Release planning

CadCraft 0.8 impact map

Every fix and feature lined up for 0.8, and what each one touches: which apps, and which layers of the stack.

ProjectCadCraft
Sheet0.8 impact
Items297
Date2026-11-01
1Fix
269Feature
2Spike
0Platform
2Site ops
2Sanity check
21Decision
≈ 0days in the written 0.8 plans
  • Planned 0 on the plan for the release it is filed under
  • Built 297 built and working in /lab (the dev builds). Whether the public has it is its reach: "in the lab", "Live" (the last gate) or "switched off"; see docs/REACH-LIVE.md
  • Partly built 0 part of it is built in /lab; the rest waits (see "Waits on")
  • Promised 0 the live site already says it is coming
  • Moved 0 moved here from an earlier release or wishlist
  • Found 0 bug found after a release shipped; fixed in a point release or the next one
  • Candidate 0 recommended in a spike or session log; owner to choose
  • Community please test 0 built and in /use; a Discord post gives the steps and the expected result and asks people to try it on their own devices, files or know-how
  • Decision Time 0 a decision, check, file, key, flag or go only you can give; folds into the list once answered

Built means built and working in the lab. Live means the public can use it, and is the last gate: 293 Built · Live, 4 Built · in the lab.

Sheet 1 · impact areas

Where 0.8 lands

How many items touch each app and each layer, by kind. One item can touch several areas, so the rows add up to more than the item count. Pick a row to filter the schedule below.

Impact areaFixFeatureSpikePlatformSite opsSanity checkDecisionAll
Apps
CadCraft – 104 1 – 1 1 6 113
BimCraft 1 138 – – 1 1 4 145
ModelCraft – 63 1 – 1 1 3 69
MarkupCraft – 40 – – – 1 2 43
TakeoffCraft – 40 – – – 1 3 44
CivilCraft – 87 – – – 1 3 91
DetailCraft – 45 – – – 1 3 49
PartCraft – 97 1 – 1 2 7 108
Studio – 13 – – – 2 6 21
SuperCad Studio – 120 – – – – – 120
Layers
Site and services – 9 – – 1 – 9 19
Desktop host – 6 – – – 1 1 8
App shell – 17 – – – – 1 18
App code – 183 1 – – – 5 189
Our engines – 31 – – – – 1 32
Vendor engines – 2 – – 1 – – 3
Drawing surface – 4 – – – – – 4
Help and words – 9 – – – – 1 10
Tests and tooling – 3 – – – – 1 4

Sheet 2 · schedule

Every fix and feature

Grouped by track. App chips carry each app’s layer colour; Studio is in ink. "Waits on" names what has to happen first; the small lines under it say who asked and where the item is written up.

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ItemWhatAppsLayersStatusDaysWaits onIssues
Requests for 0.8 10
FeatureD8.14 Link to D8.14 Full-screen crosshair, edge to edge, in every app (CURSORSIZE 100)

Settings › General › Full-screen crosshair: one switch for all eight apps. Two thin lines through the pointer run edge to edge across the drawing or view under it, so you can check by eye that two things line up; toolbars, cards and hints over the view stay on top, and nothing changes with a finger. CadCraft draws it itself (in the active pane of a split view, following the UCS) and also has it as a fourth cursor size, Full screen, set by CURSORSIZE as in AutoCAD: 100 is full screen, a smaller number picks the nearest size (under 5 Small, 5–9 Medium, 10–99 Large). Discord 2026-10-30 (a Discord member, from the other CadCraft channel), owner: "need another feature added to 0.8 now", then "allow the fullscreen crosshairs on all apps". Built 2026-10-30, ready in /lab; plan docs/0.8-PART4.md § D8.14.

CadCraftBimCraftModelCraftMarkupCraftTakeoffCraftCivilCraftDetailCraftPartCraft App shellApp code Built · Live 1 – From: Discord community (Discord) Discord 2026-10-30 (owner: add to 0.8 now)
FeatureD8.15 Link to D8.15 MarkupCraft Copy area: copy part of a page (rectangle, circle, freeform), and copy it as a see-through overlay

A Copy area tool in MarkupCraft. Pick a shape (rectangle, circle/ellipse, freeform with the lasso), then a small bar offers: include markups on/off, resolution (screen, 150 or 300 dpi), Copy, and Copy as overlay. Copy puts a PNG of that part of the page on the system clipboard (outside a circle or freeform is see-through, not white), so it pastes into Word, email, other PDF and drawing apps; MarkupCraft also keeps its own clip with the source file, page, scale and area. Copy as overlay makes the paper see-through (near-white pixels clear), with an opacity (default 50%) and an optional one-colour tint so it stands out over another drawing. Pasted in MarkupCraft it becomes an image markup that follows the pointer until placed, then moves, turns, locks and keeps its opacity in the property panel. Save as PNG for apps that drop transparency on paste. Decided while building: the area is copied as a picture, not the PDF's vector lines (the Content tool's copy keeps vectors); a big area at a high resolution is lowered in dpi until the PNG is under 3 MB, the cap was not raised. The size travels between our apps through localStorage (same site), so CadCraft, BimCraft and DetailCraft paste it at the drawing's real size when the sheet had a scale. Built 2026-10-30, ready in /lab: MarkupCraft Edit › More › Copy an area of the page… (Copy, Copy as overlay, Save as PNG) and Line up a picture with two points; CadCraft PASTEAREA (picture at real size, DWG IMAGE with transparency); BimCraft Ctrl+V on a plan (D8.8 picture at true size); DetailCraft reference pictures on a level. Plan and test results: docs/0.8-PART4.md § D8.15. A user's ask, passed on by the owner 2026-10-30 ("add it now", then "build the whole thing").

CadCraftBimCraftMarkupCraftDetailCraft App codeDrawing surfaceHelp and words Built · Live 3 – User ask via the owner, 2026-10-30
Regional standards 1
FeatureREG.1 Link to REG.1 Building regulations by jurisdiction (country, later state, county, city) as library packs

Building regulations by jurisdiction, kept in the library so they stay current outside the apps: a corrected limit or new edition is a new library version, not an app release. Full note: docs/0.8-ZA-STANDARDS.md section 1a. Granularity: country first (ISO 3166-1), later state (ISO 3166-2), county or district, city. Each level inherits the one above and can add, change or remove single rules; the report says where each rule came from. A pack is data only, never code: rules (applies to, comparison, value with unit, clause number, our own label), defaults, edition and dates. An ADD-ON, not part of the apps (owner: not in every app): the bundled BimCraft add-on 'Building regulations', off until switched on. Packs will be a Library item kind so people can submit their own; the doc lists the decisions (trust, who may publish a reference pack, copyright, pinned versions). BUILT in /lab (2026-10-25), first slice: the add-on (add-on API 1.2 hook), the pack format, a US (IRC 2021) pack and a South African sample, a Settings section, stairs that follow the pack, a Building regulations schedule. Packs are files beside the add-on for now. LEFT: the Library kind and submissions, pinned versions per project, state/county/city packs, other apps, a check report with sources. The South African numbers are UNCHECKED.

CadCraftBimCraftCivilCraftDetailCraft App codeSite and servicesHelp and words Built · Live – Library kind decisions (owner meeting 2026-10-26) From: Owner docs/0.8-ZA-STANDARDS.md Read the doc
Input devices (Track ID) 6
FeatureID.5 Link to ID.5 Every app hands its views to the input devices

Each app's 2D and 3D views can be moved by any device: CadCraft, BimCraft, ModelCraft, MarkupCraft, TakeoffCraft, CivilCraft, DetailCraft and PartCraft. Owner's request 2026-10-27. Plan docs/0.8-PART4.md.

CadCraftBimCraftModelCraftMarkupCraftTakeoffCraftCivilCraftDetailCraftPartCraft App code Built · Live 2 – From: owner (Owner) Owner, 2026-10-27 (put in the 0.8 stream)
Engineering gaps (Track EG) 58
FeatureEG.5 Link to EG.5 Foundation design checks: footings, mats, piles, retaining walls

Check spread and combined footings, mats, pile groups and retaining walls: bearing, sliding, overturning and reinforcement, from the structure's reactions, with the clauses cited. Owner's review list 2026-10-27 (duplicates removed). Plan docs/0.8-PART5.md.

BimCraftDetailCraft App code Built · Live 8 SU.1056 From: owner (Owner) Owner, 2026-10-27 (engineering gaps list, add to 0.8)
FeatureEG.6 Link to EG.6 Timber and light-gauge framing: framed panels with cut lists

Frame walls, floors and roofs from BimCraft elements in timber or light-gauge steel (studs, plates, headers, joists, rafters), with cut lists and panel shop drawings. Owner's review list 2026-10-27 (duplicates removed). Plan docs/0.8-PART5.md.

BimCraftDetailCraft App code Built · Live 10 BimCraft: light-gauge steel framing and floor / roof panel drawings (timber walls, floors, roofs, cut list and wall sheets exist); then GH.3 From: owner (Owner) Owner, 2026-10-27 (engineering gaps list, add to 0.8)
FeatureEG.18 Link to EG.18 Calc sheets: live, unit-aware calculations saved with the file

A calculation sheet beside the drawing or model: formulas with units, checked and converted as you type, values that can read from and drive parameters, saved in the file and printed with the set. Owner's review list 2026-10-27 (duplicates removed). Plan docs/0.8-PART5.md.

CadCraftBimCraftModelCraftMarkupCraftTakeoffCraftCivilCraftDetailCraftPartCraft App shellApp code Built · Live 8 – From: owner (Owner) Owner, 2026-10-27 (engineering gaps list, add to 0.8)
FeatureEG.23 Link to EG.23 Guided lessons in every app, with badges

Step-by-step lessons inside each app that check what the person did, from first steps to a finished drawing or model, with badges for finished courses. Owner's review list 2026-10-27 (duplicates removed). Plan docs/0.8-PART5.md. Widened 2026-10-27 (second list): a mentor mode that gives hints, not answers, and tracks skills.

CadCraftBimCraftModelCraftMarkupCraftTakeoffCraftCivilCraftDetailCraftPartCraft App codeHelp and words Built · Live 10 – From: owner (Owner) Owner, 2026-10-27 (engineering gaps list, add to 0.8)
FeatureEG.29 Link to EG.29 Live analysis while you edit

Stress, deflection and heat flow colour the part while you edit it, and frames while you drag a beam: a coarse result at once, refined when you stop. No Run button; it can be paused. Owner's second list 2026-10-27 (duplicates removed). Plan docs/0.8-PART5.md § Second list.

BimCraftDetailCraftPartCraft App codeOur engines Built · Live 10 – From: owner (Owner) Owner, 2026-10-27 (engineering ideas list, add to 0.8)
FeatureEG.30 Link to EG.30 Running totals in the status bar: cost, carbon, weight, time

Cost (TakeoffCraft prices), embodied carbon, weight and schedule time shown in the status bar and updated with every edit, with the change since the last save. Owner's second list 2026-10-27 (duplicates removed). Plan docs/0.8-PART5.md § Second list.

CadCraftBimCraftModelCraftMarkupCraftTakeoffCraftCivilCraftDetailCraftPartCraft App shellApp code Built · Live 6 – From: owner (Owner) Owner, 2026-10-27 (engineering ideas list, add to 0.8)
FeatureEG.31 Link to EG.31 Break it: find the worst case and show how it fails

One command searches for the worst load case and combination, the weakest member or connection, and the escape route that fails the regulation pack, then shows the failure on the model. Solver and rule based; an assistant can drive it. Owner's second list 2026-10-27 (duplicates removed). Plan docs/0.8-PART5.md § Second list.

BimCraftDetailCraftPartCraft App code Built · Live 8 – From: owner (Owner) Owner, 2026-10-27 (engineering ideas list, add to 0.8)
FeatureEG.34 Link to EG.34 Design reasons: why each element is what it is

Each element can carry its reasons: the requirement, the load, the calc sheet, the rule and the decision note. Click a beam and see why it is that size; assistants read the same record. Owner's second list 2026-10-27 (duplicates removed). Plan docs/0.8-PART5.md § Second list.

CadCraftBimCraftModelCraftMarkupCraftTakeoffCraftCivilCraftDetailCraftPartCraft App code Built · Live 8 – From: owner (Owner) Owner, 2026-10-27 (engineering ideas list, add to 0.8)
FeatureEG.43 Link to EG.43 Constructability checks in Problems

The things an experienced engineer catches: no room to fit or turn a bolt, weld access, edge distances, water paths at details. Rules in Problems, building on DetailCraft's design checks. Owner's second list 2026-10-27 (duplicates removed). Plan docs/0.8-PART5.md § Second list.

CadCraftBimCraftDetailCraftPartCraft App code Built · Live 8 – From: owner (Owner) Owner, 2026-10-27 (engineering ideas list, add to 0.8)
FeatureEG.51 Link to EG.51 Supplier stock and lead times in the price library

Read price, stock and lead-time files or feeds from suppliers the person connects, and prefer sections that are in stock this month. Owner's second list 2026-10-27 (duplicates removed). Plan docs/0.8-PART5.md § Second list.

TakeoffCraftDetailCraft App code Built · Live 6 supplier prices into the price library; TakeoffCraft to move to lib/supply (inbox) From: owner (Owner) Owner, 2026-10-27 (engineering ideas list, add to 0.8)
FeatureEG.72 Link to EG.72 DetailCraft: erection movie with crane picks

From the erection phases: crane picks (weight, radius, the crane's chart) and sequence, played as an animation the crew can open on a phone. Great Eight headliner. Owner's third list 2026-10-27 (Great Eight headliners; duplicates removed). Plan docs/0.8-PART5.md § Third list.

DetailCraft App code Built · Live 8 – From: owner (Owner) Owner, 2026-10-27 (Great Eight list, add to 0.8)
FeatureEG.73 Link to EG.73 DetailCraft: connection autopilot

Place connections on every joint of the model by your rules in one run, and check each one. Owner's third list 2026-10-27 (Great Eight headliners; duplicates removed). Plan docs/0.8-PART5.md § Third list.

DetailCraft App code Built · Live 8 – From: owner (Owner) Owner, 2026-10-27 (Great Eight list, add to 0.8)
FeatureEG.74 Link to EG.74 DetailCraft: rebar congestion map

Colours where bars are too close for concrete to flow, against the clear-spacing rule and the aggregate size. Owner's third list 2026-10-27 (Great Eight headliners; duplicates removed). Plan docs/0.8-PART5.md § Third list.

DetailCraft App code Built · Live 4 – From: owner (Owner) Owner, 2026-10-27 (Great Eight list, add to 0.8)
Connect your AI (Track AC) 7
FeatureAC.5 Link to AC.5 Ready-made prompts and skills for each app

Each app offers prompts and instructions through MCP (and as files for platforms that take skills or custom instructions), so any assistant knows the tools and our rules from the first message: dimension a plan, check a model, total a takeoff, run a design study. Owner 2026-10-27 ("make it easy to connect to from their AI platforms"). Plan docs/0.8-PART5.md § Connect your AI. Widened 2026-10-27 (Connect your AI list): skill packs per app and per discipline (structural, MEP, civil, aerospace), and a gallery of tested prompt starters in each app ("audit this sheet set", "count every fixture").

CadCraftBimCraftModelCraftMarkupCraftTakeoffCraftCivilCraftDetailCraftPartCraft App codeHelp and words Built · Live 4 – From: owner (Owner) Owner, 2026-10-27 (Great Eight release angle: connect your AI)
FeatureAC.8 Link to AC.8 Ask box in every app, answered by your connected AI

A box in each app to ask or instruct in plain words — "show me every 2-hour wall", "12 by 16 room, 3-foot door centred on the south wall" — sent to the AI the person connected, which answers with the app's own tools: it selects, highlights in 3D or draws, each change one undo step. Owner's third list 2026-10-27 (Great Eight headliners; duplicates removed). Plan docs/0.8-PART5.md § Third list.

CadCraftBimCraftModelCraftMarkupCraftTakeoffCraftCivilCraftDetailCraftPartCraftStudio App shellApp code Built · Live 5 – From: owner (Owner) Owner, 2026-10-27 (Great Eight list, add to 0.8)
FeatureAC.12 Link to AC.12 Suggest mode: AI edits arrive as a change set to accept

A third permission between Read and Edit: the assistant proposes, and its edits arrive as a reviewable change set (shown on the drawing, like a pull request) that the person accepts or rejects in whole or in part. Permissions per app and per project. Owner's Connect your AI list 2026-10-27 (duplicates removed). Plan docs/0.8-PART5.md § Connect your AI.

CadCraftBimCraftModelCraftMarkupCraftTakeoffCraftCivilCraftDetailCraftPartCraftStudio App shellApp code Built · Live 8 – From: owner (Owner) Owner, 2026-10-27 (Great Eight: Connect your AI)
FeatureAC.14 Link to AC.14 Firm standards packs for every AI

A firm loads its layers, text styles, details and rules once; every assistant gets them with the tools and its work is checked against them (the drawing check and Problems). Owner's Connect your AI list 2026-10-27 (duplicates removed). Plan docs/0.8-PART5.md § Connect your AI.

CadCraftBimCraftModelCraftMarkupCraftTakeoffCraftCivilCraftDetailCraftPartCraft App code Built · Live 4 AC.5 From: owner (Owner) Owner, 2026-10-27 (Great Eight: Connect your AI)
FeatureAC.15 Link to AC.15 Tool results that let the AI check its own work

Every tool returns a clear error with what to try, and a preview (picture or numbers) of what it did or would do, so an assistant can check itself instead of guessing. Owner's Connect your AI list 2026-10-27 (duplicates removed). Plan docs/0.8-PART5.md § Connect your AI.

CadCraftBimCraftModelCraftMarkupCraftTakeoffCraftCivilCraftDetailCraftPartCraft App code Built · Live 4 – From: owner (Owner) Owner, 2026-10-27 (Great Eight: Connect your AI)
Field packs (Track FL) 75
FeatureFL.0 Link to FL.0 Field packs: one add-on kind that sets up every app for an engineering field

A data-only add-on kind `field` (cadcraft-field-pack v1): a manifest that lists, per host, the pieces a field needs — symbols, families, standard parts, templates, standards packs (REG.1 format), calc sheets (EG.18), Problems rules, lessons (EG.23), a skill pack (AC.5), a layout (WS.17), generators (CE), a sample file — and installs them in one step in every app and SuperCad Studio; a Fields page in the add-on directory with honest coverage cards; a build tool that assembles a pack from its sources; tests. Plan docs/0.8-PART6.md (Track FL).

CadCraftBimCraftModelCraftMarkupCraftTakeoffCraftCivilCraftDetailCraftPartCraftStudioSuperCad Studio App codeSite and services Built · Live 6 – Owner 2026-10-28 ("build a support/add-on library for each space")
FeatureFL.2 Link to FL.2 Field pack: Structural engineering

One install that sets up every app (and SuperCad Studio) for structural engineering: member and connection libraries, load-combination templates, calc sheets (beam, column, footing), design-check Problems. Builds on lib/frame, concrete + seismic (SU.1056), plates, EG.5/EG.6/EG.43. Coverage today: ✅. The pack's card says plainly what it does and what it does not do yet. Plan docs/0.8-PART6.md (Track FL).

BimCraftDetailCraftPartCraftSuperCad Studio App code Built · Live 1.5 FL.0 Owner 2026-10-28 ("build a support/add-on library for each space")
FeatureFL.8 Link to FL.8 Field pack: Geotechnical engineering

One install that sets up every app (and SuperCad Studio) for geotechnical engineering: boring log templates, soil libraries, bearing/settlement/slope calc sheets. Builds on EG.9 (built), EG.5. Coverage today: 🟡. The pack's card says plainly what it does and what it does not do yet. Plan docs/0.8-PART6.md (Track FL).

CivilCraftDetailCraftSuperCad Studio App code Built · Live 2.5 FL.0 Owner 2026-10-28 ("build a support/add-on library for each space")
FeatureFL.23 Link to FL.23 Field pack: Manufacturing and production engineering (CAM, sheet metal)

One install that sets up every app (and SuperCad Studio) for manufacturing and production engineering (cam, sheet metal): post-processor and tool libraries, sheet-metal gauge tables, cycle-time calc sheets. Builds on CAM (LC.15), nesting (LC.17), sheet metal. Coverage today: 🟡. The pack's card says plainly what it does and what it does not do yet. Plan docs/0.8-PART6.md (Track FL).

DetailCraftPartCraftSuperCad Studio App code Built · Live 2.5 FL.0 Owner 2026-10-28 ("build a support/add-on library for each space")
FeatureFL.28 Link to FL.28 Field pack: Quality and metrology (inspection, CMM, GD&T)

One install that sets up every app (and SuperCad Studio) for quality and metrology (inspection, cmm, gd&t): GD&T symbol set, inspection-plan templates, QIF in/out, scan-vs-CAD deviation reports. Builds on LC.18 stack-ups, LC.3 scan compare. Coverage today: ⬜. The pack's card says plainly what it does and what it does not do yet. Plan docs/0.8-PART6.md (Track FL).

CadCraftDetailCraftPartCraftSuperCad Studio App code Built · Live 3 FL.0 Owner 2026-10-28 ("build a support/add-on library for each space")
FeatureFL.66 Link to FL.66 Field pack: Tunnel and underground engineering

One install that sets up every app (and SuperCad Studio) for tunnel and underground engineering: segment-ring and support templates, convergence-confinement calc sheets. Builds on corridors, lib/frame. Coverage today: ⬜. The pack's card says plainly what it does and what it does not do yet. Plan docs/0.8-PART6.md (Track FL).

CivilCraftDetailCraftSuperCad Studio App code Built · Live 3 FL.0 Owner 2026-10-28 ("build a support/add-on library for each space")
FeatureFL.69 Link to FL.69 Field pack: Security and blast-resistant design

One install that sets up every app (and SuperCad Studio) for security and blast-resistant design: stand-off and blast-load calc sheets from US-government public methods, protective layout templates. Builds on lib/frame, EG.47 hazards. Coverage today: ⬜. The pack's card says plainly what it does and what it does not do yet. Plan docs/0.8-PART6.md (Track FL).

BimCraftDetailCraftSuperCad Studio App code Built · Live 3 FL.0 Owner 2026-10-28 ("build a support/add-on library for each space")
FeatureFL.70 Link to FL.70 Field pack: Systems engineering (requirements, traceability)

One install that sets up every app (and SuperCad Studio) for systems engineering (requirements, traceability): requirements linked to model elements, ReqIF in/out, verification matrix. Builds on SU.915 tags, Problems. Coverage today: ⬜. The pack's card says plainly what it does and what it does not do yet. Plan docs/0.8-PART6.md (Track FL).

CadCraftBimCraftModelCraftMarkupCraftTakeoffCraftCivilCraftDetailCraftPartCraftSuperCad Studio App code Built · Live 3 FL.0 Owner 2026-10-28 ("build a support/add-on library for each space")
Industry readiness (Track IND) 2
FeatureIND.5 Link to IND.5 Engineering report kit

Clause-traced calculation reports (inputs, equations, results, revision block, engineer-of-record signature line) shared by every engine Plan docs/0.8-PART3-INDUSTRY.md § 6 (closes the industry bar in § 2).

CadCraftBimCraftCivilCraftDetailCraftPartCraftSuperCad Studio App code Built · Live 4 – Owner 2026-10-28 (part 3 → useful to industry engineers)
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