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Enterprise Customer Requested the following

Customer (GC) is using or has experience using Onscreen takeoff (OST), BlueBeam and PlanSwift This customer is evaluating zzTakeoff for one branc...

Way to bring all sheets together into 1 sheet if there's a key plan

https://www.awesomescreenshot.com/video/49986429?key=db52c473eca2448f6d8dbfa715bb6b8cI will be adding a follow up video here shortly but I think this works well in zz

Way to bring all sheets together into 1 sheet if there's a key plan

https://www.zztakeoff.com/app/community/project-showcase/one-way-to-view-and-takeoff-multiple-pages

Way to bring all sheets together into 1 sheet if there's a key plan

You can use overlays to do this pretty well actually. See below

https://www.awesomescreenshot.com/video/49623567?key=5da56b3fc3a4ef4df79639c10561c4c7This is now possible by setting presets on highlighters and/or notes.

Floor Joist/Rafters & Beam Tools

I think Heber wrote the joist tool in PS almost 20 years ago. I'm curious what two or three features would you add to improve the joist tool from you're use to? What are a couple things you liked ...

Convert to option bug

Copy and paste an area. The menu that pops up with the (move, rotate, convert) options, the convert option is not working in that menu. Works in t...

Typical Group Takeoff on Steroids

I think this is possible now in the version that was just released to beta an hour ago. Do your have time to meet tomorrow? Please email derek@zzTakeoff.com.

Good thing he has a helmet.

zzMobile/Field +Add new page from clipboard + search text

Add photo from mobile version as a new page or +Add page from clipboard would work to add annotated photos from my phone in the plan and ...

Enter key to start takeoff is no longer working

I have to move my mouse down the the 'start takeoff' button at the bottom of the form whereas before I would just hit the enter key and was good t...

Add SmartSelect to mobile

Trying to extract text or copy text on a mobile phone to paste into excel. SmartSelect options would be way nice on a mobile device.

Importing Planswift Templates Misses Folders

Hey Ken would you mind sharing one of your PS projects so we can use it for testing?

Lists sidebar ‘kebab’ (three vertical dots) menu is not displaying

Support call from customer unable to delete lists. Linked up on a meeting, selected the lists drop down, clicked the ‘kebab’ (three vertical dots...

Page sorting within jobs - PLEEEZ help!

This ties into the 'More than an overlay' feature request, version control or a new process to mange revisions which is being planned. Correct me if I'm wrong but when you receive an addenda you...

Additional Highlighter Options

Two customers requested this last week. 'Pen' mode for as built images for better collaboration from field to office. Freehand highlighter mode, easy to use from a mobile device. Tip. *Click De...

Area with Visible Point to Point Measurement

Just to clarify. You want to see the linear measurement from point to point while doing an area takeoff not the total as you continue to click? Are you wanting to label the distance or just have a ...

Interface to work with all extracted information

Customer wants everything in each row, Code, Description, Quantity & Units to be the name of the Takeoff. I use SmartSelect to 'extra...

Please add a search menu at the item level for products.

Was on a support call with Matthew while they're building out their items and assemblies. They have a large list of items to build and they wanted to be able to search for products at the item leve...

You can calibrate the scale manually left to right as well as top to bottom. If the scale is exaggerated, you can enter the known dimensions and click the two points in one direction and then in t...

Plans to support CAD import?

Thanks for the question Martin. You can use the 'opaque' overlays to align multiple images now. I forwarded your question about importing cad images to the dev team to respond to.

Additional Scale Options

Alright. Thanks Martin. The team will review the request and you will receive notifications of the updates.

Give view only users ability to navigate to pages from right clicking on takeoff items

Thank you for the suggestion. Have you tried the collaborator version? It's half the price of the full version and has annotation tools and the ability to update some fields in the properties lik...