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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...
about 1 year ago in BC Estimator 1

Add "undo" and "redo" functionality

Reverting to a previous version is not a suitable solution when a mistake is made, and having to redo part (or all) of a drawing because you can't use ctrl+z feels like a large oversight.
about 1 year ago in BC Estimator 3 Will not implement

Group Scaling of Framing Layouts

Adding the ability within the framing layouts tab to scale all layout pages in one group. Currently if you have 2 layouts or 17 layouts, you have to individually rescale pages if you want/need a different scale shown. Adding the option to scale al...
over 1 year ago in BC Estimator 0

Toggle Individual Label Positions

The ability to toggle an individual beam/joist/rim label justification (from center to left or right, etc) via a hotkey.
over 1 year ago in BC Estimator 0

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...
almost 2 years ago in BC Estimator 1

Ability to reorder Overlays in the Markup Items window.

submitted by Lee Cure for Atlanta group (LAC) Ability to reorder Overlays in the Markup Items window. When using multiple overlays, the ability to organize them will be very helpful.
about 1 year ago in BC Estimator 1

creating custom labels for product families via Profile\Labeling, the program should not reuse the Prefix

submitted by Lee Cure for Atlanta group (LAC) When creating custom labels for product families via Profile\Labeling, the program should not reuse the Prefix. For example, if in Product Family, user assigns “B2” as a prefix for a 3-1/2”x16” Versa-...
about 1 year 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...
about 1 year ago in BC Estimator 1

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...
about 1 year ago in BC Estimator 1

Cap/Base option on Post

Similar to how a segment can have a hanger added to end A or B, the addition of a cap/base option within the count tool when specifying post via the LF use category.
over 2 years ago in BC Estimator 0

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