Software Ideas

Welcome to the Boise Cascade Engineered Wood Products Software Ideas Portal! 

We welcome your EWP Software suggestions and ideas.

ADD A NEW IDEA

All ideas

Showing 250 of 250

Under Inventory Quanities link additional information

From Customer Feedback If you could click on the reserved number and it would show the Batches that the Quantity is associated with. This would be useful if a batch has to be moved around in the order to be cut. It would help identify products t...
over 7 years ago in BC Connect / Inventory 0 Tracked

Allow Member Name to Have Special Characters

In the web based BC Calc, I cannot include certain special characters in a member name. Specifically a period, a double quote, and a forward or backward slash. The period is especially important when referencing gridlines on a plan.
over 7 years ago in BC Calc 0

Open multiple Results simultaneously

As a User, I would like to open and compare multiple design reports simultaneously to compare them without having to save the file. Current Behavior: Need to close the current design report before opening another one.
over 7 years ago in BC FastPlan 0 Planned

Report with Hanger Tags

As a User, I would like the hanger tags/lablel to show on the material list.
over 7 years ago in BC Framer 1

It would be helpful if the sub-folders made for a project carried over into the optimizer screen.

Example I have a project with a sub-folder named L2 and one named L3. Both folders consists of material list titled unit 1, unit2, and unit3. Once you go to optimizer to make batch files the sub-folders aren't listed and all you have is a list of ...
over 7 years ago in BC Connect / Material Lists / Operations - Optimization / Other 0 Tracked

When you have a subfolder selected and create a manual material list then save - the material list would stay within the subfolder that was selected

Problem Context: Currently I create multiple sub-folders to keep multifamily projects organized by floor levels. So when I have level 2 selected and create a material list then save it instead of the list staying within the folder it just saves to...
over 7 years ago in BC Connect / Material Lists / Other 0 Tracked

Failed Bearings and Suggestions

As a User, when a beam bearing failed, I would like the results to tell me which bearing it was, and make a suggestion on the required bearing length to try.
over 7 years ago in BC FastPlan 1

Using the Filters doesn't show the project file

As a User, I would like all project files to show up in BCEstimator when opening from BCConnect, whether they are in the root of sub folders. CURRENT BEHAVIOR: Using the filters, Builders and Projects will not bring up the files in the root folder...
over 7 years ago in BC Estimator 0 Already exists

Short Naming Material

As a User, I would like to have the ability to create a material short name in order to consolidate joist labels across jobs for larger multi-family projects or builders with similar floor plans across the nation. User would have the ability to ch...
over 7 years ago in BC Estimator 1 Already exists

Increase the font size for the data in the member drawing

The font is a little too small for me to read easily, make it bigger or give me the chance to adjust it
over 7 years ago in BC Calc 0

The following terms shall apply to your idea submissions through any Boise Cascade website or other portal, including but not limited to https://boisecascade.ideas.aha.io/ideas: In consideration of Boise Cascade’s maintaining this site and portal and accepting your submissions, (1) you agree that your ideas will automatically become the property of Boise Cascade without compensation to you when you click on the “Share Idea” button, and (2) you agree that Boise Cascade may use the ideas for any purpose and in any way—even give them to others—without compensation or acknowledgement to you. You accordingly hereby assign and agree to assign all intellectual property rights you may have in and to any such idea(s) to Boise Cascade, and you waive your moral rights to attribution and integrity as to any such submitted ideas. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE WITH THESE TERMS, DO NOT SUBMIT YOUR IDEA TO BOISE CASCADE.