> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://docs.tempoweave.com/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://docs.tempoweave.com/tempoweave-mobile/tempoweave-mobile-quick-start.md). # TempoWeave Mobile: Quick Start A short tour of the things you'll do in the first fifteen minutes. For deeper topics, see the full guides at [docs.tempoweave.com](https://docs.tempoweave.com). *** ### What TempoWeave Mobile is TempoWeave Mobile is the iPad, iPhone, and Android companion to TempoWeave Studio. It opens the same `.twa` and `.wif` files as the desktop version, drives the same TempoTreadle device, and shares the same cloud library. The three things you'll do most: 1. **Explore and edit drafts** — full drawing tools, colors, and design operations, wherever you are. 2. **Weave with the Weave Assistant** — follow your treadling pick by pick at the loom, hands-free with a TempoTreadle (TT3) sensor or advancing by tap. 3. **Thread with the Thread Assistant** — thread your loom in groups with big, readable heddle discs. *** ### First launch When the app opens with no draft loaded, **Browse Drafts** appears automatically. You'll find: * **Four sample drafts** already on your device — a towel, doubleweave placemats, a colorful 16-shaft scarf, and a full project with photos and a write-up. Tap **Open** on any of them and start exploring. They're yours: edit them, use them as starting points, or delete them. * **The public cloud pattern library** — drafts shared by weavers everywhere, free to browse and open. No account needed. Tap a row once to see details (thumbnail, shafts, treadles, sett); tap **Open** to load it. *** ### Opening and creating drafts Everything lives in the **☰ menu** (top-left), under FILE: * **Browse Drafts…** — your device library and the cloud library in one list, with search, filters, and tags. * **Open Local Draft…** — the system file picker, for `.twa` / `.wif` files stored anywhere else (Downloads, iCloud, Google Drive, email attachments). * **New Draft…** — set shafts, treadles, warp ends, and weft picks, pick a starting palette, and tap **Create**. Each open draft gets a tab above the canvas; tap a tab's **✕** to close it. Closing the last draft returns you to Browse Drafts. *** ### The draft surface * **Threading** (top), **Tie-up** (top corner), **Treadling** (side), and the **Drawdown** — the woven preview — as the main canvas, with **color strips** along the warp and weft edges. * **Pinch** to zoom. **Two-finger drag** to pan. * The **✋ pan toggle** (top bar) makes one-finger drags pan too — handy when you're zoomed in and don't want to edit by accident. ### Edit modes Three modes share the top bar — only one is active at a time: | Mode | How you enter it | What taps do | | ------------------ | ------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | **Read** (default) | Neither pencil nor paintbrush engaged | Look without changing anything. | | **Pencil ✎** | Tap the pencil | Tap cells in the threading, treadling, or tie-up to edit the structure. The drawdown updates immediately. Pick a drawing tool (Freehand, Straight, Point, Line) from the Tools panel. | | **Paintbrush 🖌** | Tap the brush | A color palette appears. Tap a swatch — its name shows beside the strip — then tap warp or weft threads to recolor them. | Tap the pencil or brush again to return to Read mode. **Undo ↶ / Redo ↷** cover every edit. ### The panels The panel buttons (bottom of the screen on phones, side rail on tablets) open tool panels: **Home**, **Project**, **Design**, **Tools**, **Yarns**, and **View** — draft operations, common weaves, the yarn catalog, fabric and 3D views, and more. *** ### Saving * **☰ → Save** saves the draft in place. New drafts ask for a name the first time and are saved into your **TempoWeave library** — the same list Browse Drafts shows. * **☰ → Save As…** saves a copy under a new name (or, via **Choose folder…**, anywhere on your device). * Your library is also visible in your device's file manager: **Files app → On My iPad/iPhone → TempoWeave** (iOS) or the app's folder under **Android/data** (Android). * **☰ → Export WIF…** writes a standard `.wif` for exchanging with other weaving software. Saving, exporting, snapshots, and cloud uploads unlock when you sign in with a TempoWeave Studio license (**☰ → Sign In…**). Viewing, browsing, and all the design tools are free for everyone. *** ### Weaving with a TempoTreadle The TempoTreadle device (TT3) attaches under your loom's treadles and reports each press over Wi-Fi, so the pattern advances hands-free. 1. Open **Weave Assistant** and tap the **⚙ gear**. 2. Tap **Set Up TempoTreadle…** and follow the wizard — it finds the box on your network, or walks you through joining the box to your home Wi-Fi the first time. 3. Once connected, tap **Done** and weave: press a treadle, and the assistant marks the pick and shows the next one. No TempoTreadle? The Weave Assistant still works — advance picks by tapping, and use the same counters, chimes, and section tracking. For the full story, see the Weave Assistant guide and the TempoTreadle 3 connection quickstart. *** ### Where to go next * [Finding Your Way Around — the layouts, panels, menu, and touch gestures.](/tempoweave-mobile/finding-your-way-around-mobile.md) * [Your Drafts & the Library — Browse Drafts, saving, cloud, and moving files in and out.](/tempoweave-mobile/your-drafts-and-the-library-mobile.md) * [Thread Assistant (Mobile) — threading the loom in groups.](/tempoweave-mobile/thread-assistant-mobile.md) * [Weave Assistant (Mobile) — weaving pick by pick, counters, chimes, treadle mapping.](/tempoweave-mobile/weave-assistant-mobile.md) For questions, email ****.