What a service is
A service is a folder-like grouping for drawings of the same trade or discipline. Inside a project you might have:
Lighting— every lighting layout, on every floor.Small Power— every small-power drawing.Fire Alarm— every fire alarm plan.Containment— trunking and tray drawings.
You're free to invent any service names you like — ZeroCount doesn't enforce a list. The names follow through to the Service column in the project marker summary and the Excel export.
Why bother
Without services, every drawing sits in one long list. With them:
- The services panel collapses neatly per discipline so you only see what you're working on.
- Bulk actions (rotate every lighting drawing 90°, say) become one click instead of fifteen.
- The Excel export keeps the trade grouping when you sort or filter on the Service column.
- Cross-file totals can be filtered down to one service in the project marker summary.
If your project only has one trade, one service is fine — just leave the default.
What a service looks like
In the Project View:
- The service header shows the service name (capitalised) with a file count next to it.
- A collapse toggle — open, closed — lets you tuck the service out of the way.
- An Actions menu sits next to the header for service-wide operations.
- An Add more files zone sits at the bottom for inline upload.
The service Actions menu
Click Actions on a service header for these options:
| Item | Icon | Article |
|---|---|---|
| Rotate Clockwise | Rotating files | |
| Rotate Counter-Clockwise | Rotating files | |
| Rename | Creating and renaming services | |
| Clear Files | Clearing and deleting services | |
| Delete Service | Clearing and deleting services |
The rotation actions apply to every file in the service — useful when a whole batch of drawings came in sideways from a CAD export.
Moving drawings between services
Drag the file card from one service onto another's drop area. The file changes service and is reindexed in both. See Moving files between services.