Design & Drafting Tools to Transform Your Workflow
Creating submittal drawings, 3D models, and presentation renderings can be time-consuming, but it doesn’t have to be. Our platform helps you boost professionalism and efficiency in your design and drafting process.
Automated 2D Drafting & Submittal/Shop Drawing Creation
Microvellum’s design and drafting tools streamline your workflow by automating 2D drafting. With our powerful automation, you can quickly generate accurate submittals and shop drawings for residential and commercial project data. This ensures clear communication, precise manufacturing, and fewer errors. Spend less time on manual drafting and more time delivering high-quality projects on time.
Annotations that Simplify & Automate Communication
Clear communication is crucial in design, and Microvellum enhances it by automating annotations. Our tools automatically generate dimensions, notes, and labels from your 3D models, ensuring accurate and consistent details. As your models change, annotations update automatically, keeping your drawings professional and eliminating the need for manual adjustments.
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Built on the Industry-Standard Platform of AutoCAD
Microvellum’s design tools are built on AutoCAD, combining its industry-standard CAD features with specialized woodworking and cabinetry tools for a seamless, precise, and productive drafting experience.
Advanced 3D Modeling Capabilities
Visualize your designs with Microvellum’s advanced 3D modeling. See every detail in three dimensions before production begins, improving accuracy and client communication. Minimize surprises and streamline your workflow with tools that integrate seamlessly with AutoCAD.
Visualization Tools for Realistic Renderings
Bring your designs to life with Microvellum’s advanced visualization tools. Create realistic renderings that clearly communicate your vision, whether presenting to clients, collaborating with your team, or reviewing your work. These high-quality visuals help you win projects and exceed client expectations.
"We're proud of the drawings we produce with Microvellum and the level of detail we can provide to contractors."
- Andrew Hamilton, Concepts in Millwork
Frequently Asked Questions
Yes, Microvellum can automate the creation of 2D shop drawings by generating detailed and accurate plan, elevation and section drawings directly from 3D models, including automatic dimensioning, labeling, and material callouts, which streamlines the drafting process and reduces manual effort. The best part is, when the 3D models change, any associated 2D drawing is also updated.
Microvellum provides a high level of detail and accuracy in 2D shop drawings, offering precise representation of dimensions, joinery details, hardware placement, and material specifications to ensure designs are executed correctly in production. Both 2D and 3D drawings are WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get), meaning that once a drawing is approved, no further changes are needed before sending the project to production.
Microvellum's 2D shop drawings are highly customizable, allowing users to adjust drawing standards, templates, title blocks, symbols, layers, and annotations to meet specific project requirements or company standards. By combining the flexibility and performance of AutoCAD with the intelligence of automated drawing instructions, Microvellum delivers one of the most flexible and accurate drawing tools for woodworkers.
Yes, Microvellum allows for detailed joinery and construction methods to be visible in the 3D models of any product drawn from the library, enabling precise representation of joints, connections, hardware, and assembly details.
Microvellum offers extensive design flexibility for creating custom cabinetry and millwork, allowing users to modify dimensions, materials, profiles, and design details to meet specific project needs. It supports fully custom designs, whether building part by part from scratch or using product starters from the library.
Microvellum integrates seamlessly with CNC machinery, translating designs directly into production by generating accurate machine code from 2D and 3D models. The 2D and 3D drawings created in Microvellum are WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get), meaning that projects are production-ready as soon as they are approved. All machining instructions, tool paths, and machine code are automatically created and tailored for any CNC machine, ensuring efficient, precise, and reliable manufacturing from the initial design to the final product.
Microvellum integrates with architectural design software like Revit and BIM platforms by allowing the import and export of data, enabling seamless collaboration and coordination between architectural designs and detailed shop drawings. Additionally, Microvellum's Toolbox software is Level 500 BIM compliant, ensuring the highest level of detail and accuracy, reflecting as-built conditions with precise geometric detail, which is essential for complex projects and long-term facilities management.
Revisions for 2D shop drawings in Microvellum are streamlined and efficient. When you receive redline markups from clients, you can easily make necessary changes to dimensions, materials, and specifications using our intuitive product prompts and project wizard. These updates automatically sync across both 2D and 3D drawings, ensuring flawless consistency throughout your project. For specific adjustments, like modifying fillers or door inserts, Microvellum offers precise, formula-driven customization. Once revisions are complete, the updated shop drawings are ready for a quick review and resubmission, ensuring your designs are always accurate and production-ready.
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Yes, drawings created in Microvellum are highly compatible with other design and modeling software. Microvellum’s Toolbox software uses native DWG as its default file format, which is the standard format for AutoCAD. This ensures that all features, data, and elements created in AutoCAD are fully preserved and editable, maintaining functionality across different platforms. Additionally, you can export designs in various formats such as IGES, IGS, PDF, DWF, and STL, allowing for seamless integration and collaboration with other industry-standard tools like Revit and BIM platforms. This compatibility is crucial for maintaining precise and detailed designs throughout all stages of a project.
Yes, Microvellum's software, Toolbox, can create renderings of individual products or entire rooms. Since Toolbox is AutoCAD-based, it leverages AutoCAD's Raytrace rendering engine, enabling you to control various aspects of your visualizations, including lighting, materials, textures, and camera angles.
