Release planning

CadCraft 0.7 impact map

What is left from 0.6 and what comes next: every item that was not finished when 0.6 shipped moved here with its status, plus new requests. 0.6 itself keeps what was built.

ProjectCadCraft
Sheet0.7 impact
Items148
Date2026-10-21
6Fix
71Feature
2Spike
7Platform
5Site ops
18Sanity check
39Decision
≈ 21days in the planned and moved items
  • Planned 31 0.6 part 1 or part 2 list
  • Built 1 built and working in /lab (the dev builds); ships with 0.6
  • Partly built 19 part of it is built in /lab; the rest waits (see "Waits on")
  • Promised 2 the live site already says 0.6
  • Moved 1 moved from the 0.5 wishlist
  • Found 0 bug found after 0.5 shipped; 0.5.1 or 0.6
  • Candidate 47 recommended for 0.6 in a spike or session log; owner to choose
  • Community please test 14 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 33 a decision, check, file, key, flag or go only you can give; folds into the list once answered

Sheet 1 · impact areas

Where 0.7 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 4 37 1 – – 6 14 62
BimCraft – 24 – – – 5 10 39
ModelCraft – 14 1 – – 6 5 26
MarkupCraft – 7 – – – 2 1 10
TakeoffCraft – 5 – – – 3 3 11
CivilCraft – 8 – – – 2 3 13
DetailCraft – 5 – – – 2 2 9
PartCraft – 14 1 – – 8 8 31
Studio 2 12 – 7 1 7 8 37
SuperCadCraft – – – – – – – 0
Layers
Site and services – 9 – 3 2 – 21 35
Desktop host – 4 – 6 – 4 3 17
App shell – 3 – – – 1 1 5
App code – 28 – – – 2 9 39
Our engines – 5 1 – – 1 1 8
Vendor engines – 4 – – – – 2 6
Drawing surface – 5 – – – 1 – 6
Help and words – 4 1 – – 1 2 8
Tests and tooling – 2 1 – – – 3 6

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
Fixes 4
Sanity checkM3D-DRIFT Link to M3D-DRIFT CadCraft’s 3D kernel copy has drifted from ModelCraft’s

cadcraft/dev/m3d/ differs from ModelCraft’s since 2026-10-15 (before the lc-model session). It was not re-copied because CadCraft never animates, so it does not need the new methods. Decide whether to re-copy on the next sync, and run the CadCraft 3D tests if so.

CadCraftModelCraft Planned – – From: session lc-model (Session) lc-model session report
One lineup (consolidation) 19
FeatureLC.2 Link to LC.2 Working together in the cloud

Covers Forma Design Collaboration, BIM Collaborate and Docs. Team projects across every app, versions, comments and BCF issues on any file, a federated team model, notifications. Restarts "Working together, step 2". Discord CSV 2026-10-21: Asked again on Discord (#SolidCraft Oct 17; #technical-development Oct 17): save to Google Drive or other cloud folders, a shared cloud-storage brick for all apps, real-time collaboration across all apps. Cloud folders on B2 are specced (docs/CLOUD-FOLDERS-SPEC.md); synced Drive/OneDrive folders work today through the folder picker.

CadCraftBimCraftModelCraftMarkupCraftTakeoffCraftCivilCraftDetailCraftPartCraftStudio Site and servicesDesktop hostApp shell Candidate 8–10 Owner: B2 driver, SYNC_PUBLIC From: owner (Owner) 0.6-PART3 LC.2
FeatureLC.21 Link to LC.21 Beginner 3D and print prep

Covers Tinkercad, Meshmixer and Netfabb. A beginner mode in ModelCraft, and print prep on the 3D-print check: repair, hollow, supports preview, STL/3MF.

ModelCraft App code Partly built 3 – From: owner (Owner) 0.6-PART3 LC.21
FeatureBot obtainedDC.54 Link to DC.54 RhinoCraft or GrasshopperCraft: parametric modeling and scripting

Request to create a RhinoCraft or GrasshopperCraft product with parametric modeling and scripting capabilities like Rhino and Grasshopper.

ModelCraftPartCraft Candidate – – From: Discord community (Discord) Discord #suggest-a-craft, Oct 14, 2026
Decision Time 42
DecisionOLD-GPL Link to OLD-GPL Retire old releases with GPL code

Retire the frozen 0.1–0.4 folders that still load libredwg-web, Pyodide or OpenCascade.

CadCraftBimCraftModelCraftPartCraft Vendor enginesSite and services Decision Time – You: decision From: asked of the owner by: TASKS; libredwg-retired (Session) TASKS; libredwg-retired
DecisionSUGGEST Link to SUGGEST Move suggestion statuses

On /admin/suggestions move #507, #600, #572, #578, #531, #462, #573 (and #461, #567); this emails people.

CadCraftBimCraftModelCraftPartCraft Site and services Decision Time – You: publish From: asked of the owner by: sg-cad-bim, sg-model-part (Session) sg-cad-bim, sg-model-part
DecisionIP-NAMES Link to IP-NAMES Input style names

Per-app style names, missing family members, PartCraft orbit, single-letter keys in the Civil and Steel ribbons.

CadCraftBimCraftModelCraftMarkupCraftTakeoffCraftCivilCraftDetailCraftPartCraft App shell Decision Time – You: decision From: asked of the owner by: input-apps, input-shell (Session) input-apps, input-shell
DecisionRENDER-NEXT Link to RENDER-NEXT Render follow-ups

Live textures in BimCraft’s 3D view, and keeping the 15 entourage items.

BimCraftModelCraft App code Decision Time – You: decision From: asked of the owner by: render (Session) render
DecisionOLD-REPOS Link to OLD-REPOS Retire the old per-app repos

Archive the old local per-app repositories once the public app repos are confirmed complete. They are never published.

CadCraftBimCraftModelCraftCivilCraft Tests and tooling Decision Time – You: decision From: asked of the owner by: closing (Session) closing
Community please test 14
Sanity checkPH-FOLD Link to PH-FOLD Real fold-phone check

Outer and inner screen and the hinge in book posture, on hardware.

CadCraftBimCraftModelCraftMarkupCraftTakeoffCraftCivilCraftDetailCraftPartCraftStudio App shell Community please test – Testers on Discord: the post (steps and expected result) is drafted in docs/community-tests/PH-FOLD.md and waits on the owner's OK to post From: asked of the owner by: phones (Session) phones
Sanity checkRENDER-GPU Link to RENDER-GPU Time renders on a real graphics card

Best at 4K and High quality in /lab/modelcraft on your machine; report the times. One data point so far: a 49-frame 480p animation video took 38 s on this busy server’s CPU graphics. Rendering and headset speed on a real graphics card are still unmeasured.

BimCraftModelCraft Drawing surface Community please test – Testers on Discord: the post (steps and expected result) is drafted in docs/community-tests/RENDER-GPU.md and waits on the owner's OK to post From: asked of the owner by: render (Session) render
Sanity checkES-MX Link to ES-MX Native Spanish review

A native speaker reviews the es-MX drafts (about 3,700 new strings) so "borrador" can come off.

CadCraftBimCraftModelCraftMarkupCraftTakeoffCraftCivilCraftDetailCraftPartCraftStudio Help and words Community please test – Testers on Discord: the post (steps and expected result) is drafted in docs/community-tests/ES-MX.md and waits on the owner's OK to post From: asked of the owner by: closing, cad-mep (Session) closing, cad-mep
Sanity checkVR-HEADSET Link to VR-HEADSET Try VR design review on a real headset

LC.19 ran only in an emulator. Put on a real headset, open a model in ModelCraft and BimCraft, enter VR, and report what works (movement, comfort, anything that fails).

BimCraftModelCraft Community please test – Testers on Discord: the post (steps and expected result) is drafted in docs/community-tests/VR-HEADSET.md and waits on the owner's OK to post From: session lc-model (Session) lc-model session report
Sanity checkVR-STUDIO Link to VR-STUDIO Does Studio’s web view offer WebXR?

Not checked. If Studio’s web views have no WebXR, the VR button there says “No VR headset found” and VR is browser-only. Open VR in the packed Studio on Windows, macOS and Linux and say which, so the help and release notes tell the truth.

BimCraftModelCraftStudio Community please test – Testers on Discord: the post (steps and expected result) is drafted in docs/community-tests/VR-STUDIO.md and waits on the owner's OK to post From: session lc-model (Session) lc-model session report
Recommended for 0.6, owner to choose 4
FeaturePT-GPU Link to PT-GPU WebGPU path tracer

The WebGL path tracer is deprecated upstream; moving needs WebGPU everywhere we run plus three’s WebGPU build.

BimCraftModelCraft Vendor enginesDrawing surface Candidate – – From: render session (Session) render log
FeatureWALK Link to WALK Rendered walkthrough video

Frame-by-frame video from a saved walkthrough. ModelCraft has it. BimCraft’s shared parts are in, but the button belongs in BimCraft’s Views files: about 0.3 d once you give the go.

BimCraftModelCraft App codeDrawing surface Partly built – BimCraft button: waits on your go (about 0.3 d) From: owner (Owner) 0.5-PART4 RC.11
Drafting and app features 14
FeatureMC-DIVIDE Link to MC-DIVIDE ModelCraft: divide a line or arc into equal parts

With an edge or arc selected, typing /n in the value box (the same /3 that spreads Move copies today) splits it into n equal edges, with a vertex at each division. An arc is divided along its curve, by equal angle, not along its chord. A curve made of many segments (a circle's or an arc's edges) is divided by length along the whole curve. Also a Divide… item on the right-click menu that asks for the number, so it works on a tablet with no keyboard. One undo step. Build it on model.js splitEdge. In the m3d kernel, so re-copy to the other apps (docs/3D-SPEC.md). Tests in bin/test-modelcraft.mjs: a line /3, an arc /4 (equal angles), a 24-segment circle /6, undo.

ModelCraft App code Planned 1 – From: Discord community (Discord) Discord, Oct 19, 2026
FeatureMC-CALC Link to MC-CALC ModelCraft: arithmetic in the value box (tape measure, Move, Push/pull)

ModelCraft was left out of DF.3 (0.6 typed arithmetic): its value box reads 2.5 but refuses 2.5/3, 4+7/16 and (2.5)/3. Give it its own copy of the DF.3 parser (cadcraft/dev/lencalc.js rules: + - * / and parentheses over lengths with units, no eval, a refusal that says where) and use it in units.js parseValue for every length, in the tape measure and every other tool. A leading /n, n x, *n and ns keep their meanings (divide copies, array, sides), so /3 is still the copy command and 2.5/3 is a length. Same in the other 3D apps that use the m3d value box. Add ModelCraft to tools/lencalc/sync.mjs. Tests: 2.5/3, 12'6"+3/4", (24'-0")/3, 2*450mm, and /3, 3x, 24s unchanged.

ModelCraft App code Planned 0.5 – From: Discord community (Discord) Discord, Oct 19, 2026
FeaturePANEL-COMPACT Link to PANEL-COMPACT Compact panel layout: stacked, tabbed, dense panels and a property grid

Owner 2026-10-21 (screenshot of a compact docked layout): let panels and tool rows go compact like a classic engineering app. Several panels stacked in one dock (e.g. a tree above Properties), each with a slim title bar (menu, pin/auto-hide, close), tabs inside a panel group, a small icon toolbar per panel, dense rows, and a Properties grid with collapsible categories, label/value columns and inline sliders and checkboxes. A Compact density in Settings > General for every app; the default layout stays as it is. Built in the shell (app-panels.js) so SuperCadCraft SC.2 reuses it.

CadCraftBimCraftModelCraftMarkupCraftTakeoffCraftCivilCraftDetailCraftPartCraft Planned 6 – From: owner (Owner)
FeatureRIBBON-COMPACT Link to RIBBON-COMPACT A denser ribbon layout: big and small buttons, split buttons, inline property lists

Owner 2026-10-21 (screenshot of a drafting ribbon): a ribbon layout in the same spirit, our own design (not a copy). Today the Ribbon menu style draws every button big, one row per group. Add: per group a few large buttons plus the rest stacked three high as small icon + label buttons; split buttons (main action + a small arrow listing its variants, e.g. Line/Polyline, Linear/Aligned dimensions); inline controls where an app has them (CadCraft: current layer list with on/freeze/lock icons, colour / linetype / lineweight By layer lists); group names along the bottom with an arrow opening that group extra tools; works with Compact density (PANEL-COMPACT) and with the toolbar rows setting from CP.1. Data-driven in each app style file (item size, split, control), drawn by the shell app-input-ui.js. Trade dress: our icons, colours and spacing, no copied artwork.

CadCraftBimCraftModelCraftMarkupCraftTakeoffCraftCivilCraftDetailCraftPartCraft Planned 4 – From: owner (Owner)
BimCraft drawing (Discord, second batch) 2
FeatureDC.115 Link to DC.115 Keep IFC geometry editable instead of tessellating it

Keep IFC's own geometry representations (extrusions, swept solids, Booleans) wherever possible so a model exports compactly and can be edited later; many programs store only a list of faces. Reuse the modeling code from ModelCraft for the family editor.

BimCraftModelCraft Candidate – – From: Discord community (Discord) Discord, pasted by the owner
Discord, 0.7 batch (Oct 17–21) 31
FeatureD7.25 Link to D7.25 Show 3D solids (ACIS) from other programs in CadCraft and ModelCraft ArtCraft’s

Asked: open 3D drawings/solids; “where is 3D” (5 mentions, #craft-apps Oct 17, 18, 20; #cadcraft Oct 17, 20). Related DC.1, M3D-DRIFT. Checked 2026-10-21: the handoff is there (the Open in ModelCraft button, OPENIN3D), and CadCraft's 3D tab draws its own solids. But 3DSOLID/REGION/BODY from AutoCAD are kept byte for byte and never drawn — the SAT/SAB inside is not read (acis.js), in CadCraft, ModelCraft and BimCraft. Do: a clean-room SAT/SAB reader for planar and simple curved faces, tessellated for display (edit stays read-only); counted honestly in the import report.

CadCraftBimCraftModelCraft Candidate 6 – Discord CSV pasted by the owner 2026-10-21
FeatureD7.26 Link to D7.26 STEP import without the exact kernel; STEP in ModelCraft and BimCraft

Asked: STEP (and NC1 steel) support (#cadcraft Oct 20); SolidWorks / Creo / CATIA parts with features (3 mentions, #SolidCraft Oct 18 — STEP named there as the practical bar). Checked 2026-10-21: NC1/DSTV is built (DetailCraft, nc1.js). PartCraft exports a faceted STEP on the mesh kernel, but STEP import (and exact STEP export) needs the OpenCascade kernel, which is off in shipped builds (LGPL) — so a user can't open a STEP today. No STEP in ModelCraft or BimCraft. Native SLDPRT/Creo/CATIA stay out (closed formats); the SolidWorks macro exchange (tools/partcraft-sw) still needs its first run in SolidWorks. Do: a clean-room AP203/214/242 reader for faceted and B-rep bodies (tessellated to the mesh kernel), in PartCraft, ModelCraft and BimCraft. See D7.45 for the kernel.

BimCraftModelCraftPartCraft Candidate 4 – Discord CSV pasted by the owner 2026-10-21
SpikeD7.45 Link to D7.45 Spike: an exact (B-rep) kernel with a permissive licence, NVIDIA SMLib first

Asked: use a permissively licensed CAD kernel, NVIDIA's open-sourced SMLib suggested (#craft-apps Oct 18); proprietary kernels called the hard part (Oct 20). Related DC.43. Checked 2026-10-21: PartCraft ships on manifold-3d (mesh); OpenCascade is off in shipped builds (LGPL), which is why STEP import, exact fillets and shells don't work for users (see D7.26). The K.1 spike (tools/partcraft-test/k1-spike) last judged truck a no-go. Do: check SMLib's licence and state, build it to WebAssembly, and run the K.1 tests (booleans, fillet, shell, STEP) against it; a go/no-go for the owner.

ModelCraftPartCraft Candidate 2 – Discord CSV pasted by the owner 2026-10-21
FeatureD7.49 Link to D7.49 Open STL / OBJ / 3MF meshes as solids in PartCraft

Asked: convert meshes to solids (#SolidCraft Oct 17). Checked 2026-10-21: PartCraft opens only .json and STEP; ModelCraft imports OBJ as faces and treats closed meshes as solids for booleans, but there is no mesh → body path. PartCraft's manifold kernel can take a closed mesh directly. Do: import STL/OBJ/3MF as a body (repair small gaps, report what can't close), usable in booleans and CAM; planar faces merged so sketches can sit on them.

ModelCraftPartCraft Candidate 1.5 – Discord CSV pasted by the owner 2026-10-21
FeatureD7.62 Link to D7.62 More interface languages from volunteers (Vietnamese, Russian, Portuguese, Italian, Armenian)

Asked: an Armenian translation; a Vietnamese tester offered; Russian, Portuguese, Spanish and Italian users in the channels (6 mentions, #technical-development Oct 18; #cadcraft Oct 17–21). Related WL.7, ES-MX, LG.4. Checked 2026-10-21: we ship English, Spanish (Mexico, draft) and Indonesian (draft) everywhere, Arabic in CadCraft and PartCraft. Do: a contributor translation kit (string export, a checker for missing keys, the draft label) and invite the Vietnamese volunteer first; each language ships as a draft until a native review (owner picks which).

CadCraftBimCraftModelCraftMarkupCraftTakeoffCraftCivilCraftDetailCraftPartCraftStudio Candidate 1 – Discord CSV pasted by the owner 2026-10-21
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