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

requested by Brent Simmons on the BC Estimator idea portal 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 ...
11 months ago in BC Connect 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

Allow free input for Project Sales Contact in addition to the drop-down list.

Problem Context The sales list is limited to invited users. This is a process requiring invites, multiple emails and registration. Idea Open the Sales contact field to allow manually input.
about 1 year ago in BC Connect / Project Dashboard 0

Multiple Saved Dashboard Views, Excel Download of Dashboard View, Dashboard Visibility on Large Screens

Having the option to save the Dashboard with multiple column and filter settings would allow users to quickly view projects as required. For instance, saving a dashboard of projects where I am the Sales Contact or Designer vs all Preliminary proje...
over 7 years ago in BC Connect / Project Dashboard 1 Already Exists

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

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...
about 1 year 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...
about 1 year ago in BC Estimator 1

Cut replacements for damaged pieces

Problem Context When a member is damaged in the field, and i need to send a new piece to replace it, the current process to "Save As" or create a material list, set it to "Ready For Optimization" and then pull it into a batch. This is quite involv...
about 1 year ago in BC Connect / Projects 0 Tracked

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