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Josh Huck
2h 12m

1)Loading Plans- Color Options 2)Sheet Selection Zoom Options 3) Reports Takeoff Item Relocation

Hello ZZ Dev Team,


Three requests, and these are coming from a former Planswift user so perhaps they exist, I just cannot find the options:


1. When loading new plans, it would be nice to have a batch option to choose the color we load the plans with- black and white, gray scale or color. It's my understanding that ZZ loads in color if available, however sometimes this interferes with the takeoff color items and can cause confusion during the takeoff process, so the option to choose B/W, Grayscale or Color would be helpful.


2. When loading a new project, after selecting the plans, when you are at the screen where you can choose which exact plan sheets to load, it can be difficult to see if we really need a particular sheet or not based on the size of the preview. If there was a way to hover the mouse over the preview image (or right click and 'expand preview') to see a screen sized version of this sheet, this would be helpful to see if we really need the sheet or not. Perhaps this can already be done? My 50 year old eyes need this.


3. When you finish with takeoffs, lets say you have 2,000 takeoff items, in PS, I would go to the 'Estimating' tab, then I could simply grab a takeoff item and reorder them by dragging and dropping in the order I want to. I know that during the takeoff process we can create folder/subfolders, however this adds time. I am also aware that we can drag and reorder the takeoff items on the actual takeoff screen (the window on the right side of the screen)- but it would be nice to be able to drag and reorder the items in the Reports tab as well, where the view is larger. Hopefully I'm explaining this correctly.


Side note- switching from PS to ZZ was a great decision- you have built a wonderful platform. This community feature, your fast and engaging responses and the training videos are a really nice change to have. If you could please add a "Dispatch Hells Angels" button to help us collect past due invoices, this would be another great feature. You would of course get a percentage cut on the collection process. 😁


Thank you.

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Stephen Daves zzTakeoff57m 42s

Hi,


1. Great feature request, I have shared with the dev team.


3. You can click the + button at the top on the Plans page to see bigger plans before opening them.


3. The feature of there being explicit Parent Child relationship (like planswift) for takeoffs and items is not currently available for zztakeoff. However I know we are working on a Takeoff Tree view that does show this exact relationship, and is a godsend for PS users.


Thanks!

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