What Reset Drawing does
Reset Drawing puts a drawing back to the state it was in just after upload. The sheet stays in the project; everything counted or drawn on it is removed. It is the tool for "the drawing is right, but everything I did on it is wrong".
Removed:
- Every marker group and marker of every type: Detection, Linear, Area, Count and Annotation, including the Live Legend.
- Every Service in the marker sidebar.
- Every zone, AoI and drawn legend.
- Every ignored colour and the Remove Background state.
- Any vector takeoff samples and their overlays.
Kept:
- The PDF itself, its thumbnail, its position in its categories and its Rev badge.
- The drawing's rotation.
- The scale, scale system and calibration you set.
- The drawing's status badge, which is left as it was.
Use Delete instead when the sheet itself has to go; see Downloading and deleting drawings.
When to reset
- A first pass of detection went badly and you would rather start clean than delete groups one by one.
- You counted the legend, a detail or the wrong area and want the sheet blank again.
- You are handing the drawing to a colleague to take off from scratch.
If only a few groups are wrong, delete those groups from the sidebar instead. See Managing groups.
Resetting
Reset Drawing lives in the workspace Actions menu, not on the project page, so open the drawing first.
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Open the drawing you want to reset.
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Click Actions in the toolbar.
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Choose Reset Drawing at the bottom of the menu. It is shown in red.
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Read the dialog: Reset drawing? — This will remove all markers, services, zones, areas of interest, and ignored colors. The file will return to its initial state.
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Click Confirm, or Cancel to keep everything.
The canvas clears at once and a toast reads Drawing reset — All markers, services, zones, AoIs and ignored colors were removed.
A reset cannot be undone, and the undo buttons in the workspace do not cover it. If any of the work might be wanted later, export it first with Actions → Export → Export Quantities (.xlsx), or duplicate the project and reset the copy.
After a reset
The drawing behaves like a fresh upload. If the Live Legend preference is on, a new Live Legend is placed the next time the drawing is opened. The scale you set before is still in place, so you can start counting without setting it again; check the scale selector in the toolbar if you are unsure.
Common issues
Old groups came back after the next detection
The toast Reset not confirmed by server or Reset failed on server means the drawing was cleared on your screen but the server did not confirm it, so the next detection can merge with the old groups. Check your connection and run Reset Drawing again.
Reset Drawing is not in the menu
You are in Review mode, where the toolbar shows export only. Expand the sidebar to return to Takeoff mode. See Takeoff and Review modes.
Reset Drawing compared with other clearing actions
| Action | Scope | Keeps the PDF |
|---|---|---|
| Reset Drawing | Markers, services, zones, AoIs, legends and ignored colours on one drawing | Yes |
| Delete (drawing menu or bulk bar) | One or more drawings, including their PDFs | No |
| Clear files (category header) | Every drawing in one category | No, unless a drawing is shared with another category |
| Delete category (category header) | The category and the drawings that belong only to it | No, unless shared |
| Archive (project Actions) | The whole project, reversibly | Yes |
Next steps
- Downloading and deleting drawings — remove the sheet itself.
- Managing groups — delete individual groups instead of resetting.
- Setting the scale — confirm the scale that survives a reset.
- Your first takeoff, start to finish — start the count again on the clean sheet.