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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

Add Page Overlays in Full Color

Currently the only option to add a page overlay is to have a tinted color. We often pull through firewall separation plan pages from architectural plans, which are typically in full color and easy to identify. If we could add an overlay page in th...
almost 3 years ago in BC Estimator 0 Shipped

Miter walls

The ability to select two walls and miter them into a corner instead of having to trim each wall.
almost 4 years ago in BC Framer 5 Shipped

Layout note copy

submitted by Lee Cure: I would like user to have the ability to create a note that can be applied to multiple layout pages. The Framing Layout Annotation Note does not allow a user to easily copy and paste a note to multiple layout pages. Notes cr...
over 4 years ago in BC Estimator 1 Shipped

Notify of Exceeded Stocking Lengths

Use Stocking Lengths or product lengths in Formulas tab BCE to check (either by Quick Check, or another method) to limit users from having a product in the material list longer than a maximum stock length. When I was in the retail segment, I had...
over 4 years ago in BC Estimator 1 Shipped

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