2024 in Review: 40 Releases in 52 Weeks

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This year brought extraordinary progress as our team delivered over 100 new features across 40 releases, elevating how designers and brands bring their visions to life. Let's celebrate three key developments that defined our 2024 journey.

1. Advancing Design Workflow with Enhanced Canvas Controls

The heart of our 2024 transformation shines through our enhanced canvas editor. We introduced precision-focused tools that professional designers have long dreamed of, including exact distance input controls for lines, circles, and ellipses. This wasn't just about adding features – it was about understanding how designers work and providing them with the tools they need to achieve their creative vision with confidence.

The new element control system, featuring automatic alignment, snapping, and distribution, has elevated how designers manage complex layouts. Combined with enhanced text capabilities, including Google Web Fonts support and granular control over line height and sizing, these improvements have transformed our platform into a true powerhouse for both quick mockups and detailed design work.

2. Creating Seamless Connections Across Design Tools

One of our proudest achievements in 2024 was strengthening how our platform connects with other tools in the design ecosystem. The launch of our Pinterest integration and what users are calling "their favorite web clipper yet" opened new possibilities for inspiration gathering and mood boarding.

We built on this momentum by introducing robust bulk import and export capabilities for DWG, DXF, PNG, and JPG files, making it easier than ever to work with existing design assets. The addition of high-resolution export options and improved sharing features through public and private link generation has made collaboration effortless, whether you're working with team members or clients.

3. Harnessing AI for Enhanced Design

Behind the scenes, we made exciting progress in leveraging artificial intelligence to improve the design experience. Our ML recommendation engine received two major updates, making product suggestions more relevant and contextual than ever. We implemented AI-powered product data cleanup and enrichment, ensuring that our fabric and finish database is not just comprehensive, but also accurate and easy to navigate.

These improvements set the stage for our ambitious 2025 roadmap, which includes reimagined product catalogs for brands, a new configurator, and an inspired Revit integration. The performance improvements we've made for large canvases ensure that as we add these new features, the platform will continue to run smoothly for our power users.

Complete Feature Updates for 2024

Canvas Editor Improvements

• Web clipper
• Pinterest integration
• Templates
• Draw line type and line weight controls
• Draw line with exact distance input controls
• Draw polyline improvements
• Draw circles with distance input controls
• Draw ellipses with distance input controls
• Areas
• Frames and presentations
• Custom colors
• Text support for Google web fonts
• Text sizing input controls
• Text line height input controls
• Text drag and resize improvements
• Text multi select editing
• Image resize
• Image crop
• Image skew
• Image background removal
• Image greyscale
• Image auto scale (floor plans)
• Element automatic alignment
• Element automatic snapping
• Element distribute
• Element grouping
• Improvements to visibility control settings
• Search performance improvements

Sharing, Collaboration & Interoperability

• Presentation mode
• Public and private link generation for sharing
• High resolution export
• Improved commenting features
• Project dashboard improvements
• Project budget tracking
• Project and line item discounting
• Drag and drop import DWG, DXF, PNG, JPG
• Bulk import & export of DWG
• Bulk import & export of PNG, JPG
• Bulk export SIF

Performance & Infrastructure

• Large canvas performance improvements
• Search performance improvements
• AI powered product data clean up
• AI powered product data enrichment
• Improved support for fabrics and finishes in data architecture

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Looking back at 2024, we're thrilled by how these developments have come together to create a more powerful, more intuitive design platform. But we're even more excited about what's coming next. Stay tuned for more updates as we continue to expand the possibilities of digital design.

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This platform upgrade represents dozens of thoughtful improvements that collectively enhance the design experience. From enhanced project budget tracking to improved support for fabrics and finishes in our data architecture, every update was carefully crafted to support our users' creative journey.

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