What it does
Build a platoon or Colour party, sequence drill movements on a timeline, then play the routine back on a parade square measured in real paces. Movements are modelled from the manual — turns, wheels, inclines, dressing, sizing, saluting, and the Chapter 7 formation and flank movements — with the commander and warrant officer marching their own correct paths rather than being dragged along with the body.
- Per-member selection, so individuals can be given their own movements.
- A timeline with explicit start ticks — different members can move at the same time.
- Scrub, step, and pause playback; validation flags overlaps and broken dressing.
- Save and reload routines locally as JSON.
Try a routine
Pick a demo to open it in the simulator, already loaded and ready to play. You can edit it from there, or clear it and start your own.
- March On Playbook The March On! Competition 2026 compulsory sequence — the marker and the fall-in, sizing, dressing, marching on, headdress, and the halt — mapped onto the modelled CF-201 movements.
- Lee-Enfield Rifle Drill Every modelled rifle position and the transitions between them — the order, the short trail, the slope on either shoulder, the port, the present and the funeral reverse, with the dressing and the salutes that change when a rifle is in the way.
More routines are on the way. Prefer a blank parade square? Open the simulator empty.
Legal
- License
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CAF Drill Routine Simulator — Proprietary License. © 2026 Matthew Dodd. All rights reserved.
This software is free to use by anyone but is not open-source. Individual, cadet, CAF, and corporate users alike may install, access, and run it at no charge for any lawful purpose — there is no license fee and no permission to seek. You may not copy, distribute, modify, reverse-engineer, or create derivative works of it. The source code is proprietary and confidential.
Attribution is requested, not required. If the tool helps you plan or teach a routine, a credit is appreciated — but it is a request, not a condition of use, and nothing is enforced.
This is a plain-language summary; the downloadable full text governs.
- Drill reference
- Movements are modelled from the Canadian Forces Manual of Drill and Ceremonial (A-DH-201-000/PT-000), © His Majesty the King in Right of Canada (Crown copyright). Symbols and figures are redrawn for this tool and used as reference; this project is not affiliated with, nor endorsed by, the Canadian Armed Forces or the Department of National Defence. The manual is the authority — where this simulator and the manual disagree, the manual is right.
- No warranty
- Provided “as is”, without warranty of any kind. It is a visualisation aid, not an authoritative source for drill instruction or for qualification.
- Privacy
- No accounts and no tracking. Routines you build are saved in your own browser’s local storage and are never uploaded on their own. The one exception is deliberate and yours to make: if you use Report an Issue in the simulator, the report sends your description, your browser version and country, your email only if you choose to type one, and — unless you untick the box — the routine you are working on, so the bug can be reproduced. No IP address is stored, and the stored report is deleted automatically after a retention window. So that a report is not missed, a copy of your description (and your email address, if you gave one) is sent to the maintainer’s inbox, where it is kept until they delete it.
About
Built by a former member and current civilian instructor with CJCR who has an interest in getting drill looking and running right on screen. This tool was created as a way to plan and teach routines without needing a parade square and thirty people, or writing it all manually on paper.
Support the project: ko-fi.com/drillteamsim