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toggle to make area non-selectable

submitted by Lee Cure for Atlanta group (JWW) A toggle to make area non-selectable. This is for two reasons. First, to be able to select other items, when the framing area is selectable even with all the products of the area turned off. The second...
11 months ago in BC Estimator 1

assign single key Hotkeys in Plan view

submitted by Lee Cure for Atlanta group (JWW) Be able to assign single key Hotkeys in Plan view. Control + key is awkward.
11 months ago in BC Estimator 1

Include edge blocking conditions as part of floor container presets

submitted by Lee Cure for Atlanta group (LAC) Include edge blocking conditions as part of floor container presets. This may require the blocking becomes a container property rather than an edge property
11 months ago in BC Estimator 1

select material of the same type based on number of plies

submitted by Lee Cure for Atlanta group (LAC) Ability to select material of the same type based on number of plies. For example: if there are 1-3/4”x11-7/8” LVL beams of various plies in a plan, user should have the ability to select only the 2-pl...
11 months ago in BC Estimator 1

Counts with “EA” as the application should have a label

submitted by Lee Cure for Atlanta group ( JWW) Counts with “EA” as the application should have a label. Sometimes hangers can be specified this way, but without a label it is not useful for layouts
11 months ago in BC Estimator 0

At Split Overlap, user should have the option to not stagger the joists

submitted by Lee Cure for Atlanta group When using a Split Overlap with a line segment Split condition, user should have the option to not stagger the joists. See party wall example below. The blocking are Drop Split with a Split Overlap “To Edge”...
11 months ago in BC Estimator 1

Create a multi-line for a segment to account for multi-products

submitted by Lee Cure for Atlanta group Create a multi-line for a segment to account for multi-products. Below is an example of a condition with 2-ply rim to separate units and blocking next to rim for special shear wall condition require ‘extra’ ...
11 months ago in BC Estimator 1

Length rounding options

submitted by Lee Cure & Atlanta group Can BCE add length to joist (and beams) when they are X inches from the rounding length? For example, 11’10” long joist will be rounded to 12’. However, maybe the drawing is a bad drawing, or we want to ac...
11 months ago in BC Estimator 1

Prevent Accidental Dealer Name Change

Problem Context When working on a project, there is the potential to click the Edit Dealer button instead of the Create Dealer button. This can cause the existing Dealer to be renamed, and affect all projects currently assigned to the customer. Id...
12 months ago in BC Connect / Projects 0 Tracked

Double Click a Segment and it picks both end nodes

If you are wanting to move a segment (most often beams, but could be rim, blocking, container edges), you have to click the segment, then click each end node to move it equally. If you could just double click the segment it would make this process...
12 months ago in BC Estimator 1

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