Guides for estimators
Short, honest answers to the questions estimators ask before and after a first count, each written from a real question and tied to what the product does.
What a first count looks like, step by step, on a real electrical sheet
A first automated count on a real electrical plan: open the sheet, teach one legend, run the count, review every mark, read the number as a floor.
Read the guide →Counting sprinkler heads across every ceiling sheet: a fire protection takeoff, step by step
Count sprinkler heads, risers and devices across every ceiling sheet: one legend per head type, per-sheet counts, draw areas for dense sheets.
Read the guide →Where your plans go: offline, on-premise takeoff on your own Windows PC (and what to do on a Mac)
SimplyCount counts on your own Windows PC: plans never uploaded, an encrypted local database, one licence check at launch, an air-gapped build.
Read the guide →What to send as a sample sheet, and why it gets you a faster, truer approval
What makes a good sample for the access request (two or three real sheets with the legend visible), what to leave out, and what the team does with it.
Read the guide →From a Bluebeam PDF to a count across every sheet
Take a plan set out of Bluebeam Revu and count one symbol across every sheet: what to flatten, what to keep, and how the by-page view works.
Read the guide →Counting receptacles, switches and light fixtures across every sheet, from the legend
Count receptacles, switches and light fixtures across every sheet: one legend per priced item, labels and tags, no fixture counted twice.
Read the guide →Count your first sheet
Request early access with your work email. The team reviews every request, nearest bid deadlines first. Then run your first plan and see a number you can defend. 53 symbols · 21 pages · 11 minutes.
Free during early access · Your work email · No credit card · Counting runs on your machine