nx_autorig_pose_gate.nx

nx_autorig_pose_gate.nx -- THE END-TO-END DONE-RULE GATE FOR DC16 (the BEND case): a BARE mesh goes through nx_curveskel (skeleton) then nx_boneheat (weights), a 90 degree shoulder SWING is baked into the asset as a POSE and PLAYED by the served nx_nxa_play, and the deformed skin is measured through md_measure -- this estate's ONE mesh deviation ruler, never a second one -- plus a direct crease read across the shoulder. THE POSE IS A BAKED WORLD DELTA, BECAUSE THAT IS THE PLAYER'S CONTRACT. nx_nxa_play applies, per joint, M x = D(x - bind_t) + bind_t + dt with NO hierarchy walk at runtime (nxa_format_spec.md), so a single-joint entry moves only that joint's skinned band -- measured 2026-09-05: one entry on joint 1 read md max=3 against a 10 mm bar while the ring crease read 5 mm, i.e. a local sleeve, not a swing. A real bend therefore carries one entry per joint of the swung subtree: D = R and dt = (R - I)(bind_t_j - P), which is exactly the rigid swing out = R(v - P) + P about the shoulder pivot P, while the rest of the body stays put. UNITS, MEASURED NOT ASSUMED: the NXMESH handed to md_measure is in millimetres (NXA 0.01 mm -> tenths -> mm at nm_put_tri), and md_measure reports in 0.1 mm: the 16-joint swing read max=259 (a ~26 mm tip), the twist sleeve read 3 (0.3 mm). A bar written in 0.01 mm quanta here was 10x too high and failed a real swing. WHAT IT PROVES AND WHAT IT DOES NOT. Smooth geodesic weights make the shoulder a SOFTER crease than the hard nearest-joint boundary (the adjacent-ring displacement jump is smaller), and the pose really swings the limb (md_measure posed-vs-rest reaches a derived floor). It does NOT prove the twist case: candy-wrapper collapse under an axial twist is a DEFORMER property (nx_skeleton is linear-blend only, no dual-quaternion path), and smoother weights make that collapse worse, so it is deferred to a dual-quaternion rung on the deformer's board. SUBJECTS: the two libs in-process, the PLAYER forked as the deployed binary at its absolute path. license_tier: ORIGINAL expect_exit: 0