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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 ...
    over 1 year ago in BC Connect 0

    can i use BC calc for connection design for timbers

    No description provided
    over 1 year ago in BC Calc 1 Will not implement

    Simplify Input of Accessory Materials

    Simplify the input of accessories. Allow the user to input single accessories (blocking and rim), similar to how a user is able to input beams. Also, for it not to be associated to a container.
    almost 8 years ago in BC Framer 3

    Hover Over shows Preset List and ability to manually Add/Edit Presets

    Right clicking on the digitizer tools to show the list of presets could be simplified into a hover over - drop down list. (the computer can do this faster than the user) Within the Profile\Presets menu: Having the ability to change and manually ad...
    almost 8 years ago in BC Estimator 0

    "Draw more sections like this" added to the right click menu in the Take-Off Items list

    In complex projects, the list of products used in the file often exceeds the view of the right click menu list and the pages are too large to quickly find a specific item in the digitizer. Having the option to right click on the product name that ...
    almost 8 years ago in BC Estimator 0 Will not implement

    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 8 years ago in BC Estimator 0

    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 8 years ago in BC Calc 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.
    over 1 year ago in BC Connect / Project Dashboard 0

    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.
    over 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-...
    over 1 year ago in BC Estimator 1

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