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Getting started with FredIQ

From registration to your first project. Registration, account activation, the trial and creating a project.

1. Registration

  1. Open the registration page.
  2. Fill in Name, E-mail address, Password and Confirm password.
  3. Tick the consent box. FredIQ is a service for businesses: you confirm that you use it for your business or profession, and you agree to the Terms of Service and the Licence Agreement.
  4. Click Sign up.

Registration form: name, e-mail, password, consent to the terms and the Sign up button

Registration also creates a company for you. You are its owner and can invite colleagues to it later. You add the company's billing details in your profile.

2. Account activation

  1. You will receive an e-mail with a link at the address you entered. The link is valid for 24 hours.
  2. Click the link. This confirms your e-mail address, activates your account and starts the trial.
  3. No e-mail? Check your spam folder, or click Send a new link on the Confirm your e-mail address page.

The Confirm your e-mail address page with the Send a new link button

3. Trial

Once your account is activated, the FredIQ Complete trial starts. During the trial you can create all project types.

  • The bar at the top of the application shows when the trial ends.
  • The Choose a plan button takes you to the Subscription page. It lists the plans and their prices.
  • The Trial guide describes the details.

Project overview with the trial bar and the New project button

4. Your first project

  1. In the project overview, click New project at the top right. The N key does the same.
  2. Fill in Name.
  3. Choose the Roof type. It cannot be changed later: a building with both a flat and a pitched roof is entered as two projects.
  4. For a flat roof, select the Structural deck type: Level deck or Sloped deck (hall).
  5. The town, address and client details are optional. Click Save.

The New project window with the name and the choice of roof type

Do you have a calculation from Roof Calculator? Create a project from it with the Create from Roof Calculator button in the project overview. More in the Project from Roof Calculator guide.

5. Project cockpit

After saving, the project cockpit opens on the Roofs tab. The project has one roof, Střecha 1.

  • On the left are the tabs, in the groups Inputs, Calculations, Outputs and Administration. Tabs that make no sense for the given roof are not shown.
  • Continue with the Graphic editor card and the Open editor link. The Drawing a roof guide describes how to draw.
  • The dark box at the top left suggests what to do next.

Cockpit of a new project on the Roofs tab with the Graphic editor card

Company and colleagues

  • The Company link in the top bar leads to the company settings.
  • The company owner adds a colleague in the Add a person to the company section: they fill in the name and e-mail and click Send invitation. The colleague sets their own password from the e-mail.
  • Projects you create in the company can be viewed and edited by the other people in the company. People outside the company cannot see them.
  • In a company with several people, the project overview offers a Mine / Whole company switch.

More in the Your company and its people guide.

Good to know

  • You change the application language in the account menu: click your name at the top right, Language section.
  • You can secure your sign-in with two-factor authentication: account menu, Profile, Two-factor authentication.
  • News is under the What's new link in the top bar, and this help under the Help link.

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