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MillBox Online Manual

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Here are high-value articles from the MillBox Online Manual that we recommend saving. Each one explains a core concept you will use daily in CAM.

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1) MillBox — What are the recommended PC specifications?

Overview

MillBox runs on many PCs, but performance improves when you meet the recommended specs.

Why it is helpful

Following the recommended CPU, RAM, GPU and storage guidelines prevents slow calculations, reduces crashes, and keeps large bridge and implant cases responsive.

2) Understanding Curves, Surfaces, and Restoration Types

Overview

Explains required and optional curves and surfaces for each object type in MillBox. This is the map MillBox uses to apply strategies correctly.

Why it is helpful

Correct curves and the right restoration type give you cleaner toolpaths, fewer remakes, and faster calculations.

Figure 1. Restoration type chooser in MillBox. Choosing the correct indication ensures the right curves and strategies are used.

3) What is FileHub

Overview

FileHub organizes MillBox production files and helps you find, preview, and manage outputs.

Why it is helpful

Keeps jobs tidy, speeds up audits, and reduces time spent hunting for NC files or simulations.

4) Milling Zone Designation

Overview

The Brush tool lets you paint zones for extra operations such as anatomical detail, interproximal cleanup, or fast finishing.

Why it is helpful

You can target only the areas that need attention without changing global strategies, which saves time and protects tool life.

Figure 2. Milling Zone Designation panel with common zone presets such as Additional Interproximal Detail and Finish Fast.

5) Curves and Surface Tools

Overview

Shows how to create and edit margins, cylinders, drilling axes, secondary finishing axes, and more.

Why it is helpful

These tools let you correct recognition issues, add missing geometry, and validate dimensions before you mill.

Figure 3. Curves and Surface tools ribbon. Icons include Draw Cylinder, Cylinder Detection, Adjust Cylinder Axis, Change Cavity Axis, and Merge Objects.

Conclusion

These five MillBox manual pages cover the essentials you will use every day. Bookmark them, share them with your team, and weave them into onboarding so new users learn the right habits early. With the correct PC specs, the right restoration type and curves, targeted zone designations, and confident use of the curves and surfaces tools, you will get faster calculations, cleaner toolpaths, and fewer remakes. For more detailed resources and guides, feel free to explore help.cimsystem.com.

Need help applying any of this to your workflow? Email [email protected] and we will point you to the exact article or record a short walkthrough for your case.

Quick checklist

  • Bookmark the five links above

  • Verify your PC meets the recommended specs

  • Choose the correct restoration type at import

  • Use Zone Designation for targeted refinements

  • Use Curves and Surface tools to fix recognition and verify axes

Need Further Help?

Need help validating your CAD export settings or confirming your MillBox build supports this option? Email [email protected].

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