July 2026 product update
Angled bays are live, and the workspace is handling more real deck layouts.
The latest DeckDraft work focuses on a simple idea: fewer real jobs should have to be forced into a rectangle before you can frame, detail, review, and export them.
Use corner grabbers to pull a front bay corner in or out and create tapered or angled deck fronts.
Land stairs on angled front edges instead of working around rectangular-only assumptions.
Carry the angled shape into cleaner rim, trim, blocking, beam, post, decking, and takeoff behavior.
Angled Bays And Tapered Fronts
The headline change is a more natural way to draw non-rectangular deck areas. A bay can now be adjusted with corner grabbers so the front edge becomes angled or tapered, while remaining part of the normal workspace layout flow.
- Corner grabbers turn rectangular bays into tapered or angled bays.
- Stairs can connect to angled front edges.
- Rim and trim corners miter more cleanly at taper junctions.
- Corner beam and post behavior is smarter around angled front corners.
- Ladder blocking stops at clipped or tapered fronts instead of overshooting the shape.
Stairs, Landings, And Skirting
A lot of the month went into making connected deck details behave more like field conditions. Stairs, landings, stringer fascia, skirting, and elevations all received cleanup so the output needs less manual interpretation.
- Better attached landing and switchback behavior.
- Cleaner stringer fascia, tread, riser, and stair takeoff handling.
- Job-level skirting controls with grade-following elevation output.
- Cleaner skirting around stairs, clipped corners, and exposed deck sides.
Decking, Details, Roofs, And Exports
DeckDraft also picked up broader workflow improvements around decking seams, picture-frame controls, existing framing, roof-over-deck layouts, screen-room details, exports, and workspace polish.
- Improved seam controls, per-bay picture-frame options, and deck-board color controls.
- Existing-framing reuse options and material/export fixes.
- More roof-over-deck and patio screen-room roof controls.
- Better grabbers, annotations, PDF behavior, login flow, company access, and admin support tools.
What is next
More deck shapes, fewer manual cleanups.
The next round of work continues in the same direction: broader layout coverage, cleaner decking and framing edge cases, better export output, and more support for the deck shapes contractors run into on real sales, estimate, and permit jobs.
If you have a deck shape or plan detail that still feels awkward in DeckDraft, send it to support@deckdraftcad.com. Those examples are one of the best ways to steer the next updates.