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Doug Jones

45d 7h

Stitched Pages Polygon Crop & Custom Angle Rotation

Under Review

A significant productivity savings would be gained from being able to polygon crop pages to be stitched, rotate at custom angles and stitch multiple pages together.

Below are examples of two pages of multiple pages to be stitched.

The following picture showing all pages custom rotated (outside ZZ application - not a viable solution for all out users) and arranged. This represents an undesirable work around.

Polygon page crop selection - would allow me to select the exact match lines of a page (multiple matches and multiple angles often exist).

Custom angle rotation alignment - would allow me to orient each page accurately for stitching.

Stitching pages at the actual match line - is important because I can have assembly formulas that are based on linear section count. Breaking a line for a page break, disrupts the section count and subassembly components that are added. Whether it's manhole to manhole, service to service, meter to meter, transformer to transformer, etc., I can automate component parts added based on linear section count.

Overall, I have already gained significant productivity in ZZ by stitching multiple pages together when match lines are in 90 degree increments and the crop line window can match. Time savings in takeoffs, reduced error opportunities, improved product reports, easier communication with field and improved project management for phased start stop adjustments are all proven benefits.

Let's take it to the next level. :D

Lorin Allred zzTakeoff45d 2h

Thanks for the feature request, Doug! Great examples, and screenshots! This is an area a lot of people have been asking about, so it's working its way up the list.

Hunter Morris 5d 5h

Just had to do something similar using bluebeam to stitch sheets together before importing to zz. This feature would be awesome!

Shawn M 3d 7h

This is a program I designed a while back with the help of AI. It allows you to import pages, stitch them together, and export them back out as a single PDF. this also supports clicking two or more points on one plan and same points on the second one, then the program will lock them together.

My hope is to bring this in as a component into ZZ and hopefully be able to export the stitch straight into the plan sheets of the project.

As you can see, it has a red dot on top and a yellow on the bottom right. The red allows you to rotate and the yellow allows you to shrink or enlarge the current sheet.

Shawn M 3d 7h

Currently it's a standalone HTML file.

Doug Jones 3d 7h

@Shawn M, so the red dot allows you to rotate a sheet to join sheets that do not have matchlines that are 0, 90, 180, etc?

Shawn M 3d 7h

yes

Shawn M 3d 7h

it will also do all the rotating, scaling if you click match points.

Doug Jones 3d 7h

THIS is a huge issue I have been dealing with. Any chance you can share how to do this / set this up?

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