What "Reset Drawing" does
Reset Drawing wipes a drawing back to the state it was in immediately after upload. The PDF itself stays — what changes is the marker state on it.
After a reset the drawing has:
- No markers of any type — Detection, Linear, Area, Unit, Annotation all gone.
- No zones.
- No AOIs (auto-detected ones will reappear when you next move into Stage 1).
- No ignored colours.
What it keeps:
- The PDF file itself.
- The file's rotation.
- The file's scale and calibration settings.
When you'd reset rather than delete
Use Reset Drawing when:
- You experimented with AOIs and legends, the results came back messy, and you want a clean slate.
- You're handing the drawing to a colleague to take over the count from scratch.
- The drawing's correct but everything you did on it is wrong — say you accidentally counted the legend instead of the working area.
Use Delete instead when you want the drawing itself gone — see Deleting a file.
How to reset
Reset Drawing lives in the drawing editor, not in the project view's file card menu — open the drawing first.
- 1
Open the drawing you want to reset.
- 2
Click Actions in the toolbar at the top of the editor.
- 3
Scroll to Reset Drawing at the bottom of the menu. The button text is styled in red to flag the destructive nature.
- 4
Read the confirmation dialog — "Reset drawing? — This will remove all markers, zones, areas of interest, and ignored colors. The file will return to its initial state.".
- 5
Click Reset Drawing in red to confirm, or Cancel to back out.
The editor refreshes and the drawing comes back as a clean slate — you'll be dropped into Stage 1 if you re-open it, ready to start again.
Reset Drawing cannot be undone. Undo/Redo inside the editor only covers individual edits — it can't roll back a reset. If you might want any of the markers later, duplicate the project first and reset from the duplicate.
Reset Drawing vs other "clear" actions
| Action | Scope | Permanent? |
|---|---|---|
| Reset Drawing | One drawing — markers, zones, AOIs, ignored colours | Yes |
| Delete (file card menu) | One drawing — including the PDF itself | Yes |
| Clear Files (service menu) | Every drawing in one service | Yes |
| Delete Service (service menu) | Every drawing in one service, plus the service | Yes |
| Archive (project Actions menu) | The whole project, but reversible | No — restorable via Unarchive |
Pick the smallest scope that achieves what you want. Reset Drawing is the most surgical of the destructive options.