Custom icons — make the plan read like your trade

A takeoff you can read is a takeoff someone else can check. When a counter looks like the fixture it counts — a floor drain, a P-trap, a 45-elbow — the marked-up plan doubles as a legible drawing instead of a field of dots.

The built-in library

Create a counter and the icon grid offers the bundled set: general symbols plus a library of real trade fixtures. Use the search box to filter by name. Every icon takes the counter's color, so the same symbol can serve several types.

Upload your own SVG

The icon grid's + Upload cell accepts your own SVG files:

• The SVG needs at least one path, rect, circle, ellipse, or line element; a viewBox is recommended. Multiple shapes are merged into one symbol.
• Uploaded icons appear under Custom Icons in the picker, available to every counter you make.
• They're included when you export a canvas, so a takeoff shared as a file still renders your symbols.
• The Custom Icons label in the picker opens a tips dialog with the format details.

Manage the library

Manage Icons (Settings gear → Advanced → Manage Icons) lists every icon. No account needed — the Settings gear opens whether or not you're signed in, on desktop and on a phone or tablet alike.

• Rename any icon — built-in or uploaded — so it matches your vocabulary.
• Reorder so your daily icons sit at the top of the picker.
• Edit mode lets you select uploaded icons and delete the ones you no longer use.

Your icons follow your account

Uploaded icons are stored per browser — and when you save your Artboard to the cloud, your custom icon library rides along, so signing in on another device brings your symbols with your palette.

Next: Counting fixtures with counters for the counting workflow itself.