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Layers
159d 16h
@Aaditya Watch my multiplayer best practices you-tube video are other ways you can use layers as well. LINK Short answer is you can use layers for users and for drawing sets.
Report Feature Requests
160d 15h
Couple more suggestions here in the 30second video. LINK 1) View changes when you toggle back-and-forth.2) When you click on the "my report" you made, it does not refresh.
Typing in Text Lag
126d 19h
There is lag when typing in the takeoff item description. Carolina in Hawaii mentioned this and I have noticed it as well. Can you look into? ...
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RE: Search Feature
161d 13h
I'm noticing the same issue. When the search window is open there is limited functions. For example you can't undo when you mess up a takeoff, you can't add more takeoff items with it open. Ano...
A few functions that would be very helpful.
161d 17h
Wow all of these are done or near completed, cool! Except for the hyperlinks, that in the works??
License Options and Offline Functionality
161d 17h
SaaS tools require ongoing costs, so subscriptions make sense. Desktop tools like OST/PlanSwift are one-time buys, but they’re not evolving. We’d just love a floating or usage-based model instead o...
How does the function feature work?
162d 9h
Its a magical name formula that saves people typing things in so many times. Here is how I use it, there are a million other ways that be fun to see other ideas here!
Ability to Install Desktop Icon / Shortcut
165d 14h
I laugh at this and think how hard it is to train people on internet browser bookmarks. I did give it a whirl, but since its 2025, our IT department wont let us install anything on our desktop ...
Sneak Preview: Plans Tab with Thumbnails
169d 17h
I want to challenge the group.Let’s take one zzTakeoff project……and load all drawing sets (SD, DD, CD) into the same project. Because the real pain in 2D takeoff isn’t tracing shapes.It’s updating ...
Takeoffs between planset versions
170d 14h
@Justin, so glad we are all trying to solve this together! watch this 3 min vid I made a couple weeks ago, there are more vids too on that channel that you might find useful. LINK
Offline Backup?
170d 14h
I get why people ask… old habits from the OST and planswift days die hard. But these web tools have layers of backups behind the scenes. Offline backups won’t solving anything meaningful. If my Wi-...
Black Friday Special
170d 14h
@Brendon shoot me a email if you want my pitch deck that I used. kbonde@henselphelps.com
How do you set up your take-off workflow for commercial iron roofing and cladding Project
170d 14h
@Todd we should a working session Thursday during the normal advanced webinar with this if Brendon can attend?
Minor Update: Vertical Linear, Sneak Preview for Box Mode
181d 15h
Slick! Can you split the objects too? This is required when AI starts drawings shapes for us and we need to quickly split the objects.
zzTakeoff Pilot Success Criteria - Feedback wanted thx
181d 14h
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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Count of Units
183d 9h
Yeah, the simplest way to solve this is exactly what he describes: let us draw a window around the takeoff and apply a multiplier to everything inside it. We honestly don’t use this much anymore be...
Custom Default Status Options
183d 9h
Yeah agree, the project setup needs a bit more customization. We need a similar thing too as we have 14 regions nation wide…. We need ability to make a custom region field that is filled out when ...
Advanced zzTakeoff users Webinar- Questions and Answers Thursdays at 12PM Eastern Time
183d 9h
Hey guys — I’ll be on PTO so I can’t make this one, but I do have three questions: Where are the recordings stored? Would love to catch up on the sessions I’ve missed.Can you share some real-world ...
Batch Overlays
185d 11h
No. This will come tho once AI gets rolling in this tool. Main holdup here in my opinion is dialing in the workflow to go to your next set (IE, from 30% to 60%), I'm excited for how we will mana...
Sheet with two scales
185d 11h
I learned something new, thx for sharing.
Batch Rotate Pages
186d 15h
Found that right after I hit the message! Thank you
Batch Rotate Pages
186d 16h
We are trying to do this now and can't figure out how to rotate
Layer-Level Permissions for Multi-Party Collaboration
186d 21h
Collaboration is key to preconstruction. I just collaborated with multiple trade partners live in the same ZZTakeoff file, and it was incredible. ...
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Collecting Input: Plan Sets & Plan Versioning
188d 12h
@Heber, When you say "Plan Sets" in your opening that makes me think this question is drilling down into the next level of "Versions." I would want Plan Sets to have their own set of takeoff when ...
Collecting Input: Plan Sets & Plan Versioning
189d 11h
If we get plan versioning right, this becomes a massive quality-of-life upgrade for everyone in the industry because no tool does this even remotely well (except Ediphi). But there are really two ...
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