feat: bidirectional-sync - #18
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… edit Mirrors frontend edits back to the backend's live COMPAS objects instead of only receiving updates from it: - Transform gizmo drag/rotate on a picked object now sends the world-space delta to the backend on release (dispatch: object_transform), computed against the object's matrix as of drag-start so it's correct regardless of whether the frontend's placement convention for that object is identity or absolute. Also guards against a continuously self-animating object (e.g. a spinning torus) rebuilding the mesh out from under an active drag. - New "Add object" toolbar control (AddObjectButton.vue) sends create_geometry for Box/Sphere/Point, spawned at the camera's current orbit target. - New "Material" toolbar control (MaterialButton.vue) streams color/ metalness/roughness edits (material_edit) for the picked object, with local instant preview. - New reactive store field pickedObjectGuid, since nothing previously exposed the current pick selection to Vue components. Requires the paired compas_threejs backend changes. Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Explains the transform-gizmo delta math, the two bugs found and fixed while building it (wrong matrix convention, a spinning object fighting its own drag), the new create_geometry/material_edit UI, and the new pickedObjectGuid store field, for a future agent to pick up without re-deriving it. Pairs with the equivalent doc in the compas_threejs backend repo. Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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This pull request introduces a new "Objects" toolbar group in the UI, enabling users to add new geometry (box, sphere, point) and edit object materials (color, metalness, roughness) directly from the frontend. These actions now send messages to the backend to mutate live Python objects, making the viewer bidirectional for object creation and material editing. The implementation includes new UI components, supporting methods in
ViewerRuntime, and documentation.UI Enhancements:
AddObjectGroupto the main toolbar, grouping the newAddObjectButtonandMaterialButtonfor object creation and material editing. (Toolbar.vue,AddObjectGroup.vue,index.ts) [1] [2] [3]AddObjectButton.vue: a popover UI to select geometry type and parameters, callingcreateGeometry()on add. (AddObjectButton.vue)MaterialButton.vue: a popover UI for editing the selected object's color, metalness, and roughness, disabled unless an object is picked. (MaterialButton.vue)Bidirectional Backend Communication:
createGeometry(type, params)toViewerRuntime, sending acreate_geometrymessage to the backend to create new objects at the camera's target. (viewer_runtime.ts)getMaterialSnapshot(guid)andsetMaterial(guid, fields)to read and update material properties both locally and on the backend viamaterial_editmessages. (viewer_runtime.ts)viewer_runtime.ts) [1] [2]Documentation:
BIDIRECTIONAL_SYNC.mdexplaining the new bidirectional sync architecture, message formats, and UI integration. (BIDIRECTIONAL_SYNC.md)Checklist
npm run checkis green (formatting, lint, types, unit tests, both builds).npm run test:browserandnpm run test:packagepass.