Dig to a set grade (Enter Grade Only)

Tap Enter Grade Only

Open Excavation and connect (Open Excavation). Under How would you like to grade?, Enter Grade Only is the fourth wide button (No survey — enter a fixed grade manually). Tap it.

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The dig screen opens with the Set Grade bar across the bottom of the map. Start stays grey until a grade is set.

Type the grade

Tap the Target Grade % box, at the left end of the bar, and type the grade (typing on the tablet). It takes digits and a decimal point; 0 is fine for level.

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Tap Uphill or Downhill

Next to the grade box, tap Uphill or Downhill: the way the bottom runs as you work away from the start. The one you pick turns dark red.

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Type the depth (if you need one)

Tap the Depth Offset (in) box and type how far below the starting point the bottom goes. Leave it blank for 0. Only digits and a decimal point type (no minus sign).

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Tap Set Grade

Set Grade is the green button at the right end of the bar. Tap it. It stays grey while the grade box is empty or either box holds something that isn't a number. Once a grade is set, the button reads Apply.

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Tap Save to name the job

The first time you set a grade, a window called Name Job asks for a name: Give this job a name so it is easy to find in Resume Job. The box is filled in with "Excavator Grade" and the date and time. Type your own name if you like, then tap Save, the green button at the bottom right. Skip leaves the job unnamed, and Resume Job then lists it only as "Excavator".

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Tap Start

Start is the big green button at the top of the right-hand column. Tap it. A window called Ready to Start? opens.

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Put the bucket at the start, then tap START

The window shows the grade and direction (0.00% Downhill). With it still open, put the cutting edge where the dig begins: on the ground for a 0+00 at grade, or at the depth you want. Then tap START, the dark-green button at the bottom right. That spot is locked as 0+00.

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The window says "blade"; on an excavator it's the bucket's cutting edge. With Ditch Assist Lite, set the start with the stick and bucket in your check pose.

Dig to the chevrons

Down chevrons and a red CUT label: go deeper. Up chevrons and blue FILL: you're below the bottom. ON GRADE means within ±1.5″. The map labels the leg (S1 · 0.00%) with a 0+00 flag at the start, and the profile turns green where you've reached grade.

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Tap Nudge Up or Nudge Down if you need to

The blue Nudge Up and Nudge Down buttons in the right-hand column move the working target by the Nudge Sensitivity setting (2″ to start) per tap, for a soft spot you'll come back to. The total shows between the buttons, a cyan CURRENT line appears on the gauge, and the readout lists Current, Current Tgt and Final Tgt. Tap the readout to switch which one the big number uses.

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For the next leg, tap Change Grade

Stop saves the job and leaves the leg open: Start again picks up against the same 0+00. To dig a new grade, tap Change Grade, the yellow button under Stop. It closes the leg and the Set Grade bar comes back.

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Edit the bar and tap Apply

Change the grade, direction or depth in the bar, then tap the green Apply button at its right end. Put the bucket at the new start and tap Start, then START in Ready to Start?, as before. The chart keeps every leg.

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