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Cross hairs
9m 35s
Is there a way to turn the cross hairs off on the cursor? Would love this option.
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Split Screen
1d 2h
It would be nice if we could split screen and have two plan pages side by side or split top and bottom, this would make it easier to verify enlarg...
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Offline Backup?
1d 9h
Is there a way to backup all projects or at least one at a time to an offline storage device?
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Separate X and Y Scale
2d 1h
Is there a way to set a different X and Y scale on a page? For example, I am looking at the plan and profile view of a waterline and need to set t...
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List sorting
2d 2h
Hi, I’m trying to gain some understanding of how lists are automatically sorted. It’s definitely not in the order that I add them , at least not w...
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How do you set up your take-off workflow for commercial iron roofing and cladding Project
2d 14h
Hi team, I’m interested in how others structure their take-offs in zzTakeOff or similar when measuring commercial Iron roofs and wall cladding...
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Takeoffs between planset versions
3d 1h
How are you all handling takeoffs between different drawing versions (SD, DD, CD) or addenda? I like to have the "record" and paper trail so t...
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Black Friday Special
3d 2h
How long will this be running for? Do i have time to convince my boss to let me get it?
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Completed
Can i use a formula to make it so when i change a custom property it changes the color of my takeoff automatically?
5d 8h
I would like to be able to make a custom property called System then have a formula when i choose DCW change color to Blue. DHW change to red. etc
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Fle Cache
6d 3h
Under settings there is an input of number of days for File Cache Expiration " How long to keep cached files before automatic cleanup " Will o...
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Summary Takeoff Report with snapshots similar to Bluebeam's report.
7d 5h
Any chance of being able to run a takeoff report with snapshots of the takeoff areas with the data similar to Bluebeam? See below:
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Planswift Point to point and box modes
7d 22h
is there a way to make the point to point switch to a square mode?
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Totals in Reports section
8d 2h
In the reports section I'm looking for a running grand total as of now the only way I can find to do this is to export to excel and then add a for...
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Going from ZZTakeoff back to Planswift
8d 6h
Is there away to go from ZZTakeoff back to Planswift with all the measurements data etc?
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Re-Assign Objects
13d 2h
Is there anyway to re-assign objects? For example I have a bunch of F13 spot footings, but need to switch them to F12. The only way I have found...
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Completed
Advanced zzTakeoff users Webinar- Questions and Answers Thursdays at 12PM Eastern Time
13d 6h
Join us as Derek covers workspace sharing, roles and more. We will share a set of plans in a new workspace invite everyone to that space. We will...
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Floor Joist/Rafters & Beam Tools
14d 0h
What is the timeline to add a joist/rafter tool and a beam tool?
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zzTakeoff Pilot Success Criteria - Feedback wanted thx
14d 2h
We will be doing a pilot in one of our regions. Here is my first pass at pilot success criteria to see if we can keep scaling. Any feedback apprec...
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Quote Report Cover Sheet - (from new project set up menu)
14d 7h
is there a way to have a report that could utilize the new project set up menu as a Quote Cover sheet foundation?
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Auto assign new takeoff into folder
14d 7h
Like in Planswift, is there a way to assign a new takeoff into a folder I have created on the takeoffs page? Instead of having to manually drag ea...
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