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How each part of the app works, step by step.
Basics 3 topics
Getting started
Install, open files (also from the NAS and Explorer), tabs, saving and where everything is.
Profiles
Office, Drawing review, Electrical, Plumbing & HVAC, Other trades, All features: what each one shows.
Viewing drawings
Zoom, fit, pan, thumbnails, bookmarks, search, search all documents and layers.
Markup & drawing 4 topics
Markup
The grouped toolbar, every markup tool, the format bar, Properties, comments, replies and status.
Finishing drawings
How to finish polylines, areas, clouds and counts: double-click, Enter, Backspace, Esc, typed lengths and the drawing guide.
Tool chest and symbols
Label symbols like CAM / CR / REX, markup tools, Add to tool chest, company and personal chests, Bluebeam .btx import.
Company library
Share the company's tool chests and assemblies through the iCOS Labs website.
Measure & takeoff 4 topics
Measure
Calibrate, scale presets, viewports, length, area, count, angle, space, drops and makeup, snapping.
Takeoff
Arm tools, the takeoff ledger, measured / derived / allowance, typical units, assemblies and BOM, exports, snapshots.
Electrical: panels, circuits and wiring
Panels and circuits, assigning devices, panel schedules, wiring notation, EV parkades.
Symbol search
Find similar, Legend → tools, Find all tools, the search bar and the Detections panel.
Review & compare 4 topics
Compare revisions
Overlay, side by side and flicker, detect changes, carry markups forward, change pricing.
Sheet sets, links and review
Sheet sets and AutoMark, links between sheets, review packages, submittal stamps, as-built and record drawings.
Review rooms
Live review with others: create and join rooms, present, guest links, room reports.
iCOS
Sign in, open project drawings, create RFIs / QA-QC / tasks from markups, save back, MR / RFQ drafts.
Office PDF work 2 topics
More 3 topics
AI assistant
AI settings, Ask the set with citations, AI-drafted RFIs. AI only proposes; you decide.
Keyboard shortcuts
Every keyboard shortcut and tablet gesture in one place.
Troubleshooting and feedback
Installer warnings, updates, files that won't open or save, wrong measurements, sending feedback and reporting bugs.
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