cadcraft/docs/roadmap.md

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

Forward-looking plan: milestones with status, the current focus, and what comes next with estimates. The summary is ROADMAP.md; the work items behind every line are in gaps.md; numbers come from target-app-parity.md. Hours are Opus 5.5 agent-hours.

Current focus

1. Gate and land. (cargo fmt on main is fixed.) Add a PR workflow that runs cargo xtask ci, then review and land the 47 open PRs, most of them community bug fixes (S1–S3). ≈ 15–25 h.
2. Stop losing data on save (FF1, FF2, FF7) and save DWG/DXF at a chosen version (FF3). ≈ 30–45 h.
3. A real-file corpus and a check of our output in AutoCAD (FF5, needs the owner).
4. Precision input: object snap tracking, extension/parallel snaps, FROM/M2P/TK, typed snap overrides, editable dynamic input (U1–U4). ≈ 25–35 h.
5. Unstub the prompt options of the most-used commands (F1). ≈ 15–25 h.
6. Autosave, recovery, AUDIT, RECOVER (F4). ≈ 10–15 h.
7. The rest of the alpha gate: block editor and REFEDIT, xref attach (F2, F3), and plot styles with a plot dialog and preview (F14). ≈ 50–80 h.

Items 2–5 and 7 are the alpha gate rows.

Alpha gate

The core workflows a typical AutoCAD professional does every day (craftrules progress-docs standard). CADCraft is pre-alpha because four of the five fail the gate; the failing rows are the alpha checklist. Main platform: macOS.

Core workflow	Works end to end?	Evidence	Hours to pass
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, 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)
To alpha			≈ 125–190

Ready for real work is ≈ 38%, also under the ~40% alpha bar; closing the gate rows lifts it past 40%.

Beta checklist

Beta means: close to feature complete for mainstream 2D work, opens and saves DWG reliably, remaining gaps are known bugs and edge features (≈ 75% ready for real work).

Item	State	Est.
DWG/DXF: nothing lost on save; MULTILEADER native; version choice; code pages; real-file corpus green; verified in AutoCAD	not started	50–75
2D geometry exact for ellipses and splines; polyline offset correct; relative tolerances	not started	50–80
Precision input at AutoCAD level (tracking, dynamic input, overrides, point modifiers, grips, selection keywords, context menus)	partial	90–140
Every Draw/Modify prompt option works; associative arrays	partial	40–60
Annotation depth: DIMSTYLE manager and variables, missing DIM commands, in-place MTEXT, fields, MLEADER editing, annotative scaling, tables	partial	90–130
Xrefs, block editor, dynamic blocks, groups, attribute tools	not started	90–135
Plot styles, plot preview, PUBLISH, non-rectangular viewports	partial	30–45
Autosave, recovery, AUDIT/RECOVER, Options dialog, templates, SHX, user .lin/.pat	partial	40–60
AutoLISP core subset and SCRIPT	not started	40–70
Catalog plus AutoCAD for Mac's languages	not started	30–45
Stability: CI gate, issue backlog, command smoke sweep, geometry fuzzing	partial	30–50
Platforms: web open/save, Windows/Linux runtime checks; performance at 1M entities and large DWG	partial	20–35
Total to beta		≈ 600–930

About 70% of this parallelises across 4–6 agents (one per row), so elapsed time is roughly 150–250 hours.

Milestones

Status re-scored on 2026-10-10 by depth, not presence (the 2026-10-07 percentages, reported by the agents that built each milestone, are in the progress log of ROADMAP.md).

#	Milestone	Status	Remaining (h)
M0	Skeleton and vertical slice: workspace, AutoCAD-style UI, command line, draw/modify basics, DXF, CLI, MCP, web	done	—
M1	Drafting core: every 2D Draw command and option, dynamic input, object snap tracking, snap overrides	≈ 55% (Draw breadth strong; tracking, dynamic input, overrides missing)	35–55
M2	Modify: grips, PEDIT, SPLINEDIT, LENGTHEN, BLEND, ALIGN, associative arrays, trim/extend for all curves, MATCHPROP UI	≈ 50%	45–70
M3	Layers and properties	≈ 70% (open layer bugs #71–#75, #87)	10–15
M4	Annotation: DIM*, DIMSTYLE manager, MLEADER, in-place MTEXT, fields, tables, annotative scaling, SHX	≈ 40%	90–130
M5	Hatch and blocks: hatch depth, block editor, dynamic blocks, xrefs, groups, attributes	≈ 30%	105–160
M6	Layouts and plotting: viewports, page setups, plot styles, preview, PUBLISH	≈ 35%	35–50
M7	Files: DWG/DXF fidelity and versions, RECOVER/AUDIT, templates, autosave, ETRANSMIT, underlays	≈ 30%	170–280 (incl. other formats)
M8	Inquiry and utilities, OPTIONS, customisation	≈ 25%	45–70
M9	Parametric	≈ 50%	20–30
M10	Performance: 1M entities at 60 fps, large DWG loads	≈ 60% (internal numbers only)	20–40
M11	3D: UCS, orbit, visual styles, solids, surfaces, meshes, sections, rendering	≈ 2%	300–450
M12	Automation: AutoLISP, SCRIPT, action recorder, sheet sets, Express Tools	≈ 15% (MCP, CLI, control channel done)	130–220
M13	1.0 polish: preferences, workspaces, localisation, accessibility, signed packages, docs	≈ 15% (signed packages for every platform exist; themes done; string catalog with Ukrainian and German, live language switching, #36)	110–170
—	Geometry precision (cross-cutting, see geometry-parity.md)	≈ 40%	70–110
—	AI features	≈ 0% in-app	40–80
	Remaining to full parity		≈ 1,300–2,100

Milestone rows overlap a little with the cross-cutting rows; the total is the dimension sum in target-app-parity.md, not the column sum.

After beta

3D foundations (UCS, 3D views, orbit, then solids per plan/adr/0001), sheet sets, the full AutoLISP surface, AI features with openly licensed local models, and every remaining language.

Revision history

Date	Change	Summary
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