Using thesheet Product Clipper

How to add products using thesheet Product Clipper. 

Note: thesheet uses a Chrome Extension to gather information, click here to learn how to Install thesheet Product Clipper. 

Open a supplier website you’d like to source products from, or try this example, Audocph.com

Open up thesheet Product Clipper by clicking on the puzzle icon and select thesheet Clipper icon. 

Note: To save directly to a project, make sure you’ve created a project within thesheet. Otherwise you can save directly to your product library. 

Saving images 

1. With the Product Clipper open, right-click on the image you want to add. 

2. In the drop down select “Clip Image” with thesheet icon. 

*note the first image you select will be set as the primary image within thesheet

3. Continue selecting images by following step 1 and 2. 

4. To delete an image, hover over the image in thesheet product clipper and click the delete. 

Note: for the best results, click or zoom in on the image to get the highest resolution and then save it to the Clipper. This will ensure you always get the best quality images. 

Adding a product category 

Select the product category for your product to easily sort your project within thesheet. 

1. Click the category drop down in the Clipper
2. Start typing the product type you’re adding. 
3. Select the appropriate category from the list. 

Full list of product categories 

Adding product information. 

There are two ways to add product information in thesheet Product Clipper: Active and Inactive status.

Option 1: Inactive status

1. Ensure the Active button is greyed out, indicating Inactive status
2. Click the plus symbol next to the information that you want to add. The plus icon will change to blue.
3. Click on the text on the supplier website to add the information directly to thesheet

For specific text that is part of a paragraph, such as dimensions, highlight the text you wish to save, right click, and select “Clip section” with thesheet icon. 

Option 2: Active status

1. Click on the Active button in the top right corner of the Clipper. It will turn dark blue with a green icon, indicating Active status is on
2. Hover your cursor over the text you would like to add. A blue dashed border will appear over the selected text.
3. Right click on the selected text and choose the appropriate field from the dropdown menu to add the information to thesheet.

Clipping to thesheet

There are two ways to save your product information to thesheet: Clip directly to your project or Clip to add to your Product Library.

Option 1: Clip directly to a project in thesheet

1. After adding all relevant product information, select an active project from the dropdown menu.
2. Choose the Space within the project where you want to add the product. 
3. Click the Clip to Project button.

Note: if the button is greyed out, ensure you’ve selected an active project to add the product to. 

Option 2: Clip to your Product Library 

1. After adding all relevant product information, click the Save to Library button at the bottom of the Clipper. 

Learn how to build your Product Library

Resetting the Clipper 

*Note: you can clip each product to a project and to your product library. Once you are ready to Clip the next product, reset your Clipper to clear all of the information.