Step 1: How to add a Techpack?

 

 

In this article you will learn how to add a new design techpack and set up the basics (techpack settings) as follows: Step 1. Click add new techpack  Step 2. Techpack settings Step 3. Size settings Step 4. Color settings Step 5. Keywords Step 6. Custom fields Step 7. Time tracking

 

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⚠️ PREREQUISITE 
☑ Make sure you have added a folder first.To learn more click on this article.

 

Once you have created a folder, go inside it. 

 

1. Click + add new techpack

On the Techpack dashboard page click on the "+ add techpack" button located in the top-right corner.

 

 

  

If you are in the  Stage view, you will see all default stages listed by Techpacker as shown in the image below.

 

 

You will see a "+ add new techpack" button located under each stage. Click on the button under the stage to add a techpack

Stages let you and your team track the progress of your techpacks during product development. You may also add your custom stages. Learn more about the same here.

 

 

You can switch among any of these three views available in the top right corner namely -

 Stage view,

Grid view, and 

 List view

 

 

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2. Techpack settings

Your techpack settings will pop-up (as shown below) so you can introduce the basic information such as design title, cover image, size range, color combos, etc. 

 

Start by entering-

• Techpack/Design title.
• Design description.
•  A flat sketch or an image of your design that will also serve as the cover image of your techpack in the preview.
• Clicking here reveals two new features. You can rotate your cover image, 90° at a time, and also  remove.

 

When done continue to sizes.

 

TIP: To easily navigate across the settings you can switch to tabs mode by clicking on this  icon

 

 

 

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3. Size settings

In this section, you will enter the sizing information of your design.

 

•  Enter the Size-range of your design here. You may enter your sizes manually (i.e., one-by-one) in the Custom size field or choose from the default sizes provided above.
•  Select your Sample size.
•  Select your preferred Units of measurement between Inches or centimeters for your tech pack. You can also set a default unit for your entire organization's tech packs via organization settings. 

 

Click on the Colors tab when done. 

 

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4) Color settings.

Similar to the size settings, in this section, you will enter the color details of your design.

 

•  Enter the Color-range of your design here. You may enter your sizes manually (i.e., one-by-one) in the Custom size field or choose from the default sizes provided above.
•  Select your Sample color.

 

Click on the Keywords tab to continue.

 

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5) Keywords

Adding keywords to your design techpack:

 

Keywords work similarly to social media hashtags. They help you and your team easily locate a particular techpack through filter search. You can add your own custom keywords based on season, details, silhouette, factory name, etc, and keep all your tech packs organized within the same folder. 

Keywords are also helpful to generate company-wide reports. Learn how. 

 

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6) Custom fields 

Adding custom fields to your design techpack:

  

The techpack custom fields brings uniformity and consistency within all the techpacks while adding key products details. Teckpack custom fields data is used when you generate a line sheet report .

However, you can easily add your own custom fields through your organization settings.

 

 

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⚠️ PREREQUISITE 
☑ Make sure when you add any techpack, you assign a stage to it. 
To learn more about how it is done, click on this article.

 

7) Time tracking

Time tracking is a feature you can use to plan and monitor the progress of your techpacks. You can set up your planned start and end dates for every stage of a techpack.

To track and get an overview of your product's development progress, you can add completion progress in percentages (%) format for each techpack stage. Here's how this works - 

• Click on the + plus icon located next to your stages. 

  

• A time track window will pop-up
•  Click on this  dropdown icon adjacent to planned row and set your start and end dates.
•  Click the save button.

 

The actual start/end dates are auto-updated once you move a tech pack from one stage to another. This means you don't have to enter them manually. However, you also have the option to manually update the actual start and end dates. Read more about how to update actual dates.

 

 

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That's it! Your techpack settings are now complete. You can edit them anytime by clicking on the  gear icon located on top of your techpack preview card.

 

Finish by clicking "done" or anywhere outside the pop-up area. Your new techpack will now be ready on your techpack dashbaord. Click on the techpack to continue editing or adding design details as cards.

Next Up:
How to add cards in your first techpack?→