Cubit Estimating 2022 (11.2.2) is now available

Performance Improvements

• Copy/Paste Performance of trades and large numbers of line items

• Significant work has been undertaken to improve the speed for copying and pasting trades and the line data contained therein. This work has focused on large jobs and databases
  
  
• The improvements have found an increase in speed and a return to the performance standards set by previous versions of Cubit Estimating 

• The following actions will also benefit from performance improvements;
  • Opening the Job Manager and loading the project list 
  • Closing a job
• NOTE: Actual results may vary depending on the current hardware/software environments used

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Other Improvements

• When selecting "Note" as a result type, the unit column will automatically display as NOTE

• BOQ report continues extended Descriptions on the second pages
  
  
• BOQ report now wraps trade descriptions
  
  
• Cubit Estimating will display a loading window when recalculating references

Fixes

• Fixed an issue where the BOQ report did not show PSUM in the unit column

• Fixed an issue where BOQ settings were not correctly affecting the BOQ report
  
  
• Fixed an issue where the Number of pages and Bill Refs in BOQ's was different in saved PDF than in the Print Preview window
  
  
• Fixed an issue where users were unable to insert an IFC due to missing date in the header
  
  
• Fixed an issue where after refreshing a job that uses a 2D plan revision, both versions of the plan were not visible
  
  
• Fixed an issue where Auto Select caused an error in the viewport

• Fixed an issue in the BOQ report where Bill Ref changes were not starting from page 1 if using "Print selected"
  
  
• Fixed a configuration file for Cubit Estimating to point at the correct URL for Cubit Select
  
  
• Fixed an issue where an exception is shown when refreshing a job after another user has completed a job revision and begun another job revision
  
  
• Fixed an issue where the Revert Revision confirmation dialog box would disappear occasionally
  
  
• Fixed an issue where the Scale dialog box was not visible to the user

• Fixed an issue where users could insert rates and items from the active job
  
  
• Fixed an issue where "Recent Jobs" and "Last Used Plan" were not showing after restarting the application
  
  
• Fixed a crashing issue when trying to manipulate items that belong to a specific Trade
  
  
• Fixed an issue in Shared mode where users could Undo an unindent into a trade without locking the trade first
  
  
• Fixed an issue where trades could end up in a dual state, being both locked and unlocked if the user cancels out of the refresh prompt when adding a point to a shape

• Fixed an issue where an error was created importing E0X files
  
  
• Fixed an issue where an incorrect calculation was created when reusing shapes with a window, and the new shape too small to calculate the window 
  
  
• Fixed an issue where an error was reported when exporting estimate to Excel
  
• Fixed an issue where users were unable to use their Coding file correctly to update trade rates
  
  
• Fixed an issue where Revision indicator bars were not removed from the estimate sheet after revision is finalised by another user

• Fixed an issue where Replace Drawing would produce an error if also using Rasterize Text
  
  
• Fixed an issue where selecting items in the Shapes Pane would not select more than two items when using shift+down arrow
  
  
• Fixed an issue when using the keyboard to edit BOQ and Result columns, the user had to press F2 twice for the dropdown to appear
  
  
• Fixed an issue where trade headings could have quantities when they should not be able to 
  
  
• Fixed an issue where users cannot export certain jobs with plans

• Fixed an issue where users could create circular references
  
  
• Fixed an issue where an exception occurs when deleting a Plan after inserting a Window or Door
  
  
• Fixed an error when removing an IFC shape name in the details pane 
  
  
• Fixed an issue where users could undo/redo a cell reference without a lock on trade
  
  
• Fixed an issue with the cost/m2 value not updating from the template with Job Update

• Fixed an issue where the Estimate Sheet total was not correctly reflecting filtered variations
  
  
• Fixed an issue where revised plans were not opening after a job was closed which caused an error if trying to add another plan
  
  
• Fixed an issue where "Aggregate Quantity" in Grouped Views is not calculating 
  
  
• Fixed an issue where importing product codes with non-alphanumeric characters from a supplier's price list (CSV) into Ref Code would result in an error
  
  
• Fixed an issue where lines disappeared from DWG plan revision after applying revision to IFC plan

• Users will now be prompted to refresh the job if another user has moved or replaced a plan
  
  
• Fixed an issue where users undo a result type change without a trade lock which caused a duplicate line entry
  
  
• Correctly Labelled "Numbering style" in BOQ options
  
  
• Fixed an issue where users could Undo a calculation or rate sheet item deletion without requiring a lock on trade
  
  
• Fixed an issue where hidden items were visible after a refresh, but the eye icon was not affected

• Fixed an issue where Cubit Estimating would crash when changing the Coding file in Update Trade Rates 
  
  
• Fixed an issue where Cubit Estimating displayed an exception when adding a point to a shape that is being referenced in the estimate
  
  
• Fixed an issue where users could hide a shape that was deleted by another user causing an error
  
  
• Fixed an issue where an exception is created when a user tries to edit a shape result that was deleted and then undeleted by another user
  
  
• Fixed an issue where after a revision has been reverted by another user, an exception was produced if another user added a new item

• Fixed an issue where an exception is created when a user tries to edit the shape details that was deleted by another user
  
  
• Fixed an issue where copy-pasting a row reference while in shared access does not work as expected
  
  
• Fixed an issue where an exception is created if a user tries to delete a door or window from the shapes pane after another user has already done so
  
  
• Created a prompt for users to refresh if they try to add a changed shape to GFA
  
  
• Fixed an issue where an exception occurs when adding a point to a shape after previously not locking the trades to which that shape belongs

• Fixed an issue where an error was shown when trying to insert trades and lines from Excel in shared access mode

Known Issues

• In some cases, depending on job and database size as well as hardware specifications, copying a job may take longer than in previous versions
  
  
• Deleting a large number of items, jobs, or entire projects, can sometimes take longer than in previous versions
  
  
• Customers with a large number of empty quantities in their estimate may find a longer than expected time to set empty quantities to 0 or 1 when sending data to Cubit Select

• In some cases, customers with large estimates can find longer than expected time to receive picked rates from Cubit Select
  
  
• In some cases, an error may display when trying to load a plan that has the legend activated. This can be countered by deactivating the legend prior to displaying the plan

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