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
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
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.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.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.13 Link to CH.13 Reactor and mixing CFD (our own, Apache-2.0)

Stirred tanks and pipes on PartCraft's LBM flow (mixing time, residence-time distribution), plus our own finite-volume solver in `lib/cfd` (incompressible RANS k-ε on unstructured meshes, species transport) in place of OpenFOAM; VTK/CGNS out; checked against published benchmark cases 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.

PartCraftSuperCad Studio Our enginesDesktop host Built · Live 10 – Owner 2026-10-28 ("ensure this is in PART 3 0.8")
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")
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