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Count by symbol recognition

Box one symbol and the AI finds the rest on the sheet. You approve what it found.

  1. Press S and drag a box around one clean example of the symbol (or Use a library symbol…).
  2. Check what the AI thinks it is (with how sure it is, and an Or: alternative to click). The search under it starts with the AI's name and shows matching catalogue items, the best one picked.
  3. To count it as something else, search Catalogue, Pre-builds or Templates and click the item, or choose One-off and give it a description, sell price and unit. Counts as shows what the count is called and priced as; Clear leaves it unpriced, named by your search.
  4. Under Matching options, set the Sensitivity: Strict, Balanced or Loose.
  5. Click Yes — count them on the sheet (No — box it again to start over).
  6. Review the results: Approve all N, or One by one with Approve (A), Not this (R) and Skip →.
  7. Then choose whether to count it on the other floor plans too: Just this plan or Every floor plan.
What it is: the AI's guess, the catalogue search it starts, and what the count will be priced as.
What it is: the AI's guess, the catalogue search it starts, and what the count will be priced as.

Matches you leave unreviewed show in Selection as N to review, the same card as an AI takeoff's, in a takeoff and on a site map. Its × hides it without accepting or rejecting anything.

The results: approve them all, or one by one.
The results: approve them all, or one by one.
TipNothing found? Try Loose sensitivity, or box a cleaner example.
TipA template is counted as one line and copied into its items when you sync to Simpro. Price tiers apply to catalogue items only.