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Valentin KleinandClaude Opus 5.5
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Copying in one drawing and pasting in another lost what the objects refer to: a line on a layer the target lacked landed on a new default layer (colour and linetype gone), and a block reference pointed at a block the target didn't have. Cmd/Ctrl+C, X and V did nothing on the desktop, because egui delivers them as clipboard events, not key presses. PASTEORIG had no checks, and the canvas had no right-click menu. - Engine (cmd/clipboard.rs): the session clipboard keeps, with the copied objects, the layers, linetypes, text/dimension/multileader/ table styles and blocks (nested too) they use. Pasting adds the ones the target lacks; names it has keep the target's definitions, as in AutoCAD; generated (*U, *D) blocks whose name is taken get a fresh one; objects get new handles. - PASTEORIG pastes at the original coordinates, only into a drawing other than the one copied from (greyed and refused there, as in AutoCAD). PASTECLIP and PASTEBLOCK are greyed with an empty clipboard. - PASTEBLOCK (Edit > Paste as Block, Cmd+Shift+V): the clipboard becomes an A$C… block inserted at a point. AI_DESELECT. - UI: Cut/Copy/Paste events run the clipboard commands (Shift: Copy with Base Point / Paste as Block). Each copy is also put on the system clipboard as DXF text, and pasted DXF text that isn't our own last copy becomes the clipboard, so another CADCraft window can paste it. - Right-click on the canvas with no command running opens a shortcut menu: Repeat <last>, Clipboard (Cut, Copy, Copy with Base Point, Paste, Paste as Block, Paste to Original Coordinates), the selection's editing commands and Deselect All, Undo/Redo, Pan/Zoom, Quick Select, Find. During a command it is still Enter. - Ukrainian labels for the new items. Co-authored-by: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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UI parity
Last reviewed: 2026-10-10 · Last updated: 2026-10-10 · Change: minor (dynamic input pointer boxes #60 and press-drag selection windows #63 landed) · Target: Autodesk AutoCAD 2027 for Mac (26.0)
How CADCraft's interaction compares with AutoCAD's: point entry, object snaps, tracking, dynamic input, grips, selection, the command line, chrome and navigation. A drafter's speed in AutoCAD comes from these, so "the command exists" isn't enough: it has to accept the same input, snap to the same points and respond to the same keys. Work items: gaps.md.
Headline (estimated): UI/UX fidelity ≈ 43%. The command line, point syntax, the common running snaps, polar/ortho and the palettes are real. Object snap tracking, extension, parallel and apparent-intersection snaps are toggles with no behaviour; dynamic input is a read-only tooltip; FROM, M2P, TK and point filters don't exist; hot-grip options are advertised but ignored; there are no context menus. Remaining: ≈ 110–170 Opus 5.5 hours.
How this was measured
- CADCraft: read from the source on 2026-10-10 (main at
bd2412f):crates/engine/src/{prompt, snap, select, grips, lib, units}.rs,cmd/*,crates/ui-egui/src/*. Not run in this pass. - AutoCAD: behaviour observed black-box in the running AutoCAD 2027 for Mac
(
plan/autocad/01-observed-ui.md, local only, with reference screenshots that are never committed), its menu tree (xtask/data/menu-catalog.txt) and Autodesk's documentation. - Weights (how often a drafter hits each area): point entry 15%, object snaps 15%, tracking and polar 10%, dynamic input 10%, grips 10%, selection 10%, command line 10%, chrome and palettes 10%, navigation 5%, keyboard and context menus 5%.
| Area | Weight | CADCraft | Weighted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Point entry | 15% | 45% | 6.8 |
| Object snaps | 15% | 40% | 6.0 |
| Tracking, polar, ortho, grid/snap | 10% | 30% | 3.0 |
| Dynamic input | 10% | 45% | 4.5 |
| Grips | 10% | 40% | 4.0 |
| Selection | 10% | 40% | 4.0 |
| Command line | 10% | 60% | 6.0 |
| Chrome and palettes | 10% | 45% | 4.5 |
| Navigation | 5% | 55% | 2.8 |
| Keyboard shortcuts, context menus | 5% | 25% | 1.3 |
| Total | 100% | ≈ 43% |
Point entry (≈ 45%)
| Input | AutoCAD | CADCraft | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
x,y[,z], @dx,dy, @d<a, d<a, #x,y, bare @ |
yes | yes; # equals absolute because there is no UCS; Z parsed then discarded |
prompt.rs:147-180 |
*x,y (WCS override) |
yes | no | |
| Direct distance entry | yes, honours ortho, polar and tracking paths | yes, ortho; polar only through the UI's snapped cursor | lib.rs:782-793 |
Angle forms: 45d30', radians, grads, surveyor N45dE |
yes | yes | units.rs:141-197 |
Architectural/engineering distances 5'6-1/2" |
yes | yes | units.rs:93-140 |
FROM (base point + offset) |
yes | no | |
M2P / MTP (midpoint between two points) |
yes | no | |
TK (tracking) |
yes | no | |
Point filters .x, .y, .xy, .z |
yes | no | |
Angle override <45 |
yes | not found | |
Typed calculator 'CAL |
yes | no |
Object snaps (≈ 40%)
| Mode | AutoCAD | CADCraft (snap.rs:135-334) |
|---|---|---|
| Endpoint | every curve, solid/3D vertices, dimension ends | lines, arcs, polyline segments, open ellipses and splines, ray base, solid/trace corners |
| Midpoint | every curve incl. ellipse/spline arcs, polyline segments | segments only; none on circles, ellipses, splines |
| Center | arcs, circles, ellipses, polyarcs | arcs, circles, ellipses |
| Geometric center | any closed polyline, spline | closed LWPOLYLINE only |
| Node | points, dimension definition points, text alignment points | POINT only |
| Quadrant | circles, arcs, ellipses | yes |
| Intersection | every pair, extended intersection | among up to 200 nearby primitives; ellipse/spline pairs approximate (geometry-parity.md) |
| Extension | yes, with dashed extension path | declared, never produces a point |
| Insertion | text, mtext, blocks, attributes, attdefs | TEXT, MTEXT, INSERT; no ATTDEF or MLEADER |
| Perpendicular | every curve, deferred | lines, arcs, circles, xlines; deferred for the first point (#168) |
| Tangent | circles, arcs, ellipses, splines, deferred | arcs and circles; deferred for the first point; no ellipse or spline |
| Nearest | every curve | yes |
| Apparent intersection | projected intersection | same as Intersection |
| Parallel | yes, with parallel path | declared, never produces a point |
Temporary overrides typed at a prompt (END, MID, INT …) |
yes | no: the text arrives as plain input |
| Shift/Ctrl+right-click snap menu | yes | no |
| Tab to cycle candidate snaps | yes | no |
| AutoSnap marker, tooltip, magnet, aperture box | yes | marker per mode and name label; aperture from APERTURE; no magnet, no aperture box |
| OSNAPZ, 3D object snaps | yes | no |
Tracking, polar, ortho, grid and snap (≈ 30%)
| Feature | AutoCAD | CADCraft |
|---|---|---|
| Ortho (F8) | yes | yes (snap.rs:503) |
| Polar tracking increment | yes | yes, one increment, dashed ray and "Polar: d < a°" tooltip (snap.rs:510, canvas.rs:838-843) |
| Additional polar angles, relative to last segment | yes | no |
| Polar distance snap (PolarSnap) | yes | no |
| Object snap tracking (acquire points, alignment paths, intersections of paths) | yes, F11 | toggle only: the F11 button and flag exist, nothing acquires points or draws paths |
| Grid (rectangular, major lines, adaptive, limits) | yes | rectangular, major lines, adaptive display |
| Snap (rectangular, isometric, polar snap) | yes | rectangular from 0,0 only (snap.rs:531) |
| Isometric drafting (ISODRAFT, isoplanes F5) | yes | status-bar toggle with no effect |
| Drafting Settings dialog | yes | yes (dialogs.rs:36-80) |
Dynamic input (≈ 45%)
AutoCAD's heads-up input (F12) has editable pointer-input fields (x, y), dimensional input
fields (length and angle) with Tab between them and lock icons, relative-by-default second
points, dimensional input on grips, a prompt with clickable options and a down-arrow menu.
CADCraft has pointer input boxes since #60 (crates/ui-egui/src/dyninput.rs): value boxes
beside the cursor while a command asks for a point; second and later points default to polar
distance and angle (DYNPIFORMAT = 1 for Cartesian); , and < lock a value and move to the next
box; Tab types the separator; Enter sends a relative entry (DYNPICOORDS = 1 for absolute) and
fills an empty box from the cursor; a plain number stays direct distance entry. Missing:
dimensional input on grips (length/angle fields while stretching), lock icons, the prompt with a
down-arrow options menu (DYNPROMPT), and DYNDIM.
Grips (≈ 40%)
| Feature | AutoCAD | CADCraft |
|---|---|---|
| Stretch grips per object type | yes | lines (midpoint moves), arcs (start/mid/end), ellipses (axes), polylines (vertices; segment midpoints move or reshape the bulge), dimensions (text and definition points), MLEADER, viewport, wipeout, spline (grips.rs:79-270) |
| Text/MText grips | position, width, column grips | move the whole object |
| Hot-grip modes with Space/Enter cycling | Stretch, Move, Rotate, Scale, Mirror | yes (canvas.rs:58-67) |
| Hot-grip options: Base point, Copy, Undo, Reference, eXit | yes | advertised in the prompt but not parsed; the engine's JSON grip commands accept copy, the UI never passes it |
| Several hot grips at once (Shift-click) | yes | no (one handle) |
| Multifunctional grip hover menus (Add Vertex, Remove Vertex, Convert to Arc, Lengthen …) | yes | no |
| Grip dimensional input (length/angle fields) | yes | no |
| Dynamic block grips | yes | no (no dynamic blocks) |
| Grip appearance (GRIPSIZE, colours, hover) | yes | GRIPSIZE honoured |
Selection (≈ 40%)
| Feature | AutoCAD | CADCraft |
|---|---|---|
| Pick, implied window (left→right) and crossing (right→left) | yes | yes, coloured and dashed rectangles (lib.rs:576-589, canvas.rs:823-836) |
| Keywords W, C, WP, CP, F, BOX, AU, SI, M, G (group), CL (class) | yes | All, Last, Previous, Add, Remove only (lib.rs:595-599, machines.rs:77-80); fence only as a JSON parameter |
| Press-drag selection windows (PICKDRAG) | yes | yes (#63, PICKDRAG = 2) |
| Lasso | yes | no |
| Selection cycling (SELECTIONCYCLING) | yes | toggle nothing reads |
| Selection preview, hover highlight | yes | hover highlight |
| PICKADD, PICKFIRST, PICKAUTO | yes | PICKADD (Shift), PICKFIRST |
| QSELECT, SELECTSIMILAR, FILTER | yes | QSELECT dialog; no SELECTSIMILAR or FILTER |
| Object isolate/hide (ISOLATEOBJECTS, HIDEOBJECTS) | yes | no (only layer isolate) |
| Groups selectable as one (PICKSTYLE) | yes | no |
Command line (≈ 60%)
| Feature | AutoCAD | CADCraft |
|---|---|---|
| AutoComplete (commands, sysvars, mid-string, synonyms) | yes | command list with Tab to accept (cmdline.rs:30,176,317); no sysvar or mid-string search confirmed |
| Aliases | about 250 in acad.pgp |
144 aliases across the commands (counted from source) |
| History (F2), Up/Down recall | yes | yes |
Transparent commands ('zoom, 'pan, 'osnap) |
yes | yes (lib.rs:496-503) |
| Enter/Space repeats last command | yes | yes |
| Clickable keywords in the prompt | yes | yes (cmdline.rs:253-267) |
| UNDO with Mark, Back, BEgin, End, Auto, Control | yes | count only, whole-document snapshots capped at 2,000 (lib.rs:477, edit.rs:56) |
| SETVAR for every system variable | ~1,000 sysvars | about 60 session/header variables by name (sysvars.rs) |
Scripts (SCRIPT, .scr) |
yes | script text via CLI/MCP/control; no .scr file command |
| Floating/docked command window, transparency, lines of history | yes | floating overlay, history lines setting |
Chrome and palettes (≈ 45%)
| Feature | AutoCAD for Mac | CADCraft |
|---|---|---|
| Menu bar | 11 menus, 491 leaf items | same 11 menus; 245/491 items covered (233 by cargo xtask parity, which counts engine commands only, plus 12 UI-only items: see parity-checklist.md) |
| Tool Bar, File tabs, Start tab, layout tabs | yes | yes |
| Tool Sets palette (Drafting, Modeling, … with flyouts) | yes | yes for 2D groups |
| Properties Inspector, Quick Properties | yes | yes (every control acts or is visibly unavailable, #182) |
| Layer Properties Manager (filters, states, VP overrides) | yes | yes |
| Blocks palette, Content | yes | Blocks window (click to insert, #28) |
| Status bar toggles | ~25 | most toggles; Annotation Visibility and Workspace do nothing |
| ViewCube | interactive 3D | clickable for 2D (Top/Home → extents); dragging does nothing (#7) |
| Navigation bar, SteeringWheels | yes | no |
| Workspaces | Drafting & Annotation, 3D Modeling | no |
| Options / Preferences dialog | many tabs | no (issue #23) |
| Customisation (CUI, aliases editor, tool palettes) | yes | no |
| Themes | Dark, Light | Dark, Light, System (#179) |
| Accessibility | VoiceOver basics | AccessKit through eframe; screen-reader coverage untested; magnifier issue #39 |
Navigation (≈ 55%)
| Feature | AutoCAD | CADCraft |
|---|---|---|
| ZOOM Extents, All, Window, Previous, In/Out, Center, Scale, Object | yes | yes, 50-entry history (cmd/view.rs:107-149) |
| ZOOM Realtime (drag), Dynamic | yes | no |
| Wheel zoom about cursor, ZOOMFACTOR, ZOOMWHEEL | yes | fixed factor (no ZOOMFACTOR) |
| Middle-drag pan, double-middle-click extents | yes | yes (canvas.rs:538-583) |
| Trackpad two-finger pan, pinch zoom (macOS) | yes | yes (#58) |
| Named views (VIEW) | yes | no (VIEW table not read or written) |
| Tiled model-space viewports (VPORTS) | yes | not confirmed: VPORTS maps to paper-space MVIEW |
| 3D orbit, ViewCube drag, SteeringWheels | yes | no (M11) |
Keyboard and context menus (≈ 25%)
- Shortcut table: 25 entries (Cmd shortcuts, F1, F2, F3, F7–F12) plus 21 command
.key()shortcuts. AutoCAD for Mac's defaults are similar in number; F4 (3D osnap), F5 (isoplane), F6 (dynamic UCS) are missing. - Delete erases the selection on macOS (#64); Escape cancels.
- Right-click on the canvas is Enter while a command runs; otherwise it opens a shortcut menu (Repeat, Clipboard ▸ Cut/Copy/Copy with Base Point/Paste/Paste as Block/Paste to Original Coordinates, the selection's editing commands, Undo/Redo, Pan/Zoom; #325). Still missing: AutoCAD's per-command menus and the menus of the command line, palettes and tabs.
Revision history
| Date | Change | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-10 | minor | Dynamic input 15% → 45% (pointer boxes, #60); press-drag windows (#63); total 40% → 43% |
| 2026-10-10 | major | First UI-parity audit: point entry, snaps, tracking, dynamic input, grips, selection, command line, chrome, navigation, keys |