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Current Projects

The Current area of Projects lists all of your active projects; all new Projects start here. If you touch the plus at the top of the screen you will find two ways to add a new Project.  

The Quick Add option guides you through the process to create your Project in a streamlined manner. You create the Project, add all necessary Project Pieces, select or add Sources, and then quickly see the final results. The Quick Add option is designed to walk you through the entire process, from creating the project to getting the results.  

New Project allows you the flexibility to create your project with all available options and in any order you choose. After you give your project a name, you may configure the sources first, then later add your Project Pieces, or the other way around. This is more of an expert mode that allows for complete flexibility in your workflow.

Completed Projects

Projects marked as Complete will be listed here. If a Project needs to be moved from Completed to Current you can do this by pushing the Mark Project as Current button at the bottom of the Project Details screen.

Incomplete Projects

As incomplete Projects slip past their Project Due Date, they will automatically be moved here. Note: Projects in this are are still completely editable.

Customers

Customers can be assigned to a Project for record keeping purposes. Pushing the plus button at the top of the screen will give you two options:  

1) Add From Contacts to import directly from your device’s contacts.  

2) Create New Customer to fill out all of the details manually.  

When choosing to add customers from your contacts, you can select more than just one contact, if you wish. After putting a check mark next to all of the contacts you want to import, push Done at the top of the screen to finish.  

If you use the second option to create your customers manually, you must fill out at least one of the following: (1) First Name (2) Last Name (3) Company Name. All other details are optional and can be filled out later, if you would like.  

Pushing the (i) button next to the existing customers’ names will let you edit and/or add information to their record.

Sources

The Sources area is where you enter places that you buy or source your lumber from. Stop Drop includes a default Source (ODP Lumber Depot) that contains the most common lumber dimensions, with typical pricing. If you do not wish to enter your own local sources, you can adjust this source to fit your specific needs.  

You can add a new source of lumber by pushing the plus button at the top of the screen and selecting New Material Source. In the New Material Source Screen you must, at the very least, add a unique name for the source *. In order to utilize the map preview, a full address must also be included.   

Once you have added your new Material Source, you will need to add Board Families. A Board Family is a specific thickness and width (e.g. ‘2 x 4’). Push the plus beside the word Board Families to add a new one. Add any available lengths for this particular Family, and push Save New Item. If desired, pricing can be included for each length.   

* The names of your sources must be unique, unless they have different addresses or “nicknames”.

Settings

This section allow you to customize a few details about Stop Drop   

Simplify Factions: If turned on, this will attempt to simplify fractions (e.g. 4/16 would become 1⁄4).   

Show Maps in Materials List: If turned on, and a full address was added to the Source, a map of the area will be included in your printable list.

Preferred Customer Sort Order: This allows you to sort your Customer List by First Name, Last Name, or Company Name.

Default Kerf Size: Kerf is the amount of material removed by each saw cut. The default setting is ZERO. If you wish to account for this removed material, set the kerf size to match the thickness of your cutting blade.