Maker's Yield & Cost
Vocational Support & Documentation

App Support & User Manual

Digital bridge between academic studio design and commercial manufacturing discipline. Master cutting yield, parametric BOMs, landed FOB costing, and factory-ready A4 tech packs.

✓ 9 Governed SOPs✓ 4 Vocational Pathways✓ 30 Governed Boards✓ 100% Offline-First

Smart IP Shield and the Illustrator plugin

Smart IP Shield is free under the beta license. It makes a SHA-256 fingerprint of selected product data on your device, and puts a seal with that fingerprint on your Tech Pack. Patent Pending — not a granted patent.

The Illustrator plugin is an invite-only beta, free for beta testers under the beta license. It is coming soon and not for sale.

Full guides are inside the app under Help & Support, after you sign in.

Visual Architecture

Interactive App Navigation Guide

Explore the multi-surface interface of Maker's Yield & Cost. Click on interactive hotspots to reveal the operational purpose of each element.

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Workspace Guidance
KPI(i)
91.4% Yield
KPI(i)
$34.20 Mat
KPI(i)
$42.00 CMT
KPI(i)
7 SPI Lock
Multi-Family BOM & Component Matrix
Milestones
S1 → S2 → PP Lock
Navigation & Identity(?) Show Guide

Global Masthead & Guided Replay

Top navigation bar containing studio workspace switchers, offline SQLite synchronization status, and the universal '(?) Show Guide' button.

Operational Purpose

Provides one-click access to interactive screen tours, keyboard shortcut cheatsheets, and direct links to this public vocational manual.

Artisan Pro Tip

Clicking '(?) Show Guide' on any screen opens an action modal offering both an animated UI tour and full vocational manual deep-dives.

Quick Shortcut:Shift + ?
Vocational Curriculum

Standard Operating Procedures & Pathways

Showing 13 modules
SOP-01foundational

Workspace & Studio Environment Setup

Establish unit systems, multi-currency anchors, studio labor rates, and tax parameters.

Standardized Studio Cost BaselinesCurrency & Unit Standardization (Imperial / Metric)
⏱ 8 min read
SOP-02foundational

Multi-Family Product Creation & Taxonomy

Initiate governed silhouettes across Handbags, Footwear, SLG, Belts, Apparel, and Plush.

Vocational Silhouette ClassificationSpec Template Instantiation
⏱ 10 min read
SOP-03intermediate

Parametric BOM & Materials Specification

Engineer zero-drift Bills of Materials with automated stitch thread and edge stain calculations.

Bill of Materials EngineeringParametric Consumables Derivation (SPI / Seam Inches)
⏱ 12 min read
SOP-04advanced

Cutting Yield & Nesting Optimization Engine

Master anatomical hide zonation, 1.35x leather factor, and fabric roll marker efficiency.

Hide Morphology & Anisotropic Grain StretchAnatomical Zonation (Prime Butt vs Shoulder vs Belly)
⏱ 15 min read
SOP-05advanced

Costing Engine, FOB Build-Up & Landed Pricing

Calculate direct materials, CMT labor, factory overhead, tariffs, and retail pricing markups.

First Cost (EXW) to Landed Duty Paid (DDP) Build-UpCut, Make & Trim (CMT) Operational Costing
⏱ 14 min read
SOP-06intermediate

Sampling Milestones & Revision Diffing

Track prototyping iterations (S1 -> S2 -> PP -> Bulk) with immutable snapshotting and visual cost deltas.

Sample Room Stage-Gate LifecyclesPre-Production (PP) Gold Sample Sign-off
⏱ 10 min read
SOP-07advanced

Industrial Tech Pack A4/Letter Export Engine

Generate technical boards and factory-redacted packs; review the current local-fingerprint limits.

International Technical Documentation StandardsFactory Privacy Protection (Blind Tech Packs)
⏱ 12 min read
SOP-08intermediate

Inventory, Supplier Catalog & Barcode Scanner Integration

Manage hide rolls, trimmings, DYMO thermal labels, and Bluetooth HID physical barcode scanners.

Lot & Batch TraceabilityThermal Barcode Encoding (Code 128 / QR / DataMatrix)
⏱ 10 min read
SOP-09intermediate

Smart IP Shield — Free Under the Beta License

Seal a Tech Pack with a SHA-256 fingerprint of selected product data, and read the fingerprint sheet. Free under the beta license for every beta tester on mobile and web.

SHA-256 fingerprint interpretationDevice time versus independent timestamp
⏱ 6 min read
PATH-Aadvanced

Vocational Pathway A: Luxury Leather Goods & Accessories

Comprehensive curriculum onboarding for luxury handbags, totes, backpacks, and structured leather goods.

Turned vs Raw Edge Handbag ArchitectureGusset Geometry & French Binding
⏱ 16 min read
PATH-Badvanced

Vocational Pathway B: Footwear Design & Last Engineering

Curriculum onboarding for footwear designers, sample makers, and last engineering specialists.

Last Geometry & 3D Lasting AllowancesUpper Pattern vs Insole vs Outsole Segmentation
⏱ 18 min read
PATH-Cintermediate

Vocational Pathway C: Cut & Sew Apparel & Ready-to-Wear

Curriculum onboarding for garment patternmakers, marker makers, and production coordinators.

Fabric Roll Marker EfficiencyGrainline & Nap Direction Alignment
⏱ 14 min read
PATH-Dfoundational

Vocational Pathway D: Small Leather Goods & Giftware

Curriculum onboarding for cardholders, bifolds, passport cases, and zero-waste studio trimmings.

Micro-Nesting & Scrap Re-UtilizationSkiving & Edge Thinning Tolerances
⏱ 12 min read
Frequently Asked Questions

Studio Operations & Technical Help

Yes! In Menu > Settings, toggle 'Show Guided Helpers'. Disabling this switches the workspace into Clean / Pro Studio Mode, hiding inline question callouts and subduing secondary information badges for an unobstructed, distraction-free CAD experience.

What phone do I need?

The app (products, costing, tech packs)

iPhone and iPad
iPhone 6s or newer on iOS 15.1 or later. iPad on iPadOS 15.1 or later.
Android
Android 7.0 or newer.

Butler chat (AI that runs on your phone)

iPhone and iPad
iPhone 11 or newer, or iPhone SE (3rd generation). 4 GB of memory or more.
Android
A 64-bit phone with 4 GB of memory or more.

Butler photo scan

iPhone and iPad
4 GB of memory or more: iPhone 11 or newer, or iPhone SE (3rd generation).
Android
A 64-bit phone with 4 GB of memory or more.

Butler download (one time)

iPhone and iPad
2.3 GB of free space. Wi-Fi is best. The download is 1.93 GB.
Android
2.3 GB of free space. Wi-Fi is best. The download is 1.93 GB.

Older phones still get the whole app. Butler will say "not supported on this phone". Butler is not in the web app.

Email & help-guide support

How to reach us

Start with the User Manual on this page. If you're stuck, email us. A real person answers every message.

Support hours
Monday to Friday, 10:00 to 17:00 New York time. Closed on US federal holidays.
When you'll hear back
  • Student: within 5 business days.
  • Pro: within 1 business day. Urgent problems, like lost work or no sign-in, within 4 business hours.
  • Faculty & Enterprise: the reply times written in your quote. During the beta, every quote is marked as a beta quote.

This is our first reply, with a next step. It is not a promise of a fix date.

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