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# gnucleus-freecad-validator

Deterministic validation for FreeCAD CAD geometry, design specifications, and
solved FreeCAD/CalculiX FEM analyses. Reproducible, no LLM, no GPU.

## Prerequisites

* Python ≥ 3.11
  (v2's pinned OCP binary dependencies provide Python 3.11–3.14 wheels).
* [FreeCAD](https://www.freecad.org/) **1.1.0 recommended**. FreeCAD
  **0.21.x remains supported for non-FEM validation**, but FEM
  validation requires FreeCAD 1.1.0.

For a reproducible FreeCAD 1.1.0 installation, the official
[1.1.0 release](https://github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD/releases/tag/1.1.0)
provides these platform-specific assets:

| Platform | Install |
|---|---|
| macOS (Apple Silicon) | [`FreeCAD_1.1.0-macOS-arm64-py311.dmg`](https://github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD/releases/download/1.1.0/FreeCAD_1.1.0-macOS-arm64-py311.dmg) |
| macOS (Intel) | [`FreeCAD_1.1.0-macOS-x86_64-py311.dmg`](https://github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD/releases/download/1.1.0/FreeCAD_1.1.0-macOS-x86_64-py311.dmg) |
| Linux (x86_64) | [`FreeCAD_1.1.0-Linux-x86_64-py311.AppImage`](https://github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD/releases/download/1.1.0/FreeCAD_1.1.0-Linux-x86_64-py311.AppImage) |
| Linux (aarch64) | [`FreeCAD_1.1.0-Linux-aarch64-py311.AppImage`](https://github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD/releases/download/1.1.0/FreeCAD_1.1.0-Linux-aarch64-py311.AppImage) |
| Windows (x86_64) | [`FreeCAD_1.1.0-Windows-x86_64-py311-installer.exe`](https://github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD/releases/download/1.1.0/FreeCAD_1.1.0-Windows-x86_64-py311-installer.exe) |
| conda / mamba | `mamba install -c conda-forge python=3.12 "freecad=1.1.0"` *(no extra config needed — the module is directly importable)* |

Pick the download that matches your CPU — the two macOS disk images are not interchangeable.

Prefer a known build over a rolling package manager when reproducibility
matters. `brew install --cask freecad` tracks the newest release and can move
off 1.1.0; on Ubuntu / Debian, both the distro package and the `freecad-stable`
PPA can lag behind. FreeCAD 0.21.x from those sources remains supported for
non-FEM validation. If you use a package manager, check `freecad --version`
before relying on it.

Under conda / mamba, FreeCAD's binding lands in `$CONDA_PREFIX/lib`
rather than `site-packages`, which the loader already looks for first.

### Pin the build, not just the version

Scores are only comparable when they come from the same geometry
kernel, and FreeCAD 1.1.0 does **not** imply one OCCT version — the
kernel travels with the build:

| FreeCAD 1.1.0 build | OCCT |
|---|---|
| official binaries above, build `20260325` (macOS arm64) | 7.8.1 |
| conda-forge `freecad=1.1.0`, py3.12 (linux/amd64) | 7.9.3 |

Both report the *same* FreeCAD build string, `1.1.0 20260325`, so the
version alone does not tell you which kernel you are on.

Volume, surface-area, and surface-type measurements can shift across
kernels, so generate references and score candidates with the *same*
build — not merely the same FreeCAD version. Check yours with:

```bash
python -c "from freecad_validator._freecad_loader import import_freecad; import_freecad(); import Part; print(Part.OCC_VERSION)"
```

### Locating the binding

The validator auto-detects FreeCAD's Python binding for these installs,
without additional `PYTHONPATH` configuration:

| Install | Searched |
|---|---|
| conda / mamba | `$CONDA_PREFIX/lib` |
| macOS `.app` (official .dmg) | `/Applications/FreeCAD.app/Contents/Resources/lib` |
| macOS Homebrew bottle | `/opt/homebrew/Cellar/freecad/*/lib`, `/usr/local/Cellar/freecad/*/lib` |
| Linux distro / PPA package | `/usr/lib/freecad-python3/lib`, `/usr/lib/freecad/lib`, `/usr/lib64/freecad/lib`, `/usr/local/lib/freecad/lib` |

**Windows and the Linux AppImage are not auto-detected** — they have no
fixed install location — so set `FREECAD_LIB` for those (below). The
package works fine with them; it just cannot guess where they are.

`FREECAD_LIB` accepts a single directory or an `os.pathsep`-separated
list (`:` on Unix, `;` on Windows — same convention as `PATH` and
`PYTHONPATH`), so you can point at every directory FreeCAD needs in
one variable. It is tried before the built-in candidates, and a value
that doesn't resolve falls back to them rather than failing outright:

```bash
# conda / mamba — the binding sits directly under the env's lib/.
export FREECAD_LIB="$CONDA_PREFIX/lib"

# macOS (Homebrew cask) — single path; the .app bundle finds its own
# workbenches relative to the binary.
export FREECAD_LIB=/Applications/FreeCAD.app/Contents/Resources/lib

# Linux (apt / PPA install) — three paths: the binding under lib/,
# the package-root Mod (often a symlink to /usr/share/freecad/Mod),
# and the canonical workbench tree itself.
export FREECAD_LIB=/usr/lib/freecad/lib:/usr/lib/freecad/Mod:/usr/share/freecad/Mod

# Linux AppImage — extract it first; the bundle is not a normal install.
#   ./FreeCAD_1.1.0-Linux-x86_64-py311.AppImage --appimage-extract
export FREECAD_LIB=$PWD/squashfs-root/usr/lib:$PWD/squashfs-root/usr/Mod
```

On Windows, point it at the directory holding `FreeCAD.pyd` — the
installer's `bin` directory — using `;` as the separator:

```powershell
$env:FREECAD_LIB = "C:\Program Files\FreeCAD 1.1\bin"
```

Verify the wiring. The recommended 1.1.0 install reports `1`, `1`, `0` in the
first three fields; a supported 0.21.x install reports `0`, `21` in the first
two:

```bash
python -c "from freecad_validator._freecad_loader import import_freecad; print(import_freecad().Version())"
```

## Install

```bash
pip install 'gnucleus-freecad-validator[v2]'
```

The default v2 scorer uses OCCT's native oriented bounding box through
[`cadquery-ocp==7.9.3.1.1`](https://pypi.org/project/cadquery-ocp/7.9.3.1.1/#files).
It provides wheels for Python 3.11–3.14 on macOS arm64/x86_64,
Linux aarch64/x86_64 (glibc 2.31+), and Windows x86_64. Its dependencies
include `cadquery-ocp-proxy==7.9.3.1.1` and `vtk==9.6.2`.
Install the extra in the same interpreter that loads FreeCAD. The extra always
requires the pinned backend: on unsupported Python versions, installation
fails to resolve its dependencies instead of succeeding without OCP.
FreeCAD's binding must also match the Python interpreter; the FreeCAD 1.1.0
bundle used for end-to-end validation here embeds Python 3.11.

For slim Debian/Ubuntu containers, install the shared libraries used by
OCP/VTK before installing the v2 extra. Add this to the Dockerfile:

```dockerfile
RUN apt-get update \
    && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends libgl1 libxrender1 \
    && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
```

These runtime libraries are needed even for headless scoring; a display
server is not required. Missing libraries can cause `import OCP` to fail
with an error such as `ImportError: libGL.so.1`.

Constructing a v2 `Validator` or geometry scorer checks the native dependencies
before reading models. Missing OCP or shared libraries raise
`OCCTUnavailableError`; an OCCT measurement failure raises `OBBMeasurementError`
(both in `freecad_validator.comparators.occt_bbox`). Single-case CLIs report
these errors on stderr and exit with status 1. Batch scoring stops with status 1
on an unavailable backend; an individual measurement failure is recorded as an
error, excluded from score averages, and processing continues. Neither failure becomes a zero
score or disables the bbox gate.

For v1 scoring or other APIs, `pip install gnucleus-freecad-validator`
retains the base dependency set. Select v1 explicitly with `--scorer v1`
or `Validator(scorer_version="v1")`. Importing the package does not load OCP.

## Usage

### CLI

```bash
freecad-validator validate my_model.FCStd ground_truth.FCStd spec.json
```

`freecad-validator` is the package's entry-point; `--help` shows the
`validate`, `batch`, `join`, `render`, and `fem-score` subcommands.

### Python

```python
from freecad_validator import Validator

validator = Validator()
result = validator.validate(
    candidate_fcstd="path/to/my_model.FCStd",
    reference_fcstd="path/to/ground_truth.FCStd",
    spec_json="path/to/spec.json",
)
result.combined  # combined verdict, in [0, 1] (harmonic mean by default)
result.geometry_similarity  # geometry-only sub-score
result.cad_spec_consistency  # spec ↔ CAD sub-score
```

For repeated scoring, reuse one `Validator` across cases — its
internal scorers amortize across calls.

### FEM validation

> [!IMPORTANT]
> FEM validation requires FreeCAD 1.1.0. FreeCAD 0.21.x is supported only for
> non-FEM validation.

The FEM API compares a candidate solved FCStd with an engineer-generated solved
reference on a source STEP. It extracts the saved analysis, replays the
candidate solve with CalculiX, verifies the stored displacement and stress
fields, and returns a deterministic 0–100 report with validity gates and
engineering diagnostics.

```python
from freecad_validator.fem import FEMValidator

validator = FEMValidator(require_boolean=True)
report = validator.validate(
    step_path="source.step",
    reference_fcstd="reference.FCStd",
    candidate_fcstd="candidate.FCStd",
)
print(report.overall_score, report.grade, report.gates_triggered)
```

Trusted, already-extracted dictionaries can be scored without FreeCAD or CalculiX:

```python
from freecad_validator.fem import score_trusted_payloads

report = score_trusted_payloads(target_geometry, reference_payload, candidate_payload)
```

This low-level function trusts adapter-produced replay-verification fields. Do
not pass candidate-controlled JSON to it. Use `FEMValidator.validate()` for
untrusted FCStd inputs so the validator performs extraction and solver replay.

The equivalent CLI is:

```bash
freecad-validator fem-score source.step reference.FCStd candidate.FCStd \
  --timeout 900 --json
```

Use `--require-boolean` only for tasks whose metadata explicitly requires a
Boolean operation, and `--require-preprocessing` only when preprocessing is an
explicit task requirement. Neither requirement is inferred from instruction
text. Intermediate extraction JSON is temporary by default; pass
`--extract-dir` to retain it.

> [!WARNING]
> FEM validation executes FreeCAD and CalculiX subprocesses against the
> candidate document. Although the FCStd adapter rejects archive path
> traversal before opening the file, untrusted submissions should still be
> validated in a locked-down container with no network access and no sensitive
> host mounts.

## Scoring

> [!IMPORTANT]
> 0.6.0 revises the default **v2** geometry scoring rules and sets its default
> spec failure budget to **10** — scores change from 0.5.0. Pass
> `--scorer v1` (or `Validator(scorer_version="v1")`) to retain the v0.4
> geometry and spec-scoring behavior. This does not roll back the
> CAD-grounded spec validation introduced in v0.4.

Two independent passes per case:

| Pass | What it measures |
|---|---|
| `geometry_similarity` | **v2 (default):** scalar property fidelity multiplied by a spatial-agreement factor (see below). **v1 (`--scorer v1`):** legacy weighted sum `surface_types (0.10) + volume (0.35) + surface_area (0.40) + bbox (0.15)`. Structural integrity gates → 0 under both; v2 bbox and ICP complexity/topology gates → 0 |
| `cad_spec_consistency` | `consistent / total_params`, or the failure-budget score (default budget: 10 under v2, disabled under v1) |

### The v2 geometry scorer

```text
# After structural checks and independent OCCT OBB measurements:
if bbox_max_relative_error >= bbox_far_rel_tol:  # default 10%
    geometry_similarity = 0
else:
    property_score = (0.05·surface_types + 0.175·volume + 0.175·surface_area
                      + 0.10·principal_moments) / 0.50

    geometry_similarity = property_score × (0.50 + 0.50 · icp)
```

V2 measures `bbox` and `principal_moments` using the **maximum** relative
error across their three sorted components:

```text
component_error[i] = abs(reference[i] - candidate[i])
                     / max(abs(reference[i]), abs(candidate[i]), 1e-9)
error = max(component_error)
```

For `bbox`, the components are sorted native OCCT oriented-box dimensions,
computed independently for each solid; for
`principal_moments`, they are sorted, normalized principal moments.
The bbox check is a **hard gate**: error at or above 10% forces geometry
to zero. ICP runs after this check. Below 10%, bbox passes and contributes no reward
or continuous penalty. The four property weights total 0.50, and the
ICP multiplier ranges from 0.50 to 1.00. The bbox subscore remains in result details
for diagnostics only; `bbox_gate` records the decision, error and threshold.
The diagnostic bbox value is not a reward term; use the formula above rather
than summing all entries in `subscores`.
`geom_details.bbox_frame` is `occt_obb`; both reported dimension arrays and
the bbox subscore describe those independently measured boxes. The gate also
applies to spheres, cones and other solids with too few face centers for ICP.
If it rejects a pair, ICP is not run and `icp_details` is absent.
Neither source document is modified. V1 continues to measure world-axis AABBs.
With either supported combiner, zero geometry also makes the final score zero.

`principal_moments` retains the 1% matched and 10% far thresholds and the
logarithmic score ramp between them. A single 3% component error scores
about 0.523 instead of being averaged down to 1% and receiving full credit.
V1 retains mean bbox error and its existing reward weight.

V2 `surface_types` compares the total area of each surface type separately:

```text
area_floor = 0.01 * max(sum(reference_area.values()), sum(candidate_area.values()))
type_error[t] = abs(reference_area[t] - candidate_area[t])
                / max(abs(reference_area[t]), abs(candidate_area[t]), area_floor, 1e-9)
surface_types_error = max(type_error)
```

Types present in either model are included; an absent type has area zero.
The worst type error receives full credit at or below 1%, zero at or above
10%, and logarithmic partial credit between them. Each denominator is at
least 1% of the larger total surface area. Types occupying at least 1%
of that total retain their original per-type relative error; smaller types
receive a reduced error instead of an automatic 100% error when missing.
With default thresholds, a missing type occupying at most 0.01% of the total
receives full credit, and one occupying at least 0.1% makes this subscore zero.
Other type errors are still included when taking the maximum.
A zero surface-type subscore lowers the property score without forcing
the geometry score to zero.
Result details include each type's areas and relative error, the maximum
error, the score tier, and the area denominator floor and fraction.
The 1% area floor fraction is fixed; its result field records the setting
used for the measurement and is not a configurable tolerance.
CLI flags `--surface-types-matched-rel-tol` and
`--surface-types-far-rel-tol` control V2 thresholds.

V1 keeps its total-area-normalized difference, linear ramp and legacy
`surface_types_exact_tol` / `surface_types_zero_score` settings. Neither
version's area-by-type signal measures feature locations: moving a hole
without changing the areas still receives full credit here. The area floor
does not distinguish an important small feature from a minor surface change,
or recognize equivalent geometry with a different surface representation;
those cases still require calibration for the intended use.

The OBB backend transfers BREP geometry to OCP, clears cached display meshes,
and remeshes with linear deflection `volume^(1/3) * 1e-4`, angular deflection
`0.1` radians, and parallel meshing disabled. It calls native `AddOBB` with
triangulation and optimal search enabled, and shape-tolerance expansion
disabled. Both sides use the same settings, independent of saved pose or
previous rendering. Geometry is exported during the existing document reads;
there is no additional document open for bbox measurement.

**Known upstream OCCT issue: torus rotation changes the optimized OBB.**
OCCT's optimized OBB is an approximation and is not rotation invariant for
some tori. This has been reproduced with native OCCT torus construction,
rigid rotation, meshing, and `AddOBB` alone, isolating the behavior from
FreeCAD document loading, BREP transfer, and ICP. The same measurements occur
with `cadquery-ocp==7.8.1.1.post1` and `7.9.3.1.1`:

| Torus major/minor radii | Rotation about axis | Maximum relative OBB error | V2 bbox gate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 30 / 8 | 20° about (3, 1, 2) | 9.525% | Pass |
| 50 / 5 | 20° about (3, 1, 2) | 9.887% | Pass |
| 50 / 5 | 75° about (1, 3, 7) | 10.468% | Reject |

The solids in each comparison are congruent. OCCT supplies pose-sensitive
dimensions; V2's 10% hard gate turns that variation into a false rejection
and a zero geometry/final score. These examples are measured reproductions,
not a general uncertainty bound for all curved shapes. The regression tests
record their magnitudes so an OCCT upgrade requires reviewing any change.
This upstream bug/limitation is accepted for V2: the validator does not repair
OCCT's orientation choice or use ICP to override its size decision.

V2 rejects candidates with more than 5000 faces before OBB meshing or ICP.
The same limit also skips that candidate's BREP serialization during feature
extraction. Reference BREP export still occurs during its document read.
This avoids exporting and meshing an over-limit candidate. V1 has no added
face-count limit.
Structural and ICP rejection checks remain authoritative. ICP's pose does
not participate in the OBB measurement or the bbox gate decision.

Two signals are new relative to v1:

- `principal_moments` — normalized principal moments of inertia
  (rotation- and scale-invariant mass distribution); catches shape
  mismatch that volume/area/bbox miss.
- `icp` — a face-center ICP alignment reward: one point per face,
  brute-force principal-frame permutation init (24 proper rotations),
  trimmed-ICP pose refinement, then full bidirectional nearest-neighbor
  residuals over every aligned candidate and reference face center.
  The reward is `exp(-k·max_residual)` with 0.1 mm → 0.9 and an exact 1.0
  for numerically coincident clouds. Trimming cannot hide an unmatched face
  from the final reward. Congruent models can still receive a lower ICP/V2
  score when different feature histories produce different face
  decompositions and therefore different face-center clouds.

A candidate with perfect property scores and an ICP score of zero receives
0.50 if all rejection checks pass. Matching properties and face centers
receive 1.0. V1 does not use ICP.

For example, in the end-to-end regression fixture, moving a 3 mm-diameter
hole by 3 mm within an otherwise unchanged 40 x 30 x 5 mm plate leaves all
four v1 properties unchanged, so v1 geometry scores `1.000`. Full
bidirectional ICP detects the displaced hole and lowers v2 geometry below
`0.70`.

Known limitations of the `icp` signal: it compares face centers rather than
the complete BREP surfaces, and highly symmetric parts whose only congruent
poses are non-axis rotations may be under-scored.

### Spec failure budget

Under `--scorer v1` the failure budget defaults to `None`, preserving the
v0.4 consistent/total calculation; under v2 it defaults to `10`. Both
versions retain v0.4's CAD-grounded spec validation:

```text
cad_spec_consistency = consistent / total_params
```

Set a positive failure budget to prevent large specs from diluting failures:

```text
failures = inconsistent + not_found
denominator = min(total_params, failure_budget)
cad_spec_consistency = max(0, 1 - failures / denominator)
```

When configured, a spec with fewer parameters than the budget still uses the
same consistent-parameter fraction. Once the parameter count reaches the
budget, each failure costs `1 / failure_budget`. With the v2 default of 10,
one failure scores 0.9, two score 0.8, and ten or more score 0.0 when
there are at least ten parameters. The budget affects only spec scoring.
Every parameter is checked; the budget does not select a subset. Geometry-bound
and legacy parameters each contribute at most one failure, with the same penalty.

Configure the budget with `Validator(spec_failure_budget=...)` or
`--spec-failure-budget`; force the legacy consistent/total scoring with
`spec_failure_budget=None` / `--no-spec-failure-budget`:

```python
Validator()  # v2 scorer, failure budget 10
Validator(scorer_version="v1")  # legacy scorer, budget disabled
Validator(spec_failure_budget=None)  # v2 scorer, budget disabled
```

```bash
freecad-validator validate ...                             # v2, budget 10
freecad-validator validate ... --scorer v1                 # v0.4 scoring behavior
freecad-validator validate ... --no-spec-failure-budget    # v2, legacy spec scoring
```

To use a stricter budget of five failed parameters:

```python
Validator(spec_failure_budget=5)
```

```bash
freecad-validator validate ... --spec-failure-budget 5
freecad-validator batch --sample-data-dir ./sample-data --spec-failure-budget 5
```

#### Docker and custom verifier wrappers

In Docker, pass `--spec-failure-budget` when running the CLI. If the container
uses a Python wrapper such as `tests/run_scorer.py`, pass the value directly:

```python
from freecad_validator import Validator

validator = Validator(combine_method="min", spec_failure_budget=10)
```

The package does not read a failure-budget environment variable automatically.
Terminal Bench wrappers live under `tasks/<task-name>/tests/run_scorer.py` in
the task repository, not in this package.

The two are combined into `result.combined` so a strong score on one
axis cannot rescue a weak score on the other. The aggregation method
is configurable via `Validator(combine_method=...)` or `--combine-method`
on the CLI; both options return 0 when either `g` or `s` is 0.

| Method | Formula | Behavior |
|---|---|---|
| `"harmonic"` (default) | `2gs / (g + s)` | Tracks the weaker signal but still rewards a stronger second axis. |
| `"min"` | `min(g, s)` | Strictest — pins the combined to the weakest axis, ignores any headroom on the other. |

where `g = geometry_similarity` and `s = cad_spec_consistency`. All
three values are in `[0, 1]`.

```python
from freecad_validator import Validator

Validator(combine_method="min", spec_failure_budget=10)
```

```bash
freecad-validator validate ... --combine-method min
freecad-validator batch    ... --combine-method min
freecad-validator validate ... --spec-failure-budget 10
```

### Tolerances

Pass `GeometryTolerances` or `SpecTolerances` to `Validator` to make
the scoring stricter or more lenient. Each continuous geometry subscore
has a *matched* threshold (score = 1.0 at or below) and a *far*
threshold (score = 0.0 at or above), with a smooth ramp in between.
Geometry thresholds must be finite and positive, and each matched threshold
must be strictly less than its far threshold (v1 surface types:
`exact_tol < zero_score`). Invalid combinations, including conflicts with
omitted defaults, are rejected by the Python API and CLI before scoring.
V2 bbox instead uses only `bbox_far_rel_tol` as its hard rejection threshold;
`bbox_matched_rel_tol` affects its diagnostic subscore only.

**Geometry** — defaults:

| Axis           | matched | far  |
|---|---|---|
| volume         | 0.1 %   | 1 %  |
| surface area   | 1 %     | 10 % |
| bbox (v1 reward / v2 diagnostic) | 1 % | 10 % |
| principal moments (v2) | 1 % | 10 % |
| surface types (v1; aggregate area difference) | 0.5 % | 75 % |
| surface types (v2; maximum per-type relative area error) | 1 % | 10 % |

**Spec consistency** — defaults:

| Knob         | Default | What it checks                                        |
|---|---|---|
| `tol_scalar` | 1 %     | lengths, radii, angles, counts (relative error)       |
| `tol_pos`    | 1 %     | positions, centers (as fraction of the part's OBB diagonal) |

```python
from freecad_validator import Validator, GeometryTolerances, SpecTolerances

validator = Validator(
    geom_tolerances=GeometryTolerances(volume_matched_rel_tol=5e-4),
    spec_tolerances=SpecTolerances(tol_scalar=0.05),
)
```

CLI geometry options are grouped by scorer version. `validate` and `batch`
reject an explicitly supplied option that does not affect the selected
scorer, including when `--scorer` is omitted and v2 is selected by default.
The standalone v1 and v2 scorer CLIs expose only their supported options.

| Version | Geometry CLI options |
|---|---|
| v1, v2 | `--volume-matched-rel-tol`, `--volume-far-rel-tol`, `--area-matched-rel-tol`, `--area-far-rel-tol`, `--bbox-far-rel-tol` |
| v1 | `--bbox-matched-rel-tol`, `--surface-types-exact-tol`, `--surface-types-zero-score` |
| v2 | `--surface-types-matched-rel-tol`, `--surface-types-far-rel-tol`, `--principal-moments-matched-rel-tol`, `--principal-moments-far-rel-tol` |

For example, `--scorer v2 --bbox-matched-rel-tol 0.02` is rejected;
`--scorer v2 --bbox-far-rel-tol 0.2` sets the bbox rejection threshold.
The CLI and `GeometryTolerances.for_scorer` share the same version-specific
configuration. When only a v2 bbox gate is supplied, its matched threshold
is derived as `min(0.01, bbox_far_rel_tol / 10)`, so gates below 1% remain
available without another option:

```python
validator = Validator(
    scorer_version="v2",
    geom_tolerances=GeometryTolerances.for_scorer("v2", bbox_far_rel_tol=0.005),
)
```

This matches `--scorer v2 --bbox-far-rel-tol 0.005`. The plain
`GeometryTolerances(...)` constructor remains strict and version-independent.
V1 overrides and explicitly supplied matched/far pairs must remain ordered;
the factory never replaces an explicit matched threshold.
Unknown geometry tolerance fields are rejected by both the constructor and
the factory, so a misspelled option cannot silently leave a default in place.
Spec options `--tol-scalar` and `--tol-pos` apply to both versions.

## Inputs

The validator takes three paths — names and on-disk layout are up to
the caller:

| Argument | Type |
|---|---|
| `candidate_fcstd` | `.FCStd` to score |
| `reference_fcstd` | ground-truth `.FCStd` |
| `spec_json` | spec JSON with `name`, `description`, `key_parameters` |

Optional spec field `categories: ["gear", ...]` opts into
family-specific checks.

### Trusted `param_check.py` loading

If `param_check.py` sits next to the spec JSON
(`Path(spec_json).parent / "param_check.py"`), the validator loads it
dynamically to refine spec-consistency findings. Candidate directories
are never searched for executable checker code.

> **Trust boundary — this executes arbitrary Python.** The file is
> imported and run in the validator's own process, with its privileges.
> The spec directory must therefore be case-controlled. A candidate
> producer may supply the FCStd contents, but must not be able to write
> `param_check.py` beside the spec. Isolate untrusted runs at the process
> or container level and copy only the candidate FCStd into the layout.

#### Migration and score compatibility

`ConsistencyChecker.check()` no longer discovers a `param_check.py` next to
the candidate FCStd. Direct callers that need case refinement pass their
trusted spec JSON using the existing first argument:

```python
report = ConsistencyChecker().check(
    spec_json,
    candidate_fcstd,
)
```

Passing an in-memory spec mapping does not load executable case checks. V2 can
still apply the declarative geometry bindings described below. Do not restore
candidate-side discovery: it would execute candidate-controlled Python in the
grader process.

Scores can be lower than in releases that accepted spec-derived category
fallbacks. Parameters without candidate-CAD evidence now remain
`not_found`; under a configured failure budget, each such required parameter
reduces the spec score. This is a validation-coverage change, not a change to
the candidate model.

### V2 geometry bindings in specs

V2 accepts an optional `geometry_bindings` object in the existing spec JSON.
No additional grader input or CLI argument is required. V1 ignores this object;
V2 specs without it retain the existing checks.
Each binding object describes the active `key_parameters` only. When grading
different stages of an edit task, pass the corresponding stage's spec through
the existing `spec_json` argument; do not pair target bindings with base parameters.

Bindings associate parameters with finite features of the reference's final
solid before any candidate is evaluated. The measurement bank records cylinder
axis centers and extents, material side, straight edge endpoints, and opposing
planar walls with an overlapping finite footprint. Wall pairs distinguish solid
material from empty space, so a slot width can refer to the actual slot walls.
Measurements and binding evidence contain geometry only; they do not store
face/edge numbers or temporary feature identifiers.

The version-1 binding schema contains:

- `datum`: reference center, proper orthonormal frames, and geometric landmarks
  used to align a candidate by rigid rotation and translation.
- `parameters`: exactly one entry for every parsed parameter. A `mode: "legacy"`
  entry records why the existing checker is retained. A `mode: "geometry"` entry
  records a reason, a measurement quantity, and one or more spatial witnesses.
- Each witness specifies feature type, position in millimetres, unit direction,
  local length scale, and material side where applicable. Wall pairs also specify
  `region: "material"` or `"void"`. Coincident concentric features use descending
  radial or wall-separation order within a fixed 1% of the witness's reference
  local scale, with a `1e-6 mm` floor, rather than nearest expected size. Changing
  `tol_pos` affects positional matching without redefining this stored order.

Supported quantities are cylinder radius, diameter and axial extent, straight
edge length, opposing-wall separation, and distance between two cylinder centers.
Cylinder axial extents describe continuous wall intervals; separated coaxial
walls remain separate measurements. An axial-extent witness may qualify the
intended cylindrical step by its radius;
a radius or diameter check cannot use its target size as a selection filter.
An optional cylindrical-stock check measures whether the entire solid fits
inside the corresponding long cylinder.

The grader establishes one pose from geometric landmarks, independently of
parameter pass/fail results. It then matches witnesses one-to-one by location,
direction and material side. Position tolerance is `tol_pos` times the witness's
reference local scale, with a `1e-6 mm` numerical floor; direction tolerance is
2 degrees. The measured quantity uses `tol_scalar`. All witnesses for a parameter
must pass. A missing or incorrect bound feature overrides any same-valued legacy
finding. Parameters marked legacy keep their existing checks, including penalties
for `not_found`. The geometry/spec combination remains harmonic by default.

Binding authoring requires reference-side semantic review: equal values alone
do not establish which feature an instruction describes. Construction history,
ambiguous owners, and measurements without supported final geometry can remain
legacy, with the reason recorded. Current extraction supports one final solid;
an invalid or multiple-solid shape fails only geometry-bound parameters while
legacy checks retain their existing measurements and results. Native measurement
failures or malformed binding configuration raise errors instead of becoming
model scores. Same-domain refinement removes artificial coplanar partitions
before wall-pair extraction; there is no raw planar-face-count cutoff. Landmark
alignment can remain ambiguous for symmetric parts, and topology changes can alter finite
supports. Oracle, rigid-pose, and local-error controls should accompany new
annotations. The schemas live in `measurement/spatial.py` and
`consistency/geometry_bindings.py`.

Wall-pair booleans run in a separate process using the same FreeCAD library, with
a 20-minute timeout. Opposing directions and overlapping projected bounds are
filtered before native face intersections. A timed-out process is terminated;
its partial measurements are discarded and the bank records the unavailable
wall-pair measurement in `limitations`. Explicitly disabling wall-pair extraction
records the same unavailable state. A binding that needs wall separation then
raises a measurement error, rather than treating unfinished work as a missing
feature or falling back to legacy checks. Other completed measurement kinds
remain usable. This timeout covers wall-pair extraction, not the entire validator.

### Batch CLI layout

`freecad-validator batch --sample-data-dir <sample-data-dir>` expects
one folder per case under `<sample-data-dir>/data/`:

```
<sample-data-dir>/data/<case-name>/
├── candidate.FCStd
├── reference.FCStd
├── spec.json                 # any *.json — see below
└── param_check.py            # optional
```

`<case-name>` only labels rows in the output CSV. Spec lookup tries
`spec.json`, then `<case-name>.json`, then any single `*.json`.
Outputs default to `<sample-data-dir>/validation_results.csv` and
`validation_summary.json` (override with `--output-csv` /
`--output-summary`).

## Adding a custom Category

Define `derived_candidates(bank, spec)` that returns
`{spec_key: (value, feature_ref)}`. Reference it from a case's
`param_check.py`. The built-in categories under
`src/freecad_validator/consistency/categories/` are worked examples —
each module's docstring states the spec keys that trigger it.

## License

Apache 2.0 — see [`LICENSE`](LICENSE).

This project depends on [FreeCAD](https://www.freecad.org/), which is
licensed under LGPL 2.1+. FreeCAD is not bundled with this package.

Full FCStd FEM validation requires [CalculiX](https://www.calculix.de/), which is
licensed under GPL 2.0 or later and is not bundled with this package. Install a
`ccx` executable for the validator runtime, or configure `ccxBinaryPath` in
FreeCAD's FEM preferences. The runtime preflight verifies FreeCAD, OCCT, the
embedded Python, and CalculiX before candidate scoring; these versions are
recorded in `ScoringReport.runtime_provenance`.

- macOS: the official FreeCAD application includes `ccx` beside `freecadcmd`,
  which the validator detects automatically.
- Linux: install CalculiX with the system package manager and ensure `ccx` is
  executable on `PATH`.
- Windows: install a CalculiX executable and select it as `ccxBinaryPath` in
  FreeCAD's FEM preferences.
