Minorv1.55
Looms, Sharing & Cable Management
New
- Cable looms - bundle multiple cables into a single managed loom with colored stripes, waypoints, and hop arcs
- Looms tab - dedicated sidebar panel to view and manage all looms in your project
- Draggable loom endpoints - select a loom and drag the teal handles to adjust where the bundle starts and ends
- Mult/Snake cables - create multi-channel cable mappings between devices (e.g., audio snakes, video mults)
- Password-protected sharing - add optional password protection when sharing projects
- Cable swapping - drag a cable to an occupied port to swap positions with the existing cable
- Text node connections - cables can now connect to and from text labels on the canvas
- Share documents with signatures - attach SoW, responsibilities, or terms that recipients can read and sign
- Rich text in share documents - paste tables from Word/Excel into document attachments
- Expandable BOM in shared view - click the maximize button on Equipment card to see full bill of materials table
- Cable quantity summary - connections tab now shows cable counts by signal type (e.g., 5× SDI, 3× DMX512)
- Venue map in shared view - Project Info card shows Google Maps embed when a venue postcode is set
- Cable filtering in shared view - click cable type badges to show/hide specific signal types on the diagram
- Adjustable port label width - right-click gear to set compact, normal, or wide port labels (default in Settings)
- Background auto-calibration - auto-detect scale when importing floor plan images
- Bare end connector - new connector type for unterminated cables
- RF and DC signal types - for antenna and power distribution diagrams
- Discord community - join the Patchify Discord server for support and feature requests
Improved
- Click loom to select all cables - click on a loom bundle to select all cables within it
- Delete key disbands looms - press Delete with a loom selected to ungroup all cables
- Loom bundle hop arcs - looms show arc hops where they cross other cables
- Improved loom strand visuals - cable strands now visually penetrate into the loom rather than disappearing behind it
- Cleaner loom appearance - removed the loom label overlay for a less cluttered look
- Live waypoint movement - cable waypoints automatically move when dragging connected gear
- Cable reconnection - drag cable endpoints to reconnect them to different ports
- Equipment BOM now includes LED walls and patch panels, not just gear nodes
- Signal types display proper labels in summaries (e.g., 'DMX512' instead of 'dmx')
- Cleaner shared view - removed Projects button and equipment sidebar for external viewers
- Shared project summary shows aggregated equipment with quantities
- Centered project title - project name now displays centered in the top bar across Cable Diagram, Rack Builder, and Studio Layout
- Faster gear lookups - upgraded backend infrastructure for improved gear library search and loading speeds
- Gear voting removed - community gear library now curated for quality
Fixed
- Fixed cable hops not appearing when strands exit looms
- Fixed existing hops remaining when cables join looms
- Fixed password protection toggle not showing teal when enabled
- Fixed custom cable text labels being reset when toggling cable numbers
- Fixed canvas title overlapping toolbar on smaller screens
- Fixed loom stripe colors not updating when changing cable color
- Fixed loom stripes converging at waypointed corners
- Fixed hidden cables in looms not showing stub labels
- Fixed loom strands breaking when moving connected gear
- Fixed bidirectional port connections not working in both directions
- Fixed cable data being lost when reconnecting edges
- Fixed patch panel errors when adding to rack