Guides
How-to guides
Short steps for everyday jobs in Metre2 Quantum, and the whole guide, part by part. Everything here is also in Help inside the app (press F1), searchable.
Where to start
- Start hereYour first ten minutesFrom opening Metre2 Quantum to a priced bill printed as a PDF, using the sample bill.
- Metre2 usersMoving from Metre2What comes across from your Metre2 projects, what does not, and the words that differ.
- AdminsRunning a teamFor admins: setting the team up, who can do what, check-outs and when someone leaves.
- IT and securityHow your data is keptWhat is true of Metre2 Quantum today, in plain words.
Videos
Short and silent, with captions: Metre2 Quantum at work on the sample project.
Metre2 Quantum in under a minute
The sample project: rooms measured on the plan, a new one measured and used for an item, priced like a spreadsheet. 47 seconds
Set a drawing's scale
Add a drawing and set its scale from the ratio printed on it. 23 seconds
Measure a room and use it for an item
A rectangle round a room, snapping to its walls, then its area used for an item in the bill. 19 seconds
How to…
Everyday tasks, a few numbered steps each, most with a picture of the screen.
- Find your way round a billThe tree on the left lists the bill's sections; click one to go to it.
- Price a column of ratesClick the first item's Rate; type the rate and press Enter.
- Add an item, with suggestionsClick the item to add below, and press Alt N (or + Item below in the bar at the foot of the bill).
- Find something in the billPress Ctrl F and type a word or a reference; Next and Previous (or Enter and Shift Enter) go from one match to the next.
- Copy and paste with ExcelSelect cells (Shift and the arrow keys, or Shift click) and press Ctrl C; paste into Excel.
- Share a report with someone outside Metre2 QuantumIn Print or export, set the report up as you want it, then choose Publish….
- Add a drawing and set its scaleChoose Take-off in the top bar, then Add PDF and choose the drawing (or drop it onto the take-off).
- Measure a room's floor areaChoose Rectangle for a square room, or Area for any shape.
- Use a measurement for an itemSelect the item in the bill beside the drawing; select the measurement (on the drawing, or in the list under it), then Use M1 for…
- Count doors, windows or symbolsChoose Count and click each one on the drawing; press Enter to finish.
- Measure a length, or a wall's areaChoose Length and click along the run; press Enter to finish.
- Bring in a new revision of a drawingIn the drawing menu (☰, beside the drawing's name), choose New revision of this drawing… and pick the new PDF.
- Print the dimension sheetChoose Print or export, then Report: Dimension sheet.
- Select several itemsClick a cell, then Shift click a cell further down: everything between is selected.
- Insert items from the LibraryClick where the items should go, then choose Library in the top bar.
- Check the bill before it goes outChoose Review in the top bar; each section lists what needs a look: no rate, a rate written as text, take-off errors, unusual…
- Print the bill, or export itChoose Print or export in the top bar.
- Use files from OneDrive or SharePointOpen a file: beside Upload a bill, Add files (past projects), the Library's open a file and, in take-off, Add PDF (or the drawing…
- Start a project from a past oneOn Projects, choose New project and give it a name.
- Check out a section, change it, and check it inClick a section in the tree, then Check out to edit in the strip above the bill.
- See or restore an earlier versionChoose Review, then Changes: what the latest check-in changed shows at once.
- Ask a colleague for a peer reviewOpen the project, choose Review, then Peer review.
- Invite a colleagueOpen Settings.
- Add your past projectsOn Projects, in the team's card under Team history, choose Add files or Add a folder.
- Set up a new teamAfter signing up, Projects opens with the Getting started list.
The guide
Every part of Metre2 Quantum, explained.
- Opening a billOpen a bill on your own or in your team: the sample bill, a file, or a new project.
- The billThe tree on the left lists sections; the bill in the middle shows items with quantity, unit, rate and total; the side…
- Take-off from drawingsTake-off (top bar), then Add PDF and choose the drawing, or drop the PDF onto the take-off.
- Finding and managing projectsThe projects list: finding, grouping and pinning projects, the team's history and the bin.
- Paying for Metre2 QuantumOne plan with every feature: £29.99 per person a month, or £299.90 a year (two months free), + VAT.
- Working as a teamCheck-outs, check-ins, versions and what everyone else sees.
- Peer reviewAsk a colleague to review a project, and keep or put back what they suggest.
- Printing and exportingPrint or export gives a PDF bill (with collections, summary and an optional cover), an Excel workbook with live…
- Sharing a report outside Metre2 QuantumIn a team project, Print or export → Publish… shares the report set up there (the bill or the dimension sheet, with its…
- Words Metre2 Quantum usesMetre2 Quantum's words, next to the ones surveyors already use.
- Questions and fixesAnswers to what people ask, and what to do when something is not right.
- AccessibilityMetre2 Quantum aims to meet the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1 at level AA.
- Cookies and storageMetre2 Quantum uses no tracking, advertising or analytics, and no cookies from anyone else.
- Known issuesWhat Metre2 Quantum does not do yet, or does only in part, and what to do meanwhile.