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DraftThe drafting table

Draft is the vector room of the Abode suite. Real curves. Booleans that keep them. Files any browser can open. Version 1.0 is on the table now.

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Draft 1.0·SVG native·macOS + Windows

Pull the nodes.

This is not a video. It is an SVG path with live anchors and handles, the same geometry Draft edits all day. Drag the squares to move points. Pull the circles to bend the curve. The markup below is the real path data, updating as you work.

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M 492 214 C 492 298, 440 356, 352 356 C 270 356, 228 310, 228 238 C 228 166, 264 104, 348 104 C 432 104, 492 138, 492 214 Z

The toolset, measured.

Twelve line items, all shipped. One price includes every one of them. Nothing on this sheet is gated.

  1. 01

    Pen and node tools

    Corners, curves, and full handle control. Close on the first anchor.

  2. 02

    Curve-true booleans

    Unite, subtract, intersect and exclude keep their bezier curvature.

  3. 03

    Shape Builder

    Drag one stroke across shapes to merge them. Hold alt to carve instead.

  4. 04

    Live corners

    Rectangle radii stay editable long after the rectangle is drawn.

  5. 05

    Live symbols

    Edit the master and every instance follows. Nesting allowed, cycles refused.

  6. 06

    Live effects

    Shadow, glow and blur, written to the file as real SVG filters.

  7. 07

    Artboards

    As many frames per document as the work needs, moved and sized on canvas.

  8. 08

    Guides and snapping

    Rulers, draggable guides, and smart alignment against edges and centers.

  9. 09

    Type that outlines

    Alignment, leading, tracking, weight. Outlines become true glyph paths.

  10. 10

    Placed images

    Raster sits beside vector and round-trips as a plain image element.

  11. 11

    Blend and clip

    Sixteen blend modes per object, plus clipping masks that survive the file.

  12. 12

    An SVG clipboard

    Copy in Draft, paste anywhere. Copy anywhere, paste in Draft.

The file is the format.

Draft does not export to SVG. A Draft document is an SVG file, openable in any browser the moment you save it. Groups, symbols, guides, artboards and effects ride along as plain markup, and they all come back when you reopen it. Foreign SVG opens editable too. Your work is never trapped in a private format.

<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"
     width="720" height="440">
  <defs>
    <g id="abode:sym:badge" …/>
  </defs>
  <g id="abode:artboards">…</g>
  <g id="poster">
    <path d="M 492 214 C 492 298, 440 356, …"
          fill="#6f86e8"/>
    <use href="#abode:sym:badge"/>
  </g>
</svg>

Draft is part of the Abode private beta. The beta is free with a key. $5 a month per room when payments arrive, or $20 for the whole house.

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