Dev Journal for AI Tech Packs

Published: 10/24/2025

We’re building AI tools that make tech packs faster, clearer, and more collaborative.
This dev journal retraces our journey—from the earliest prototype to V3.13

you can see what changed, why it matters, and what’s coming next.
(Current as of December 11, 2025.)

What we are working on right now

We're building a new Share with Factory experience that simplifies communication end-to-end.
Users will be able to share a single link to the newest version of their tech pack, see exactly when the factory reads it (and for how long), and manage all questions and comments directly from that shared page.
We are working on a vertical template for the PDF

V3.13 - Placement Guide & Artwork Regeneration (December 14, 2025)

You can now generate artwork without a reference image.
Placement guide background images can now be regenerated using text prompts.
Tech Pack Mama has expanded coverage, with stronger support for regenerating artwork images, placement guides, and improved stability when updating color sheet images.

V3.2 - Measurement Line Hide/Show Feature, Placement Guide Vision Upgrade, PDF Format Patch (December 11,2025)

You can now hide individual measurement lines when they aren’t necessary to show.
On first AI generation, measurement lines that are detected as poorly drawn will be hidden automatically, making them easier to fix.
Placement guide generation has been improved, with more accurate callout positioning and cleaner layouts.
A minor PDF formatting issue has also been fixed.

V3.12 - Techpack Mama Upgrade (strong edits)(December 10, 2025)

implement smarter Techpack Mama logic to allow regenerating flat sketches, color sheets, and BOM artworks all from a single prompt
able to run a multi-action prompt like:
- “i want you to make the hoodie orange and also add a zipper that goes through the entire hoodie kind of like bape”
- the result of this one prompt could be:
  flat sketch regenerated, BOM artworks updated, and the color sheet changed — all synced automatically from a single instruction

V3.11 — Techpack Mama Upgrade + Color Sheet Patch (December 9, 2025)

What’s new

Default chat model upgraded to GPT-5.1.
Regeneration support added:
- Flat sketch regeneration
- Artwork image regeneration
- (Placement guide image regeneration coming soon)
New “clarify when unsure” Q&A flow.
Override SVG editing in Color Sheet editor; upload any image or recolor existing SVGs.

V3.1 — Excel Export + Minor Patches + Illustrator Release (December 4, 2025)

Excel export available for all Studio plans; Pro plans get 3 lifetime exports.
Illustrator plugin released for all Studio plans.
Added stability + minor save patches.

V3 — Multi-Color Workflows, New Pages, More Control (November 25, 2025)

Multi-Color Support

Full multi-color workflows across techpacks + order sheets.

New Pages & Controls

Color Sheet page introduced.
Artwork pages redesigned by category.
Ability to delete pages from techpacks.

Intelligence & Backfill

Techpack Mama now handles multi-color workflows automatically.
Upload missing back views later and generate all missing pages/callouts.

Plus

Minor bug fixes.

V2.46 — Backend Updates, Image Support, UI Updates (November 12, 2025)

Bonus gift added for one-time purchases.
PDF + screen width now fully expandable.
Tweaks to AI chat toggle button.
Zod validator added for save in/out system.
Image uploads added to Techpack Mama.
Live chat system implemented for user support.

V2.45 — Bug Fixes on Placement Guide & Flat Sketch Regeneration (November 4, 2025)

Fixed major issue where flat sketch regeneration sometimes didn’t actually regenerate.
Improved placement guide dot rendering.

V2.46 — Size Range Editing & Critical UI Fix (October 30, 2025)

Edit size range after generation.
Fixed bug where “apply changes” caused the save button to disappear.

V2.45 — Smart Flat Sketch Regeneration (October 29, 2025)

Natural-language flat sketch regeneration (“add hood,” “remove button,” etc.).

V2.44 — Sample Size Control & PDF Viewer Refresh (October 28, 2025)

Change sample size after generation.
PDF viewer polished for cleaner navigation + readability.

V2.43 — Advanced Editing, Full Customization, Smarter Prompts (October 23, 2025)

Chatbot handles deep, complex editing.
Edit history + revert system added.
Replace placement guide + cover visuals.
Smarter measurement + materials prompt interpretation.
UI navigation + readability improvements.

V2.42 — Placement Regeneration, Units, Performance (October 16, 2025)

Regenerate placement guide + garment images.
Switch between metric/imperial units.
Faster load times + PDF generation.
Critical save + duplicate UUID fixes.
Placement guide now capped at 10 items.

V2.41 — Measurement Table Update (October 13, 2025)

Black border around M-size column.
Added note that only M-size base sample is supported (for now).

V2.4 — Agentic Chatbot + Custom Flat Sketch Upload (October 12, 2025)

Agentic Chatbot launched: understands, edits, and performs actions.
One-click application of AI-suggested edits.
Reintroduced custom flat sketch uploads.

V2.3 — Regeneration Tools + SVG Export Enhancements (October 8, 2025)

Regenerate flat sketches with print/sewing detail control.
Upgraded SVG export (grouping for Illustrator).
Regenerate artwork images on demand.

V2.2 — Chatbot Upgrade, UI Fixes, Expanded Free Plan (October 7, 2025)

Chatbot now fully aware of all tech pack data.
Ask “Am I missing anything in my BOM?” etc.
UI polishing.
Free users get full editor access (saving + uploads still gated).

V2.123 — Minor UI Patch (October 2, 2025)

Resizable size chart cells.
BOM table usability improvements.

V2.12 — UI Update + Chatbot Upgrade (October 1, 2025)

Compact size chart layout.
Chatbot connected to internal knowledge base.
Resizable PDF + editor views.

V2.1 — AI Tech Pack Chatbot + BOM/Placement Stabilization (Late September 2025)

Chatbot launched for contextual Q&A.
Improved BOM + placement stability.

V2 — Simplified Tech Packs + Detailed Image Extraction (September 19, 2025)

Cleaner, easier-to-read tech packs.
Automatic extraction of trims, labels, artwork, fabrics.

V1.1 — Smarter Prompts & Context-Aware Measurements (Early September 2025)

Paste size charts directly into prompts.
More accurate measurement tables.

August 2025 — Data Table Refactor, One-Shot, Admin Tools

Faster, more reliable save + data tables.
One-Shot idea generator.
Improved Placement Guide.
Admin dashboard + SEO/privacy upgrades.

July 2025 — Manual Mode, Mobile, Performance

Manual mode for measurement lines.
Mobile UI polishing.
PDF pagination controls.
Autosave + feedback enhancements.

V1 (June 2025) — AI Flat Sketch Generation

AI generation of professional flat sketches from text + images.

Q2 2025 (Apr–May) — Editing Tools, BOM/Costing, Placement Guide

Vector/manual editing for measurement lines.
BOM + cost sheet improvements.
Placement Guide v1.
Onboarding + UI improvements.
Blog + support docs launched.

Q1 2025 — Viewer, Subscriptions, Revisions

In-app PDF viewer.
Subscriptions + blurred previews.
Revisions + change logs.
Front/back image support for flats.
Improved sign-in + Sentry tracking.

First AI Tech Pack generator prototype.
CSV/XLSX outputs.
Stripe payments baseline.
Shareable tech pack links.
Early SEO groundwork.
Established the core user loop.