Feature RequestsDuplication Detector?
Would love if there were some way for the AI or some tool in zz to be able to detect/warn me if I accidentally duplicate a takeoff on a floor somehow.
I didn't realize I had some linear objects hidden on a page, and I literally redid a bunch of them on the floor, and didn't discover the duplication until I went over to reports after finishing the entire project and saw the total was way too high for that floor. Also sometimes you just make stray clicks when in a rush and you don't even see your extra artwork because it blends in.
When a child item is duplicated under the same parent, it would be useful if ZZTakeoff could highlight it in a different colour or show a visual flag. This would help estimators quickly identify duplicates and avoid potential double counting during takeoff.
Thank you for this feature request, I have shared it with the dev team. Feel free to describe the workflow you have in mind to help us make the best version of this feature.
Perhaps some type of active monitoring involving a linear object being drawn or pasted on top of the same coordinates as a prior linear object with a warning message or something?
Or maybe just some tool the user activates that does a "takeoff sweep" and points out potential user errors it spotted, kind of like how Excel warns you of an inconsistency it found in cells with adjacent formulas that you have to ignore?