Leave the bench. Keep your place.

Start with the included sample

The sample project demonstrates the complete offline workflow. Open it from Projects, review the immutable plan snapshot, enter Bench, move the optional resume cursor, add a correction note, and complete one pass. Changes save locally as you work.

Create a reusable plan

A plan contains a name, source note, index-wheel tooth count, and ordered tiers. Each tier records the exact decimal angle, an explicit ordered index sequence, and its enabled cutting or polishing passes. Custom gears are supported because the gear is part of the plan, not a global app setting.

Wheel positions are stored from zero through one less than the tooth count. On a 96-tooth wheel, entering 96 is accepted as the familiar display alias for zero. A single sequence cannot contain both 0 and 96 because they refer to the same physical position. Fractions, negative positions, and positions beyond the gear are rejected.

Create a stone project

Starting a project copies the selected plan into that project. This snapshot protects work underway: editing the reusable plan later does not silently change the tiers or settings attached to an existing stone.

Add a stone or material description and bench notes if useful. Do not include personal or confidential information you would not want in a later PDF export.

Keep the authoritative diagram with the stone

From the project detail or Bench setup checkpoint, attach one PDF or image. FacetPilot copies the selected file into its private local container, so the original Files-provider location is not required at the machine. Open the copy from Bench to compare it with the active gear, angle, pass, lap, grit, and cheater note.

Replacing the source removes only the earlier local copy for that stone. Removing the attachment keeps the plan snapshot, progress, and notes. Deleting the project also deletes its owned source copy. The attachment limit is 100 MB.

Use Tier Pace for ordinary work

Tier Pace presents the current tier, pass, exact angle, and full ordered index sequence in a large display. You may move the resume cursor when a break is likely, but the normal completion action marks the whole tier pass complete at once. No per-facet tapping is required.

Use Guided Pace when each position matters

Guided Pace advances the cursor through individual ordered positions. It can help with an unfamiliar design, teaching, recovery, or a long interruption. Progress is isolated by tier and pass, so the same index in another row or polishing pass is a separate step.

Record the actual bench state

Lap or grit, cheater, meet-point, and correction fields are literal notes. FacetPilot does not infer a direction, transform a cheater value, remap gears, or claim a correction will produce a desired meet. Write the notation exactly as you intend to interpret it at your own machine.

Export a bench sheet

A bench-sheet PDF is a readable record of user-entered plan and project details. It is not calibrated geometry and does not prove that a design or setting is safe or correct.

The export uses Apple’s system share interface. You choose the destination. Keep the PDF private if project names or notes are sensitive.

If the app does not resume where expected

Confirm the correct stone project, tier, and pass are selected. Tier completion and Guided cursor position are intentionally separate. If a reusable plan changed, remember that an active project retains its earlier snapshot by design.

Include the gear tooth count, tier name, pass, displayed index sequence, expected resume point, app version, device, and OS in a support report. Do not send a bench PDF unless support specifically requests it and you have reviewed it.

Purchases

FacetPilot is a US $9.99 one-time paid download with no subscription or in-app purchase. There is no in-app restore button. Use the same Apple Account in the App Store to download a prior purchase again. Apple handles payment, refunds, regional pricing, and Family Sharing availability.

Accessibility

FacetPilot uses system text styles, labeled controls, large bench readouts, and text alternatives for visual progress. It supports Dynamic Type, VoiceOver, portrait and landscape, and iPad multitasking. If an interaction prevents you from completing a workflow, contact support with the screen and task involved.

Safety first

A phone or tablet must never obstruct guards, controls, drainage, ventilation, lighting, or a safe working posture. Stop the machine before interacting with the app whenever screen use would divide attention. Read the complete safety boundary.

Contact support

Email mannykin333@gmail.com. Include FacetPilot version 1.1, your iPhone or iPad model, iOS or iPadOS version, and the smallest reproducible sequence.