.com.

Tech Talk: Microvellum v15 R3 Preview (Recording)

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Recorded: October 1, 2015

Interior Woodworking Specialists Builds with Flexibility & Integrity

IWS has built a staff of seasoned personnel with a reputation of broad experience, pride in craftsmanship and the ability to deliver both complicated and off the shelf solutions to our customers. The integrity of what they supply from the bid to the installation shows in their professional approach and their desire to supply the very best.

The key to their success comes from running a well managed small business that supports their dedicated family of employees and includes our extended family of vendors and customers.

They take the team approach to everything they do. They involve all the right people and create a winning attitude that allows long term relationships to be built and maintained. IWS works under the belief that their reputation and signature is on every piece they deliver and that’s the way they like it! IWS applies the same quality to production runs as it does to custom runs, ensuring that the inside is as strong as the outside is beautiful. That is one reason their customer base is so loyal — If they say they can do, they do it. Their slogan is, “If you can draw it, we can build it.”

Justin Mason from Interior Woodworking Specialists sat in one of our recent Tech Talk events and had this to say about their Microvellum Software experience…

Microvellum: How are you doing Justin?

Justin Mason: Doing well, how about you?

Microvellum: Can you tell us where IWS located again?

Justin Mason: Yes, I’m with Interior Woodworking Specialists, in the greater Seattle area in Washington State (United States).

Microvellum: Ok, great. We’d like to learn about what IWS does and how you use you’re Microvellum Software. Can you tell us a bit more about your company?

Justin Mason: Well, the majority of our business comes from commercial projects. We do corporate TI, which includes casework, reception desks, wall paneling. We do a lot of retail store fixtures, display fixtures, cash POS, entry ways, and a lot of wall paneling. We also do restaurants, anything from bars from bars to booths. We also do a lot of design build. Radius, curve, arch… On a daily basis we have to work with so many different types of materials. All kinds of woods. Solid woods, plywood, veneer, reclaimed wood, plastic laminates, plexiglass. We do some solid surface work.  We have to engineer for metal stone, glass and I really think Microvellum helps us in that way, because it’s in AutoCAD. You can draw and engineer things that all fit together and just work.

Microvellum: How long have you been using Microvellum Software?

Justin Mason: Well, Interior Woodworking Specialists has had Microvellum since 2006, but I have been using it for about 4 years.

Microvellum: And how many different machines do you have connected with Microvellum?

Justin Mason: We have 2 CNC machines out in the shop. One point to point, one nested-based auto-loading CNC and a beam saw utilizing ALIS for printing labels.

Microvellum: What version of Toolbox are you running right now?

Justin Mason: We run all of our live production through the Toolbox v15 R2 release. There are 6 draftsmen using the system. I also have the R3 release in Beta, which I have tested quite a bit and have run a few projects through to production.

Microvellum: Why is it that you have a Beta version?

Justin Mason: I’m part of the Microvellum User Advisory Group – you guys are so kind as to let me help.

Microvellum: Let me ask you, in that Beta version, what are some of your favorite features?

Justin Mason: Well, what’s meant a lot to me lately is the Stay-Down Nesting – it’s been working very well for us. The overall user experience – I think you’ve come a long way; like the search feature, you open up your jobs and see 50 jobs, you just start typing the name of the project you’re looking for and it isolates all the projects. It’s really easy to find any project. Solid model analyzer has come a long way. We use it for just about every project that we work on.

Microvellum: Can you explain how you use Solid Model Analyzer?

Justin Mason: Microvellum is based in AutoCAD. So, you can draw 3D solids to represent pretty much anything. Sometimes we get a custom diewall or a corner or an angle cabinet. It’s much easier to just draw it in AutoCAD as a solid. With this tool you can analyze the solids, build out a cutlist, assign materials, and automatically name all parts. You can then assign it to a Work Order, send it to the CNC machine and have it cut out and machine all the parts, with very minimal work.

Microvellum: So, it turns the solid into a regular Microvellum product for you from Solid Model Analyzer?

Justin Mason: That’s right, and you could save it back you your library if you need to. It’s created from a 3D solid, so it’s all hard numbered parts, but you could add parametric logic to it for future projects.

Microvellum: What type of library do you have and which version?

Justin Mason: When we started with version 7, we had the version 36 library. As we progressed we advanced to the version 39. At the first of the year, we are going to switch to version 42 of the Frameless Library. I know there are a lot of great ways the products are built in that library. We do have our own IWS way of building products, how we do backs and diewalls and removable backs. We’ve learned to coral or harness our custom global variables and prompts in a certain area, so when it’s time to move to another library, we can just open up Library Designer and we can just drag and drop from one library to another.

Microvellum: That’s really smart. So what you’ve done is put the custom variables you created in a certain area, so when the time comes, it’s a lot easier to move ahead to a new library and easier to migrate. Very smart and way to think ahead. Awesome.

As an end-user and member of the User Advisory Group, how have the changes to our development process impacted you?

Justin Mason: In the last year, or year and a half, we’ve seen a lot of stability improvements. The support site has come a long ways too. I can imagine the support tickets are down too. I know we’ve put a lot less in ourselves. A lot of our support tickets now are “Hey, how does this work?”, not “hey why doesn’t this work, I broke it”.

The reports that we get with Microvellum have also improved a lot. Things like Sub Assembly prompts, when you have a door, a subassembly in a cabinet, now we can open up the prompts without having to drill down, and down in… it was a little confusing before. You’ve given us a few buttons and paths to help. Things like short cut keys on the keyboard. Now we can type a quick command like “MVP” and open up the prompts. From drafting to engineering, the way we interface with the software has come a long ways.

Microvellum: You are a member of the User Advisory Group, how do you feel being a member has benefited you?

Justin Mason: The group is kind of fun. It’s like being with a team of collaborators, building, and all working towards the same goal. The guys in the group are from all different places, so we all have our own way of building things. We have people from California, Alabama, Washington, South Carolina, Tennessee, Florida, Kansas, Kentucky, New York, and Oregon, so we are from all different places and we all have our own ways of building things. So when we get together and figure out how we should refine or add a feature, we’re not just saying “This is how we do it, so this is how it should work”, “that’s how Microvellum should work”, It’s more like “Let’s make this software work for everybody” I think that’s a really big part of it. It’s very interesting to see how people build things with this influence of knowledge and skill.

Microvellum: Do you feel that you suggestions are being heard by Microvellum’s development team?

Justin Mason: Well, we are the end-users and we are adding input to the development of Microvellum Software, so we are not just testing, we offer ideas on new features and we discuss how we can refine existing features. Things like, Auto naming reports. It may be an easy thing to implement in the software, but we have to ask, “do people really need that”. We then have Isaac, the product quality manager, saying “yes, a lot of people need that feature”. I’ve seen in my time, you have implemented an idea that I have put in and now it’s in the software. So it’s really nice to see the software is developing on user input.

In total, we have about 17 people using Microvellum from design, engineering, estimating, and production. We are running Microvellum v15 SQL Server on the OEM 2015 product.

To learn more about Interior Woodworking Specialists, visit their website: interiorwoodworking.com

Company: Interior Woodworking Specialists, Redmond, WA (USA)

Contact: Tracey Hepner, CEO

Employees: 30

Shop Size:

CNC: SCM

Microvellum Teams Up with Gabbett Machinery in Adelaide, Australia

Gabbett Machinery and Microvellum is giving you the opportunity to get up close and personal with all the latest manufacturing techniques and automated software for the kitchen and shopfitting industry.

When: November 26 & 27 @ 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM

Where: 25 Pambula Street, Regency Park.

SCM Edgebander Release
This is your chance to be part of the official SA release of the K360 series, the latest innovation in entry level edgebanders. Highlights of the K360 series include.

• End cutting unit with cut and ‘radius’ in a single operation.
• Rounding unit with edge angles finishing on straight and shaped panels.
• R-K trimming unit.

Nesting Cells

The latest in Nesting machinery will also be on display, featuring the Universal nesting cell from Morbidelli. A genuine European machine that allows you to optimize both your time and materials.

Direct-Link Technology

Microvellum will be onsite demonstrating our complete solution and featuring our Direct-Link technology that allows for seamless auto-labeling, optimization, and machine code generation for SCM’s state-of-the-art machinery. Ready to Run
As part of the Showcase, our purpose-built demonstration unit will be geared up and ready to run. Everything from panel saws, edgebanders, thickessers, planers and spindles to wide belt-sanders will be on display with full product demonstrations available. This is a great opportunity to see and learn about all the latest machinery on offer.

Gabbett Machinery’s SCM Adelaide Showcase will be an informative opportunity to get up close with the highest quality machines and software available.

If you would like more information on the Showcase or to register your attendance, call 1300 Gabbett (4222388)

About Gabbett Machinery

As a privately owned Australian company, Gabbett Machinery is passionate about their local manufacturing industry. They take an active consultancy approach to their customer’s business. Analysing their production, growth plans and future goals allows them to give their customers the perfect manufacturing solution.

Organization

They operate major demonstration and service centers in Sydney, Brisbane, Adelaide, Melbourne and Perth. Their team of over 70 staff, incorporates two divisions. Firstly, a solutions based sales consultancy, and secondly, an ever expanding service network.

This service network features technicians with a variety of trade backgrounds including electricians, engineers, wood machinists, cabinetmakers and electronics experts.

Goals, Culture and Strategy

Gabbett Machinery is committed to a long term strategy of being an industry leader in service response times and communication. Their aim is to build a service and solutions culture within their company – which becomes second nature to everyone within their team.

Industry Groups

As an Australian company, they support Australian manufacturing. They are active members of:

• Australian Woodworking Industry Service Assocation (AWISA)
• Australian Window Assocations (AWA)
• New Zealand Master Joiners association
• TAFE Awards night sponsors throughout Australia and New Zealand
• World Skills Australia sponsors

V15 r3 Software Update

Microvellum v15 R3 Release for Toolbox, MicroManager, ALIS, and Overdrive Pro

 Overview

Today, October 26, 2015, we are pleased to announce the availability of the new v15 R3 update.

Over 85 new features and improvements have been added this release; with focus to improve the stability and improve the performance of our applications.

 What’s New

Toolbox

The main focus for Toolbox was to improve the stability. A few notable examples include:

• Improved Stay-down Nesting capabilities
• Improved dado parameters
• Added functionality to Find & Replace features
• Improved management of Global Variable and Prompt images
• Added ability to specify the direction of 2D cross sections

CNC Connectivity

With the increasing popularity of automated labeling systems for CNC nesting machines, we have been diligently working to support more and more machinery with this capability. With the release of 2015 R1, we now support automated labeling for SCM, Biesse, Anderson, and Weeke and Homag machines.

We’ve also made a few noteworthy improvements to Microvellum’s labeling solution. Part labels now include grain and edge-banding indicators and part images are automatically rotated to match the orientation of the part within the nest optimization.

We now also support the native zebra printer language – ZPL.

For more information, please refer to the Release Notes for v15 R3.

MicroManager

There have been many minor and major revisions and additions to our ERP and shop management tool MicroManager for v15 R3. A few notable examples include:

• Time clock interface updated for touch screen compatibility
• Added read-only view of all time logs
• Added new Shipping Management UI
• Added new feature to allow parts, subassemblies, and hardware items to be added to shipping tickets
• Added Shipping status and date shipped functionality
• Added ability to create customized shipping items
• Added Project Task Progress UI to quickly view status of projects and how much time has been spent on activities
• Added ability to compare scheduled project hours with actual project hours
• Added ability to add new materials to an existing “pending” Purchase Order
• Added functionality to support  profile pictures in Company Management
• Improved Search functions

For more information, please refer to the Release Notes for v15 R3.

 How to Get the Update

Simply navigate to the splash screen of the Microvellum product you wish to update, and click the “Check for Updates” button. This button is located in the Support tab of older applications and on the main tab on newer applications. In order to access the update, you must have a current Support & Maintenance Subscription.

By clicking the “Check for Updates” button, your software will compare your current version with the latest release on Microvellum’s servers. If an update is available that is newer than your current version, the download will begin automatically.  After the download is complete, navigate to the executable and run it.  Follow the instructions presented in the update to complete the install.

Special Year-End Savings!

Take advantage of up to 20% off all products, modules and licenses from now, until December 31st.

This is your opportunity to save BIG on software that can put your company on the path for success in 2016! If you already own Microvellum, now is the time to add additional users, additional modules or upgrade to the latest AutoCAD OEM 2016.

If your considering purchasing Microvellum for the first time, now is the time to invest in new design, engineering, and shop management solutions for your business. We know purchasing software that controls your shops daily functions and production can sometimes be overwhelming and time-consuming – which is why we do our best to provide you with customized demonstrations (not canned) to help you fully understand our capabilities and match them to your needs.

Don’t miss out on this savings opportunity… Contact Us today to set up your consultation.

Microvellum v15 r3 New Features:

AutoCAD OEM 2016, Better & Faster Renderings, 70% Faster Nesting, New Dynamic Search, New Machine Tokens, Stay Down Nesting, Upgraded True Shape Nesting, Solid Model Analyzer, Microvellum Mobile Technology, MicroManager Scheduling, MicroManager Purchasing, MicroManager Vendor Management, MicroManager Pallet Creation, MicroManager Daily Action Reminders, Floating / Dockable Controls, and more…

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Learn how you can implement new software for your business and not make a payment for 6 months. With the average return on investment being 6 to 8 months, you can recoup your software costs before you’ve even made your first payment.

Learn more about our deferred payment options…

*Year end savings promotion does not apply to services. Offer valid for purchases completed between November 5 – December 31, 2015. Promotion expires on December 31, 2015.  Maximum promotional discount of 20%. Offer varies per country.

Increased Product Demand Causes Microvellum to Expand Service & Support Team

Central Point, Oregon – August 6, 2015 – Microvellum Inc., a leading cabinet and manufacturing software provider, specializing in AutoCAD based CAD/CAM/CIM technologies, today announced the expansion of their global customer service and support team, with the addition of Lucas Marquez, Mel Swartz and Joe Rubio.

“We’ve seen a major up-tick in the amount of companies choosing our solution for their design and manufacturing needs as well as a large number of existing customers choosing to upgrade their software this year.” says David Fairbanks, Director of Operations for Microvellum, Inc.

“To keep up with demands, we’ve had to add three additional people to our support and service team. By the end of the year, we anticipate bringing on an additional two people to help with Account Management and Product Library Development.” continued Fairbanks.

Microvellum’s new team members bring a wide variety of skill-sets to it’s Global Support & Service Team.

Lucas Marquez, a Technical Support Agent based out of Central Point Oregon, has experience ranging from software technical support, project management and computer science. His strong customer relation skills and attention to details make him a valuable asset to the team.

Mel Swartz, a former Certified Microvellum Technician based out of Florida, has extensive knowledge of woodworking software applications, cabinet construction, engineering and project management. As a former traveling technician for Microvellum, Mel has a proven track record of developing strong relationships with clients.

Joe Rubio, a Product Data Specialist based out of New York, has been a designer / draftsman for the past ten years and has a Bachelors degree in Interior Design. For the last six years, he has gained experience drafting and laying out large commercial projects with Microvellum Software.

“I have been a steady user of Microvellum Software for the past six years now, and I look forward to helping others understand the power and flexibility of this amazing tool.” commented Rubio.

Microvellum continues to push forward, expanding their footprint in the woodworking market and building successful relationships with it’s clients through dedicated customer service and support.

About Microvellum

Founded in 1991, Microvellum Inc. is a leading cabinet design and manufacturing software provider, specializing in AutoCAD based CAD/CAM/CIM technologies. Microvellum is headquartered in Central Point, Oregon and has offices throughout North America, Europe, Australia and New Zealand. Microvellum offers a single-source solution for 2D & 3D drawings, production reporting, labeling, job management, estimating, nested optimization, direct g-code generation and more.  To learn more about Microvellum, visit Microvellum.com.

Toolbox OEM 2016 Upgrade Promo – Expires Soon!

Are you running an outdated version of Toolbox OEM? Now’s the time to take advantage of HUGE savings!

Due to the fact that the latest release of Toolbox is no longer compatible with OEM 2011, 2012, or 2013, we’ve introduced a special promotion targeting OEM upgrades. For only $100 per version upgrade, per user, you can get your team upgraded to the very latest Toolbox OEM and take advantage of the many new features and enhancements of this powerful AutoCAD 2016-based platform. This promotion ends December 31, 2015.

Example upgrade:

• Currently, your company has 3 User Licenses of Toolbox OEM 2012. You want to get current and move to OEM 2016 – 4 versions newer.
• Typical upgrade price: $300 x 3 (users) x 4 (upgraded versions) = $3,600
• Special promo price = $100 x 3 x 4 = $1,200
• Once upgraded, you can take advantage of the $100 (per user) OEM Subscription to keep your OEM version current.

If you would like to learn more about this promotion or would like to get an estimate for your company, please contact us.