README demo for 0.8: the Raspberry Pi 4 case again, with a rounded rim, engraved text and PETG (#671)

The `pi` story of examples/demo/enclosure_ui_mcp.py keeps the 0.6 flow and adds the rim
rounded in one pick (a tangent chain), "Pi 4" engraved in the floor in DejaVu Sans Bold, and a
PETG material defined in the design, with its mass in Properties, before the height change.
The 0.6 story stays as `pi-0.6` (it built demo/pi-case). The center rectangle now comes from
the Rectangle drop-down. The finished case is in the action matrix corpus as
demo/pi-case-0.8.

docs/screenshots/demo-0.8.gif (9.3 MB) and demo-0.8.mp4 (9.9 MB) replace the 0.6 files: 41 s
at 9x playback.

Co-authored-by: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

ATTRIBUTION.md

@@ -37,8 +37,8 @@ Generated-in-code assets are original and have no file to list:
 | assets/icon.iconset/icon_512x512.png | SolidCraft contributors | native sips export from assets/icon.png | MIT OR Apache-2.0 |
 | assets/icon.iconset/icon_512x512@2x.png | SolidCraft contributors | native sips export from assets/icon.png | MIT OR Apache-2.0 |
 | docs/screenshots/sample-plate.png | SolidCraft contributors | screenshot of SolidCraft itself (`solidcraft --sample`) | MIT OR Apache-2.0 |
-| docs/screenshots/demo-0.6.gif | SolidCraft contributors | original screen recording of the actual SolidCraft 0.6 English desktop UI modelling an original Raspberry Pi 4 case (no logos or branding), generated with examples/demo/record_ui.sh and its original animated pointer overlay (6× playback) | MIT OR Apache-2.0 |
+| docs/screenshots/demo-0.8.gif | SolidCraft contributors | original screen recording of the actual SolidCraft 0.8 English desktop UI modelling an original Raspberry Pi 4 case (no logos or branding; the engraved text is set in the system's DejaVu Sans Bold), generated with examples/demo/record_ui.sh and its original animated pointer overlay (9× playback) | MIT OR Apache-2.0 |
-| docs/screenshots/demo-0.6.mp4 | SolidCraft contributors | original screen recording of the actual SolidCraft 0.6 English desktop UI modelling an original Raspberry Pi 4 case (no logos or branding), generated with examples/demo/record_ui.sh and its original animated pointer overlay (6× playback) | MIT OR Apache-2.0 |
+| docs/screenshots/demo-0.8.mp4 | SolidCraft contributors | original screen recording of the actual SolidCraft 0.8 English desktop UI modelling an original Raspberry Pi 4 case (no logos or branding; the engraved text is set in the system's DejaVu Sans Bold), generated with examples/demo/record_ui.sh and its original animated pointer overlay (9× playback) | MIT OR Apache-2.0 |
 | docs/book/src/og.png | SolidCraft contributors | original 1280 × 640 social preview card (the SolidCraft mark, name and tagline), served by the docs site for link previews | MIT OR Apache-2.0 |
 | docs/book/src/generated/sample-plate.png | SolidCraft contributors | copy of docs/screenshots/sample-plate.png made by `cargo xtask book` (gitignored) | MIT OR Apache-2.0 |
 | docs/book/src/generated/bracket.png | SolidCraft contributors | rendered by `cargo xtask book` (`solidcraft-cli snapshot examples/bracket.json`; gitignored) | MIT OR Apache-2.0 |

README.md

@@ -6,9 +6,9 @@ Sketch, constrain, and build solids with a parametric feature timeline. Change a
 and watch your model rebuild. Run it on your desktop, in your browser, or let AI agents
 model through the built-in MCP server.
 
-![SolidCraft 0.6: model a Raspberry Pi 4 case from an empty design: a sketch dimensioned with parameters, extrude, fillets and shell, standoffs patterned on the board's mounting holes, port cut-outs, vent slots, a colour and a height change in Parameters](docs/screenshots/demo-0.6.gif)
+![SolidCraft 0.8: model a Raspberry Pi 4 case from an empty design: a sketch dimensioned with parameters, extrude, fillets and shell, a rim rounded in one pick, standoffs patterned on the board's mounting holes, port cut-outs, vent slots, "Pi 4" engraved in a font, a PETG material with its mass in Properties, and a height change in Parameters](docs/screenshots/demo-0.8.gif)
 
-*A Raspberry Pi 4 case from an empty design: a sketch dimensioned with the board's parameters, extrude, fillet, shell, an M2.5 standoff patterned on the 58 × 49 mm hole rectangle, port cut-outs, vent slots and a colour, then height 24 → 32 mm in Parameters and it all rebuilds. 6× playback. [Full video](https://github.com/bherbruck/solidcraft/raw/refs/heads/main/docs/screenshots/demo-0.6.mp4), recorded with the [demo script](examples/demo/record_ui.sh).*
+*A Raspberry Pi 4 case from an empty design: a sketch dimensioned with the board's parameters, extrude, fillet, shell, the rim rounded in one pick, an M2.5 standoff patterned on the 58 × 49 mm hole rectangle, port cut-outs, vent slots, "Pi 4" engraved in DejaVu Sans Bold and a PETG material defined in the design, with its mass in Properties, then height 24 → 32 mm in Parameters and it all rebuilds. 9× playback. [Full video](https://github.com/bherbruck/solidcraft/raw/refs/heads/main/docs/screenshots/demo-0.8.mp4), recorded with the [demo script](examples/demo/record_ui.sh).*
 
 ## Download
 

docs/action-matrix.md

@@ -37,7 +37,9 @@ lists which still fail; skip `action_matrix_` to leave out the matrix itself).
 - `oracle/*`: the 76 reference recipes, rebuilt (`solidcraft-cli recipe`).
 - `demo/enclosure_steps`: the electronics enclosure built over MCP;
   `demo/pi-case`: the Raspberry Pi 4 case of the 0.6 README demo, built through the desktop UI
-  and saved by `examples/demo/enclosure_ui_mcp.py --story pi --save`.
+  and saved by `examples/demo/enclosure_ui_mcp.py --story pi-0.6 --save`;
+  `demo/pi-case-0.8`: the 0.8 README demo's case (`--story pi`), with a rounded rim, engraved
+  text and a PETG material.
 - `typical/*`: [`tests/action_matrix/designs`](../tests/action_matrix/designs/), parts made the
   ordinary way: a stacked extrude, a filleted and shelled box, a revolved knob, a plate with a
   counterbored hole patterned 3 × 2 and a chamfered outline, a sheet metal L bracket with holes, a

examples/demo/enclosure_ui_mcp.py

@@ -2,10 +2,12 @@
 """Demo v2/v3: build an electronics enclosure in a running SolidCraft the way a person would,
 with the parametric steps sent over MCP.
 
---story pi (default, the 0.6 README demo): a case for a Raspberry Pi 4, from a sketch dimensioned
+--story pi (default, the 0.8 README demo): a case for a Raspberry Pi 4, from a sketch dimensioned
-with the board's parameters to standoffs patterned on its mounting holes, port cut-outs, vent
+with the board's parameters to standoffs patterned on its mounting holes, the rim rounded in one
-slots, a colour and a height change in the Parameters dialog. Camera moves orbit about the
+pick, port cut-outs, vent slots, "Pi 4" engraved in DejaVu Sans Bold, a PETG material with its
+mass in Properties and a height change in the Parameters dialog. Camera moves orbit about the
 model under the pointer.
+--story pi-0.6: the 0.6 README demo, with a colour instead of the rim, text and material.
 --story v3: one standoff placed from the parameters and patterned 2 x 2 in the
 Rectangular Pattern dialog, then width and wall changed in the Parameters dialog.
 --story v2: four standoffs from one sketch, then the width changed over MCP.
@@ -225,7 +227,7 @@ def build_box(d, params):
     d.settle_camera()
 
     d.caption("Center rectangle from the origin", "UI click")
-    d.tool("sketch.rectangle.center")
+    d.tool("sketch.rectangle.center", panel="family:Rectangle")
     d.click(d.at(sketch=[0, 0]), settle=0.15)
     d.click(d.at(sketch=[40, 30]), dur=0.45, settle=0.2)
     d.key("Escape")
@@ -276,7 +278,7 @@ def build_box(d, params):
     d.tool("sketch.create")
     d.click(d.at(world=[40, 10, 20]), settle=0.9)
     d.settle_camera()
-    d.tool("sketch.rectangle.center")
+    d.tool("sketch.rectangle.center", panel="family:Rectangle")
     d.click(d.at(world=[40, 0, 12]), settle=0.15)
     d.click(d.at(world=[40, 6, 15.5]), dur=0.4, settle=0.2)
     d.key("Escape")
@@ -429,7 +431,7 @@ def rectangle(d, centre, half):
     """A centre rectangle drawn on the active sketch's face with world-space picks (`half` is
     the corner's offset from `centre`); returns its four sides' ids."""
     before = {c["id"] for c in sketch_curves(d)}
-    d.tool("sketch.rectangle.center")
+    d.tool("sketch.rectangle.center", panel="family:Rectangle")
     d.click(d.at(world=centre), settle=0.15)
     d.click(d.at(world=[c + h for c, h in zip(centre, half)]), dur=0.35, settle=0.2)
     d.key("Escape")
@@ -472,11 +474,95 @@ def last_feature(d):
 HOLE = (-(85 / 2 - 3.5), -(56 / 2 - 3.5))
 
 
-def run_pi(d):
+def colour(d):
-    """pi (the 0.6 README demo): a case for a Raspberry Pi 4. A sketch dimensioned from the
+    """0.6: drag ABS red from the Appearance dialog onto the case."""
+    d.caption("Give it a colour")
+    D = 33.0
+    d.key("A")
+    d.wait(0.3)
+    d.drag(swatch(d, 1, 5), d.at(world=[0, -D, 18]), steps=30)
+    # The dialog adds a note under the swatches: let it lay out before finding OK.
+    d.glide((1500, 700), 0.3)
+    d.settle_camera()
+    d.click(d.at(handle="dialog:OK"), settle=0.4)
+    if "Appearance" in (d.ui("ui.inspect").get("dialog") or ""):
+        raise RuntimeError("the Appearance dialog did not close")
+
+
+def engrave(d):
+    """0.8: "Pi 4" in DejaVu Sans Bold, engraved 0.6 mm into the floor behind the vents."""
+    d.caption("Engrave “Pi 4” in the floor")
+    d.tool("sketch.create")
+    d.click(d.at(world=[-5, 18, 2]), settle=0.9)
+    d.settle_camera()
+    d.tool("sketch.text", panel="panel:SKETCH:CREATE")
+    d.click(d.at(world=[-9, 20, 2]), settle=0.4)
+    d.ui("ui.text", {"text": "Pi 4"})
+    d.wait(0.6)
+    d.ui("ui.key", {"key": "Enter"})
+    d.wait(0.4)
+    d.settle_camera()
+    d.caption("Font: DejaVu Sans Bold, 6 mm")
+    link = next(l["id"] for l in inspect_sketch(d)["links"] if l["kind"] == "text")
+    d.execute("sketch.edit_text", {"link": link, "font": "DejaVu Sans Bold", "height": 6})
+    # Centre it on the free floor between the vents and the back wall.
+    sk = inspect_sketch(d)
+    pts = [c[k] for c in sk["curves"] if c.get("link") == link for k in ("start_at", "end_at") if k in c]
+    x0, x1 = min(p[0] for p in pts), max(p[0] for p in pts)
+    y0, y1 = min(p[1] for p in pts), max(p[1] for p in pts)
+    at = next(l["source"]["at"] for l in sk["links"] if l["id"] == link)
+    d.execute("sketch.edit_text", {"link": link, "at": [round(at[0] - (x0 + x1) / 2, 2), round(at[1] + 22.5 - (y0 + y1) / 2, 2)]})
+    d.wait(0.6)
+    sk = inspect_sketch(d)
+    letters = {c["id"] for c in sk["curves"] if c.get("link") == link}
+    profiles = [p for p in sk["profiles"] if set(p["curves"]) <= letters]
+    counters = {frozenset(h) for p in profiles for h in p["holes"]}
+    loops = [p["curves"] for p in profiles if frozenset(p["curves"]) not in counters]
+    d.tool("sketch.finish")
+    d.view("home", 0.4)
+    extrude(d, loops, "-0.6 mm")
+
+
+def material(d):
+    """0.8: a PETG physical material defined in the design and assigned to the case over MCP,
+    then the mass it gives in Properties (the body's browser menu)."""
+    d.caption("PETG: a material of its own, 1.27 g/cm³")
+    d.execute("material.create", {"name": "PETG", "density_g_cm3": 1.27, "color": "#2a8696"})
+    d.execute("material.assign", {"bodies": ["Body1"], "material": "PETG"})
+    d.wait(0.6)
+    d.caption("Properties: material and mass")
+    body = d.at(handle="row:Body1")
+    d.glide(body, 0.3)
+    d.ui("ui.click", {"x": body[0], "y": body[1], "button": "right"})
+    d.mark(cursor=list(body), click=True)
+    d.wait(0.4)
+    d.settle_camera()
+    d.click(d.at(handle="menu:ui.properties"), settle=0.5)
+    # Real seconds, not scaled by --speed: long enough to read at playback speed.
+    time.sleep(PROPERTIES_HOLD)
+    d.click(PROPERTIES_CLOSE, settle=0.3)
+    d.key("Escape")
+
+
+# Seconds the Properties window stays up (about 1.5 s at 8-9x playback).
+PROPERTIES_HOLD = 13.0
+# The Properties window's close button (it opens centred on the 1920 x 1080 window).
+PROPERTIES_CLOSE = (1112.0, 387.0)
+
+
+def inspect_sketch(d):
+    sk = json.loads(d.mcp.tool("execute", {"command": "sketch.inspect", "params": {}}))
+    return sk.get("result", sk)
+
+
+def run_pi(d, release="0.8"):
+    """pi (the 0.8 README demo): a case for a Raspberry Pi 4. A sketch dimensioned from the
     board's parameters, extrude, fillets and shell, one standoff with its M2.5 hole patterned on
     the board's 58 x 49 mm hole rectangle, port cut-outs on a side and an end, a row of vent
-    slots, a colour, then the height changed in the Parameters dialog."""
+    slots, then the height changed in the Parameters dialog. 0.8 also rounds the top rim,
+    engraves "Pi 4" in a font into the floor and makes the case PETG (a material defined
+    in the design) with its mass in Properties; 0.6 (`--story pi-0.6`) gave it a colour instead."""
+    v08 = release == "0.8"
     d.caption("A case for a Raspberry Pi 4")
     for name, expr in [("board_w", "85 mm"), ("board_d", "56 mm"), ("wall", "2 mm"), ("height", "24 mm")]:
         d.execute("parameters.change", {"name": name, "expression": expr})
@@ -487,7 +573,7 @@ def run_pi(d):
     d.tool("sketch.create")
     d.click(d.at(plane="XY"), settle=0.8)
     d.settle_camera()
-    d.tool("sketch.rectangle.center")
+    d.tool("sketch.rectangle.center", panel="family:Rectangle")
     d.click(d.at(sketch=[0, 0]), settle=0.15)
     d.click(d.at(sketch=[W, D]), dur=0.45, settle=0.2)
     d.key("Escape")
@@ -523,6 +609,13 @@ def run_pi(d):
     d.click(d.at(world=[0, 0, H]), settle=0.3)
     d.type("wall")
 
+    if v08:
+        # Before the port cuts, so the rim's edges are whole when it is picked.
+        d.caption("Round the rim in one pick")
+        d.tool("solid.fillet")
+        d.click(d.at(world=[0, D, H]), settle=0.3)
+        d.type("1")
+
     d.caption("A standoff with an M2.5 hole")
     hx, hy = HOLE
     d.tool("sketch.create")
@@ -595,16 +688,11 @@ def run_pi(d):
     extrude(d, [loop], "-wall")
     pattern(d, last_feature(d), [([W, 0, 0], 5, "7 mm")])
 
-    d.caption("Give it a colour")
+    if v08:
-    d.key("A")
+        engrave(d)
-    d.wait(0.3)
+        material(d)
-    d.drag(swatch(d, 1, 5), d.at(world=[0, -D, 18]), steps=30)
+    else:
-    # The dialog adds a note under the swatches: let it lay out before finding OK.
+        colour(d)
-    d.glide((1500, 700), 0.3)
-    d.settle_camera()
-    d.click(d.at(handle="dialog:OK"), settle=0.4)
-    if "Appearance" in (d.ui("ui.inspect").get("dialog") or ""):
-        raise RuntimeError("the Appearance dialog did not close")
 
     d.caption("Change a parameter: height 24 → 32 mm")
     d.tool("parameters.change", panel="panel:SOLID:CONFIGURE")
@@ -637,7 +725,7 @@ def main():
     ap.add_argument("--port", type=int, default=7878, help="the app's --control port")
     ap.add_argument("--cli", default="solidcraft-cli", help="path to solidcraft-cli")
     ap.add_argument("--log", help="write a JSON line per caption and pointer event")
-    ap.add_argument("--story", choices=["v2", "v3", "pi"], default="pi", help="v2: standoffs from one sketch, width over MCP; v3: one standoff patterned, Parameters dialog; pi: the 0.6 README demo, a Raspberry Pi 4 case")
+    ap.add_argument("--story", choices=["v2", "v3", "pi", "pi-0.6"], default="pi", help="v2: standoffs from one sketch, width over MCP; v3: one standoff patterned, Parameters dialog; pi: the 0.8 README demo, a Raspberry Pi 4 case; pi-0.6: the 0.6 one")
     ap.add_argument("--until", type=int, default=10**6, help="stop before step N (trying the script out)")
     ap.add_argument("--speed", type=float, default=0.55, help="scale the pauses (2 = twice as long)")
     ap.add_argument("--save", help="save the completed healthy enclosure and measured proof")
@@ -650,7 +738,7 @@ def main():
     mcp.send("notifications/initialized", notify=True)
     d = Demo(a.port, mcp, open(a.log, "w") if a.log else None, a.speed, a.minimum_caption)
     # The pi story's camera moves orbit about the point under the pointer (Preferences > Navigation).
-    d.ui("ui.prefs", {"language": "en", "theme": "dark", "ui_scale": 1, "nav": "fusion", "orbit_cursor": a.story == "pi", "button": "apply"})
+    d.ui("ui.prefs", {"language": "en", "theme": "dark", "ui_scale": 1, "nav": "fusion", "orbit_cursor": a.story.startswith("pi"), "button": "apply"})
     d.ui("ui.resize", {"width": 1920, "height": 1080})
     d.ui("ui.home", {"open": False})
     d.ui("ui.documents", {"action": "new"})
@@ -660,10 +748,10 @@ def main():
     d.stop = a.until - 1
     t0 = time.time()
     try:
-        {"v2": run_v2, "v3": run_v3, "pi": run_pi}[a.story](d)
+        {"v2": run_v2, "v3": run_v3, "pi": run_pi, "pi-0.6": lambda d: run_pi(d, "0.6")}[a.story](d)
     except StopIteration:
         pass
-    if a.story == "pi" and a.until == 10**6:
+    if a.story.startswith("pi") and a.until == 10**6:
         # Check the finished case without changing what is on screen.
         d.settle_camera()
         design = d.ui("document.inspect", {"measure": True})

examples/demo/record_ui.sh

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/bash
-# record_ui.sh DISPLAY PORT OUTDIR [STORY] [PLAYBACK_RATE]: record enclosure_ui_mcp.py --story STORY (v2, v3
+# record_ui.sh DISPLAY PORT OUTDIR [STORY] [PLAYBACK_RATE]: record enclosure_ui_mcp.py --story STORY (v2, v3,
-# or pi, default pi) driving the app on X display DISPLAY (1920x1080, started with --control PORT) to
+# pi or pi-0.6, default pi) driving the app on X display DISPLAY (1920x1080, started with --control PORT) to
 # OUTDIR/enclosure-demo-STORY.mp4 (H.264) and .gif, with captions and a drawn pointer (the app
 # gets synthetic pointer events, so the screen's own pointer never moves). Needs ffmpeg with
 # x11grab and libass.
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@
 # minimum real-time caption duration, and HOLD keeps the live completed model on screen.
 # For a readable 4x preview use SOLIDCRAFT_DEMO_CAPTION=4 and SOLIDCRAFT_DEMO_HOLD=8.
 # SOLIDCRAFT_DEMO_GIF_WIDTH and SOLIDCRAFT_DEMO_GIF_FPS size the README GIF (default 800 px, 10 fps).
-# The README demo (0.6): SOLIDCRAFT_DEMO_NAME=demo-0.6 SOLIDCRAFT_DEMO_PAUSE=0.4 SOLIDCRAFT_DEMO_CAPTION=7
+# The README demo (0.8): SOLIDCRAFT_DEMO_NAME=demo-0.8 SOLIDCRAFT_DEMO_PAUSE=0.4 SOLIDCRAFT_DEMO_CAPTION=9
-#   SOLIDCRAFT_DEMO_HOLD=8 record_ui.sh :74 7974 OUT pi 6
+#   SOLIDCRAFT_DEMO_HOLD=10 record_ui.sh :74 7974 OUT pi 9
 set -e
 DISP=${1:-:0}; PORT=${2:-7878}; OUT=$(cd "${3:-.}" && pwd); STORY=${4:-pi}; RATE=${5:-1}
 HERE=$(cd "$(dirname "$0")" && pwd)