Manual Grade: type a grade and go

Tap Simple Grading

On the Home screen, tap the Simple Grading card: top row, on the right.

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If the app isn't connected yet, the Simple Grading — Connect window opens: tap Connect (or Simulate), then Continue (Simple Grading, steps 2 and 3).

Tap Enter Grade Only

The window asks How would you like to grade? Tap Enter Grade Only, the last of the four wide buttons.

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You should see the Grade screen with only the map, and a Set Grade bar along the bottom. The Grade box at the top left reads — %, and Start is greyed out until a grade is set.

Tap the Target Grade % box

Target Grade % is the first box in the bar along the bottom, on the left. Tap it. A number keyboard opens, and the bar moves up above it (typing on the tablet).

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Type the grade

Type the grade in percent, for example 0.30. The box won't take a minus sign; you pick the direction next. 0 is allowed, for a level pad.

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Tap Downhill or Uphill

Next to the grade, tap Downhill (red: the line falls away from 0+00) or Uphill (blue: it rises). The bar remembers your last choice.

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Type a depth offset, if you want one

To start the line below where the blade sits at 0+00, tap the Depth Offset (in) box and type the depth, for example 6. Leave it blank for none.

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Tap Set Grade

Set Grade is the green button at the right end of the bar. It turns bright green when the numbers are valid. Tap it.

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The first time, a window called Name Job opens, with the keyboard.

Type a name for the job

Name Job asks for a name so you can find the job in Resume Job later. The box already holds the date and time, like Manual Grade 2026-10-17 16:29. Press and hold the keyboard's delete key to clear it, then type the field and run.

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Tap Save

Tap Save, bottom right of the window. Skip lists the job as just Manual, which is hard to tell apart later.

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Hide the keyboard

The number keyboard may still be open. Tap the ✓ key at its bottom right to hide it.

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Check the grade is set

You should see the Grade box turn red with the grade and an arrow: 0.30% ↓. The bar's button now reads Apply, Start lights up green, and a yellow Change Grade button joins the column on the right.

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Lower the cutting edge where the slope starts

Drive to where the slope should start. Lower the cutting edge to the elevation you want at 0+00, with the tractor lever (or press and hold Lower, Full Automation Kit). On some tablets the Lower button sits partly off the bottom of the column once Change Grade appears (v1.5.4).

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Tap Start

Tap Start, the green button at the top of the column on the right. A window called Ready to Start? opens with the grade and direction.

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Tap START to lock 0+00

Check the grade and direction (the depth offset isn't shown here). While the window is open you can still set the blade exactly. Then tap START, bottom right: that position is locked as 0+00 and grading starts.

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Grade the first leg

You should see the bar hide, and the Grade / Depth Guide and the chart appear. An orange pin marks this leg's 0+00 on the map: S1 · 0.30% ↓. Dist (ft) counts from 0+00. Hold, nudge and the guide work as in Grade the ditch; there's no Auto-Nudge in Manual Grade.

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Tap Change Grade

Where the run bends or the grade changes, tap Change Grade, the yellow button in the column on the right. The blade stops and this leg closes where you are.

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You should see the Set Grade bar come back, filled in with the last grade, direction and depth. The guide and chart hide until the next Start.

Type the next grade

Tap the Target Grade % box. It still holds the last grade: press and hold the keyboard's delete key to clear it, then type the new one, for example 0.10. Change the direction or depth too if you need to. Each leg keeps its own.

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Tap Apply

Tap Apply, the green button at the right end of the bar.

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Tap Start

Put the cutting edge where this leg starts. Then tap Start, the green button at the top of the column on the right. The Ready to Start? window opens again.

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Tap START to lock the new 0+00

Tap START, bottom right of the window, as for the first leg. The blade's position now is this leg's 0+00.

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Keep track of the legs

You should see the Grade box read Grade · Seg 2/2: leg 2 of 2. (The picture is from a job with three legs, so it reads Seg 3/3.) Each leg's 0+00 gets its own pin on the map: orange, then blue, purple and pink. To see them all, pinch the map (pinch to zoom).

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The chart lays the legs end to end. Each leg starts where the blade was when you tapped START, so the line can step up or down at a leg change, not just bend.

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Tap Stop, and Start again on the same leg

Stop, the red button at the top of the column on the right, halts the blade and saves the job. The leg stays open: the bar sits above the chart and the guide stays up. Tap Start and you carry on along the same leg, same 0+00, with no Ready to Start? window. Handy for dump-and-return scraper work.

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