From 9fb00317adc5ff97fb2283787605ca5d75e8342d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Irakli Kourtis <jyviko@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 2026 16:54:25 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Add the modelcraft-decks crate (empty: error type only) (#19)

So the Abaqus, Nastran and LS-DYNA writer tasks add their modules in parallel.


Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01NmAttHhUZTokgPeEJia8sm

Co-authored-by: jyviko <2501648+jyviko@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
---
 Cargo.lock              |  8 ++++++++
 Cargo.toml              |  1 +
 crates/decks/Cargo.toml | 13 +++++++++++++
 crates/decks/src/lib.rs | 20 ++++++++++++++++++++
 4 files changed, 42 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 crates/decks/Cargo.toml
 create mode 100644 crates/decks/src/lib.rs

diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 4d5a32f..2df2c5b 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1841,6 +1841,14 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde_json",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "modelcraft-decks"
+version = "0.1.0"
+dependencies = [
+ "modelcraft-model",
+ "thiserror 2.0.21",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "modelcraft-engine"
 version = "0.1.0"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index ef5af8c..70b8dd7 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ repository = "https://github.com/jyviko/modelcraft"
 modelcraft-model = { path = "crates/model" }
 modelcraft-geometry = { path = "crates/geometry" }
 modelcraft-mesh = { path = "crates/mesh" }
+modelcraft-decks = { path = "crates/decks" }
 modelcraft-engine = { path = "crates/engine" }
 modelcraft-testkit = { path = "crates/testkit" }
 modelcraft-render = { path = "crates/render" }
diff --git a/crates/decks/Cargo.toml b/crates/decks/Cargo.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..97bf2c1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/decks/Cargo.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+[package]
+name = "modelcraft-decks"
+description = "ModelCraft's solver decks: Abaqus input, Nastran bulk data and LS-DYNA keyword writers (and later readers)"
+version.workspace = true
+edition.workspace = true
+license.workspace = true
+
+[lints]
+workspace = true
+
+[dependencies]
+modelcraft-model = { workspace = true }
+thiserror = { workspace = true }
diff --git a/crates/decks/src/lib.rs b/crates/decks/src/lib.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3cbeef9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/decks/src/lib.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+//! Solver decks: the solver-neutral model written as Abaqus input, Nastran bulk data and LS-DYNA
+//! keyword files. Each format is its own module (`abaqus`, `nastran`, `lsdyna`), written from the
+//! vendor's public reference manual in our own words; examples and expected files are our own.
+//! Writers read [`modelcraft_model::Model`] and its `resolve()` result, never another format.
+#![deny(clippy::unwrap_used, clippy::expect_used, clippy::panic, clippy::unimplemented, clippy::todo, clippy::unreachable)]
+#![forbid(unsafe_code)]
+
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq, thiserror::Error)]
+pub enum Error {
+    /// The model has something this format cannot express (named, with the format).
+    #[error("not supported by {format}: {what}")]
+    Unsupported { format: &'static str, what: String },
+    /// The model is not ready to write (its check failed).
+    #[error(transparent)]
+    Model(#[from] modelcraft_model::Error),
+    #[error("limit reached: {0}")]
+    Limit(String),
+}
+
+pub type Result<T> = std::result::Result<T, Error>;