Integrations — Dropbox Delivery
Connect your shop's Dropbox account and TimberCloud will drop order documents and machine files straight into it — no downloading and filing by hand. Every invoice, quote, cut sheet, or export can land in the folder you choose, named the way you want, the moment it's generated.
Navigation: Settings → Integrations → Dropbox
Availability: The Integrations page is reachable on any plan (with Settings access). The files it delivers — CSV/ORD exports, CAM DXF, cut sheets — come from paid features, so Dropbox delivery is most useful on Build and up where those exports exist.
Connecting Dropbox
- Go to Settings → Integrations → Dropbox.
- Click Connect Dropbox. You're redirected to Dropbox to sign in and approve access.
- Approve, and Dropbox sends you back here. The status badge flips to Connected and shows the account email.
Files always land inside a dedicated TimberCloud app folder in your Dropbox — under /Apps/TimberCloud/… — so nothing else in your Dropbox is touched. Subfolders you name are created automatically on the first upload.
Connection status
| Badge | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Connected | Working — files will be delivered. |
| Not connected / Disconnected | No account linked, or you disconnected it. |
| Reconnect required | Dropbox revoked the connection — reconnect to resume deliveries. |
| Expired / Error | A temporary problem reaching Dropbox; reconnect or retry. |
Test connection sends a quick check and confirms Dropbox is reachable (and which account you're on). Disconnect unlinks the account and stops all deliveries.
Note: If you connected but granted too few permissions, a warning appears saying deliveries are blocked. Fix it by enabling the missing permissions on your Dropbox app, then disconnect and reconnect here — permission changes only apply to a fresh connection.
Delivery settings — the routing matrix
Once connected, a Delivery settings panel appears with one row per type of file. For each one you decide whether it goes to Dropbox, where it lands, what it's named, and when it's sent.
Turn on a row's checkbox to enable it, then set its options.
File types you can route
| File type | What it is |
|---|---|
| Invoice PDF | The customer invoice document. |
| Quote PDF | The quote document. |
| Acknowledgement PDF | The order acknowledgement document. |
| Cutsheet PDF | The shop build/cut sheet. |
| CSV export | Your product's custom CSV export templates (from the product's Production tab). |
| ORD export | The Cabinet Vision ORD export (one file per line item). |
| CAM DXF | The nested CNC sheets from a CAM export. |
Options per row
| Option | What it controls |
|---|---|
| Folder | The subfolder (under the app folder) where this file lands. Created on first upload. |
| Filename template | The file's name, built from tokens (see below). |
| Deliver (trigger) | When the file is sent — see the trigger table. |
| Write mode | Overwrite replaces a file of the same name; Add (versioned) keeps both (Dropbox renames the new one, e.g. file (1).pdf). |
| Files (CSV only) | Combined = one file per template with items merged; Per item = one file per line item. |
Filename tokens
Build a filename from any of these placeholders:
{orderNum} {type} {version} {date} {customer} {n} {ext} {group}
For example, {orderNum}-{type}-{date} might produce 1447-invoice-2026-08-15.pdf. TimberCloud test-renders your template when you save, so a broken pattern is caught before it's used.
Triggers — when a file is delivered
| Trigger | Fires when |
|---|---|
| On status change | An order reaches a status you name (e.g. "Ordered"). You can also tick Re-deliver when the order is edited, which re-sends only if the file's contents actually changed. |
| On document create | A document (like an invoice) is generated. |
| On app export | You run the matching export from the app. |
| Manual only | Never automatic — only when you choose to send it. |
Note: Some files can only be delivered when you export them from the app — CAM DXF is one. Those rows show "client export only" and offer just the manual / on-app-export triggers, not status-change automation.
Click Save delivery settings when you're done. Changes take effect on the next trigger.
Recent uploads
Below the settings is a live Recent uploads log — your audit trail of what went to Dropbox. Each row shows the filename and its Dropbox path, the related order, a status, and when it happened.
| Status | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Uploaded | Delivered successfully. |
| Pending | Queued or in progress. |
| Failed | Something went wrong (the error is shown). |
| Skipped | The rules meant this one wasn't sent. |
Rows that can be re-sent show a Retry button. The list refreshes on its own as new files are delivered.
Next Steps
- Export Builders — set up the CSV and ORD exports that Dropbox delivers
- CNC / CAM Settings — configure the CAM DXF and G-code files you can route
- Shop Settings — build-sheet appearance for the cut sheets you deliver