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 Subscribe
Status Shipped
Workspace BC Estimator
Created by Guest
Created on Dec 4, 2020

RELATED IDEAS

Convert plan image file size

BCE converts PDF to PNG files with an alpha (transparent) channel and in full color. When the file is portable (i.e. sending it back and forth to Platinum Global and/or another BMD), this is a bunch of extra unnecessary bulk, when most users require only grayscale. Also, the alpha channel has no benefit in BCE.

It would be helpful to have the means to remove the alpha channel and make it grayscale from within BCE. Currently, I am using third-party means to do this, but most users don't know how to do this.

The files I convert are half the size of the original files. This is not only benificial for portability but also storage requirements.

  • ADMIN RESPONSE
    Apr 24, 2024

    This idea was promoted to dev & delivered in 2021

  • Attach files
  • Admin
    Daryl Simpson
    Reply
    |     Apr 15, 2021

    Feature name change to: Convert plan image file size

    promoted for dev

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.