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[loriny]

will do.
Thank you

[loriny]

Does anyone else have trouble with grain shelves nesting the grain the wrong way? Is there anything to do about this?
Lorin

[Gary Campbell]

Lorin...
You may want to post eCabinets specific questions on the eCabinets Forum. Along with a bunch of good guys over there, the software team monitors the forum. If you have found a glitch, posting over there will shorten the turnaround on a fix, if not there are many more eCabs users there than here.
Gary

[thewoodcrafter]

Lorin,
Gary is right. Questions about using the software would be best asked on the eCabinets Forum.
Many very helpful guys.

But -
You must not have grain set up right on your shelving material. Make sure you have this set up right in the materials data base.
Problems with grain direction have been fixed long ago. I think this is a user problem.

[loriny]

I may have just been mistaken on dimensions when looking at nest. I have some deep skinny uppers that may have thrown me off. Thank you
I hope to get cutting tonight finally.
Lorin

[Dennis Englert (Unregistered Guest)]

By default, grain for shelves runs with the length of the shelf. I'm thinking that it is nearly impossible to get the grain to run fore and aft by mistake. You can designate the grain direction when you place the shelf or edit the shelf and change the grain direction.

As suggested by someone else, if you post these questions on the eCabinet Systems forum you will usually get a quick response from our user base. They've been extremely helpful to all and have embraced the ShopBot community.

Dennis L. Englert
Manager of Product Training
Thermwood Corporation

[loriny]

Got cutting and printed nest sheets. Everything was good. Had some troubles with settings but talked to Ryan @ Shopbot and Dan @ thermwood. These guys are excellent. Dan took my files and within an hour had my setting problems figured out on my link. Very little down time with help like them and this forum. If anyone is considering the link I whole heartedly recommend it.
Lorin

[thewoodcrafter]

The support for the product is just great.

I am still amazed I am cutting eCabinet files on my ShopBot.

This definitely makes ALL other software options completely obsolete.


Dennis,
Are you going to have any training classes in Las Vegas next month? I think you have a whole new group to teach.

[englert]

Roger,
Unfortunately, we are not this year. You are only the second person to inquire that I'm aware of and we need a minimum of 15 registered to conduct the seminar. It's a pretty expensive endeavor at these venues.

A viable alternative and it probably has replaced the 3-day seminar option is our Online Video Tutorials. Costs a little more, but then does it really by the time you include travel and all the other related costs. The 3-day course is a crash course; fast paced and non-stop. The videos you can watch and rewatch at your leisure, plus you can train more than one. I've put a lot of work into these. Probably not perfect, but they've received good reviews as well as the training manual, "The Nearly Complete Guide to eCabinet Systems". At a little over 600 pages, it has expanded quite a bit from my early documentation. More pictures, I know that most of us only look at those anyways.

BTW are you going to the show?

Good to hear from you,

Dennis

[thewoodcrafter]

I will be going.
Any excuse to go to Las Vegas is a good one.
I think Brian Kerns and I will be hanging out together again.
I'll stop by and say hello.

P.S. Glad to see you are an official registered forum member now.