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UNDO BUTTON

I cant find the undo button, ctrl z doesn't work.
about 4 years ago in BC Calc 3

Add multiple sorting options for "Use Best Analysis"

In order to value engineer our products for our customer, it would be beneficial to have the ability to view more than one dropdown for best analysis. For example, I may want to view products in order of what uses the least amount of wood against ...
over 1 year ago in BC Calc 1

Enable CTRL+A Functionality in Fields

When entering a number for a location or size, the fields will automatically select all on the initial click, or when triple clicking, but the standard CTRL+A does not select the whole field. Example: I tried to type 40-00-00, but accidentally put...
over 1 year ago in BC Calc 1

Ability to add trapezoidal area load

The ability to add trapezoidal area loads would be useful when sizing joists for snow drift loads. This will help compare options with different joist spacings.
over 7 years ago in BC Calc 1

Checkbox for Full Width on Linear Loading

When applying linear loads we input the width, and more often than not that width is the full width of the beam/joist. If we adjust the length, or the bearings, all of the linear loads need to be edited. If there was a box in the loads input box t...
almost 2 years ago in BC Calc 1

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 ...
almost 6 years ago in BC Calc 3 Planned

Add ocs to the dynamic drawing and allow users to edit it

The dynamic drawing has nearly all relevant components for joist members except for the ocs which is hidden on the settings tab. It would be more efficient to have this in the editor view.
over 2 years ago in BC Calc 0

Add sizing for steel I-beams

Size steel I-beams from the BC Calc interface.
almost 8 years ago in BC Calc 1

can i use BC calc for connection design for timbers

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over 1 year ago in BC Calc 1 Will not implement

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
almost 8 years ago in BC Calc 1

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