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Completing takeoffs
Completing takeoffs
50 articles in this collection
Written by
Will Jennings
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Rachel Manning
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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
Count tab
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
Measure tab
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
Zone tab
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