Manual counting

What is manual counting for?

• Counting items that aren’t specifically detailed on your drawings (e.g. a design and build project)
• Counting items that are detailed, but not in such a way that you can use automatic counting to quantify them (e.g. containment bends and tees)
• Your drawing is an image as opposed to a normal PDF that’s been produced by CAD software (images don’t contain the required information for Countfire’s automatic counting function)

How do I count items manually?

1.  Click on the “Measure” tab at the top left of the page (shortcut to cycle through tabs = W)
2.  Click “Create” (shortcut = C)
3. Type the description for your symbol
4. Click “Point” to change this measure type to be a manual count (as opposed to a linear or area measurement)
5. Switch to selection mode by clicking “Select" (shortcut = S) until the mouse cursor turns into a crosshair
6. Manually click on each item you would like to count
7. Click "Save" (shortcut = A) to save your points

How do I edit manual points?

There are two ways to edit a manual point:

• Right-click on a point while in select mode
• Click the edit button to the left of the point in the sidebar

Once in edit mode, you can adjust the point by dragging and dropping it.

How do I delete a manual point?

There are two ways to delete a manual point:

Option 1

1. Each point is listed on the left-hand side of the screen
2. Hover your mouse over each point to highlight it on your drawing
3. Click the “x” to delete

Option 2

1. While editing a point, press "Delete"

Learn more

How to: Change the shape of manual points.