Nechtr is a professional lighting design app built for outdoor lighting contractors. It helps designers build detailed project proposals — scenes, fixture schedules, wattage totals, logistics — and share them with the contractor community through a social Bill of Materials feed.

Milestone 3 established the core user platform: accounts, cloud data ownership, a personal fixture library, and a community sharing layer.

Before this milestone, contractors had no user identity in the app. Projects couldn't be saved to the cloud, fixtures couldn't be stored for reuse, and there was no way to share designs with clients or peers. The app had strong potential but no persistence or community layer to build on.

User Accounts Contractors can now sign up, sign in, and own their data. Every project, fixture, and photo is tied to their account and accessible across devices.

Cloud Project Sync All project data — design options, scenes, fixtures, photos, and logistics — saves automatically to the cloud and syncs in real time. No manual saving, no lost work.

Personal Fixture Library Each contractor builds and owns their own fixture library. They can add fixtures by brand, model, and wattage — and manage them with simple swipe gestures to edit or delete entries. It's designed to grow with them over time.

BOM Social Feed The BOM Feed is a community space where contractors browse Bills of Materials shared by peers. Each post shows the author, design stats, and fixture details — turning a solo tool into a professional network.

Scene Photo Tagging Contractors can photograph real installation sites and tag fixture placements directly on the image, keeping visual context tied to every scene in the proposal.

Email BOM Export A built-in email composer lets contractors send a formatted Bill of Materials directly to clients without leaving the app.

Milestone 3 transformed Nechtr from a local prototype into a live, multi-user platform. Contractors now have persistent cloud projects, a personal fixture library they grow over time, and a community feed to browse real-world lighting designs from peers — the foundation the rest of the product is built on.