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Freehand Highlighter
21h 23m
Would you be able to add a "freehand" option along with the "box mode" highlighter? Thinking a simple drop down list to choose "freehand or box mo...
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Under Review
Customer Request
1d 14h
Plan Import. Add a image view option toggle between List View and Thumbnail view (I know I don’t need certain drawings (MEP, Civil, L...
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Under Review
Takeoff Folder Creation Input Bar
1d 19h
Would be nice to be able to create a Folder path ([..\..\..\Name] (Great Grandparent\Grandparent\Parent)) when starting a new takeoff item instead...
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Under Review
Changing the scale when pasting items/setting the DPI when adding pages
1d 19h
This situation does not come up often, but when importing old projects from PlanSwift, I have noticed that if I receive a revision and I add the n...
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Under Review
Small request - Ability to hide the quantities in the Takeoff tab
1d 20h
Using my laptop I have the age old problem of "screen real-estate". I like being able to see all of the takeoff items and continuing with them whe...
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Planned
Global Values
1d 20h
Hi zzTakeoff team, It seems like you guys keep hitting this out of the ballpark! I just imported multiple items from Excel into ZZ by using the...
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Planned
Ability to break points inside of a linear takeoff object
1d 20h
Presently if you want to break apart some of the points inside of a linear takeoff object, there is no way to do so. The platform only lets you ma...
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Planned
Mid Point for Area Takeoff
1d 20h
A mid control point along a segment on an area takeoff would be helpful to pull that segment at once rather than moving two ends of the segment.
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Planned
Ability to Lock Page
2d 16h
Taken from microsoft loop below. Would be nice to have a workflow where we can lock page to freeze estimate in current state. Also would like to h...
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Planned
Slim Down version of zzTakeoffs for redlines
2d 19h
With the amazing responsiveness of the PDFs in zzTakeoffs I can see value in this product for teams beyond the estimating team. Our design team ar...
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Completed
Quality of life change for the linear tool
2d 21h
so the new option for linear to display feet or inches is great and very useful to me. Taking it a step further for some quality of life would...
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Planned
Make Move Arrow Larger
2d 21h
Pet peeve item - the arrow indicator to move takeoff when you select it is very small. Usually have to zoom way out to find it. Can we make it a l...
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Under Review
Custom Folder Sorting
3d 1h
Up until today inside the "Templates" we could make folders and customize their placement, now it seems that they are auto sorted by number then a...
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Completed
Cost Code Mapping Between Excel & Assemblies (Streamlined Estimating Workflow)
3d 10h
First off, I want to say I’m excited about your software and the potential it has to simplify takeoffs in a big way. I recently started testing ZZ...
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PDF Reports
3d 16h
Hello, It would be helpful to have the ability to save, export or print to pdf from the reports tab. Would be an easy way to send out material li...
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Planned
zzTakeoff Mission statement?
3d 20h
Can you please workshop your mission statement for zztakoeff? Here is one idea: We believe drawings should talk to data. So we built a platfo...
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Planned
I need help answering the question, "Why Change from OST"
4d 1h
in a couple weeks going to give a pitch to our estimating tech team to get a paid pilot going in a few months. The question being asked is "Why ch...
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In Progress
Roll Take Off
4d 2h
Being in the flooring trade we have a number of products that come in rolls. Carpet, Vinyl etc. We really need the takeoff software to take ro...
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Customize the More button on the toolbar
4d 13h
Accidentally spotted this new "More" button the toolbar when I expanded the panels on my takeoff page this morning. Just thinking how th...
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Planned
Box/rectangle takeoff tool
4d 13h
Please add the ability to create a rectangle/box takeoff by selecting a box tool, then dragging diagonally across an area to create a rectangle.
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Planned