Getting started
Setting up your workspace
Your Haunch workspace is the container for your entire practice — all projects, team members and settings live inside it. This page covers the essentials to get started.
Name your workspace
- 1Go to Settings (bottom of the left rail) → Workspace.
- 2Set the workspace name to your practice name — for example Trinder & Associates or Flynn Structural Engineering.
- 3Click Save. This name appears on exported documents and audit records.
Configure task labels
Haunch ships with five default task labels that reflect typical UK and Irish engineering workflows: RFI, Drawing, Calc, Council and Building Regs.
If your practice uses different categories, go to Settings → Labels to add, rename or reorder them. Labels are workspace-wide — they appear across every project.
NoteThink carefully before adding custom labels. A short, consistent set of labels is more useful in practice than a long, granular one.
Create your first project
Head to Projects and click + New project. See Creating a project for a full walkthrough of the form.
Invite your team
Go to Settings → Members and send invitations by email. Each member chooses their own password when they accept. See Inviting your team for more.
Last updated June 2026