Once you’ve turned your product ideas into reality, they all land in your Tech Packs dashboard. Think of this as your personal command center for everything you create. It’s designed to keep you organized, whether you have five designs or five hundred. Let's walk through how to find exactly what you need, right when you need it.
Finding Your Way Around the Dashboard
Your main Tech Packs view is built for quick navigation. Right at the top, you'll see a row of tabs that act as your primary folders. This is the first step to zeroing in on a specific design. Each tab serves a different purpose, helping you see only the tech packs relevant to what you're doing right now.
| Tab | What It's For |
|---|---|
| All | Exactly what it sounds like! This is the complete view of every tech pack you've ever created, regardless of its status. |
| Published | These are your finalized, ready-to-go tech packs. You'd typically find designs here that you've already sent to manufacturers or are about to. |
| Draft | This is your workshop. Any tech pack that's still a work in progress lives here until you decide it's complete. |
| Collections | A handy way to group related products. You might create a collection for your "Summer '24 Apparel" or "Minimalist Jewelry" line. |
| Catalog | This space is for tech packs you've organized into a shareable catalog, perfect for presenting a line to partners or buyers. |
Just below these tabs, you've got a few more tools to slice and dice your view. The search bar is your best friend for when you know a name or keyword. Next to it, you can toggle between a grid view, which is great for visually scanning your designs, and a list view that gives you more detailed information at a glance. You can also use the status filter to narrow things down even further and the sort options to arrange your tech packs by date, name, or other criteria. It’s all about getting you to the right file with less clicking around.
Diving Deeper: Inside a Single Tech Pack
When you click to open one of your tech packs, you're taken to its detailed view. This is where the real management happens. It’s broken down into a few key areas to keep everything tidy.
The first thing you’ll see is the Overview. This is the heart of your tech pack—the complete, factory-ready blueprint of your product. All the specs, materials, colors, and design files you generated are laid out here clearly.
Next up, you have the Orders History. This tab becomes incredibly useful once you start requesting quotes. Every sample or quantity order you place for this specific product is logged here. It’s your personal ledger, helping you keep track of which manufacturers you've worked with and the status of your production runs for this design.
Finally, there’s Revision Management. Products evolve, and this is where you track those changes. Every time you tweak a design—maybe you change a material or adjust a measurement—a new version is tracked here. This is a lifesaver for avoiding confusion and making sure your manufacturer is always working from the latest and greatest version. No more digging through emails to find out which "final_final_v3.pdf" is the right one.
Related questions
What's the difference between a 'Draft' and a 'Published' tech pack?
Think of a 'Draft' as a work-in-progress. It's where your tech pack lives while you're still making tweaks and getting it just right. Once you're confident it's complete and factory-ready, you move it to 'Published', which signals that it’s a final version ready for production quotes.
Can I edit a tech pack after I've requested a quote?
Yes, you can. The revision management system is built for this. When you edit a tech pack that's already out for a quote, it helps you track the changes so you can clearly communicate any updates to your manufacturing partner, ensuring everyone is on the same page.
Where do I find the tech packs I just generated?
As soon as your tech pack is generated, it will appear in your Tech Packs dashboard. You'll find it under the 'All' tab and likely in the 'Draft' tab as well, waiting for your review before you finalize it for manufacturing.