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Drag & Drop or Group similar Labels with leaders

Different from the joist group label and hanger group label in a consecutive row. In chase openings, there are multiple hangers, and even joist/beam products that are identical with labels that cover the entire opening. At a minimum having the opt...
almost 7 years ago in BC Estimator 0

Undo Button

Would like an undo that would go back maybe 5 steps. Seems it would be easier than having to say drag something to a place and have to drag it back to original spot.. Would use this alot also
over 1 year ago in BC Estimator 1 Will not implement

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!
over 1 year ago in BC Estimator 1 Planned

Ability to reorganize hanger labels & sort order

Currently hangers are assigned a label; H1...H23, etc, in the order they are input. However if the sort order could be adjusted manually (without renaming every single hanger in the order you want), such as drag/drop a particular hanger further up...
over 1 year ago in BC Estimator 1

Filter Dashboard by N/A

As a user I would like to be able to filter my Dashboard view by N/A values. For instance if I only want to view new projects that have not yet moved into a quote/design/etc status, I am unable to change the Status dropdown to display only those i...
over 6 years ago in BC Connect / Project Dashboard 1 Already Exists

Reduced line width of material shown on Framing Layouts

Having the option to show a narrower line weight for materials on the framing layout would improve the overall professional look of the placement plans. A hallow outline of material instead of a solid fill would be a help in many cases. This helps...
almost 7 years ago in BC Estimator 1

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
almost 7 years ago in BC Calc 0

Adding material weight attributes for EWP products to show up in material reporting

If a weight attribute could be added to a product, either under usages or within the Database tab, and that could show up just like the $ or sku does on our current material reports, this would immensely help us build out trucks for deliveries.
almost 2 years ago in BC Estimator 1 Will not implement

As a BC Estimator user I would like to be able to show or label material differently, when it comes to spacing. Even thou it is the same material.

EX: 11-7/8" BCI 6500 @ 16" OC label differently then 11-7/8" BCI @ 12" OC. Right now they lump the material all under one label.
over 6 years ago in BC Estimator 1 Already exists

Save button closes editing window on Dashboard

As a user I would like to be able to exit the editable fields area once I hit the Save button and the saving process is complete. Currently I have to wait until the save function cycles, then hit the Cancel button to resume regular dashboard viewing.
over 6 years ago in BC Connect / Project Dashboard 0 Tracked

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