What's New in Aphex: May 2026

Pre-briefing prep just got a lot faster in Aphex.

For daily briefings, prepping boards before site, or reporting variance back to a master schedule, this release closes three gaps we know you’ve been facing. No more searching the Gantt column by column for missing work areas, resolving clashes one at a time across owners, or hunting for baseline dates buried in the Gantt overlay.

Assigning work areas now happens directly from Map View, and the Clashes panel has been upgraded with bulk actions and a personal review inbox for cross-team requests. And finally, the baseline start and finish dates are now visible wherever you plan, whether that's Board, List, or Gantt.

Let's dive in!

Assigning Work Areas on the Map 🗺️ 

The whole work area workflow now lives on one surface, ending the back-and-forth between Gantt, task modal, and Map View during the pre-briefing prep. The new Map View lists every task at your location with one-click filters for Missing Work Areas and Clashes, and lets you draw, edit, or create work areas (and their tasks) in a single step.

Here’s how it works:

1. See every task in the lookahead, with or without a work area

The left-hand panel now lists every task assigned to the current location, with three icons indicating each task's spatial status:

• Missing Work Area: task has no work area assigned
• Clash: task overlaps with another on the same dates
• Work Area Not Required: task doesn't need a work area

Grouping works the same way as the Gantt: by folder, owner, package, shift, or subcontractor, with an optional secondary group.

2. Filter to what needs attention

Two new quick filters cut straight to what's blocking the briefing:

• Missing Work Areas: every task without geometry
• Clashes: every task with an overlapping work area

Both stack on top of your existing view filters. There's also a new Work Area filter operator in the standard filter panel, useful for saving views that surface tasks by geometry status.

3. Draw, edit, and reshape without leaving the map

Select a task and the map zooms to its spatial context, with the drawing FAB pre-selected on Rectangle. Four tools are available, each with a keyboard shortcut:

• Rectangle (R): click and drag
• Ellipse (O): for circular or oval areas
• Polygon (P): place anchor points freeform, click the first to close
• Select / Edit (V): move and reshape existing geometry without redrawing

Press P on an existing shape to drop into editing, then drag any anchor to reshape the boundary, or click an edge to add a new one. The FAB persists through pan and zoom, so you can work through a list of missing work areas in one continuous pass.

4. Create a task straight from the map

Click the + icon in the bottom left to create a new task. The modal opens with the location locked, dates defaulted to the leftmost visible date, and owner defaulted to you. On creation, the map drops straight into edit work area mode with the rectangle tool ready. No extra steps between creating the task and drawing its geometry.

5. The Right Hand Panel is now on Map

Finally, the full Right Hand Panel (task info, milestones, blockers, clashes, missing data) is available on Map. Everything you need to review and action a task is in reach without switching to another view.

Bulk Clash Resolution & Clash Improvements 💥 

For anyone who's spent a morning resolving clashes one at a time and chasing cross-owner decisions in chat threads, this is the workflow that's been missing. The new Clashes panel lets you multi-select hundreds of clashes to mark them non-conflicting in seconds, and when a clash involves another owner, send a request straight from the panel and track it in a personal For Review inbox. 

1. The new Clashes Right Hand Panel

The Clashes RHP is now on both Gantt and Map, with three tabs:

• Clashes: active unresolved pairs
• Non-Conflicting: pairs you've reviewed and agreed are acceptable
• For Review: your personal inbox of incoming resolution requests from other task owners

Each tab can be filtered independently by date range, owner, and location, and you can group pairs by location or owner.

2. Bulk mark as non-conflicting

Multi-select pairs in the Clashes tab using the checkboxes or Cmd/Ctrl+click, and mark them non-conflicting in one action. If some pairs involve another owner (requiring a request) and others don't (which resolve immediately), you'll see a mixed-ownership warning so you know what's going to happen before you confirm.

3. Approve, deny, or send back

When a clash involves another task owner, marking it non-conflicting sends them a request. They see it in their For Review tab and can approve, deny, or let you cancel. Once it's marked non-conflicting, either owner can revert it back to a clash at any time. There's no confirmation step, because every action is reversible.

4. From the map, scoped to where you're looking

On the Map, tasks now show a clash icon when they're involved in an active clash. Click it to open a Mini Clashing Tasks Modal scoped to that task's clashes, with the same actions as the full RHP. Multi-select tasks in the list and the modal scopes to that selection. A new quick filter narrows the task list to clashing tasks and dims work areas on the map for everything else, so the spatial picture matches what you're working through.

5. Auto-resolution when conditions change

If a clash resolves itself, whether dates move apart, work areas no longer overlap, or ownership shifts so one user ends up owning both tasks, Aphex moves the pair out of the Clashes tab automatically.

Baseline Start & End Properties 📏 

Baseline data finally lives wherever you plan, not just on the Gantt overlay. For anyone running off a P6 import or a master schedule, that means comparing current dates against baseline doesn't require switching views, and feeding variance back into your master schedule takes one export instead of an afternoon of manual rebuilding. The new Baseline Start & End Date property surfaces baseline dates in Board, List, and the Gantt table, with variance tags in red for delayed, green for early, and grey for no change. Here's how it works:

1. Baseline Dates as a property on Board and List

Toggle on the new Baseline Dates property from the Task Properties Menu on Board or List. Baseline start and end dates show up on every task card or row, with optional variance tags alongside them.

Variance is calculated in working days using each task's own calendar, so it respects your shifts, shutdowns, and non-working periods.

2. Baseline column in the Gantt table

A new Baseline column is available in the Gantt column picker, under the Time group. Click the column overflow to pick which baseline to compare against.

Each view holds its own baseline selection, so changing it on one view doesn't affect another. A PM tracking against the contract baseline and a Planner tracking against the latest snapshot can work in the same project without stepping on each other.

3. Variance tags, your call per view

The Include Variance toggle is pinned to the bottom of the Change Baselines tray, saved per view. New views default to on so the value of baselines lands immediately. If you want a cleaner Board (just baseline dates, no tags), toggle it off.

4. CSV export and PDF print

Every CSV Task export now includes four new columns: Baseline Start Date, Start Date Variance, Baseline End Date, End Date Variance. The selected baseline name is added to the export header so you know exactly what you're comparing against. For PDF prints, if you've toggled on the column or property, your PDF will export with the baseline data.

What Else is New ⭐️

A couple of smaller improvements that landed alongside this release:

• Clash icon on the Gantt FAB: multi-select tasks on the Gantt and the FAB now includes a clash icon alongside Duplicate, Link, Edit Properties, and Edit Blockers. Opens the same Mini Modal you'll find on the Map.
• CSV export from the Clashes panel: export the current clash dataset (whatever filters and tabs you've applied) straight to a CSV.
• Variance defaults to ON when you turn on baselines: slight break from how other properties behave, but worth it because you see the value of baselines immediately rather than after a second click.

That's everything for May. These improvements are all made possible from your feedback and suggestions, so thank you. As always, if you've got ideas for what we should build next, you can view the roadmap and request features here.

Until next month,

Team Aphex 💜