v7 · Specimen 2026 · the groove and the inlay
Mechanisms, routed.
Mechanism vocabulary on a cooler, cleaner surface. Parts of the page are recessed — routs — channels where knobs turn, faders ride, toggles slide. Enamel inlays mark state. Chamfered angles where Bauhaus geometry is the right voice. Nothing pretends to be hardware.
Surface
whiter · cooler · honestThe surface is whiter than v3/v4 — clean, fresh, almost surgical. Not pure white (which reads sterile), a precise off-white. Dark mode is a deep neutral graphite, no warm cream cast. The surface does not pretend to be a material; it is honestly just the page.
Routs
recessed UI channels · honest depressionsWhere v3 had a soft inset-cut recess and v6 had hairline outlines, v7 has routs: areas of the surface that are honestly recessed. They are UI affordances — "this is a track / slot / channel where something rides" — not chrome pretending the screen is milled aluminum. Inputs sit in routs. Toggle knobs slide along them. Faders glide in them. The recess is functional, not decorative.
The rout is a UI recess. Enamel can fill any portion of it to show range, progress, or selection. Mechanisms (caps, thumbs) ride above the rout's lip. Nothing here is pretending to be carved metal — it's a digital pattern that earned its name from the woodworking tool that makes a similar channel in physical material.
Enamel Inlay
jewel-tone pigments · set into the routsColor does not coat the surface — it is inlaid into routs as small saturated cells. Six pigments, each reserved for one specific role. Cobalt is the primary action color (replaces v3/v4's burnt sienna). Status colors are bound to the palette: vermilion is destructive, emerald is approved, gold is warning. Burnt sienna remains as the brand-secondary accent.
Mechanisms
click them — they respondTwo geometries, one mechanism. The track is a rout — a UI recess, not a milled aluminum slot. The knob slides; an enamel dot marks the active side. The chamfered variant introduces 45° angles for moments where Bauhaus geometry is the right voice.
The knob is a milled cap with subtle radial highlight (the wheel catching the room light). A single enamel-filled triangle notch marks position. Click to advance through detents. Soft spring on rotation; no clutter of tickmarks.
Press the cap and it depresses into a shallow rout — the surface tells you it received the input. Spring back on release. More tactile than v3, less dramatic than v4.
The strip is a long rout. The active segment is a cap rising out of it, marked with a small enamel dot.
Off: flush in a routed pocket. On: extruded above the surface with the enamel dot lit. Click toggles.
The track is a long, shallow rout. The enamel-filled portion shows travel. The thumb is a milled cap. Click anywhere on the rail to jump.
Primitives
inherited from v3/v4, in v7's registerComposition
a programming row · mechanisms in service of the work| Room | Code | NSF | Qty | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Examination Room — Standard | EXAM-103 | 168 | 12 | Approved | |
| Cardiac Cath Procedure Room | CATH-201 | 650 | 2 | In review | |
| Echocardiography Room | ECHO-205 | 220 | 4 | Blocked | |
| Patient Consultation Room | CONS-104 | 120 | 6 | Draft |
Before · After
a single controlGradient, emoji, soft radius, hover-lift. Decorative.
Clean cap on the panel. Press depresses into a shallow rout. Cobalt enamel as the primary action color.
Dense Row
full provenance · calm hierarchyDrams cannot do this. A room in Arrange carries NSF, code, department, source standard, Revit linkage, and edit provenance — simultaneously. The row holds all of it without fighting. The stamp carries the identity; the body carries the story; the meta column carries the measure.
Each row is a complete object. The stamp — routed, monospaced — holds the room's identity. Three tiers of text in the body: name, department + standard, provenance. The meta column is the measure. Nothing is hidden; nothing fights. This is the Mockbee pole: information density with dignity.