GLOUCESTERSHIRE, UK, Mar 3, 2015 – The latest release of woodwork engineering software Cabinet Vision contains more than 100 items of new and enhanced functionality, including greater flexibility in organizing materials, through to greater control in where and how edgebanding is assigned to components.
Many of the new features in Cabinet Vision v9 are in response to customer requests. Product business manager Marie Cassidy says: “Cabinet Vision is used extensively by companies designing and manufacturing kitchens, bedrooms, bathrooms and furniture for schools and offices, along with bespoke case goods.
“Every user will find many of the updates in the latest release invaluable in improving their processes even further, whether they have manual cutlists or have CNC equipment.”
One item of new functionality is especially important to manufacturers transferring their design codes to CNC machines through Cabinet Vision’s Screen to Machine module. “Mitre construction can now be defined using construction standards, which are then transferred to Screen to Machine. We’ve introduced this facility as there’s a big demand for this style of construction, as many companies strive to produce cabinets with non-visible fixings and easy assembly. The mitre assembly option provides an easy User Interface for this.”
V9 sees a major improvement to the material database, with the introduction of a new Material Manager, giving greater flexibility in organizing materials. Woodworkers can now create material categories and sub categories and carry out quick material searches. The improved user interface is more in line with Windows Explorer, making it easier to manage and maintain the material database.
“We’ve also introduced Material Kits, which will be a big advantage to many companies,” says Marie Cassidy. “It allows users to add miscellaneous materials into a kit, or hardware pack…for example, a hanging rail that includes hanging brackets and screws.”
Another feature included with the new Material Manager is the Hardware Model Import, for importing 3D Sketchup or 3D DXF models in to the model editor. “This gives the functionality to apply all the associated operations to the model and provide accurate visuals to complement the already accurate machining data. It applies to all hardware within a job, including handles, hinges, drawer guides, hanging rails and legs.”
Reports are now generated much faster thanks to the Integrated Reporting Engine which has replaced the standard version. All existing reports are still available, along with the ability to create new or modify existing reports. “Many woodworking companies using cutlist reports are used to having them laid out in a specific way, and the new engine enables them to do that.”
Cabinet Vision v9 has added the Lamello Clamex assembly fitting to its existing range of Blind Dado, Rafix, Cam and Dowel, and Screw fix assembly construction styles. These fittings are non-visible and can be used on any angle.
The Assign Banding feature in the Assembly Wizard gives more control over where and how edgebanding is assigned to cabinet parts. “The interface is easy to use, and provides simple images of parts requiring banding,” says Marie Cassidy.
Other new and enhanced items of functionality include 43 new bid methods; New Connect Tool to create a 0” fillet; the ability to reverse the toolpath on operations such as circles, arcs and lines in the CAM editor; significant improvements to rendering/redraw speed at room level; material name limit of 23 characters extended to 50; and a new utility for defining molding profiles.
When Norfolk Oak suffered a fire in their workshop, Cabinet Vision was instrumental in getting them up and running again. “We definitely wouldn’t have recovered so quickly without it,” says marketing executive Ciaran O’Neill. “Using Cabinet Vision’s 3D wire frame diagrams we could see the engineering aspects of all the kitchens we were working on at the time and optimise them correctly. Then we simply used Screen-To-Machine to send the NC code to our Holzher Pro Master CNC machine and we were cutting wood again.”
Tim Higham, owner of Higham Furniture, says: “We spend a lot of time up front with Cabinet Vision to get the design absolutely right, but it ensures the workshop produces it accurately first time.” Using the software means they go from their bespoke design to the cutlist automatically. “Before investing in Cabinet Vision we had a number of issues with spreadsheets and the manual process of converting attractive designs into cutlists. But now, once we’ve got the walls accurately dimensioned and the kitchen fitting accurately to those dimensions, along with correct doors and cabinets, we simply push a button to create assembly sheets, cut lists and parts.”
The UK pioneer in creating ergonomic dental cabinets halved its surgery design time and material wastage by switching to Cabinet Vision. Paterson Health Group was the first company in the UK to design bespoke ergonomic cabinets for dentists, who historically used ordinary cabinets and sideboards. “Because many dental surgeries are converted houses with unusual-shaped rooms, our standard product range is just the starting point. We need to tailor every cabinet to the customer’s individual needs, and Cabinet Vision does that extremely quickly and accurately,” says managing director Stuart Paterson.
About Vero Software
Headquartered in England, Vero Software designs, develops, and supplies CAD/CAM/CAE software radically enhancing the efficiency of design and manufacturing processes, providing its customers with exceptional value through high productivity gains and significantly reducing time to market. The company’s world-renowned brands include Alphacam, Cabinet Vision, Edgecam, Machining STRATEGIST, PEPS, Radan, SMIRT, SURFCAM, WorkNC and VISI, along with the production control MRP system Javelin. Despite the diversity of application, these solutions have one thing in common: they all address the rising challenges of achieving manufacturing efficiencies and bring huge value to the operations in which they are deployed.
Vero has direct offices in the UK, Germany, Italy, France, Japan, USA, Brazil, Netherlands, China, South Korea, Spain and India supplying products to more than 45 countries through its wholly owned subsidiaries and reseller network.
Vero is part of Hexagon (Nordic exchange: HEXA B), a leading global provider of design, measurement and visualization technologies that enable customers to design, measure and position objects, and process and present data.
For more information, please visit www.verosoftware.com.