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Include Skew Values as An Attribute For Hangers

Having skew values as attributes will make entering skewed hangers more efficient. There is currently "SKR" and "SKL" available, but no values. To enter a specific value, a user has to create a custom product and create an attribute for each skew....
over 7 years ago in BC Estimator 0 Shipped

Sticky Right Click Menu - Does not go away until user clicks out of menu

Within the right click menu there are certain changes that make the right click menu go away. This has been mentioned before as the program needed to refresh too many properties that would change the right click menu context. Electrons move faste...
over 7 years ago in BC Estimator 0 Shipped

Visibility switch for "Cut-Logic" column on Material List

The ability to show or hide the "Cut Logic" column on the layout material list would help provide a cleaner look to the placement plans that insures a more uniform appearance between Boise Cascade EWP presentation documents. This will also help in...
over 7 years ago in BC Estimator 0 Shipped

Add ability to bulk rename packs from the Lists tab.

It would be very helpful to be able to rename packs in the Lists tab with a function similar to the Bulk Rename in the Pages window. When there are a lot of packs, it takes a lot of going back and forth between mouse clicks and the keyboard to ren...
about 7 years ago in BC Estimator 0 Shipped

Hotkey for visibility of all products

submitted by Lee Cure for Atlanta group (JWW). Hotkey to turn on and off visibility of all products. This is to allow turning off drawn items, quickly to see what is under them in the plan page.
about 1 year ago in BC Estimator 2 Shipped

Ability to delete all child take off items quickly.

submitted by Lee Cure for Atlanta group Ability to delete all child take off items quickly. Or, at least, be able to multi-select child items in the Takeoff Items window. We copy all the items to another pack to represent duplicate levels. In the ...
about 1 year ago in BC Estimator 2 Shipped

Timer - Total Editing file work time

submitted by Lee Cure & Atlanta group Include a timer for Total Editing Time and a way to reset it. Below is Word’s properties showing Total Editing Time. All Boise Cascade designers/estimators need this for tracking. In the commercial departm...
about 1 year ago in BC Estimator 2 Shipped

One Click Mirror Layouts

Would like to be able to mirror a layout without having to go into the job, mirror the background, reimport it in and copy/paste the framing and mirror that. We would use this feature alot!
about 2 years ago in BC Estimator 1 Shipped

The ability to freeze/lock labels with Automatic Positioning

Automatic label positioning has it's benefit, but often (especially with commercial projects), the repositioning gets pretty wonky. If you could freeze/lock an individual label so when you recapture the layout a particular locked label doesn't move.
over 2 years ago in BC Estimator 0 Shipped

Set Blocking Alignment Point with Multiple Container Edges at the same time

For perpendicular joist blocking along exterior walls we most often add blocking to the container edge itself. When the rim is broken (over openings, deck beam supports, etc), you cannot currently select multiple container edges and align all of t...
over 2 years ago in BC Estimator 0 Shipped

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