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
Decision Time 25
FeatureUPDATES Link to UPDATES Turn on Studio auto-updates

The updater is built but off: it needs your update signing key, a release feed, and decision 10 (checks on by default?). a Discord member asked on Discord. -- We'll allow Studio settings to have on by default and checkmark can be turned off; Will need a "check for updates" - report current and latest version. Discord CSV 2026-10-21: Before it turns on: D7.54 (three updater bugs found 2026-10-21 — the What's new card nags with updates off, the feed lists only Windows x64, errors read as “network”).

Studio Site and servicesDesktop host Built · Live – You: the go to release the Studio build (update signing key, release feed, Windows build on your machine). Checkbox and Check for updates already built. From: Discord community (Discord) updates.rs, Discord
DecisionDEC-1 Link to DEC-1 Name the Live feature

Pick the final name for Live / Work together. DECISION (owner, 2026-10-25): "Live TeamWork". To do: rename Studio Live / Work together in Studio, the apps' shell and help, the site copy (Catalog, /studio, /pricing, FAQ) and the language files.

Studio App codeHelp and words Built · Live – – From: asked of the owner by: 0.5-PLAN decision 1 (Session) 0.5-PLAN decision 1
FeatureDEC-7 Link to DEC-7 Invite link lifetime

8 hours (current), 1 hour, or until the host ends. DECISION: Allow user to set default in Studio settings, and adjust in advanced options at link creation time. Default 1 hour (owner, 2026-10-25).

Studio Desktop host Built · Live – Build: Studio setting + per-link option, default 1 hour From: asked of the owner by: 0.5-PLAN decision 7 (Session) 0.5-PLAN decision 7
DecisionDEC-13c Link to DEC-13c Store listings as Studio only

Confirm the stores list Studio only (recommended). Moved out of Decision Time 2026-10-17: Store listings name Studio only, as recommended. DECISION (owner, 2026-10-25): yes, the stores list CadCraft Studio only.

Studio Desktop host Built · Live – – From: asked of the owner by: 0.5-PLAN decision 13 (Session) 0.5-PLAN decision 13
DecisionLIVE_PUBLIC Link to LIVE_PUBLIC Open Live invite links

Set LIVE_PUBLIC=1 and approve the pricing and Catalog copy that goes with it. Moved out of Decision Time 2026-10-17: Ships behind the switch LIVE_PUBLIC (0 now). Setting 1 opens Live invite links.

Studio Site and services Built · in the lab – Switch LIVE_PUBLIC=0; you turn it on, and approve the pricing and Catalog copy first From: asked of the owner by: live-relay, release-05 (Session) live-relay, release-05
DecisionSIGNIN Link to SIGNIN Safer app sign-in for everyone

Change APP_SIGNIN_CHECKS from lab to on, so the sign-in checks and alert mails reach everyone. Moved out of Decision Time 2026-10-17: Ships behind the switch APP_SIGNIN_CHECKS (lab now). Changing it to on sends the sign-in checks and alert mails to everyone.

Studio Site and services Built · in the lab – Switch APP_SIGNIN_CHECKS=lab; you turn it on From: asked of the owner by: live-relay, release-05 (Session) live-relay, release-05
DecisionPH.6 Link to PH.6 Approve the phone copy

The "Phones work too" line for /studio and requirements, and the Play description line.

Studio Site and services Built · Live – You: publish From: asked of the owner by: 0.5-FINAL PH.6 (Session) 0.5-FINAL PH.6
DecisionAC.6 Link to AC.6 Remote connector: free for everyone, or with the Team Cloud Plan?

The remote connector (AC.3) runs through our relay. Free for every account, limited free use, or part of the Team Cloud Plan? And the privacy wording for what passes through the relay (only the tool calls, never stored). Owner 2026-10-27 ("make it easy to connect to from their AI platforms"). Plan docs/0.8-PART5.md § Connect your AI.

Studio Site and services Built · Live – owner From: owner (Owner) Owner, 2026-10-27 (Great Eight release angle: connect your AI)
Suggestions (Track SX) 26
Sanity checkSU.1061 Link to SU.1061 Older Macs and browsers: say what the oldest supported system is

Asked: a version for older operating systems such as macOS Sierra, so old computers that still work can draw (#1061, Oct 26). Do: find the real floor today for each way to run the apps (web edition: oldest Safari / Chrome / Firefox that runs the apps and WebGL; Studio on macOS, Windows 10, Linux), state it on /download and in the help, and list what a person on something older can still do (the web edition in a current browser, or older releases). No promise of a build for systems the web view no longer supports.

CadCraftBimCraftModelCraftMarkupCraftTakeoffCraftCivilCraftDetailCraftPartCraftStudio Built · Live 1 – From: site suggestion (Suggestion) /admin/suggestions, evaluated 2026-10-26
FeatureSU.910 Link to SU.910 MarkupCraft: Live review sessions with several people marking up at once

Asked: live sessions for MarkupCraft so several people review a drawing and leave markup together, for faster approvals (#910, Oct 22). Live co-editing runs in the other apps (Studio Live, DC.23 edit log); MarkupCraft does not join. Do: MarkupCraft joins a Live session (LAN code / invite link), shows each reviewer’s cursor and colour, merges markups from different people without overwriting, keeps who wrote what in the markup list, and exports the reviewed PDF.

MarkupCraftStudio Built · Live 3 – From: site suggestion (Suggestion) /admin/suggestions, evaluated 2026-10-26
Computational engineering (Track CE) 12
Sanity checkCE.10 Link to CE.10 Portable use: run from a USB drive, settings stay beside it

Make sure the portable Windows Studio keeps every setting, add-on and generator in its own folder and asks before any device access; a Linux portable mode; a help page listing what is written where. Discord request, owner put it on 0.8 on 2026-10-27. Plan docs/0.8-PART3.md.

PartCraftStudio Desktop host Built · Live 1.5 – From: Discord community (Discord) Discord 2026-10-27 (owner: add this to 0.8)
Connect your AI (Track AC) 7
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.10 Link to AC.10 OpenAPI description of the same tools

The same tools described as OpenAPI, generated from the MCP definitions, for platforms that use plain function calling or custom actions. Owner's Connect your AI list 2026-10-27 (duplicates removed). Plan docs/0.8-PART5.md § Connect your AI.

CadCraftBimCraftModelCraftMarkupCraftTakeoffCraftCivilCraftDetailCraftPartCraftStudio Desktop hostTests and tooling Built · Live 3 AC.3 From: owner (Owner) Owner, 2026-10-27 (Great Eight: Connect your AI)
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.13 Link to AC.13 AI activity log in plain words

A readable record in Studio of what each assistant read, ran and changed, by session and file, exportable for firms that need an audit trail; each change links to its undo step and file history. Owner's Connect your AI list 2026-10-27 (duplicates removed). Plan docs/0.8-PART5.md § Connect your AI.

CadCraftBimCraftModelCraftMarkupCraftTakeoffCraftCivilCraftDetailCraftPartCraftStudio Desktop hostApp shell Built · Live 3 – From: owner (Owner) Owner, 2026-10-27 (Great Eight: Connect your AI)
Chemical and process engineering (Track CH) 18
FeatureCH.25 Link to CH.25 Molecular dynamics (our own, Apache-2.0)

`lib/molecular` — force fields from published parameters (Lennard-Jones, bonded terms, Ewald/PME electrostatics), velocity-Verlet with thermostats/barostats in workers, properties (density, diffusion, RDF) back into CH.1 components; XYZ/PDB in and out; in place of LAMMPS/GROMACS. Quantum chemistry stays out of 0.8 (no open-licence foundation we may use; a later own engine) Owner put it on 0.8 on 2026-10-28. Plan docs/0.8-PART3.md § Track CH. 2026-10-28: owner's GPL rule — our own Apache-2.0 engine, nothing GPL in any form.

StudioSuperCad Studio Desktop host Built · Live 8 – Owner 2026-10-28 ("ensure this is in PART 3 0.8")
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")
Add-on Library (Track AL) 7
FeatureAL.1 Link to AL.1 Add-on Library: Account add-on list

Account add-on list: migration, `AccountAddons`, `/account/addons`, the resolved-list API with device tokens, merge from local Spec docs/0.8-ADDON-LIBRARY-SPEC.md.

StudioSuperCad Studio Site and services Built · Live 4 – Owner 2026-10-28 (add, don't embed; tied to the getcadcraft.com account)
FeatureAL.10 Link to AL.10 Add-on Library: Team sets (Team Cloud Plan)

Team sets (Team Cloud Plan): required and pinned items, merged into members' lists Spec docs/0.8-ADDON-LIBRARY-SPEC.md (store rules checked 2026-10-28; owner accepted the § 9 defaults).

StudioSuperCad Studio Site and services Built · Live 3 – Owner 2026-10-28 (add, don't embed; tied to the getcadcraft.com account)
FeatureAL.11 Link to AL.11 Add-on Library: Updates and pins

Updates and pins: channels (stable / lab), auto-update within a major, permission-change confirmation, roll back Spec docs/0.8-ADDON-LIBRARY-SPEC.md.

CadCraftBimCraftModelCraftMarkupCraftTakeoffCraftCivilCraftDetailCraftPartCraftStudioSuperCad Studio App shellSite and services Built · Live 3 a browser run of an update with a second signed version; rest is built (pins, channels, auto-update, roll back) Owner 2026-10-28 (add, don't embed; tied to the getcadcraft.com account)
FeatureAL.13 Link to AL.13 Add-on Library: Dependency resolver

Dependency resolver (§ 3.5): `needs`/`requires`/`enhances`/`provides`/`conflicts` in the manifest, `AccountAddons::resolve` (one version per id, explanations in words), Add/Remove/Update screens with the whole set, orphans, all-or-nothing updates, review rules (no cycles, depth ≤ 5, signed-only), the "Needs" tree on pages; a resolver test matrix Spec docs/0.8-ADDON-LIBRARY-SPEC.md.

CadCraftBimCraftModelCraftMarkupCraftTakeoffCraftCivilCraftDetailCraftPartCraftStudioSuperCad Studio Site and servicesApp shell Built · Live 5 – Owner 2026-10-28 (add, don't embed; tied to the getcadcraft.com account)
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