Ditch Assist app manual
All 156 chapters of the manual that ships inside the app.
Every chapter of the manual built into the Ditch Assist app (in the app: Manual in the sidebar), one page per topic. The step-by-step guides in the Learning Center link to the chapter with the full detail.
Getting Started
Ditch Assist Lite
- Ditch Assist Lite: overview
- Choosing the Mode
- Setting up the Reach
- Connecting to the Reach
- Activating a receiver
- Working in Lite
- Troubleshooting Lite
Ditching
- Ditching: overview
- Before you start
- Quick start
- Surveying the ditch
- Surveying a run you can't drive
- Designing with Slope-IQ
- Auto-grading the ditch
- Nudge: temporary depth adjustment
- Auto-Nudge: multi-pass grading
- Calibration & benchmarks
- Tips & gotchas
- Troubleshooting
Simple Grading
- Simple Grading: overview
- Before you start
- Quick start
- Surveying (optional)
- The Simple Grade design dialog
- Auto-grading the slope
- Tips & gotchas
- Troubleshooting
Manual Grade
- Manual Grade: overview
- Before you start
- Quick start
- The Set Grade bar
- What the screen shows before you Start
- Reading the chevrons and using Hold
- Multi-segment runs with Change Grade
- Stop, Resume, and what stays open
- Nudge
- Tips & gotchas
- Troubleshooting
Land Forming
- Land Forming: overview
- Before you start
- Quick start
- Importing the design
- Setting the benchmark
- Auto-grading the surface
- Resuming and saving jobs
- Tips & gotchas
- Troubleshooting
Tiling
- Tiling: overview
- Before you start
- Quick start
- Surveying the tile route
- The Tiling design dialog
- Auto-grading the trench
- Smoother descent, pitch notice & outlet check
- Rock-hit detection
- Tips & gotchas
- Troubleshooting
Contour Tiling
- Contour Tiling: overview
- Before you start
- Quick start
- Getting a field surface
- Surveying along the contour
- Designing the tile
- Installing the tile
- Tips & gotchas
- Troubleshooting
Terracing
- Terracing: overview
- Before you start
- Quick start
- Surveying channel and berm
- The Terrace design dialog
- Grading the terrace
- Tips & gotchas
- Troubleshooting
Contour-Guided Terracing
- Contour-Guided Terracing: overview
- Before you start
- Quick start
- The Terrace Zone
- Surveying channel and berm
- Designing the terrace
- Grading the terrace
- Tips & gotchas
- Troubleshooting
Excavator
- Excavator: overview
- Before you start
- Connecting to the Ditch Assist DIG module
- Quick start
- The Set Grade bar (manual-grade sub-flow)
- Dig Level Area (single elevation or fixed depth)
- Reading the depth display
- The DIG logo on the sidebar
- If the connection drops
- The Excavator design dialog
- Importing a civil design (LandXML)
- The completion grid — marking finished areas
- Digging with depth guidance
- Picking up yesterday's work — Resume Job
- Tips & gotchas
- The "Designed for a different kit" warning
- Troubleshooting
Leveling
- Leveling: overview
- Before you start
- Quick start
- Setting the target elevation
- Grading the pad
- Tips & gotchas
- Troubleshooting
Levee & Contour Guidance
- Levee & Contour Guidance: overview
- Before you start
- Quick start
- Getting elevation data
- Surveying a field by driving
- The field boundary
- Generating the contours
- Following a contour
- Building & recording coverage
- Calibration & benchmarks
- Saving & resuming jobs
- AB-line guidance (Field Survey)
- Tips & gotchas
- Troubleshooting
Field Mode (beta)
Settings Reference
- Settings Reference: overview
- MODE
- DISPLAY
- UNITS
- MAP
- DRAIN-IQ
- IMPLEMENT
- SURVEY
- GRADING
- LOOKAHEAD
- ALERTS
- PRE-START SAFETY
- CONTROLLER
- DEBUG
- LOGS
- ABOUT
- DITCH ASSIST LITE (Lite mode only)
- DIG MODULE FIRMWARE
LiDAR & Mapping
Benchmark Reference
GPS Info Popover
Map Layers
- Map Layers: overview
- Background imagery
- Imported overlay layers
- Coverage heatmap
- TIN raster overlay (Forming / LandXML)
- LiDAR elevation check
Logs & Diagnostics
Glossary
What's New
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