Getting Started
Set up Radial Timeline in Obsidian and start mapping your manuscript.
Radial Timeline works with your Obsidian scene notes and frontmatter, and centers on two workspaces — the Radial Timeline View and the Inquiry View.
Good to know
Existing vaults must use Class: Scene — Radial Timeline only reads notes whose Class property is Scene.
Scene order is the filename’s leading number plus Act — not Finder/File Explorer order.
Using different frontmatter keys? Enable Remap frontmatter field keys in Settings → Advanced.
PDF export requires Pandoc and a LaTeX distribution.
UPDATED June 28, 2026
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