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Quick start

Tiling chapter of the Ditch Assist app manual. The same text is in the app under Manual.

In the app Manual › Tiling › Quick start

  1. Tap the Tiling card on the Home screen. The wizard opens.

Tiling wizard — New Survey, Survey Whole Field, Load Survey, or Load Design.
Tiling wizard — New Survey, Survey Whole Field, Load Survey, or Load Design.

  1. Tap New Survey (or Load Survey to reopen an existing route, Load Design to install a saved design, or Survey Whole Field to collect topo first for designing later).
  2. Drive the tile route from outlet to the far end. Start at the outlet, drive the line, Stop at the inlet end. Save.
  3. After saving, the Water Flow Direction prompt confirms inlet vs outlet based on elevation. Tap Yes, Correct or No, Reverse It.

Water Flow Direction prompt — the app guesses the outlet from elevation. Confirm or reverse before continuing.
Water Flow Direction prompt — the app guesses the outlet from elevation. Confirm or reverse before continuing.

  1. The Tile Parameters mini-dialog appears. Set Target Depth and Min Grade. Tap Create Design.

Tile Parameters dialog — pick Target Depth (default 91 cm / 36″) and Min Grade (default 0.10%).
Tile Parameters dialog — pick Target Depth (default 91 cm / 36″) and Min Grade (default 0.10%).

  1. The full Tile Design dialog opens. Defaults are: Target Depth 36″, Min Depth 24″, Max Depth 72″, Min Grade 0.10%. Adjust any of these by tapping the value (numeric keypad) or using ±. Review the chart — the proposed tile line renders as a white-bordered dark line drawn thicker than the terrain line so it reads like a pipe (solid stroke, not dashed). Min Depth shows as a dashed green line; Max Depth as a dashed magenta line, and the proposed tile line should stay between them. If the tile rises above Min Depth (not enough cover), the chart shades that stretch amber; if it drops below Max Depth (too deep), it shades red. A clean design shows no shading between the two lines.

Tile Design dialog — terrain (green dotted), proposed tile (white-bordered dark line), Min Depth (dashed green) and Max Depth (dashed magenta) reference lines. The required start depth at the outlet is reported in the badge top-right.
Tile Design dialog — terrain (green dotted), proposed tile (white-bordered dark line), Min Depth (dashed green) and Max Depth (dashed magenta) reference lines. The required start depth at the outlet is reported in the badge top-right.

  1. Tap Apply Design.
  2. Calibrate the BM if prompted.
  3. Drive to the outlet end of the tile line. Lower the trencher / plow / chain trencher / wheel ditcher to the ground. Tap Start. Drive uphill. The blade follows the tile depth.

Tiling auto-grading active — the green section of the tile path is what the blade has already cut; the black solid line is the design.
Tiling auto-grading active — the green section of the tile path is what the blade has already cut; the black solid line is the design.

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