engine: headless pictures draw the analysis setup's symbols

view::scene draws the boundary conditions, loads and interactions as the
viewport does (muted over a results plot) and frames them; Shown.sampled and
the MCP picture info's sampled_symbols list definitions drawn with a sample.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <[email protected]>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01NmAttHhUZTokgPeEJia8sm

crates/engine/src/view.rs

@@ -6,10 +6,13 @@
 //! boundaries while the model has no element faces, then as boundaries only; elements in their
 //! kind's colour with their edges; a results view ([`crate::results::ResultsView`]) draws the
 //! deformed shape (automatic or chosen scale) with its contour bands. Animation is not drawn: a
-//! picture shows the full deformation (a mode at its positive shape).
+//! picture shows the full deformation (a mode at its positive shape). The analysis setup's
+//! symbols ([`fieldcraft_render::glyphs`]) are drawn over the model as the viewport draws them,
+//! muted over a results plot.
 
 use fieldcraft_model::ElementKind;
 use fieldcraft_render::contour::{Bands, band_color, split_triangle};
+use fieldcraft_render::glyphs::{GlyphColors, GlyphShow, Glyphs};
 use fieldcraft_render::{Aabb3, Camera, DisplayMesh, Orientation, Rgb, Scene, SceneLine, SceneTri, Vec3};
 use serde_json::Value;
 
@@ -33,6 +36,8 @@ pub struct Palette {
     pub no_result: Rgb,
     /// The contour colour scale, low to high.
     pub contour: [Rgb; 5],
+    /// The analysis setup's symbols.
+    pub glyphs: GlyphColors,
 }
 
 impl Palette {
@@ -49,6 +54,13 @@ impl Palette {
         geometry_edge: Rgb(0x2a, 0x30, 0x3a),
         no_result: Rgb(0x9a, 0xa0, 0xaa),
         contour: [Rgb(0x2b, 0x4f, 0xd8), Rgb(0x2f, 0xb8, 0xe0), Rgb(0x3c, 0xc8, 0x64), Rgb(0xf0, 0xd2, 0x3c), Rgb(0xe0, 0x40, 0x2e)],
+        glyphs: GlyphColors {
+            constraint: Rgb(0x00, 0x8a, 0xa8),
+            load: Rgb(0xd0, 0x24, 0x24),
+            interaction: Rgb(0x9a, 0x30, 0xc0),
+            thermal: Rgb(0xe8, 0x4c, 0x00),
+            label: Rgb(0x26, 0x2a, 0x32),
+        },
     };
 
     fn element(&self, kind: ElementKind) -> Rgb {
@@ -86,6 +98,8 @@ pub struct Shown {
     pub contour: Option<(String, (u32, f64), (u32, f64))>,
     /// Bodies that could not be tessellated for display.
     pub failed: Vec<String>,
+    /// Definitions whose symbols are a sample (`Clamp: 400 of 12000 nodes`).
+    pub sampled: Vec<String>,
 }
 
 /// The model's display data with the open design's bodies and the imported surfaces.
@@ -123,11 +137,14 @@ fn model_scene(d: &DisplayMesh, p: &Palette) -> Scene {
 /// The scene of the session: the model, or the results view's plot, and what it shows.
 pub fn scene(s: &Session, p: &Palette) -> (Scene, Aabb3, Shown) {
     let (base, failed) = display(s);
-    let mut shown = Shown { failed, ..Shown::default() };
+    let glyphs = Glyphs::from_model(&s.model);
+    let mut shown = Shown { failed, sampled: glyphs.notes.clone(), ..Shown::default() };
     let plot = s.results_view.as_ref().and_then(|v| s.latest_result(&v.step).map(|(r, _)| (v, r)));
     let Some((view, result)) = plot else {
-        let bounds = base.bounds;
+        let mut bounds = base.bounds;
-        return (model_scene(&base, p), bounds, shown);
+        let mut scene = model_scene(&base, p);
+        bounds.union(glyphs.draw(|label| base.node_position(label), GlyphShow::ALL, &p.glyphs, &mut scene));
+        return (scene, bounds, shown);
     };
     shown.step = Some(view.step.clone());
     let pick = view.pick();
@@ -169,9 +186,10 @@ pub fn scene(s: &Session, p: &Palette) -> (Scene, Aabb3, Shown) {
             });
         }
     }
+    let symbols = glyphs.draw(|label| drawn.node_position(label), GlyphShow::ALL, &p.glyphs.over_results(p.background.1), &mut scene);
     let mut bounds = base.bounds;
-    bounds.add(drawn.bounds.min);
+    bounds.union(drawn.bounds);
-    bounds.add(drawn.bounds.max);
+    bounds.union(symbols);
     (scene, bounds, shown)
 }
 
@@ -221,6 +239,10 @@ mod tests {
         s.run_script(&crate::sample::cantilever()).unwrap();
         let (model, shown) = render_png(&s, &iso, 64, 48, &Palette::LIGHT).unwrap();
         assert_eq!(shown, Shown::default());
+        // The clamp's cones and the push's arrows are drawn in their colours.
+        let (scene, ..) = super::scene(&s, &Palette::LIGHT);
+        assert!(scene.tris.iter().any(|t| t.color == Palette::LIGHT.glyphs.constraint));
+        assert!(scene.lines.iter().any(|l| l.color == Palette::LIGHT.glyphs.load));
         s.execute("solve.static", &json!({})).unwrap();
         let (plot, shown) = render_png(&s, &iso, 64, 48, &Palette::LIGHT).unwrap();
         assert_ne!(model, plot);
@@ -229,6 +251,11 @@ mod tests {
         assert_eq!(field, "von_mises");
         assert!(max.1 > min.1);
         assert!(render_png(&s, &Orientation::of(StandardView::Top), 0, 48, &Palette::LIGHT).is_err());
+        // Over the plot the symbols are muted.
+        let (scene, ..) = super::scene(&s, &Palette::LIGHT);
+        let muted = Palette::LIGHT.glyphs.over_results(Palette::LIGHT.background.1);
+        assert!(scene.tris.iter().any(|t| t.color == muted.constraint));
+        assert!(!scene.tris.iter().any(|t| t.color == Palette::LIGHT.glyphs.constraint));
     }
 
     #[test]

crates/mcp/src/backend.rs

@@ -119,6 +119,7 @@ impl Backend for Headless {
             "height": h,
             "results": shown.step.map(|step| json!({"step": step, "scale": shown.scale, "contour": contour})),
             "undrawn_bodies": shown.failed,
+            "sampled_symbols": shown.sampled,
         });
         Ok(Picture { png, info })
     }

docs/mcp.md

@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ software on the computer.
 | `show_results` | `step?`, `field?`, `bands?`, `deformed?`, `scale?`, `mode?`, `frame?`, `time?` | The `results.*` commands its arguments ask for (`deformed: false` draws the undeformed mesh; `scale` is a factor, 0 for the undeformed shape so a sequence from 0 swings the deformation out, or `"auto"`); the reply has the contour range (smallest and largest value and their nodes: `field: "displacement"` gives the largest displacement), modes or frames. |
 | `probe` | `step?`, `nodes?`, `elements?`, `points?`, `forces?`, `mode?`, `frame?` | `solve.probe`: stored results at nodes, elements (explicit) or points (fluid). |
 | `reactions` | `step?`, `sets?`, `about?` | `results.reactions`: reaction force and moment per node set and in total. |
-| `screenshot` | `view?`, `camera?`, `source?` (window, model), `width?`, `height?`, `path?` | A PNG image content block and what it shows. Headless: a CPU render framing the model, the geometry and the results display (deformed shape, contour bands). Bridged: the whole app window drawn offscreen (`ui.capture`, the default) or a model render with the app's camera (`ui.render`). `view` turns the camera to a standard view first; `camera` `{yaw, pitch, distance?}` to any orientation, in degrees (yaw 0 looks along +Y, −45 is the iso view's; pitch is the elevation, clamped to ±90) and model units (`ui.camera`; headless, the picture is framed unless `distance` is given). Give one of the two; the orientation is kept for the next picture, so a sequence of `camera` angles orbits smoothly. |
+| `screenshot` | `view?`, `camera?`, `source?` (window, model), `width?`, `height?`, `path?` | A PNG image content block and what it shows. Headless: a CPU render framing the model, the geometry, the analysis setup's symbols (boundary conditions, loads, reference points, couplings; `sampled_symbols` lists definitions drawn with a sample) and the results display (deformed shape, contour bands). Bridged: the whole app window drawn offscreen (`ui.capture`, the default) or a model render with the app's camera (`ui.render`). `view` turns the camera to a standard view first; `camera` `{yaw, pitch, distance?}` to any orientation, in degrees (yaw 0 looks along +Y, −45 is the iso view's; pitch is the elevation, clamped to ±90) and model units (`ui.camera`; headless, the picture is framed unless `distance` is given). Give one of the two; the orientation is kept for the next picture, so a sequence of `camera` angles orbits smoothly. |
 | `undo`, `redo` | — | `edit.undo`, `edit.redo`. |
 
 Resources: `fieldcraft://model` (`model.info`) and `fieldcraft://commands` (the command catalog).