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Automatic Job Share Feature

It would be helpful to have an automatic job share feature instead of having to share each job individually. In our office, we currently share every job between each member of the design team so that we each have access to all files but having to...
about 4 years ago in BC Calc 2 Planned

Filter Dashboard by N/A

As a user I would like to be able to filter my Dashboard view by N/A values. For instance if I only want to view new projects that have not yet moved into a quote/design/etc status, I am unable to change the Status dropdown to display only those i...
about 6 years ago in BC Connect / Project Dashboard 1 Already Exists

Reduced line width of material shown on Framing Layouts

Having the option to show a narrower line weight for materials on the framing layout would improve the overall professional look of the placement plans. A hallow outline of material instead of a solid fill would be a help in many cases. This helps...
about 6 years ago in BC Estimator 1

Download files from BC Calc in a batch instead of one by one

Give the user the ability to download more than one file at a time from BC Calc
over 6 years ago in BC Calc 0

Save button closes editing window on Dashboard

As a user I would like to be able to exit the editable fields area once I hit the Save button and the saving process is complete. Currently I have to wait until the save function cycles, then hit the Cancel button to resume regular dashboard viewing.
about 6 years ago in BC Connect / Project Dashboard 0 Tracked

"Copy and Shift"

Add a right-click option that will "Copy and Shift." It would work like the Shift, but it would copy the selected item and offset (similar to offset in CAD programs). It would save several clicks of the copy and shift-paste.
about 6 years ago in BC Framer 0 Planned

Ability to input Load Reference area

This will allow the designer to input and area load and then input line or point load that are referenced to the reference area load. the designer can then assign a percentage of the load to be applied. example: if the designer draws a 10'x1...
about 6 years ago in BC Framer 0 Planned

Reduce or rearrange first page of design report so a connection detail doesn't add a second page.

Submitted on behalf of a longtime Calc 4.6 user who remembers being able to print multiply designs with connection details on one page.
about 6 years ago in BC Calc 3

Ability to Edit/Delete Attributes for Custom Products

User should have the ability to edit and/or delete attributes for custom products. Currently, if a mistake is made when entering an attribute, the erroneous attribute cannot be removed from the list.
about 6 years ago in BC Estimator 0 Will not implement

Allow wall headers to be supported by hangers instead of jack studs

It’s fairly common that we run into situations on tall walls where we have a column with openings on both sides and the customers want to keep the mull width between windows to a minimum. If we can get out 3” by eliminating a single trimmer on eac...
about 6 years ago in BC Calc 0

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