ReginGuide · Local kit instruction editor 1.0.0 · Chrome on Linux
A clear guide for each kit edition.
Write illustrated kit instructions, account for listed parts and revise a guide while keeping its released edition intact.
You make a small kit and need to write, check and revise its illustrated instructions from a generic parts table.
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Inspect the guide before buying
Open the included example recipient guide to see what your reader gets. The paid bundle adds the editor and editable example project.
- Explain each step: Combine instructions, an image and explicit consumed quantities.
- Review every listed unit: Resolve unassigned and excess allocations or record a deliberate disposition.
- Keep editions separate: Retain the first released baseline while editing and exporting the working draft.
What it helps you do
For small-kit makers preparing their own illustrated instructions. Import a parts table, link consumed quantities to steps, account for spare or excluded units and check what needs renewed review after a revision. Export a separate offline guide for the reader.
What is in your download
- Local browser editor with all runtime source under the product license
- Illustrated English manual with seven actual screenshots
- Original Lantern Dial A/B parts tables and expected result
- Editable example project and a separate static recipient guide
A practical example
Lantern Dial — original fictional edition exercise
Start with
A has two resistors, one connector, one board, one enclosure, four screws and a spare knob: 10 units. B changes one resistor’s value, removes one screw and adds one washer.
Get this result
Both editions total 10 units: 9 allocated and 1 spare. A keeps R2=10k and four screws; B has R2=22k, three screws and one washer. The fictional sample demonstrates documentation accounting, not a functioning circuit.
Free illustrated manual, A/B tables and complete recipient example (no editor)
Examples use fictional or synthetic data. Follow this example step by step.
Write, revise and share the guide
Actual ReginGuide screens in Chrome on Linux. Lantern Dial, its tables and drawings are original fictional examples.
Write the step and link its parts
Add instructions and an image, then enter the quantities this step consumes. View full size See what a revision leaves unresolved
Edition B has one excess screw allocation and one unassigned washer; both steps need renewed author review. View full size Account for every listed unit
After repair, edition B has 10 total units: 9 allocated and 1 spare, with no unresolved items. View full size Share a separate reader guide
The recipient opens the exported static guide with local images without the paid editor. View full size
How it works
Import and identify
Map your parts table and label the hardware and guide editions.
Write and account
Author steps, link quantities and resolve coverage and author review.
Save and share
Keep an editable project and export one complete edition for the reader.
Before you buy
- Desktop Google Chrome; independently checked in Chrome 152.0.7977.82 on Linux. Other platforms are unverified.
- Extract the whole buyer ZIP and open app/index.html in desktop Google Chrome. Choose Try Lantern Dial example to follow the first-use exercise. No server, installation, account or internet connection is required. Keep the extracted folders together.
- Your own UTF-8 CSV/TSV table, exact part IDs, quantities, instructions and PNG/JPEG images. Keep original images separately.
- Readers need a browser and the complete extracted recipient ZIP; they do not need the paid editor.
Compatibility & limits
Generic UTF-8 CSV/TSV only: up to 256 KiB, 100 part rows, 20 columns and 2,000 characters per cell. Map exact, unique part IDs; quantities are integers 0–9999. No verified CAD or supplier-specific integration, XLSX/PDF import or DOCX export. Up to 30 steps with plain-text instructions, linked quantities and one PNG/JPEG per step. Image input is limited to 2 MiB and 4,000,000 pixels. Images are re-encoded as PNG; original image bytes and metadata are not retained. Normalized image payload across the draft and released baseline is limited to 8 MiB; an image present in both counts twice. Project JSON is limited to 16 MiB and its ZIP to 17 MiB. One immutable released baseline and one working draft per project. The baseline cannot be replaced in the editor; this is not unlimited release history. Save project downloads an editable copy. There is no autosave, cloud sync or undo. Restore accepts only an intact ReginGuide ZIP containing one uncompressed project.json entry. It is not a general ZIP importer. Keep backup copies before major edits. Allocations record quantities against a part row, not consumption of individual reference tokens. Explicit spare, preassembled or excluded dispositions account for leftovers; omitted source parts cannot be discovered automatically. Step and whole-guide acknowledgements record the author’s review. They do not establish assembly safety, electrical suitability, physical fit or instruction completeness. Review your own prose, images and design before sharing. Checked in Google Chrome 152 on Linux, with offline desktop and 390px views and A4/Letter PDF output. Other browser/OS combinations, real kit assembly and physical printing are unverified. Desktop authoring is recommended. The runtime makes no network requests and keeps edits in browser memory. Imported source tables are retained byte for byte. Saved projects include both editions and their source tables; share a recipient guide when only one edition should be visible.
Get ReginGuide
Perpetual use of the purchased version on your devices for personal or internal commercial work. Keep reasonable backups and modify your own copy; do not redistribute or resell original proprietary code. Third-party licenses and any existing preview permissions retain their rights.
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