From 3aeedf4856b70e763d3bc820c066110fb88a4128 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Valentin Klein Date: Mon, 12 Oct 2026 02:11:37 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] docs: refresh gaps.md and parity docs for landed features (#625) Squash of PR #625 by @vangel76. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 --- docs/file-format-parity.md | 36 ++++++++++++---------- docs/gaps.md | 61 +++++++++++++++++--------------------- docs/geometry-parity.md | 5 ++-- docs/roadmap.md | 9 +++--- docs/target-app-parity.md | 23 +++++++------- 5 files changed, 67 insertions(+), 67 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/file-format-parity.md b/docs/file-format-parity.md index c0a1bc9..0a4158b 100644 --- a/docs/file-format-parity.md +++ b/docs/file-format-parity.md @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ # File-format parity -> **Last reviewed:** 2026-10-10 · **Last updated:** 2026-10-11 · **Change:** minor (DXF/DWG saved at a chosen version 2000–2018, binary DXF written, #421) · **Target:** Autodesk AutoCAD 2027 +> **Last reviewed:** 2026-10-10 · **Last updated:** 2026-10-11 · **Change:** minor (code pages, #505; native MULTILEADER, #459; foreign data kept, #528; PDF text, layers and sheets, #567, #571; templates and user files, #552; plotter devices, #564) · **Target:** Autodesk AutoCAD 2027 Every format AutoCAD 2027 reads or writes, with CADCraft's support, fidelity and tests. Work items are in [gaps.md](gaps.md#file-formats); the weighted score feeds @@ -63,8 +63,8 @@ early (#175), but the throughput problem remains. **DWG ≈ 30% read, ≈ 15% wr | R12 binary | read, write | **no** (binary parser expects R13+ 2-byte group codes) | no | | R13–R2018, ASCII | read, write each of 2000/2004/2007/2010/2013/2018 | yes, one reader for all versions | yes, each of 2000–2018 (#421): R2000 structure (later versions add only optional groups) with that `$ACADVER`; UTF-8 text from 2007; no CLASS instance counts (91) | | R13–R2018, binary | read, write | yes | yes, each of 2000–2018 (SAVEAS `binary`; a binary file stays binary on QSAVE) | -| Code pages (`$DWGCODEPAGE`, ANSI_932/936/949/950/125x) | yes | **no**: UTF-8, else Latin-1, so pre-2007 CJK and Cyrillic files are garbled | writes `\U+` escapes (#169), which is correct | -| `\U+`/`\M+` escapes | yes | `\U+` yes; `\M+` not checked | `\U+` yes | +| Code pages (`$DWGCODEPAGE`, ANSI_932/936/949/950/125x) | yes | yes (#505): ASCII and binary DXF before 2007 decode from their code page (ANSI_874/932/936/949/950/1250–1258, DOS437/850/852/866, ISO 8859, Macintosh); a file that is valid UTF-8 reads as UTF-8; Johab and other DOS code pages read as ANSI_1252 (`dxf/src/codepage.rs`) | writes `\U+` escapes (#169), which is correct; declares `ANSI_1252` | +| `\U+`/`\M+` escapes | yes | yes (`\M+` since #505; Johab `\M+4` stays literal) | `\U+` yes | ### DXF content: read and write by object type @@ -75,21 +75,24 @@ early (#175), but the throughput problem remains. **DWG ≈ 30% read, ≈ 15% wr | TEXT, MTEXT, ATTDEF, INSERT + ATTRIB | yes | yes | ATTDEF prompt kept (#137) | | DIMENSION (all 7 kinds) | yes | yes, with anonymous `*D` blocks | a reopened dimension's `*D` block is regenerated under its name, unreferenced ones dropped (#495); DIMASSOC objects written | | LEADER | yes | yes | | -| MULTILEADER | **no** (becomes Unknown) | **no**: our MLeaders are written as LEADER + MTEXT | MULTILEADER is AutoCAD's default leader since 2008 | +| MULTILEADER | yes (#459) | yes, native MULTILEADER with MLEADERSTYLE (#459) | several landings per multileader are folded into one; per-object overrides and annotative scale contexts not kept | | HATCH pattern / solid | yes | yes | | | HATCH gradient | yes | yes (#162, fixes #80) | | | SOLID, TRACE, 3DFACE | yes | yes | | | ACAD_TABLE | yes | yes (entity + block) | | | VIEWPORT | yes | yes; frozen-layer lists kept (#150) | VP layer colour overrides lost (#99, PR #197) | -| IMAGE | partial (no IMAGEDEF, so the file path is empty) | **dropped** | | +| IMAGE | yes, with IMAGEDEF | yes, with IMAGEDEF and IMAGEDEF_REACTOR | no attach command or display of the picture yet (FF10) | | WIPEOUT | yes | yes (#147, fixes #79) | | -| MLINE, REGION, 3DSOLID, BODY, SURFACE, MESH, TOLERANCE, SHAPE, HELIX, UNDERLAY, OLE2FRAME, LIGHT, CAMERA, SECTION, POINTCLOUD, proxy entities | kept as Unknown (raw tags) | written back as read, with their CLASS records (#528); **dropped by DWG save** (acadrust) | only their layer follows edits | +| MLINE (+ MLINESTYLE), HELIX, TOLERANCE | yes (#510, #420) | yes | | +| REGION | other programs' REGIONs (ACIS data) kept as Unknown | our regions are written as closed polylines tagged with CADCraft xdata (#510; ACIS has no public spec) | | +| 3DSOLID, BODY, SURFACE, MESH, SHAPE, UNDERLAY, OLE2FRAME, LIGHT, CAMERA, SECTION, POINTCLOUD, proxy entities | kept as Unknown (raw tags) | written back as read, with their CLASS records (#528); **dropped by DWG save** (acadrust) | only their layer follows edits | | Header variables | all read | 36 written | AutoCAD writes about 280 | | Tables: LAYER (+ transparency, description), LTYPE, STYLE, DIMSTYLE, BLOCK_RECORD | yes | yes | | -| Tables: VPORT, VIEW, UCS, APPID | **not read** | VPORT one record; VIEW and UCS empty; APPID yes | named views and UCSs lost | +| Tables: VPORT, VIEW, UCS, APPID | yes | yes: saved viewport configurations (#504), named views, UCSs | UCS elevation lost | | Objects: LAYOUT, DICTIONARY, XRECORD, TABLESTYLE, DIMASSOC | yes | yes | | -| Objects: GROUP, MLINESTYLE, MLEADERSTYLE, IMAGEDEF, SCALE, VISUALSTYLE, PLOTSETTINGS, materials, field objects | ignored | not written (ACAD_GROUP empty) | groups lost | -| Foreign xdata, extension dictionaries, reactors | **not kept** | — | third-party application data lost | +| Objects: GROUP, MLINESTYLE, MLEADERSTYLE, IMAGEDEF, SCALE | yes | yes (groups #417, scale list #468) | | +| Objects: VISUALSTYLE, PLOTSETTINGS, materials, field objects and other unmodelled objects | kept raw (#528) | written back as read | not editable | +| Foreign xdata, extension dictionaries, reactors, unmodelled objects, colour books | kept raw (#528) | written back, handles remapped, references to deleted objects dropped | through DWG: xdata on table records and blocks, entity colour books and reactors, custom-class objects lost (acadrust) | | Handles and owners | entity handles kept; others regenerated | consistent | stable across CADCraft re-saves (#495); other programs' table and object handles renumbered once | **DXF ≈ 50% read, ≈ 30% write** (estimated; weights: common 2D entities 50%, annotation objects @@ -99,9 +102,9 @@ early (#175), but the throughput problem remains. **DWG ≈ 30% read, ≈ 15% wr | Format | AutoCAD 2027 | CADCraft | Hours to parity (est.) | |---|---|---|---| -| DWT templates | open, save | no (no template support) | 3–5 | +| DWT templates | open, save | NEW/QNEW from `.dwt` and `.dxf` templates, SAVEAS `.dwt` (#552) | 0–1 | | DWS standards | open, save, CHECKSTANDARDS | no | 6–10 | -| PDF output (PLOT, EXPORTPDF) | multi-sheet, layers, searchable text, hyperlinks | vector PDF 1.4, one page, lineweights; **no font objects** (text is strokes), no layers (OCG), no multi-sheet | 10–15 | +| PDF output (PLOT, EXPORTPDF) | multi-sheet, layers, searchable text, hyperlinks | vector PDF with lineweights, real text in embedded TrueType subsets, layers (OCG), several sheets per file and hyperlinks (#567, #571) | 1–2 | | PDF import (PDFIMPORT) and PDF underlays (PDFATTACH) | yes | no | 15–25 | | Raster images attach (PNG, JPEG, TIFF, BMP …) | yes | IMAGE entity exists, no attach/loading/display path | 6–10 | | PNG / JPEG / BMP / TIFF export | PNGOUT, JPGOUT, BMPOUT, TIFOUT | PNG; SVG too (AutoCAD doesn't export SVG) | 1–2 | @@ -109,13 +112,13 @@ early (#175), but the throughput problem remains. **DWG ≈ 30% read, ≈ 15% wr | DGN import/export/underlay | yes | no (needs a public spec; owner decision) | 25–40 | | WMF, EPS, ACIS SAT, STL, FBX, IGES/STEP (Windows), 3DS | various | no; most are 3D and wait for M11 | 20–40 | | SHX fonts (`.shx`, big fonts) | read | **not parsed**: our stroke font or FONTALT stands in, so text metrics differ from AutoCAD | 8–12 | -| Linetype (`.lin`) and hatch pattern (`.pat`) files | load user files | own built-in library only; user files can't be loaded | 3–5 | -| Plot styles (`.ctb`, `.stb`), plotter configs (`.pc3`), `.pmp` | yes | plot style tables in our own JSON format ([plot-styles.md](plot-styles.md)) and kept in the drawing; binary `.ctb`/`.stb` not read (no public spec); no `.pc3`/`.pmp` | 6–10 | +| Linetype (`.lin`) and hatch pattern (`.pat`) files | load user files | user files load (#552); linetype shape (SHX) elements are skipped | 1–2 | +| Plot styles (`.ctb`, `.stb`), plotter configs (`.pc3`), `.pmp` | yes | plot style tables in our own JSON format ([plot-styles.md](plot-styles.md)) and kept in the drawing; plotter devices with papers and printable areas in our own JSON format ([plotters.md](plotters.md), #564); binary `.ctb`/`.stb`/`.pc3`/`.pmp` not read (no public spec) | 4–8 | | Scripts (`.scr`) | SCRIPT | script text through the CLI, MCP and control channel; no SCRIPT command reading a `.scr` file | 1–2 | -| Aliases (`.pgp`), CUI(x), workspaces | yes | no | 6–10 | -| **SVG import** (Inkscape .svg/.svgz) | yes (via scripts) | partial (module compiled, 11 tests pass, dispatch works, open-dialoog filter updated) | 2–4 | +| Aliases (`.pgp`), CUI(x), workspaces | yes | user alias files and ALIASEDIT (#552); no CUI(x) or workspaces | 4–8 | +| SVG import (`.svg`, `.svgz`) | yes (via scripts) | OPEN reads shapes, paths, groups and Inkscape layers into entities (#636); no CSS classes, `use`, fills, text or images | 2–4 | | AutoLISP (`.lsp`, `.fas`, `.vlx`), `.dll`/`.arx` plug-ins | yes | no | see [gaps.md](gaps.md) (M12) | -| Data extraction (`.csv`, `.xls`) and data links | yes | no | 6–10 | +| Data extraction (`.csv`, `.xls`) and data links | yes | DATAEXTRACTION/EATTEXT to CSV or a table (#433); table data links read CSV (#534); no `.xls`, no `.dxe` templates | 3–5 | | eTransmit (`.zip` packages) | yes | no | 4–6 | ## Tests @@ -131,6 +134,7 @@ our output in AutoCAD black-box. | Date | Change | Summary | |---|---|---| +| 2026-10-11 | minor | Rows refreshed for merged work: code pages and `\M+` (#505), MULTILEADER (#459), IMAGE, MLINE/HELIX/REGION/TOLERANCE, VPORT/VIEW/UCS tables, modelled and raw objects, foreign data (#528), DWT templates and user `.lin`/`.pat`/`.pgp` files (#552), PDF output (#567, #571), plotter devices (#564), data extraction (#433, #534); weighted percentages not re-measured | | 2026-10-11 | minor | DXF (ASCII and binary) and DWG saved at 2000–2018, 2018 by default (#421) | | 2026-10-10 | minor | WIPEOUT and gradients written since #147/#162; other save losses remain (#201, #204, #208, #209, #213, #223) | | 2026-10-10 | major | First file-format parity doc: DWG and DXF version by version, per-object read/write, other formats | diff --git a/docs/gaps.md b/docs/gaps.md index c75c653..513dac5 100644 --- a/docs/gaps.md +++ b/docs/gaps.md @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ # Where CADCraft falls short of AutoCAD -> **Last reviewed:** 2026-10-10 · **Last updated:** 2026-10-11 · **Change:** minor (German catalog landed, L2 narrowed; SPLINE, MTEXT and MLEADER prompt options landed, #408: top-10 row 5, F1 and F10 narrowed) · **Target:** Autodesk AutoCAD 2027 +> **Last reviewed:** 2026-10-10 · **Last updated:** 2026-10-11 · **Change:** minor (refreshed for landed features: code pages, tracking, grips, dynamic input, SPLINEDIT, MULTILEADER, arrays, annotative scaling, plotting and more; four top-10 rows and F18, U2, U8, U9 closed; German catalog landed, L2 narrowed) · **Target:** Autodesk AutoCAD 2027 Every known shortfall, one row each, ranked within each section by user impact. This is the work list: agents pick from here (top of a section first), and remove or update a row in the same PR @@ -13,42 +13,37 @@ do them first. | # | Gap | Why it ranks here | Est. | Doc | |---|---|---|---|---| -| 1 | **[alpha blocker]** **Saving DWG drops what we don't model** (DXF now writes back unknown entities and objects, foreign xdata, extension dictionaries, reactors, layer states and colour books, #528; through DWG, acadrust drops custom-class entities and objects, xdata on table records and blocks, entity colour books and reactors; MULTILEADER is still written as LEADER+MTEXT) | Opening a colleague's DWG and saving it still deletes some content: the one thing a CAD user can't forgive | 6–10 | [file formats](file-format-parity.md) | +| 1 | **[alpha blocker]** **Saving DWG drops what we don't model** (DXF now writes back unknown entities and objects, foreign xdata, extension dictionaries, reactors, layer states and colour books, #528, and native MULTILEADERs, #459 (not yet tested through DWG); through DWG, acadrust drops custom-class entities and objects, xdata on table records and blocks, entity colour books and reactors) | Opening a colleague's DWG and saving it still deletes some content: the one thing a CAD user can't forgive | 6–10 | [file formats](file-format-parity.md) | | 2 | **[alpha blocker]** **No real-file test corpus and no check in AutoCAD** | All 36 file tests are synthetic; nobody has verified a CADCraft DWG/DXF opens cleanly in AutoCAD | 10–15 + human | [file formats](file-format-parity.md#tests) | -| 3 | **Tracking leftovers** (object snap tracking, Extension, Parallel and Apparent Intersection landed, #379): polar angles relative to the last segment, PolarSnap, temporary tracking point | Small now; ranks lower at the next review | 3–5 | [ui](ui-parity.md#tracking-polar-ortho-grid-and-snap--70) | -| 4 | **No code pages when reading pre-2007 files** (saving DWG/DXF at 2000–2018 and binary DXF landed, #421) | Pre-2007 CJK/Cyrillic files are garbled | 3–5 | [file formats](file-format-parity.md) | -| 5 | **[alpha blocker]** **Stubbed prompt options** left in PEDIT Edit vertex, SPLINEDIT and MTEXT columns | Scripts and muscle memory hit "not available yet" (the most-used commands are done) | 3–6 | [features](#features) | -| 6 | **Ellipse and spline geometry is tessellated** (intersections, offsets, closest points; polyline offset ignores bulges) | Coordinates are subtly wrong; offsets of ellipses come out as polylines | 30–50 | [geometry](geometry-parity.md) | -| 7 | **[alpha blocker]** **No xrefs, block editor, dynamic blocks or groups** | Most production drawings use them | 80–120 | [features](#features) | -| 8 | **No autosave in the web build** (the desktop app has SAVETIME autosave, Drawing Recovery, AUDIT and RECOVER since #406) | Browser users lose unsaved work when the tab or the browser goes down | 3–5 | [features](#features) | -| 9 | **Dynamic input lacks grip input; no TK; grip options ignored** (FROM, M2P/MTP, point filters, `*` and ` Default Save Format sets it); no command-line SAVEAS format prompt | Low | 2–4 | -| FF4 | Code pages (`$DWGCODEPAGE`, ANSI_932/936/949/950/125x) when reading pre-2007 files | Medium-high (Asia, Eastern Europe) | 3–5 | +| FF4 | Code-page leftovers (pre-2007 DXF read in their `$DWGCODEPAGE` landed, #505): Johab (ANSI_1361) and DOS 855/857/860–865/869 read as ANSI_1252; saving declares `ANSI_1252` instead of the file's code page (the text is pure ASCII, so still correct); acadrust approximates DOS code pages in pre-2007 DWG (DOS437 as 866, DOS850 as 1252) | Low | 1–2 | | FF5 | **[alpha blocker]** Real-file corpus (`storytold/cadcraft-corpus`), open → save → reopen tests, black-box check in AutoCAD | High | 10–15 + human | | FF6 | **[alpha blocker]** DWG throughput: a 10 MB DWG took ~2 min to fail (#57) | High for real projects | 6–10 | | FF7 | Table record and object handles from other programs' files are renumbered on the first save (entity handles are kept; `*D` blocks no longer duplicate and once reopened, CADCraft's own files keep every handle across saves, #495) | Low | 4–6 | | FF8 | SHX fonts (shape and big fonts) not read | Medium-high (text metrics differ) | 8–12 | | FF9 | `.pc3` plotter configuration files; linetype shape (SHX) elements are skipped (templates and `.dwt`, user `.lin`/`.pat` and `.pgp` alias files landed, #552; `.ctb`/`.stb`, #410) | Low-medium | 5–10 | -| FF10 | PDF: text as real fonts, layers (OCG), multi-sheet; PDF import and underlays; raster image attach | Medium | 30–50 | +| FF10 | PDF import and underlays (PDFATTACH); raster image attach (IMAGEATTACH). PDF export has real text in embedded TrueType subsets, PDF layers, several sheets per file and hyperlinks (#567, #571) | Medium | 20–35 | | FF11 | DWF/DWFx, DGN, WMF, EPS, ACIS/STL and other exchange formats | Low-medium | 50–100 | | FF12 | DWG in the web build | Medium | 6–10 | | FF13 | R12 binary DXF, pre-R13 DWG | Low | 10–20 | @@ -120,8 +112,8 @@ Detail: [localization-parity.md](localization-parity.md). |---|---|---|---| | S1 | No CI runs `cargo xtask ci` on pull requests (only packaging lint and release builds) | `.github/workflows/` | 2–3 | | S2 | ~~`cargo fmt --check` fails on main~~ fixed on main (8fceaaf) | — | 0 | -| S3 | 47 open PRs, many community bug fixes awaiting review | `gh pr list` | 10–20 | -| S4 | Open correctness issues: extents union far-apart geometry (#166), lines not visible mid-command (#44, PR #56), browser save/plot deliver nothing (#133, #134), closing a tab switches drawings (#76, PR #192) | issues | 6–10 | +| S3 | 40 open PRs, many community bug fixes awaiting review | `gh pr list` | 10–20 | +| S4 | Open correctness issues: extents union far-apart geometry (#166), lines not visible mid-command (#44), browser plot shows raw PDF bytes (#134) (closing a tab and browser saves fixed, #76, #133) | issues | 4–6 | | S5 | No smoke test of every command through the UI (PR #42 proposes one) | — | 6–10 | | S6 | No property-based or fuzz tests for geometry; hostile-input tests cover parsing only | [geometry-parity](geometry-parity.md#tests) | 4–6 | @@ -129,7 +121,7 @@ Detail: [localization-parity.md](localization-parity.md). | # | Gap | Est. | |---|---|---| -| P1 | Web build: File > Open does nothing (#55, PR #199), saves don't download (#133, PR #193), plot shows raw PDF bytes (#134), no DWG | 6–10 | +| P1 | Web build: plot shows raw PDF bytes (#134), no DWG (File > Open and save downloads fixed, #55, #133) | 3–5 | | P2 | Windows and Linux get little runtime testing; Linux Mint mouse delay (#25); Windows magnifier (#39) | 6–10 | | P3 | macOS file associations: opening `.dxf` from Finder fails (#158) | 1–2 | @@ -155,6 +147,7 @@ Detail: [localization-parity.md](localization-parity.md). | Date | Change | Summary | |---|---|---| +| 2026-10-11 | minor | Refreshed for merged features: code pages (#505), tracking leftovers (#441), dynamic input/grip input (#519, #425) and SPLINEDIT Join/Add/Elevate (#559) closed their top-10 rows (top 10 now has 6 rows until the next review re-ranks); MULTILEADER (#459) and xrefs (#525) narrowed rows 1 and 4; F1 narrowed to the remaining stubs (#558, #559, #547); F5, F7, F9, F12, F14, F15, F17, F20, F22, U5, U7, U10, FF2, FF4, FF10 narrowed; F18, U2, U8, U9 removed (done); U13, S3, S4, P1 updated for merged fixes | | 2026-10-11 | minor | German interface catalog landed: L1 row count 936 → 989, L2 narrowed (de done; 40–60 → 35–55 h) | | 2026-10-11 | minor | SPLINE Knots/Tangency/toLerance/Object, MTEXT Height/Justify/Line spacing/Rotation/Style/Width/Columns, MLEADER spline and no-leader types and block content landed (#408): top-10 row 5, F1 and F10 narrowed | | 2026-10-11 | minor | Object snap tracking, Extension, Parallel and true Apparent Intersection landed (#379): top-10 row 3 and U1 narrowed to the leftovers | diff --git a/docs/geometry-parity.md b/docs/geometry-parity.md index f8dae3a..59572fe 100644 --- a/docs/geometry-parity.md +++ b/docs/geometry-parity.md @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ # Geometry parity -> **Last reviewed:** 2026-10-10 · **Last updated:** 2026-10-11 · **Change:** minor (FILLET, EXTEND, JOIN and LENGTHEN on elliptical arcs and splines; FILLET/CHAMFER with polyline segments; a closed spline trims to one piece, #466) · **Target:** Autodesk AutoCAD 2027 +> **Last reviewed:** 2026-10-10 · **Last updated:** 2026-10-11 · **Change:** minor (constraint solver: DOF report, G2 Smooth, ellipse/spline/block geometry, CONSTRAINTINFER, #546) · **Target:** Autodesk AutoCAD 2027 CAD users trust numbers: a trimmed endpoint, an offset, an intersection or an area is either right to the last displayed digit or the tool is unusable for production drawings. This document @@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ exist for parsing, not for numerics. origin and at 1e6–1e7 coordinates. 8–12 h. 4. Exact areas and MASSPROP for bulge polylines, regions (2D) and hatch loops. 6–10 h. 5. Hatch gap tolerance and curved boundaries. 8–12 h. -6. Solver: DOF reporting, G2 Smooth, ellipse/spline geometry, constraint inference. 20–30 h. +6. ~~Solver: DOF reporting, G2 Smooth, ellipse/spline geometry, constraint inference.~~ Done (#546). 7. Spline fit options (end tangents, knot parameterisation, fit tolerance, periodic). 6–10 h. Total ≈ 90–140 h; items 1–6 parallelise across two or three agents. @@ -153,3 +153,4 @@ Total ≈ 90–140 h; items 1–6 parallelise across two or three agents. | 2026-10-11 | minor | EXTEND, JOIN and LENGTHEN on elliptical arcs and splines; closed splines trim to one piece; trim/extend section 45% → 55% (#466) | | 2026-10-11 | minor | FILLET with elliptical arcs and splines; trim/extend section 55% → 65% (#466) | | 2026-10-11 | minor | FILLET/CHAMFER with polyline segments (same polyline, end segment with a line); section 65% → 70% (#466) | +| 2026-10-11 | minor | Constraint solver (#546): DOF report, G2 Smooth, ellipse/spline/block geometry, CONSTRAINTINFER | diff --git a/docs/roadmap.md b/docs/roadmap.md index fbb0d3d..e7556c8 100644 --- a/docs/roadmap.md +++ b/docs/roadmap.md @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ # CADCraft roadmap detail -> **Last reviewed:** 2026-10-10 · **Last updated:** 2026-10-10 · **Change:** minor (merged main: fmt fixed, Ukrainian catalog in M13; alpha gate added earlier today) · **Target:** Autodesk AutoCAD 2027 +> **Last reviewed:** 2026-10-10 · **Last updated:** 2026-10-11 · **Change:** minor (alpha-gate evidence refreshed: xrefs, plot dialog, preview, PUBLISH, plotter devices, DXF round trip) · **Target:** Autodesk AutoCAD 2027 Forward-looking plan: milestones with status, the current focus, and what comes next with estimates. The summary is [ROADMAP.md](../ROADMAP.md); the work items behind every line are in @@ -34,9 +34,9 @@ the alpha checklist. Main platform: macOS. |---|---|---|---| | Draw and modify precisely with object snaps and tracking | **partial, blocking** | Running snaps, polar, ortho and coordinate entry work; object snap tracking, extension and parallel snaps are toggles with no behaviour; no FROM/M2P/TK or typed snap overrides; TRIM/EXTEND standard mode, OFFSET Erase/Layer/Multiple, ROTATE Reference print "not available yet"; ellipse/spline intersections approximate ([ui-parity.md](ui-parity.md), [gaps.md](gaps.md) U1, U3, U4, F1) | 35–50 | | Dimension and annotate | partial, not blocking | All core DIM types, associativity, DIMSTYLE variables (43 of ~80), TEXT/MTEXT, MLEADER, tables work; no DIMSTYLE dialog, MTEXT editor not in place, MLEADER thin (F7, F9, F10). A drafter can dimension a sheet end to end | 0 for the gate (beta work) | -| Use blocks (insert library blocks, edit them, attributes, xrefs) | **partial, blocking** | Static BLOCK/INSERT/attributes work; no block editor (BEDIT) or REFEDIT, so a block can't be edited in place; no xrefs; dynamic blocks from other drawings lose their behaviour (F2, F3) | 35–55 | -| Layers, layouts and plotting a sheet | **partial, blocking** | Layers, layouts, viewports, page setups, PDF output and plot styles (CTB/STB, #410) work; no plot preview or plot dialog (#160); printers/plotters only via PDF (F14, H3) | 15–25 | -| Save DWG that AutoCAD opens without loss, and reopen others' DWGs | **no** | Saving drops every entity and object we don't model (Unknown, IMAGE, WIPEOUT, gradients, groups, views, foreign xdata); MULTILEADER becomes LEADER+MTEXT; never checked in AutoCAD; no real-file tests; a 10 MB DWG failed after ~2 min (#57) (FF1–FF6) | 40–60 + owner (real-file corpus, AutoCAD check) | +| Use blocks (insert library blocks, edit them, attributes, xrefs) | **partial, blocking** | Static BLOCK/INSERT/attributes, ATTSYNC, BATTMAN editing and xrefs (#525) work; no block editor (BEDIT) or REFEDIT, so a block can't be edited in place; no XCLIP; dynamic blocks from other drawings lose their behaviour (F2, F3) | 35–55 | +| Layers, layouts and plotting a sheet | **partial, blocking** | Layers, layouts, viewports, page setups, PDF output, plot styles (CTB/STB, #410), the Plot dialog (#160), Plot Preview and PUBLISH (#186) and plotter devices (#564) work; printers only via PDF/PNG/SVG files (F14, H3) | 15–25 | +| Save DWG that AutoCAD opens without loss, and reopen others' DWGs | **no** | DXF keeps what we don't model (#528) and writes native MULTILEADERs (#459, not yet tested through DWG); through DWG, acadrust drops custom-class entities and objects and some foreign data; never checked in AutoCAD; no real-file tests; a 10 MB DWG failed after ~2 min (#57) (FF1–FF6) | 40–60 + owner (real-file corpus, AutoCAD check) | | **To alpha** | | | **≈ 125–190** | Ready for real work is ≈ 38%, also under the ~40% alpha bar; closing the gate rows lifts it past @@ -103,6 +103,7 @@ AutoLISP surface, AI features with openly licensed local models, and every remai | Date | Change | Summary | |---|---|---| +| 2026-10-11 | minor | Alpha-gate evidence refreshed for merged work (#459, #525, #528, #160, #186, #564); statuses and hours unchanged | | 2026-10-10 | minor | Merged main: fmt fixed, Ukrainian catalog noted in M13, ready for real work 38% | | 2026-10-10 | minor | Alpha gate added (5 core workflows, 4 failing); stage pre-alpha | | 2026-10-10 | major | Created from the old ROADMAP's milestone table and current focus; milestones re-scored by depth; beta checklist added | diff --git a/docs/target-app-parity.md b/docs/target-app-parity.md index 26fd7ca..41568f0 100644 --- a/docs/target-app-parity.md +++ b/docs/target-app-parity.md @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ # Target-app parity: CADCraft vs AutoCAD 2027 -> **Last reviewed:** 2026-10-10 · **Last updated:** 2026-10-10 · **Change:** minor (merged main: dynamic input pointer boxes, Ukrainian catalog, DXF fixes; numbers updated) · **Target:** Autodesk AutoCAD 2027 +> **Last reviewed:** 2026-10-10 · **Last updated:** 2026-10-11 · **Change:** minor (feature-area evidence refreshed for merged work; numbers not re-measured) · **Target:** Autodesk AutoCAD 2027 The authoritative assessment of how close CADCraft is to AutoCAD, and how much Opus 5.5 work remains. [ROADMAP.md](../ROADMAP.md) summarises it, [gaps.md](gaps.md) lists every shortfall, @@ -146,18 +146,18 @@ presence: an option that prints "not available yet" doesn't count. | Area | Weight | Parity | Remaining (Opus 5.5 h) | Evidence and main gaps | Doc | |---|---:|---:|---|---|---| -| Draw (2D) | 13% | 60% | 15–25 | ARC 11/11 methods, CIRCLE 6/6, RECTANG all options, REVCLOUD, WIPEOUT, XLINE; PLINE Angle/CEnter/Direction/Radius missing; SPLINE options ignored; MLINE and REGION are polylines; HELIX approximate | [gaps](gaps.md#features) | -| Modify | 15% | 50% | 40–60 | TRIM/EXTEND standard mode, Fence, Crossing, Project, eRase stubs; OFFSET Erase/Layer/Multiple stubs; ROTATE Reference stub; arrays non-associative (no ARRAYEDIT, interactive rectangular array fixed 3×4); MATCHPROP JSON only | [gaps](gaps.md#features) | +| Draw (2D) | 13% | 60% | 15–25 | ARC 11/11 methods, CIRCLE 6/6, RECTANG all options, REVCLOUD, WIPEOUT, XLINE; PLINE arc options and SPLINE options done (#397, #408); MLINE, REGION and HELIX are objects (#510); isometric drafting (#556) | [gaps](gaps.md#features) | +| Modify | 15% | 50% | 40–60 | TRIM/EXTEND, OFFSET, ROTATE, PEDIT and SPLINEDIT options done (#397, #558, #559); associative arrays with ARRAYEDIT (#448), no array grips; MATCHPROP picker and Settings (#439) | [gaps](gaps.md#features) | | Geometry precision | 10% | 40% | 70–110 | exact for lines/arcs/circles; ellipse and spline intersections, offsets, closest points tessellated; absolute tolerances; polyline offset doesn't recompute bulges | [geometry-parity](geometry-parity.md) | | Layers and properties | 7% | 70% | 10–15 | Layer Properties Manager with filters, states, VP overrides; QSELECT; Quick Properties; transparency; linetype manager thin; 19 linetypes of ~45 | [gaps](gaps.md#features) | -| Dimensions | 9% | 45% | 25–35 | all core DIM types and associativity; 43 of ~80 DIMSTYLE variables; no DIMSTYLE manager dialog, smart DIM, DIMJOGGED, DIMBREAK, DIMJOGLINE, oblique, TOLERANCE/GD&T, inspection; alt units thin | [gaps](gaps.md#features) | -| Text and MTEXT | 6% | 35% | 30–45 | TrueType, formatting codes, stacking; editor is a dialog, not in-place; most MTEXT prompt options ignored; no columns, bullets, tabs, fields, spell check, SHX, annotative behaviour | [gaps](gaps.md#features) | -| Leaders, tables, fields | 4% | 25% | 25–35 | basic MLEADER and TABLE; leader options ignored, no MLEADEREDIT/ALIGN/COLLECT, no block content; no formulas, data links, FIELD | [gaps](gaps.md#features) | -| Hatch and gradients | 5% | 35% | 15–25 | pick points with islands; 23 patterns of ~85; gradients render flat; associativity flag not acted on; no origin, gap tolerance, separate hatches, hatch dialog | [gaps](gaps.md#features) | -| Blocks, attributes, xrefs, groups | 9% | 25% | 80–120 | static blocks and attributes; no BEDIT, dynamic blocks, xrefs, REFEDIT, XCLIP, GROUP, ATTSYNC, EATTEXT, DesignCenter | [gaps](gaps.md#features) | -| Layouts, viewports, plotting | 9% | 35% | 35–50 | layouts, rectangular viewports, per-VP layers, page setups, PDF, plot styles (CTB/STB); no plot preview, devices, PUBLISH, polygonal/object viewports, annotative scales | [gaps](gaps.md#features) | -| Inquiry and utilities | 4% | 30% | 30–45 | DIST, AREA, ID, LIST, MEASUREGEOM, CAL, FIND, COUNT; no autosave/recovery, AUDIT, RECOVER, OPTIONS, SPELL, QuickCalc, DWG Compare, ETRANSMIT | [gaps](gaps.md#features) | -| Parametric constraints | 2% | 50% | 20–30 | all 12 geometric and the dimensional constraints, own solver; no DOF report, no G2 Smooth, no ellipse/spline geometry, no inference | [geometry-parity](geometry-parity.md#constraint-solver--50) | +| Dimensions | 9% | 45% | 25–35 | all core DIM types and associativity; style variables, DIMJOGGED, DIMJOGLINE, DIMBREAK, DIMEDIT, DIMINSPECT, QDIM modes (#507) and TOLERANCE (#420); no DIMSTYLE manager dialog or smart DIM | [gaps](gaps.md#features) | +| Text and MTEXT | 6% | 35% | 30–45 | TrueType, formatting codes, stacking; MTEXT prompt options (#408), indents, tabs, bullets, numbering and columns (#547), annotative scaling (#468); editor is a dialog, not in place; no fields or SPELL (open PR #551), no SHX | [gaps](gaps.md#features) | +| Leaders, tables, fields | 4% | 25% | 25–35 | MLEADER options and block content (#408), native MULTILEADER in DXF (#459); tables with cell styles, formulas, breaking and CSV data links (#534); no MLEADEREDIT/ALIGN/COLLECT, no FIELD | [gaps](gaps.md#features) | +| Hatch and gradients | 5% | 35% | 15–25 | pick points with islands; 23 patterns of ~85; gradients render flat; origin, gap tolerance, separate hatches, island styles and HATCHEDIT options (#451); no hatch dialog | [gaps](gaps.md#features) | +| Blocks, attributes, xrefs, groups | 9% | 25% | 80–120 | static blocks and attributes; ATTSYNC, BATTMAN editing, DATAEXTRACTION/EATTEXT (#433); xrefs (#525); groups (#417); no BEDIT, dynamic blocks, REFEDIT, XCLIP, DesignCenter | [gaps](gaps.md#features) | +| Layouts, viewports, plotting | 9% | 35% | 35–50 | layouts, per-VP layers, page setups, plot styles (CTB/STB), Plot dialog (#160), Plot Preview and PUBLISH (#186), plotter devices (#564), PDF with text, layers and sheets (#567, #571), polygonal/object/clipped viewports (#453), annotative scales (#468); no MVIEW Restore, no system printers | [gaps](gaps.md#features) | +| Inquiry and utilities | 4% | 30% | 30–45 | DIST, AREA, ID, LIST, MEASUREGEOM, CAL, FIND, COUNT across layouts, QuickCalc, COMPARE (#563), MASSPROP on regions (#510), autosave/recovery, AUDIT, RECOVER (#406), OPTIONS (#23); no SPELL (open PR #551), ETRANSMIT | [gaps](gaps.md#features) | +| Parametric constraints | 2% | 50% | 20–30 | all 12 geometric and the dimensional constraints, own solver; DOF report, G2 Smooth, ellipse/spline/block geometry and CONSTRAINTINFER landed (#546) | [geometry-parity](geometry-parity.md#constraint-solver--50) | | 3D modelling, visualisation, rendering | 5% | 2% | 300–450 | no UCS, 3D views, orbit, solids, surfaces, meshes, sections, visual styles, materials, lights or rendering; 150 of the 491 menu items | [gaps](gaps.md#features) | | Collaboration and cloud (Sheet Set Manager, Share, Traces, Markup Import, Activity Insights, DWG Compare) | 2% | 5% | 40–70 | none of these exist | [gaps](gaps.md#features) | | **Features dimension** | 100% | **≈ 41%** | **735–1,115** | | | @@ -223,6 +223,7 @@ DWG/DXF corpus (files from people who own them); black-box checks in AutoCAD of | Date | Change | Summary | |---|---|---| +| 2026-10-11 | minor | Evidence text of the feature-area rows refreshed for merged work (#397, #406, #408, #417, #420, #433, #448, #451, #453, #459, #468, #507, #510, #525, #534, #546, #547, #558, #563, #564, #567, #571); parity percentages and hours not re-measured | | 2026-10-10 | minor | Merged main: dynamic input pointer boxes (#60) lift UI/UX to 43%, Ukrainian catalog (#36) lifts localization to 5%; ready 37% → 38%, mainstream 27% → 28%, essentials 45% → 46% | | 2026-10-10 | minor | Readiness-by-audience table: hours to ~95% for full (1,150–1,850 h), mainstream (570–880 h) and essentials (140–225 h); full number confirmed as an additive weighted sum, unchanged | | 2026-10-10 | minor | Mainstream-practitioner (≈ 27%) and essentials-user (≈ 45%) numbers with written weights, discounts and user evidence |