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BC Calc

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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.
about 6 years ago in BC Calc 1

UNDO BUTTON

I cant find the undo button, ctrl z doesn't work.
over 2 years ago in BC Calc 2

Add sizing for steel I-beams

Size steel I-beams from the BC Calc interface.
over 6 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...
over 4 years ago in BC Calc 2 Planned

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

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

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

Allow input of wall member that are deeper than the common studs in the wall

Remove the limitation that currently forces members to fit within the wall depth.
over 6 years ago in BC Calc 0

The download page for BC Calc offline mode should list the current version number.

The only way to see what version of offline mode is available is to download and open the zip file. If the page showed the version number (and expiration date) it would save me some time.
over 4 years ago in BC Calc 1 Planned

ability to add a double opening in a wall and use a single header

In Calc when designing a wall the ability to add a double opening and use a single header
about 5 years ago in BC Calc 1

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