Every release, newest first — what shipped, what changed, and what it means for your estimates.
Subscribe via RSSFerra can now read a column schedule, build every reusable column type automatically, and surface the section, plates, bolts and footing attached to each mark, with the source beside every suggestion. Stacked columns follow the schedule splice by splice, and a new Confirm Scale step, takeoff accuracy fixes and a richer Bluebeam export round out the release.
Ferra now handles Québec French drawing sets end to end, adds column presets and plate libraries, makes review and editing safer, and gives estimators more control over materials, schedules, connections and IFC output.
Rapid Estimate grows into a true conceptual-pricing tool with adjustable material rates, columns can now be traced by hand straight off a schedule sheet, foundation-only columns get real lengths and weights, and metric units run through the entire takeoff.
Column edits now apply instantly, beam and column edit forms are redesigned end to end, and a batch of stacking fixes clears out reversed and phantom columns for good.
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