Completing takeoffs

Joined symbols

What joined symbols are and how to correct them

Written by Will Jennings
Updated over a week ago

Drawing statuses

Understanding drawing statuses

Written by Rachel Manning
Updated over a week ago

Checking new drawings before starting work

What to check on drawings you’ve just uploaded

Written by Will Jennings
Updated over a week ago

Hiding drawing backgrounds

How to hide a drawing’s background (and why you should)

Written by Will Jennings
Updated over a week ago

Customising drawing backgrounds

How to add new background definitions to allow you to hide a drawing’s background

Written by Will Jennings
Updated over a week ago

Creating a new symbol description

Give items you want to count a name

Written by Will Jennings
Updated over a week ago

Selecting a symbol

How to select a symbol

Written by Will Jennings
Updated over a week ago

Making clean selections

What clean selections are, and how to ensure you make them

Written by Will Jennings
Updated over a week ago

Making multiple selections

Learn about making multiple selections and why it’s a normal part of using Countfire

Written by Will Jennings
Updated over a week ago

Reviewing selections as you make them

How to review selections while you’re working

Written by Will Jennings
Updated over a week ago

Understanding the symbol selection list

Understanding and using the information displayed within the symbol selection list

Written by Will Jennings
Updated over a week ago

Simplifying complex symbols

How to simplify complex symbols and improve automatic counting

Written by Will Jennings
Updated over a week ago

Reviewing all selections

How to review all selections within a discipline

Written by Will Jennings
Updated over a week ago

Saving your progress

How to save your work

Written by Will Jennings
Updated over a week ago

Editing selections

Ensure your selections are clean by removing unnecessary elements

Written by Will Jennings
Updated over a week ago

Changing the colour of a symbol

How to alter the colour of your symbols

Written by Will Jennings
Updated over a week ago

Hiding counted symbols

Hide symbols that have already been counted

Written by Will Jennings
Updated over a week ago

Deleting a symbol selection

How to delete symbol selections

Written by Will Jennings
Updated over a week ago

Deleting a symbol description

How to delete symbol descriptions

Written by Will Jennings
Updated over a week ago

Quantity multiplier

Note on your drawing calling for x10 items? Quantity multiplier is for you

Written by Will Jennings
Updated over a week ago

Moving symbol selections

How to move selections made under the wrong heading

Written by Will Jennings
Updated over a week ago

Using deselect all to delete selections

How to delete selections directly from the editor

Written by Will Jennings
Updated over a week ago

Automatically count rotated symbols

How to automatically count symbols rotated through 90 degree steps

Written by Rachel Manning
Updated over a week ago

Calculating coverage area for devices

How to overlay a device’s coverage area on the drawings

Written by Will Jennings
Updated over a week ago

Grouping takeoff items

Group items together in Countfire

Written by Rachel Manning
Updated over a week ago

Single symbols used for different items

How to deal with a single symbol being used for different items

Written by Will Jennings
Updated over a week ago

Single symbols representing multiple items

How to count symbols that represent 2 or more items

Written by Will Jennings
Updated over a week ago

Forcing automatic matches to remain on the symbols removed output drawings

How to force Countfire to keep automatic matches on the symbols removed drawings

Written by Will Jennings
Updated over a week ago

Creating an “Ignore” symbol description

Learn how to make “Ignore” selections to counter false positives on simple selections

Written by Will Jennings
Updated over a week ago

False positives

What causes false positives and how to correct them

Written by Will Jennings
Updated over a week ago

PDFs that are actually images

How to spot PDFs that are actually images, and what to do about them

Written by Will Jennings
Updated over a week ago

Dealing with archived or zipped PDF files

How to get around Window’s limitations with archives / .zip files

Written by Will Jennings
Updated over a week ago

Setting a scale

How to set a drawing’s scale and how to verify that scale is correct

Written by Will Jennings
Updated over a week ago

Fixing incorrect scales

What to do when a drawing’s scale factor or paper size are incorrect

Written by Will Jennings
Updated over a week ago

Linear measurements

How to measure lengths on your drawing

Written by Will Jennings
Updated over a week ago

Manual counting

In addition to automatic counting, Countfire also has manual counting

Written by Will Jennings
Updated over a week ago

Measuring containment

A best practice guide on measuring containment

Written by Will Jennings
Updated over a week ago

Changing the shape of manual points

How to change the shape of manual points

Written by Rachel Manning
Updated over a week ago

Isolating symbols while manually counting

How to isolate symbols while manually counting, and when this workflow helps

Written by Will Jennings
Updated over a week ago

Area measurements

How to measure areas on your drawing

Written by Will Jennings
Updated over a week ago

Snapping linear measurments

Snap linear measurements to a pre-set length

Written by Rachel Manning
Updated over a week ago

Measurement multiplier

Automatically multiply measurements

Written by Rachel Manning
Updated over a week ago

Itemising measurements

Control how your linear or area measurements are represented in the output quantities spreadsheet

Written by Will Jennings
Updated over a week ago

Displaying measurement sizes

How to display the sizes of measurements (linear & area) within Countfire, and also on the output drawings

Written by Will Jennings
Updated over a week ago

Why are measurement types greyed out?

When and why it's not possible to change between measurement types (point, length & area)

Written by Rachel Manning
Updated over a week ago

Zones

How to use zones to exclude symbols or separate quantities into different columns within Excel

Written by Will Jennings
Updated over a week ago

Zone heading ordering

How to change the ordering of zone headings, and why it matters

Written by Will Jennings
Updated over a week ago

Zone multiplier

How to multiply everything counted within a zone

Written by Rachel Manning
Updated over a week ago

Copying zones

How to copy zones to other drawings

Written by Will Jennings
Updated over a week ago

How can I exclude symbols within a drawing’s legend?

How to add zones to prevent symbols within a drawing’s legend being counted

Written by Will Jennings
Updated over a week ago