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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

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

Length rounding options

submitted by Lee Cure & Atlanta group Can BCE add length to joist (and beams) when they are X inches from the rounding length? For example, 11’10” long joist will be rounded to 12’. However, maybe the drawing is a bad drawing, or we want to ac...
about 1 year ago in BC Estimator 1

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

Allow wall headers to be supported by hangers instead of jack studs

It’s fairly common that we run into situations on tall walls where we have a column with openings on both sides and the customers want to keep the mull width between windows to a minimum. If we can get out 3” by eliminating a single trimmer on eac...
over 7 years ago in BC Calc 0

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

Create Flush Segment Without Hangers

I would like to have the option to create a line segment in a flush condition without hangers being automatically generated for intersecting generated members. This will be useful in multi-family when there is a double party wall with rim board on...
over 6 years ago in BC Estimator 1 Shipped

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

Level Name in Header

When a User views and prints the Boise Report, the levels aren’t displayed on the output file. If you have B1 on 3 different levels, in a calc package it is impossible to figure out which B1 you are looking at without a deeper investigation to fig...
over 7 years ago in BC FastPlan 0 Planned

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