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Hakan SevenandClaude Opus 4.8 8d3d0c30cc feat(automation): undo/redo ops (move/copy already work via select+run)
Add undo and redo ops to the headless server (synchronous via update()).
Combined with select, the modify commands MOVE/COPY work through the
existing dispatcher — "select type=Line" then run("MOVE 0,0 10,0")
translates the selection. ocs.py gains undo()/redo().

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-06-17 21:31:15 +03:00

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# Headless automation API
Open CAD Studio can run without a GUI and be driven over a line-based JSON
protocol — for scripts, batch jobs, or AI agents.
```sh
OpenCADStudio --serve
```
It reads one JSON request per line on **stdin** and writes one JSON response per
line on **stdout**. The active document persists across requests, so a caller
can act → observe → act.
## Protocol
| Request | Response |
|---------|----------|
| `{"op":"new"}` | `{"ok":true,"total":0,"by_type":{}}` |
| `{"op":"open","path":"plan.dwg"}` | entity summary |
| `{"op":"run","cmd":"LAYER Walls"}` | `{"ok":true,"cmd":...,"entities":N,"added":D}` |
| `{"op":"entities"}` | `{"ok":true,"total":N,"by_type":{"Line":42,...}}` |
| `{"op":"query","type":"Line","layer":"Walls"}` | per-entity `{handle,type,layer,…geometry}` (filters + `limit` optional) |
| `{"op":"select","handles":["2B"]}` | set the selection (by `handles`, `type`, or `layer`; `clear` to deselect) → `{"ok":true,"selected":N}` |
| `{"op":"undo"}` / `{"op":"redo"}` | step the document history → entity summary |
| `{"op":"save","path":"out.dwg"}` | `{"ok":true,"saved":"out.dwg"}` (path optional once opened/saved) |
Selection drives modify commands — `select` the targets (e.g. the handles a
`query` returned), then `run("ERASE")`:
```python
ocs.select(type="Line"); ocs.run("ERASE") # erase every line
ids = [e["handle"] for e in ocs.query(layer="Walls")["entities"]]
ocs.select(handles=ids); ocs.run("ERASE")
```
Every response has `"ok"`; failures carry `"error"`. `run` drives Open CAD
Studio's **own** command system — no separate bindings to maintain — so its
coverage grows with the app.
Interactive draw commands take their points as coordinate tokens; the tool is
started, the points are fed, and it is terminated as if Enter were pressed:
```
{"op":"run","cmd":"LINE 0,0 10,10 10,20"} → two Line segments
{"op":"run","cmd":"CIRCLE 5,5 3"} → centre 5,5 radius 3
```
Coordinates are `x,y` or `x,y,z`; `@dx,dy` is relative to the previous point.
Inline-argument commands (`PDMODE 3`, `LAYER Walls`) are passed through as-is.
> Coverage is growing: commands whose options are typed keywords or coordinates
> work; ones that still rely on on-screen picking (object selection by clicking)
> are being wired next.
## Python client
[`ocs.py`](ocs.py) is a ~100-line client — nothing to compile:
```python
from ocs import Ocs
with Ocs(binary="OpenCADStudio") as ocs: # spawns `--serve`
ocs.open("plan.dwg")
ocs.run("LAYER Walls")
print(ocs.entities())
ocs.save("plan_out.dwg")
```
Any language can speak the same protocol over a subprocess pipe.