Thanks Ken,
As far as dxf's being imported into part editor, i and the Thermwood shop have had really good results with it. Taking a part into the contour editor and loading the dxf drawing on the part is very easy, once you get the hang of the x axis being rotated to vertical instead of horizontal. Dxf drawings must be drawn this way in cad as well. This has proven to be very effective for me. I tend to create client folders and store sub folders inside such as DXF Templates, pictures, shop drawings, TWD,s, Job files, etc...
Drawing with two monitors allows me to have both e-cabs and a cad program running at the same time. If there is a correction needed to the DXF, to work right in e-cabs, I just make the correction to the DXF drawing in cad and hit the save button. Reload it to the part editor and BAMMO. Very quick and easy and all the parts are still in the job file. Having cad and E-cabs running at the same time has really opened things up for "sculpting" cabinets. Likewise, the better hardware companies are loading their DXF's onto the web. Makes it real easy to bring into part editor. Just wish that TWD would allow this import feature in the hole pattern editor. Maybe they do and I don't know how to do it yet. This may not be as helpful for other shops, though. Just one way of working.
Thanks for the spoillboard/ running time heads up. I'm finally getting good fits with my blind dado's. Got schooled by Gary on the poor stability of uldf and auditing parts off the table.
Thanks,
Tim