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Saving and history

Save a result and it is still there next week: the stair you priced on Monday, the header you sized at the walk-through. Give it the job's name and every result for that job is kept together. A result also keeps the numbers you entered, so you can open it in its calculator again, change one value and save it again. It stays on this phone.

Pro. Saving and History are part of Pro. Without Pro the button reads SAVE — PRO and opens the upgrade screen. You can still open History from the calculator list. It shows "History is a Pro feature" and an UNLOCK PRO button instead of a list. See Free and Pro.

Step by step

Bottom of the Stairs screen with your own measurements in, on the 16-riser default stair. MATERIALS lists Stringers (2x12) — 18' each 4 pcs; Treads (5/4x12) — cut @ 3' 0" 17 pcs; Risers (1x8) — cut @ 3' 0" 18 pcs; 4x4 stringer posts — one under each stringer at each support line, on floor framing built for its load — or bear the line on a wall or landing instead (IRC R301.1: a load path to the foundation); no footing indoors 6 pcs; Kicker plate (2x4) — cut @ 3' 0" 1 pcs; Handrail (one side, IRC R311.7.8) — 16' stock — cut ≈ 15' 7-1/4" 1 pcs; and Handrail brackets — 48" o.c. max 4 pcs. Under it the lit button row: CUT SHEET with a list icon inside its right end, behind a hairline, and SAVE the same width beside it on the first line; CUT LIST, SEND LIST and OPTIMIZE on the second. RESET sits beside the help button. 2
SAVE is in the button row at the bottom of the calculator, under the material list.
  1. Enter your own measurements. If every input is still the sample value there is no job to save. Tapping SAVE then shows "Enter your job's numbers first" for a moment and saves nothing.
  2. Scroll to the bottom of the calculator and tap SAVE.
  3. A box headed "Name this result" appears. Type the job's name, such as the example it suggests, "Kitchen reno", and tap Save. Or tap Skip to save without a name. Cancel saves nothing.
  4. The button reads SAVED with a tick for a moment. The result is on the phone from that instant.
  5. To read it back, open the calculator list and tap History at the bottom, under Settings.

The History screen

History with a BACK DECK group holding two results: STAIRS, leading with 16 risers @ 6-3/4" and its figures under it (Total Rise 9' 0", Risers 16 @ 6-3…), and HEADER SIZING, leading with 2 × 2×10 header and Opening 6' 0" · Header 2 × 2×10. Each row carries its time at the top right and a bin. Below is a YESTERDAY group with one CONCRETE result, ≈ 2.6 yd³ with waste, Slab 12' × 16' × 4" · Volume ≈ 2.3…, and MANAGE SAVED RESULTS at the bottom. 1 2 3 4 5
Named jobs first, then everything else by day.
  1. Named results are grouped by job. Every result saved under the same name sits under one heading, whichever calculator it came from and whichever day you saved it. Capitals do not matter: "Back deck" and "BACK DECK" are the same job. The job you saved to most recently is at the top.
  2. Results without a name are grouped by day below the jobs: TODAY, YESTERDAY, then the date. Newest first.
  3. Each row is titled by the calculator it came from, with the time it was saved beside the title. Under the title is the saved answer in large type, then the first three figures. Tap the row to open it.
  4. The bin deletes that one result. It asks "Delete this saved result?" first. There is no undo.
  5. MANAGE SAVED RESULTS opens to show CLEAR ALL. That asks "Clear all saved results?" before it deletes everything. It cannot be undone.

Opening a saved result

Tapping a row opens a page headed with the job name and the calculator it came from, or just the calculator's name if you skipped the name, and the date and time. Under DETAILS is every figure that was saved, written exactly as the calculator showed it at that moment. These are the same lines that go in the inputs table of a cut sheet. DELETE at the bottom asks "Delete this saved result?", then removes the result and takes you back to the list.

Under the details, OPEN IN STAIRS (named for the calculator the result came from) closes History and opens that calculator with the numbers you saved, in place of the ones it held. The drawing and the material list are worked out again from them. Change the value that moved and tap SAVE to keep it as a new result; the old one stays as it was.

Results saved by an earlier version of the app kept the figures only, so they have no OPEN IN button. Nor do Diagonal and Equal parts results, which have no calculator to open. For those, open the calculator and enter the figures from the saved page.

How much it keeps

History holds the 200 most recent results. Saving one more drops the oldest. Results are stored on this phone only.

If it doesn't work

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