When to duplicate
Duplicating a project produces a full copy with a new name. The original is untouched. Reach for it when:
- A client has sent revised drawings and you want to keep the original takeoff alongside the new one.
- You're building a variation of a job — say "as quoted" and "as built".
- You've finished a job and want to reuse it as a template for similar work — same services structure, same database links — without re-doing them from scratch.
How to duplicate
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Open the project you want to duplicate.
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Click Actions in the top-right.
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Choose Duplicate .
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In the Project Name dialog, enter a name for the new project. The default placeholder is "Enter project name…". Pick something distinct — the original project's name isn't suggested, to nudge you towards a clearer label.
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Click Duplicate . The button changes to Duplicating… while ZeroCount copies everything across. Larger projects take longer — leave the dialog open until it finishes.
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The new project appears in your Projects dashboard alongside the original.
What gets copied
Duplication is a deep copy — the new project starts with:
- Every drawing in every service.
- All marker groups (Detection, Linear, Area, Unit, Annotation) with their markers.
- All zones and AOIs.
- Scale settings and calibration per drawing.
- Database, Contractor's Choice, and Assembly links on groups.
- Ignored colours.
What it doesn't copy:
- The original's archive state — the new project always starts as Active even if you duplicated an archived one.
- Anything you haven't saved yet in an open editor. Duplicate from a saved state.
If you're using a project as a template, consider archiving the original after duplication so it doesn't clutter your active list. See Archiving and restoring.