BC FRAMER® 8.1.3

BC FRAMER® 8.1.3 New Features

Ortho overrides Snap – setting to revert to pre-8.1.1 behavior

Crop PDFs after import

PDF Visibility control improved with Thumbnail window

Copy/Paste table style Material Lists to Excel

Beam – New Line Selection input method

Beam bearing options at wall openings - allow bearing at end points only

BC FRAMER® 8.1.3 New Features-2

BC CONNECT® Enhancements

BC CONNECT® has enabled new functionality allowing Projects to be

created without assigning Builders and\or Dealers. BC FRAMER® 8.1.3 will

support these changes.

Important: BC CONNECT® Web clients must contact EWP Support to have

the new functionality enabled to synchronize with BC FRAMER® 8.1.3. This

setting is a Location switch and will affect all users.

Open from BC CONNECT® dialog performance greatly improved

Open from BC CONNECT® supports Builder, Dealer, Project filters

Open from BC CONNECT® supports search by mmdl file name

BC FRAMER® 8.1.3 New Features-3

Older files with BC CONNECT® attributes now display information as

expected

BC CONNECT® Job attributes are displayed immediately in a new file

BC CONNECT® Builder attribute is populated as expected

BC FRAMER® Material Lists respect Job Material filters after an XML export

BC CONNECT® diagnostics log file available for troubleshooting by EWP

Support Team

Feature Upgrades/ Issue Resolutions

Wall input does not start at Model Origin (0,0) if a PDF has been imported

Rim creation on interior perimeters of Floor Zones has been improved

Backer blocks are refreshed on member edits

DWG/DXF import - text, polylines, arches, arrows and blocks import

capabilities improved

Ortho/Snap control switch

Program Settings >View & Selection >

Ortho Mode > Ortho Overrides Osnap

Yes = Ortho will control line direction

No = Osnap will control line direction

Press CTRL key to override control

method. When Ortho is controlling, holding the CTRL

key will enable Osnap

NOTE:

BC CONNECT® Settings folder

renamed to Boise Cascade Settings.

Crop PDFs after import

8.1.1 8.1.2

BC FRAMER® introduced the ability to

crop PDFs during the import process.

Version 8.1.3 expands this feature to

allow cropping of the PDF after the file

has been imported.

Select the PDF – right click

PDF/Image Trace > Crop

Drag grips to define cropped area.

PDF Visibility Control – Thumbnail View

8.1.1

8.1.2

View tab

Windows icon

Thumbnail View

Dock-able window containing thumbnails

of all trace objects in the file.

Left click on thumbnail to control visibility

Copy/Paste Material Lists to Excel Drawing and Markup tab

Print Material List command

Select Material List and right click

Set Print to: to Copy to Clipboard

Press OK – data is placed into the Windows

clipboard

Can be used for all Material List types

Connectors, Hole Schedule,

User Defined, etc.

Modeled Member

% Allow Support - % of capacity

Material = Modeled product

Copy/Paste Material Lists to Excel Excel – Text to Columns command

Paste data into an Excel worksheet

Select the 1st column of data – Column A

in our example

Select Text to Columns command

Original Data Type = Delimited

Delimiter = Comma

Column Data Format = General

Expand columns as needed to display

data

Do not Design Supporting Member

% Allow Support - n/a

Material = Unspecified

Modeled Member

% Allow Support - % of capacity

Material = Modeled product

1

2

3

4

1

2

3

4

Beam – Line Selection method

When creating Beam a new input

method is available – Line Selection

Input Method = Line Selection

Optionally set Extend Length value

Example – set to 3” for beams created

at wall openings to automatically provide

bearing length

Select Line, then Start and End locations of

beams.

Shift + Left Click can be used to offset

the new beam from a line- say a beam that

is 4’ to the right of a wall.

Move cursor to set beam reference as Left,

Center or Right – Left Click when reference

is as desired.

Beam – Line Selection method

Beam at wall opening example

Input Method = Line Selection

Extend Length = 3”

Select Line, then Start and End locations of

beams.

Move cursor to set beam reference as Left,

Center or Right – Left Click when reference

is as desired.

Beam at wall opening – Bearing options See Help for further details

Beam Bearing Above a Header-Less Wall Opening

Opening with header defined – beam above has

continuous bearing along its length

Opening with no header created – beam above has

bearing at portion of beam above wall only.

BC CONNECT® enhanced Builder/Dealer

functionality BC CONNECT® has new functionality allowing Projects to be created without assigning a

Builder and/or a Dealer. If you are a BC CONNECT® Web user, please contact EWP

Support when you are ready to upgrade to BC FRAMER® 8.1.3

At a later time these fields may be modified to add or change the selection.

IMPORTANT NOTE:

BC CONNECT® setting is per Location. All Designers should update to version

8.1.3 at the same time. Please contact EWP Support to have the new

functionality enabled.

Open from BC CONNECT®

Open from BC CONNECT® enhanced - All mmdl files immediately displayed

Performance greatly improved: creating a list of files reduced from minutes to seconds! NOTE:

BC CONNECT® Settings folder

renamed to Boise Cascade Settings.

Open from BC CONNECT® Filter by Project and folders

Filter by Builder

Search by mmdl file name

NOTE:

BC CONNECT® Settings folder

renamed to Boise Cascade Settings.

BC CONNECT® 8.1.3 Improvements

Older files with BC CONNECT® attributes now display information as

expected

BC CONNECT® Job attributes are displayed immediately in a new file

BC CONNECT® Builder attribute is populated as expected

BC FRAMER® Material Lists respect Job Material filters after an XML export

BC CONNECT® diagnostics log file available for troubleshooting by EWP

Support Team

Feature Upgrades/ Issue Resolutions

Wall input does not start at Model Origin (0,0) if a PDF has been imported

Wall start point can be selected as in pre-8.1.1 versions

Rim creation on interior perimeters of Floor Zones has been improved.

Interior rim will now extend to expected end points

Interior rim defaults have been added in Manage Job Defaults Floor Containers

properties

Backer blocks are refreshed on member edits

New 8.1.3 files only

Existing files will have backer blocks refreshed in 8.2.0

DWG/DXF import - text, polylines, arches, arrows and blocks import

capabilities improved

Installing the new BC FRAMER® version

Request a download link from

the webinar reminder email.

Check your local server if your Corporate

IT group provides install files for you

Flash drives available on

request.

Installing the software

Upgrading an existing version

Double click on the install file, the upgrade

will run without further action

Database settings will be retained while

new features or products are added

New Install

Process is identical to previous versions

Upgrade Support Version

7.6.5 & later

Installing the new BC FRAMER® version

Install Update 1

Double click on the update.exe file

8.1.3.Update1.BCF.exe

BC FRAMER installs eligible for the update

will be displayed.

Check mark the version to update.

Click the Proceed button.

Back up the 8.1.2 database - Optional

Backing up your current database

is recommended. BUT do not

import this back up into your new

install.

If you wish to back up your

database prior to upgrading

Use DataMover to export a file

Request full instructions on using Datamover

• Send Email to EWPSupport@bc.com

requesting info on backing up your current db

NOTE: The backup file should NOT be imported into your 8.1.3 database. It is

to be used only in the unlikely event of data corruption.

QUESTIONS?

THANK YOU for attending the New Features

Review!

For more information on BC FRAMER® please

contact Boise Cascade at 800-405-5969 or

EWPSupport@bc.com

A PDF file of this Power Point presentation is available from a link

on your webinar reminder email.