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
What a first automated symbol count looks like on a real residential electrical plan: open the sheet, teach one legend, run the count, review every mark, and read the number as a floor until it is verified.
Read the guide →Counting sprinkler heads across every ceiling sheet: a fire protection takeoff, step by step
How to count sprinkler heads, risers and devices across a full set of ceiling sheets with SimplyCount: one legend per head type, per-sheet counts, draw areas for dense sheets, and floors read as floors before the export.
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 machine. Plan sets are never uploaded, the database is encrypted on the PC, one licence check runs at launch, and an offline build exists for air-gapped sites. What that means for IT, and for Mac users.
Read the guide →What to send as a sample sheet, and why it gets you a faster, truer approval
The access request has an optional sample upload. What makes a good sample sheet (two or three real sheets with the legend visible), what to leave out, and what the team does with it so the approval comes with a real count.
Read the guide →From a Bluebeam PDF to a count across every sheet
How to take a plan set out of Bluebeam Revu and count one symbol across every sheet with SimplyCount: what to flatten, what to keep, how the by-page view works, and how the export stays tied to the drawing.
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