7.1.0

Radial Timeline 7.1.0

Two structural features for how a manuscript is organized and seen: first-class Parts, and the Sequence subplot alignment.

Parts

Parts are now explicit markers you place yourself — the same workflow as chapters. Right-click a scene → Set part… to open a part at that scene, give it a title, or clear it; or set the scene's Part: field directly. Parts carry optional titles and epigraphs into the PDF layouts that print them, P placards mark part boundaries on the Narrative ring, and Act returns to being purely narrative structure — publishing divisions and story analysis no longer share one field. Thanks to @therisingtithes for the request (#30).

Sequence

A new alignment chip leads the mode row in Narrative, Chronologue, and Gossamer modes:

• Fill (default) — subplot scenes spread evenly across each act, every ring using its full arc.
• Sequence — every subplot scene sits at its true position in the full manuscript, aligned with the outer ring. Empty cells show where a thread goes dormant, so you can see at a glance where each subplot lives, where it disappears, and how the threads interleave.

More Improvements

• Timeline Audit: scoped AI chronology scans — run the AI deep read on a selected scope of scenes instead of the whole book. Hand-pick the stretch that's confusing and let it read those scenes in narrative order to recover flashbacks, relative timing, and better date suggestions.
• Local model capabilities — declare what your local model can handle in Settings → AI, so AI features gate accurately against it.

Fixes

• Closed the dead band at the backdrop ring edge in Chronologue.
• Arcs spanning more than half the circle now draw the long way round instead of flipping.
• Scene titles clip to their own arc, and hover expansion respects Sequence alignment.
• Part placards redraw immediately when a Part is set, retitled, or cleared.