Frequently Asked Questions
Getting Started With Specifi
Specifi has custom solutions for each role and user that participates in the specification, design, installation and quoting of a commercial food service facility. Specifi Cloud and planning tools are a great way for a sales representative to capture the ideas and needs of a customer. Once the plan is created Designers, Project Managers, Manufacturing representatives and sales agents can use the Specifi® Design and Quoting solutions to create architectural designs, installation plans, mechanical schedules and 3D renderings of the facility. Sales agents can use these designs to automatically create a quote, bid or tender and ensure that any modifications are synchronized. Finally, Specifi’s entire platform is based on flexible, accurate architectural symbols and content that we manage for over 300 Food and Catering Equipment manufacturers across the globe.
Specifi is a set of software tools and services created especially for the commercial food service industry. Specifi allows industry professionals to plan, design, quote and install commercial foodservice and catering facilities in a third of the time.
Minimum Requirements
Yes. Simply modify the profile settings: right-clicking on the AutoCAD icon, select Properties, and then verify that the destination / destination item is labeled / p [profile name] below the path of the AutoCAD® executable file.
Ex: “C: \ Program Files \ Autodesk \ AutoCAD 2017 \ acad.exe” /p standard / product ACAD / language “en-US”
Specifi Quote works seamlessly on any operating system, including Apple.
If you would like to run Specifi Design on an Apple Macintosh you must install a Windows virtualization application (eg: Parallel Desktop) and then one of the compatible Windows Operating Systems.
Specifi Quote is an online platform, so Internet access is needed.
Specifi Design is a plugin for AutoCAD and Revit, and Internet access is required to utilize the online eCatalog to configure, accessorize and download equipment product symbols.
Specifi Design users need to also have a license for AutoCAD or Revit to utilize the Specifi plugin. Specifi does offer a solution that includes an AutoCAD OEM license at a reduced price. Please ask about Specifi Design Plus.
Specifi Quote does not require any additional software to operate.
The minimum requirements vary based upon the product you plan to install on your PC. The following are the minimum requirements for Specifi Design and Specifi Quote and are consistent with Autodesk® products minimum requirements:
Minimum requirements for Specifi Design (Specifi Design or Design+):
• CPU Processor: Intel® Quad Core® 2.8 GHz or Core i5, i7 2.6 GHz
• RAM: 8GB or more
• GPU: Dedicated Direct3D graphics card with minimum capacity 2GB (suggested GPU
compatible with AutoCAD/Revit)
• 1280 x 1024 32-bit color video display adapter (True Color)
• 2GB of hard disk available not including libraries installation
• Display scaling settings (texts, icons, apps): 100%
• Specifi Design is compatible with:
AutoCAD from 2016 to 2020 (not LT version)
Revit from 2016 to 2019 (not LT version)
(not required if you want to install Specifi Design+)
Minimum requirements for Specifi Quote:
• Processor: Intel® Dual Core® 2.6 G or higher
• RAM: 4GB RAM or higher
• 1280 x 1024 32-bit color video display adapter (True Color)
• 2GB of hard disk available not including libraries installation
• Display scaling settings (texts, icons, apps): 100%
The Specifi software is compatible with the following Operating Systems:
• Windows 10 64 bit
• Windows 8 & 8.1 64 bit
Specifi Quote can operate on any PC operating system as it’s a cloud-based program.
Specifi is compatible with any version of AutoCAD® from AutoCAD® 2018 to 2023 (excluding LT versions), Revit® 2018 to 2023 (excluding LT versions)
AutoCAD® Mechanical, Map3D, Architecture or other Autodesk® Suites that include the AutoCAD® product inside them are not certified because compatibility tests are performed with standard AutoCAD® versions.
Software Management
Specifi has a Rest API that can allow for seamless access and integration with most internal systems. Ask our team for additional information.
Specifi Quote is an online platform. Users can access it from up to two PCs (work and home). Each subscription is for one individual. Specifi Support can assist when users need to change which PCs they are using.
Specifi Design is similar in that a subscription is good for up to two PCs for which the user downloads the plugin.
You can always get support by filling out a request form here https://en.specifiglobal.com/support/. You can also call or email your local account manager.
Specifi Quote allows for multiple users to work together on quotations when set up with the proper permissions.
Specifi Design requires individual users to work on their own projects separately.
Specifi® Quote
Yes. Specifi Quote allows for a high degree of customization for pricing, discounts and markups. You can adjust these elements per product, per customer and per brand. Much of this can be done at setup. However, you can always access the Settings area, which provides multiple configuration options.
Specifi allows you to use your company’s logo and branding in your quotes. You’ll be provided with templates from the start, which can be easily changed to fit the requirements of your brand.
Yes. Specifi Quote has the option to easily create PO’s on the fly. They can be exported in seconds.
Yes. Specifi allows you to create a dynamic spec sheet specific to the product and accessories that you configure in your quote.
Yes, Specifi quotes can be exported to Word, Excel, PDF, CSV and more.
Simply navigate to https://projects.specifiglobal.com/.
Enter your email address and password. If you have misplaced your password, click the “forgot password” link and follow the prompts that are sent to your email address.
If you are using Specifi Quote for the first time, your customer service contact will have provided you credentials via email.
Yes. Please reach out to the salesperson who handles your area at the phone number listed on this website.
There are many options.
Check out the video tutorials on our website, located here: https://au.specifiglobal.com/tutorials/quote-tutorials/
Take our comprehensive online learning course. It’s free and is located here: https://learn.specifiglobal.com
Contact your local sales representative at one of the phone numbers at the top of this page or fill out the form on the Contact Us page for details on plans and pricing.
It is easy to add your own custom products, price lists and personal libraries to Specifi Quote. Simply click “Insert Custom Products,” fill in the product information and save to your own personal library.
You can get much more detail on this and other topics on our website tutorial section here: https://au.specifiglobal.com/tutorials/quote-tutorials/.
Specifi® Organiser
Simply navigate to https://organiser.specifiglobal.com/.
Enter your email address and password. If you have misplaced your password, click the “forgot password” link and follow the prompts that are sent to your email address.
If you are using Specifi Organiser for the first time, your customer service contact will have provided you credentials via email.
Yes. Please reach out to the salesperson who handles your area at the phone number listed on this website.
Check out the video tutorials on our website, located here: https://au.specifiglobal.com/tutorials/organiser-tutorials/
Contact your local sales representative at one of the phone numbers at the top of this page or fill out the form on the Contact Us page for details on plans and pricing.
There is no limit on the number of products you can store in Specifi Organiser. You can store all your product library and publish only the ones you have on offer at any given time.
Yes. In Specifi Organiser you can add as many Images, PDF documents, CAD, Revit, and links as you wish for your product library. All this information is then displayed in the Attachment section.
Yes, you decide which products you want to publish on the eCatalog. You can set your products as OUT OF PRODUCTION at any time, and this will hide them from the eCatalog.
The Specifi ecosystem supports multiple languages and currencies. When creating or importing products you can store their short and long descriptions in multiple languages. You can create multiple Pricelists to store pricing in the different currencies that you offer your products.
The product information is yours and we make it very easy to download it. You can create custom export templates and download excel spreadsheets in the format you want.
Product Libraries
The complete updated list of our partners is available on our site under the Partner section: https://en.specifiglobal.com/specifi-partners/
Each manufacturer employs a different update strategy, however Specifi makes sure that any updates made by the manufacturer are immediately made available to Specifi Users.
Each manufacturer makes this decision based upon the markets they currently operate and do business. Specifi was developed to accommodate as many languages as the manufacturer is willing to publish in the system.
Specifi recommends that you contact both us and the manufacturer and we can facilitate getting them published. However, you also have the option of creating your own personal library and create a subset of that manufacturer’s catalog on your own. This library feature includes all of the symbols, technical information and pricing that you would find in a manufacturer published catalog.
Yes, Changes can only be implemented within an offer or drawing and are not saved in the base library provided by the manufacturer.
Yes, but these changes can only be implemented within an offer or drawing and are not saved in the base library provided by the manufacturer.
Yes, but changes can only be implemented within an offer or drawing and are not saved in the base library provided by the manufacturer.
Yes, you can access all manufacturer equipment libraries available through the Specifi eCatalog at any time specific to your country. The eCatalog is updated constantly and in real-time by the manufacturer, with new product, pricing and accessory information.
If you work for a manufacturer or supplier, any changes made to your product pricing, characteristics and accessories will be instantly reflected in the Specifi eCatalog which is available to all users.
If you have your own personal library, any changes you make will be instantly reflected throughout your Specifi ecosystem.
Yes, Specifi can provide you an import template or you can provide us with your product data and we will help you with the process of adding to your own personal library. Just contact our support line.
Manufacturers update their product content through the Specifi eCatalog, which users can instantly access as they use Specifi Quote and Design. As manufacturers update their data, Specifi users automatically see those updates within the system. However, users are responsible for updating their own personal libraries.
Published libraries and catalogs are not modifiable and are authorized by the manufacturer. Consequently, basic data cannot be edited. A user is able to change some product data but only as part of a single quote or design. Users are able to edit their own personal libraries as needed.
All manufacturers published catalogs and libraries are free to all Specifi users. To access the Specifi eCatalog, Specifi Quote and Specifi Design, contact your local sales representative at the phone number at the top of this page, or reach out via our Contact Us web page.
Yes, Specifi Studio currently creates CAD and Revit files for many of the world’s bigger manufacturers. For a quote contact your account representative.
Specifi® Design
You can import your own DWG blocks, Specifi recommends that these blocks comply with the Specifi standards so that they can be used to the fullest of the functionality of the software
If you do not have DWG 2D / 3D blocks Specifi, it will automatically generate blocks of the indicated size. The blocks will be simple parallelepipeds to specify the maximum volumetric footprint that the equipment can have.
Specifi lets you create fast and easy rendering. The rendering quality depends on the CAD application that you use as well as the user’s experience with other factors (such as light position, room size, etc.).
Yes, Specifi Design automatically creates the technical legends.
No, the generation of technical legends is automatic. All information is stored inside the three-dimensional drawings of the equipment and is reported as a technical binding.