Countfire Reviews - Page 5

Ease of functions and effortless takeoff of multiple items

There is no automatic scale set or you cant measure say a doorway and tell countfire it should be 0.8m and it calculates the scale

How quick and user friendly it is. The way the counts then load onto each drg. Great for saving time.

Just at start when you have to type in each variant. As I’m more sure guy,it’s very tedious.

Saves days when completing take offs a very useful tool

No issues at all, highly intuitive with no issues

What an awesome review – thanks Tony! Great to hear you're finding Countfire very useful and it's saving you days on your takeoffs. If you do ever have any questions or feedback, you can message our live chat on the orange button in the bottom right hand corner of the app 👍

Its very simple to understand with lots of pointers and tips to get you doing. It is also very easy to use and packed with keyboard short cuts to help you find you way around.

It requires the use of a dropbox which might not always be practical in companies which have limited internet browsing.

Thanks Joseph! In addition to Dropbox, Countfire actually supports OneDrive now too.

Very quick and easy to upload drawings, the scale feature for measuring lengths of runs is very accurate, no more scale rule and no more wasting paper printing drawings. Once a floor has been set up the way it automatically applies this to other drawings is brilliant.

Not being able to make notes on a page, symbols could be used as a basic key for Design and Build projects

Easy to use for take offs and counts same symbols over multiple drawings in one go.

Symbol recognition doesn't work properly sometimes.

Thanks for the review Rytis. Great that you're finding Countfire easy to use. Sometimes when the drawings are created the symbols can look the same but have been drawn slightly differently – Countfire doesn't automatically include slightly different symbols when you make your selection to aid the accuracy of your takeoff. All you need to do is make an additional selection of the different symbol and Countfire will automatically search for matches across all of your drawings for that selection too.

The fact I can reach almost anyone at anytime really works well for me. Dont need much help. But when needed they have been there all the way.

Not much so far. The software has done what we needed it to do.

Once the scale is set, the software allows measurement of the pipework to be methodically taken off and checked as a whole. Different areas can be selected which will be outputted as separate measures for breakdown input. Best of all, the system collates the take off read for input

At present, the only issue i have is when an addendum comes in the why of doing adds and omits appears to be lengthy. But more training may rectify this issue

Ease of use is excellent. Most aspects of the tool can be picked up with no prior experience using this. The zoning of the drawings is invaluable in terms of quantifying devices per distribution board

One feature which would be good would be the exporting of the drawings including the zones created during the process

Several ways to count your symbols; measuring works good end report is easy to read and in excel so that you can implement it in any solution you already have

If the import file is not the correct type it limit the automatism of the program

I was very pleased with how quick the customer support team are to deal with and help with any issues.

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- easy to use - when counting all references on one drawing it will automatically pick them out in the other drawings you have under the same project

- although I don't mind you having access to my screen and its great that if I ask you for help you are able to show me a video tutorial using my projects. However we as a company like to ensure our projects are safe and that project information isn't being shared with other companies.

This software is very user friendly and time saving! With efficient ways of checking the marked up drawing, we have been able to reduce the amount of mistakes, and therefore costs to the company. If any issues occur when using the software, you can use the help section on the software and request help from a member of the Countfire Team, who reply back extremely quickly!

Almost all of my experiences with this software is positive. However, after the initial training, it does take a couple of times to fully familiarize yourself with all parts of the software.

Dramatic reduction in completing take off's Add and omit exercise are painless and easy. Time and saving on drawing production.

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Countfire has saved me so much time with takeoffs. It makes counting a breeze which allows me more time to bid more projects.

Counting isn't perfect. Sometimes there are technical issues where the software is working properly but it can't tell the difference between fixture types. Needs and I can't emphasize this enough, needs and undo button.

The auto count feature when it works does save a lot of time. The customer support and training is excellent.

The cost is way too much. not all drawings work with the auto count feature.

The customer support is really excellent and cuts time spent learning to use of the software dramatically. The guys behind Countfire respond to even the simplest query immediately and take the initiative to get in touch and show how to do things in better or faster ways.

Like any software Countfire takes some getting used to.

Features seem easy to use. We like the way it downloads onto a excel spreadsheet. I t is then easy to send to suppliers for pricing.

I think just picking up the correct process on how to take off drawings is the hardest thing. Once this is in place I believe the program is very user friendly.

When a pdf is is drawn properly it works great. Automatic counting etc. No I'm just trying to reach 100 characters

When a pdf is not drawn properly, i may as well count manually. Which is mostly the case. Simple things could be added to improve experience, such as a plan multiplier for drawings that cover multiple levels.

The upload feature as well as the symbol capturing.

I would prefer if it did not have to be processed through Dropbox as not everyone has it.

Countfire is very easy to use. It saves a lot of time compared to manual counting. The output is presented in a very nice way with quick checks for correctness.

Nothing major so far. In fact, you can vote for additional features and their developers will start implementing it if deemed beneficial.

I like the fact we can increase our productivity with both speed and accuracy without the expense of employing an additional estimator.

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Ease of use being able to breakdown the drawings into areas to suit the Tender Analysis Breakdown detailing disciplines & areas