fix: export STEP geometry from NXOpen StepCreator - #6
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An NXOpen-created StepCreator does not load ugstep214.def: its layer mask is empty and every object-type filter is off, so nx_export_step wrote a valid STEP header with no geometry. For a saved, unmodified part NX also translates from InputFile, which starts empty, so no file was written at all while the tool still reported success. Measured on NX2206 (2206.9101). Set InputFile to the work part, layers 1-256, solids and surfaces, and ProcessHoldFlag; fail with NX_OPERATION_FAILED when no file is written. The acceptance runner now requires a solid in the exported STEP, and the fake StepCreator mirrors the NX defaults so the old code fails the tests. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
📝 WalkthroughWalkthroughThe STEP export now configures the translator before commit, waits for completion, and reports missing output. Smoke validation and tests also require exported STEP content to contain ChangesSTEP export validation
Priority: ⬇️ Low Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes Change: Bug fix Suggested reviewers: Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to A failed repeated export can report success while leaving outdated geometry in place. This should be fixed before merge. 🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 4 | ❌ 1❌ Failed checks (1 warning)
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In `@src/nx_mcp/nx_bridge.py`:
- Line 357: Update the translation flow around the destination validation before
Commit to remove or quarantine any pre-existing destination, then validate that
the translator created a new nonempty STEP file before reporting success. Add
coverage for a pre-existing destination combined with a no-op creator, ensuring
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Reject stale STEP output after a failed translation.
If the destination already contains a nonempty STEP file, a translator that writes no output still passes Line 357. The command then reports success and returns stale geometry. Remove or quarantine an existing destination before Commit, then validate newly created output. Add a test with a pre-existing destination and a no-op creator.
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In `@src/nx_mcp/nx_bridge.py` at line 357, Update the translation flow around the
destination validation before Commit to remove or quarantine any pre-existing
destination, then validate that the translator created a new nonempty STEP file
before reporting success. Add coverage for a pre-existing destination combined
with a no-op creator, ensuring stale geometry is not returned.
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Problem
nx_export_stepreports success, but the STEP files it writes contain no geometry. Measured on NX2206 (build 2206.9101):StepCreatorcreated through NXOpen does not load the interactive defaults fromugstep214.def. ItsLayerMaskis empty and everyObjectTypesfilter is off. The translator therefore writes a valid header and product structure around an emptySHAPE_REPRESENTATION.InputFile, which starts empty. The translator logsNo parts in current input fileand writes no file at all, yet the tool still returns success.c5d12ef, the real-NX acceptance (tests/test_real_nx.py, 20 iterations) passed, but all 20 STEP files were 2,175 bytes and none contained aMANIFOLD_SOLID_BREP.Change
NXOpenExecutor._export_stepsets the following beforeCommit():InputFileto the work part'sFullPath;LayerMask = "1-256";ObjectTypes.SolidsandObjectTypes.SurfacestoTrue;ProcessHoldFlag = True, soCommit()waits for the translator.A modified part still exports its in-session model, as the save-state check below shows.
If no file is written, or the file is empty, the tool raises
NX_OPERATION_FAILEDand names the translator log in the workspace.real_smokenow requires aMANIFOLD_SOLID_BREPin the exported STEP, and so does the real-NX acceptance, which uses it.The fake
StepCreatornow starts with NXOpen's defaults: no input file, no layers and no object types. The previous implementation fails against it: with this PR's tests and thec5d12efsource, 5 tests fail:test_open_save_export_and_close_part_lifecycletest_export_step_fails_when_translator_writes_no_filetest_mcp_sidecar_bridge_and_nx_executor_complete_core_workflowtest_step_output_must_contain_solid_geometryThe legacy
tools/file_ops.pyexport has the same defaults problem. It is left unchanged because it is hidden by default and unverified.Validation
Local checks (Windows 11, Python 3.12.13):
pytest -q -p no:cacheprovider -m "not real_nx": 300 passed, 14 skipped. Branch coverage is 83.09%; CI requires 78%.ruff check,ruff format --checkandmypy src/nx_mcpare clean.Real NX was NX2206 build 2206.9101 only. Upstream's historical evidence is from NX 2506, and this change has not been run there.
pytest -m real_nx tests/test_real_nx.pywith the Python batch bridge, onc5d12ef(before this fix)MANIFOLD_SOLID_BREPeach.InputFileInputFile, the saved part wrote no file (No parts in current input file). WithInputFile, every state exported all its solids, including a body added after the save.NX2206 note, not changed in this PR: NX2206's
run_journal.exerejects the-nxswitch withrun_journal: unrecognized switch -nx, use -help for usage. The README,.github/workflows/real-nx.ymlandtests/test_real_nx_restart.pyall pass that switch, so these runs startedexamples/start_nx_bridge.pywithout it. A separate issue can follow if that is useful.🤖 Generated with Claude Code
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