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Can you add the ability to delete or at least archive an estimate?
201d 23h
Can you add the ability to delete an estimate? This way the list will be shorter and zzTakeoffs won't have to maintain all of the pages forever.
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Completed
Can you include a keyboard function - "N" feature to begin a new occurrence of an item?
203d 0h
"N" - Can you add a feature where when I select an existing object, whether in the digitizer or on the item list on the right and I press "N" on t...
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Completed
Printing: Can you add a feature to print to the extent shown on the screen and not the full page
203d 22h
Printing: Can you add a feature to print to the extent shown on the screen and not the full page
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Completed
Can there be a button to automatically re-center the page?
204d 9h
Can there be a button to automatically re-center the page?
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Completed
Can there be a way to duplicate a page so that the duplicated page can be used for a different set of calculations?
204d 16h
Can there be a way to duplicate a page so that the duplicated page can be used for a different set of calculations?
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Under Review
Correct for level and/or skewed pages?
204d 16h
Can there be a tool to level the page if it’s scanned and out of level? Or can the tool correct “skewed” plans?
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Under Review
Can there be a way to screen record a video or a still?
204d 16h
Can there be a way to screen record a video or a still so that it could be shared with others? It could be downloaded or saved along with the esti...
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Under Review
Can there be a way to save specific “views” of each page?
204d 16h
This would act as sort of a “bookmark”. It could even have a way to do a screen grab of an area that would be associated with this view.
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Planned
Once you get the layout tools working, can there be a color-coded labels?
204d 16h
Once you get the layout tools working, can there be a color-coded label printed for each beam, joist, and rafter type that has been estimated that...
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Planned
Can you add layout tools?
204d 16h
Layout Tools. I need to be able to lay out Beams, joists at spacing, and rafters at pitch at spacing. I need each member to have a length notatio...
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Planned
Can the calculations that are specific to each page be made to appear under each page.?
204d 16h
Screen Legend, Left Side: Appearance of Pages Can the calculations that are specific to each page be made to appear under each page. Alternativ...
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Planned
AI Page Naming
206d 15h
This is awesome, but the AI needs a little help on naming the pages. For instance it called the Millwork Details page Mii Work Details and the Wal...
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Completed
Estimating 'Tab' + other misc functions
206d 17h
Hi Team, I know we've spoken briefly on the phone about these but figured I'd engage in the community a bit also. Requests: Like the othe...
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Planned
Ability to snap to lines and tab linear sections/segments
209d 17h
Any thoughts on bluebeam like functionality where the mouse snaps you back onto the line as you're doing your takeoff? Maybe extending it like CAD...
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Planned
Batch Rename Sheets
210d 12h
ability to batch rename the sheets based off the placement, selection in the title block to apply it to all pages
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Completed
Notes from OCR / Undock Notes
210d 12h
Would be nice to be able to highlight text and then add to a notes pane to undock and have next to you while you're doing a takeoff
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Planned
Box/rectangle takeoff tool
210d 22h
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
Print in PDF
212d 16h
It would be nice if we could print plan pages to PDF.
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Completed
Scroll wheel
213d 11h
I would love a setting where we could switch the scroll wheel to invert zoom in and out. Thanks
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Completed
📏Use Addition in Measuring an Area or a Linear Dimension
218d 17h
When using the Arrows for Dimensions can you add more than one dimension together in the Dialogue
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Planned