The offer — atlas of every state

Decision 0 — ring or vertical list

The live question. Both forms carry the SAME map and the same invariant — fixed order, never re-sorted, nothing compacted; only the geometry differs. Left-click selects; right-click opens the offer. What the list buys: a disabled row can state its own reason in the words the product already ships, where an empty slot in a ring is mute; nine sketch primitives fit without an overflow; shortcuts line up in a readable column; long translated names fit; and it is navigable by arrow key and by screen reader, which a radial is not. What it costs: no equidistant flick gesture, and travel to the last row is longer than to the nearest direction. Pairs below — list first, the same state as a ring second.

Decision 1 — ring capacity

The same three selections at eight and at twelve. Eight keeps 45° between neighbours, which is the reliable eyes-free pointing threshold and maps 1:1 to the numpad; twelve buys direct addresses for more verbs at 30° spacing and positions that stop being nameable.

Decision 2 — one map or one per mode

These renders use ONE shared map: sketch verbs occupy the same eight families as model verbs, so dress-up is south-east whether you picked a solid edge or a sketch line. Compare the sketch-mode states below against the model-mode ones — if a verb that exists in both modes ever appears at two addresses, the shared map has failed and the split map is the answer.

The matrix — every selection, every document state

Overflow — the one place eight slots is not enough

Measured, not predicted: the create sub-ring needs 10 addresses, so Polygon, Point are pushed behind a “More” slot. This is the decision the ring size actually turns on — either a verb moves to another family, or the tail goes to a third level, or the ring is not eight. It affects sketch mode only; every model-mode family fits.

Not in the offer

Import STEP, Import mesh, Text, SVG, Export STEP, Commit to Plate, Undo, Redo, Variables, Section view, Origin planes, World axes — these act on the document, not on a selection, so they stay in chrome. Verbs with kernel support but no GUI today, which still hold an address: Split, Pattern on Curve, Align to, Measure, Interference.

The states