Trimble LiveCount Reviews & Product Details

Very little. The only good thing is that it keeps a record of what was done. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

As it is now I dislike a lot about it. It is slow, twitchy, and frustrating. I can do paper takeoff faster.

Here are some emails I sent to Trimble that will explain that.

PLEASE IGNORE ALL THE MISSPELLINGS AND BAD PUNCTUATION. I WAS FRUSTRATED AND IN A HURRY WHEN I WROTE THEM.

Sent to Trimble 2-24-2022 ( REGARDING THE RIGHT CLICK MENU FOR EDITING MEASUREMENTS.)

PLEASE MAKE THE ITEMS IN THE RED CIRCLE A HOTKEY OR LARGER

PLEASE REMOVE THE DROPDOWN ON THE DELETE AND UPDATE KEYS TO SHOW BOTH OPTIONS TO UPDATE THE SINGLE ITEM OR THE GROUP.

ITS ANOTHER IN MANY OF EXTRA CLICKS.

Sent to Trimble 2-24-2022 (THIS WAS SENT ABOUT THE AUTO COUNT REVIEW WINDOW. THAT WINDOW IS POORLY DESIGNED)

This screen needs to be expandable and the little window inside need to be adjustable

Sent to Trimble 2-24-2022

I would add that the side menus for Drawings, Drawing Set Up, ect are need a lot of improvement too.

The style button is just awful. Selecting a style is slow.

This program is not half as fast as the Livecount Pro version.

Sent to Trimble 2-24-2022

The right click menu to add points and edit is the worst idea in the history of programming.

Sent to Trimble 2-23-2022 (THIS WAS SENT IN AN EFFORT TO IMPROVE VERY POOR EDITING FUNCTIONS)

However doing them individually is slow and inefficient.

Can this be improved.

Sent to Trimble 2-2-2022

IS THERE A WAY TO SELECT SEVERAL LINES IN LIVECOUNT AND MERGE THEM ALL TOGETHER?

WITH THE COPY FEATURE, THIS WOULD BE VERY USEFUL

Sent to Trimble 2-2-2022 (THIS REGARDS THE ACCUBID ANYWHERE PROGRAM)

Here is a suggestion for Accubid Anywhere

Make the tiny triangle larger or make the line active on a single click to open the window. A lot of time is wasted just hitting that small target.

In addition, it would be cool if the choices always appeared in the window next door and themselves were active.

Sent to Trimble 2-1-2022

It would be faster to be able to press a key to link to an existing annotation rather and move the mouse up to the top of the screen. ( A PIC WAS INCLUDED HERE)

In addition it would be faster to hit a key to do all the right mouse click options on a measurement.

Sent to Trimble 2-1-2022

Another suggestion

We should be able to use the pan function WHILE measuring our counting.

The middle key on the mouse is jumpy and frequently goes to full screen.

This is maddening.

Sent to Trimble 1-28-2022

Another suggestion

The autocount feature needs to work like the LiveCount Pro version.

The ability to select large quantities of results to delete or include would be very helpful. Changing the size of the resultswould be helpful. In addition, the window should have the feature to make it larger to display more results.

Sent to Trimble 1-25-2022

I HAVE ANOTHER SUGGESTION

BRING BACK THE FAVORITES TAB AND MAKE IT DETACHABLE. (THIS WAS REFERRING TO THE GOOD PROGRAM LIVECOUNT PRO)

Sent to Trimble 1-20-2022

IT WOULD BE NICE TO BE ABLE TO CHANGE THE ORDER OF THESE (DROP DOWN MENUS ON THE LEFT SIDE. A PICTURE WAS INCLUDED BUT COULD NOT PASTE HERE)

FOR EXAMPLE ONCE THE DRAWINGS AR SET UP I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE THAT TAB TO THE BOTTOM

IT WOULD BE NICE TO DETACH THEM ALSO

Sent to Trimble 1-20-2022

The drawing legend should also include attributes from Accubid anywhere. Otherwise, it is useless.

Sent to Trimble 1-20-2022

AS A FOLLOW UP THE USER SHOULD NOT HAVE TO HOVER OVER POINTS TO ADD TO A RUN.

IT SHOULD BE THAT THE USER CAN SELECT THE TAKEOFF AND THEN HIT A KEY TO ADD TO A RUN.

IN ADDITION IT SHOULD BE THAT LINES CAN BE COPIED.

Sent to Trimble 1-19-2022

Here are a few suggestions. I will have more.

FYI, I used Livecount Pro for 6 years and really like it. It would be nice if the hotheys from that one were all in this one.

1 CREATE A HOTKEY FOR ADDING POINTS TO A RUN

2 EXPAND THE SIZE OF THE ICONS ON THE RIGHT CLICK MENUS FOR ADDING POINTS TO A RUN, SPLITTING AND MERGING

3 MAKE TH EF8 KEY A HOTKEY FOR ENDING A RUN

4 MAKE THE DARK BLUE RIBBON UP TOP OF THE DRAWING DETACHABLE BY SECTION.

5 LET THE ARROW KEYS ACT TO NAVIGATE TO THE NEXT OR PREVIOUS DRAWING.

6 BRING BACK THE LIVECOUNT PRO DRAWING TO COMPARE PROTOCOL AND FUNCTIONALITY.

7 MAKE A HOTKEY FOR SELECTING A ZOOM AREA AND A HOTKEY FOR ZOOM FIT TO THE WINDOW. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Trimble livecount is very accurate and complete solution for hangers Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

User interface should be better and MTO processing speed is very slow Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

- Collaboration while working with drawings.

- Compare drawings to identify changes for new revisions.

- Easy process for quick setup of project drawings.

- Quantity takeoff very smoothly with less chance of error than manual process.

- Need not to make an expensive 3D model for quantity takeoff. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

- Speed issue for heavy files, maybe due to old work station.

- User interface should be improved.

- In-depth training required for 1st time users. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Very useful for instant quantity take-offs from the different trades pdf. the interface is very good and easy to understand.

I normally use Revit for quantity take-offs but it is also good if you required take-offs from pdf as well as 3d models.

it makes the overall process fast on-site and helps to minimize error. speed up the construction process.

I like it the most because it gives you more accurate data according to your enterprise so you can say it works like estimation software as well. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I did not work so much on it because I usually prefer Revit for take-off because we create 3d models and it is easy to create take-offs from Revit in 3d. but I like its accuracy and the process to create the take-offs from pdfs.

it gives an estimator experience that you are the estimator of that project because it works like that way. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Hanger placement in MEP models by trimble is best, it saves a lot of time and effort of the entire team. Now a single person can run and place hanger accurately. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

There is nothing major in trimble just the thing is it should work offline because it corrupts the file sometime due to the long process. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It is very helpfull for takeoff purposes. Comapring drawimgs, we can create datasheet etc Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Actually I didnt see any mistakes in trimble livecount to dislike. Trimble continuously updating for better performance. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Advanced image processing allows users to rotate and scale the addendum or revision drawing and control what level of grayscale should be converted to black when converting PDF's to TIF Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Resolving issues. For someone who doesn't use the software everyday, it can be a challenge. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Trible live count with easy measurement. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It gets slow on heavy files and often need to wait for some time Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It's a very helpful tool mailny for the site people as it comes in very handy to take various coordinates on site for hangers or sleeves. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

One of the drawback is that the software requires good internet connectivity to function properly and hence can't be used offline. Also it has a bit expensive license which may not be affordable for all. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Reduces the need for paper plans, achieve accurate and trackable estimates. Provides intuitive workflows for all levels. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

After upgrading, point symbols and their descriptions are scrambled.

Also it cannot drill up to object and gives c-tree error. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.