Since 1988, Spectrum Woodworking has been providing high quality yet competitive, commercial cabinetry and millwork to the Oregon/Washington area. The company attributes its success to its expert craftsmanship along with the implementation of the latest technological advancements to its manufacturing process. The company credits software from Microvellum for helping to streamline its production capabilities.

Thirty-two Spectrum Woodworking employees manufacture mostly commercial fixtures for hospitals, offices and lobbies along with paneling jobs and other types of millwork in a 30,000-sq.-ft. facility in Canby, Ore. “We usually work off of architectural drawings and then use Microvellum software to generate our shop drawings,” says Kelly Brodigan. “We started using Microvellum about three years ago. We were using another software, but we kept hearing good things about Microvellum and its ability to generate G-code for our CNC machines. That was important to us. We weren‘t getting that with the other software.”

Brodigan says the learning curve was not a problem. “We went to Microvellum’s headquarters in Medford, Ore., took the classroom training, came back and pretty much were up and running,” he explains. “It definitely has streamlined our production. Where we used to have six or seven guys working on a bench doing the assembly work, we now have all our boxes running through a production line with dowel construction and a case clamp. Our custom department orders cabinets that are needed for reception desks, too, so we can run them through production, and we are planning on using Microvellum’s diewalls for reception desks in the near future.

“We have four Microvellum users now. Two, for the most part, are generating shop drawings with it. After we get the shop drawings back from approval by the architects, we then go out and do the field measuring. After that, two of us then generate the cut lists for the machines and get everything ready to go.

“We are in the process of migrating to another version of Microvellum that has come out, and from what I can tell, it’s going to be even more beneficial. Microvellum has made a lot of improvements in the library of products that we use. It is making it more versatile for everyone. There are a lot more options and choices that we can make on the products than previously – door styles, hardware styles have been added, for instance. That will make it easier for us since we won’t have to customize our product.

“Microvellum’s tech support is outstanding, responsive and able to solve issues quickly. Webinars were offered to help with the migration to Version 67, and they were very helpful, too.”