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Put uplift back in the analysis dialogue box

Uplift needs to be clearly visible with your end reactions on the analysis page instead of making us open another tab and go to the member report......
about 5 years ago in BC Calc 1 Shipped

Miter walls

The ability to select two walls and miter them into a corner instead of having to trim each wall.
over 2 years ago in BC Framer 5 Shipped

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....
about 6 years ago in BC Estimator 0 Shipped

Add O.C. spacing to Analysis Summary

It would be very useful to add a column listing O.C. spacing for joist members in the Analysis Summary.
about 6 years ago in BC Calc 1 Shipped

User defined loads

Add the ability for users to create their own collection of loads where they can specify the various load components and give it a name, then pick which member types they want it to appear in. The add/edit load dialog then has a new dropdown where...
almost 5 years ago in BC Calc 3 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...
about 6 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...
about 6 years ago in BC Estimator 0 Shipped

The Open From BC Connect in Framer needs a fuzzy search in addition to the filter

The Open From BC Connect in Framer needs a fuzzy search in addition to the filter. Currently the Builder and project fields are filtering but not searching. So if you start a filter with a word that isn't at the beginning the of the string it won'...
almost 6 years ago in BC Framer 4 Shipped

Reconfigure the Tab order so that while entering multiple lengths we can tab to the next span.

This would allow the process of multiple input to be quicker, and would mirror the process from the desktop version.
almost 6 years ago in BC Calc 3 Shipped

Show Number of Plies in "Search and View" Connectors Tab

In the "Search and View" Connectors tab, it would be very helpful if it displayed the number of plies for the supported and supporting members. Number of plies affects hanger selection. Currently, I can get the information in the Consolidate Conne...
about 6 years ago in BC Framer 1 Shipped