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Cutting Off-cut to different size

Problem Context We have a large off cut piece from a optimization, (ie 40' piece) and for easier handling would like to be able to have them cut into frequently used inventory lengths ( ie 2- 20' Idea
7 months ago in BC Connect / Operations / Operations - Optimization 0 Tracked

Viewport Controls from Layout Sheet Space

Consider adding the following controls: 1) Allow the design model to be modified through the viewport window from the layout sheet & remember Level-Layer-Label-Object (LLLO) settings automatically. 2) Add a Viewport "Scale Lock" feature that m...
7 months ago in BC Framer 0

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

Create a multi-line for a segment to account for multi-products

submitted by Lee Cure for Atlanta group Create a multi-line for a segment to account for multi-products. Below is an example of a condition with 2-ply rim to separate units and blocking next to rim for special shear wall condition require ‘extra’ ...
about 1 year ago in BC Estimator 1

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

Add a feature to allow for an alternate MFG's hangers

With the change to Mitek, we still have clients that will use Simpson, or want to have both Simpson and Mitek listed. Can we get a feature to list an alternate hanger, ie option 2 or Option 3? Basically a second or third column beside the primary ...
over 1 year ago in BC Framer 2 Will not implement

Ability to Separate/Divide Group Labels

Often times a group label for joist or hangers crosses over individual unique piece that's not a part of the group. Separating the group label into 2 groups or more could help add clarity to the drawings.
almost 3 years ago in BC Estimator 0

The Open From BC Connect in Framer needs a fuzzy search in addition to the filter

The Open From BC Connect in Framer needs a fuzzy search in addition to the filter. Currently the Builder and project fields are filtering but not searching. So if you start a filter with a word that isn't at the beginning the of the string it...
almost 7 years ago in BC Framer 4 Shipped

Being able to copy a sub-folder, rename it and all the documents in the folder would copy as well into the newly named folder.

Say you have a folder named Level 2 - within the folder there are 20 manual material list. The projects Level 3 happens to be a identical to level 2. Instead of having to make all new material list or copy them individually the entire folder could...
over 7 years ago in BC Connect / Material Lists / Other 1 Tracked

Enable saving custom notes in BC Calc on the member "Notes" tab.

The default notes are helpful, but we should be able to create new notes and save them for future use. Legacy BC Calc 4.x had a folder in ProgramData with text files. See <<1-Notes-Text file path.png>> These notes appeared in the appli...
about 4 years ago in BC Calc 1 Planned

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