refactor(paste): one finalize path; carry XCLIP through all three pastes

Consolidate the duplicated paste logic and extend XCLIP-carry to every path.

- finalize_paste(): single shared step for PASTECLIP and PASTEORIG —
  merge deps + block defs + xdictionary graphs, add clones (optionally
  transformed), tessellate solids. A new cross-drawing concern is now wired
  once instead of re-implemented per command (the gap that lost the clip on
  PASTEORIG in the first place).
- recreate_clipboard_ext_roots() + recreate_ext_subtree(): PASTEBLOCK now
  recreates each entity's xdictionary graph and stamps the new root onto the
  wrapped entity before defining the block, so the block's nested insert
  keeps its spatial filter.
- block_cache: a nested insert's clip is baked into NestedRef.clip_poly at
  build time (the spatial filter isn't reachable at expand time) and applied
  on expansion — the clipped wires are finalized in an isolated batch set,
  clipped, and carried out via Batches.extra_wires. Single-instance only;
  arrays of clipped nested inserts fall through unclipped.

All three paste paths (PASTECLIP / PASTEORIG / PASTEBLOCK) now preserve an
XCLIP clip across a cross-drawing paste.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>

src/app/cmd_result.rs

@@ -620,36 +620,12 @@ impl OpenCADStudio {
                         base_pt - self.clipboard_centroid.as_dvec3() + wo_corr;
                     let translate = crate::command::EntityTransform::Translate(delta);
                     self.push_undo_snapshot(i, "PASTECLIP");
-                    // Recreate any layer / linetype / style the copied entities
-                    // need but this drawing lacks (cross-drawing paste). (#129)
-                    self.merge_clipboard_deps(i);
-                    // …and any block definition the pasted INSERTs reference,
-                    // else a block reference renders empty. (#135)
-                    self.merge_clipboard_blocks(i);
                     let count = self.clipboard.len();
-                    // Index-aligned with `clipboard` (NULL = add failed) so the
+                    let by_index = self.finalize_paste(i, Some(translate));
-                    // captured extension-dictionary subtrees can be matched back
-                    // to their pasted entity by index.
-                    let by_index: Vec<Handle> = self
-                        .clipboard
-                        .clone()
-                        .into_iter()
-                        .map(|mut entity| {
-                            crate::scene::view::dispatch::apply_transform(&mut entity, &translate);
-                            self.tabs[i].scene.add_entity_clone(entity)
-                        })
-                        .collect();
-                    // Recreate each pasted entity's xdictionary graph (XCLIP
-                    // spatial filters etc.) in this document. (#xclip-paste)
-                    self.merge_clipboard_ext_objects(i, &by_index);
                     self.tabs[i].scene.deselect_all();
                     for h in by_index.iter().copied().filter(|h| !h.is_null()) {
                         self.tabs[i].scene.select_entity(h, false);
                     }
-                    // Tessellate any pasted ACIS solids — top-level ones and
-                    // those inside a recreated block definition — so they
-                    // render instead of staying invisible. (#135)
-                    self.tabs[i].scene.populate_meshes_from_document();
                     self.tabs[i].dirty = true;
                     // Surface any layers the paste brought in (cross-drawing)
                     // in the layer manager and the layer dropdown.
@@ -1872,6 +1848,36 @@ impl OpenCADStudio {
         }
     }
 
+    /// Shared paste finalize for every paste path (PASTECLIP, PASTEORIG):
+    /// recreate the clipboard's dependency records and block definitions, add
+    /// each entity with fresh handles (optionally transformed), recreate each
+    /// entity's xdictionary graph (XCLIP filters etc.), and tessellate pasted
+    /// solids. Returns the new handles, index-aligned with the clipboard
+    /// (NULL where an add failed). Keeping this in one place means a new
+    /// cross-drawing concern is wired once, not re-implemented per command.
+    pub(super) fn finalize_paste(
+        &mut self,
+        i: usize,
+        translate: Option<crate::command::EntityTransform>,
+    ) -> Vec<Handle> {
+        self.merge_clipboard_deps(i);
+        self.merge_clipboard_blocks(i);
+        let by_index: Vec<Handle> = self
+            .clipboard
+            .clone()
+            .into_iter()
+            .map(|mut entity| {
+                if let Some(t) = &translate {
+                    crate::scene::view::dispatch::apply_transform(&mut entity, t);
+                }
+                self.tabs[i].scene.add_entity_clone(entity)
+            })
+            .collect();
+        self.merge_clipboard_ext_objects(i, &by_index);
+        self.tabs[i].scene.populate_meshes_from_document();
+        by_index
+    }
+
     /// Recreate the extension-dictionary object graph (XCLIP spatial filters,
     /// attached XRecords, …) captured for each copied entity, cloning every
     /// object into this document with fresh handles, remapping all internal
@@ -1879,37 +1885,19 @@ impl OpenCADStudio {
     /// the new root. `by_index` is the paste's new entity handles, aligned with
     /// the clipboard order (NULL where the add failed). No-op without captures.
     pub(super) fn merge_clipboard_ext_objects(&mut self, i: usize, by_index: &[Handle]) {
-        use std::collections::HashMap;
         if self.clipboard_deps.ext_objects.is_empty() {
             return;
         }
         let captures = self.clipboard_deps.ext_objects.clone();
         let doc = &mut self.tabs[i].scene.document;
-        for cap in captures {
+        for cap in &captures {
             let Some(&new_entity) = by_index.get(cap.entity_index) else {
                 continue;
             };
             if new_entity.is_null() {
                 continue;
             }
-            // old handle → fresh handle for the whole subtree, plus the entity
+            if let Some(new_root) = recreate_ext_subtree(doc, cap, Some(new_entity)) {
-            // itself so an object owned by the entity remaps onto the new copy.
-            let mut remap: HashMap<Handle, Handle> = HashMap::new();
-            remap.insert(cap.src_entity_handle, new_entity);
-            for (old, _) in &cap.objects {
-                // `allocate_handle` advances the counter; `next_handle()` only
-                // peeks, so reusing it here would hand every object the same
-                // handle and they'd overwrite each other in `doc.objects`.
-                remap.insert(*old, doc.allocate_handle());
-            }
-            for (old, obj) in &cap.objects {
-                let mut obj = obj.clone();
-                let new_h = remap[old];
-                remap_object(&mut obj, new_h, &remap);
-                doc.objects.insert(new_h, obj);
-            }
-            // Point the pasted entity at the cloned root dictionary.
-            if let Some(new_root) = remap.get(&cap.root).copied() {
                 if let Some(e) = doc.get_entity_mut(new_entity) {
                     e.common_mut().xdictionary_handle = Some(new_root);
                 }
@@ -1920,6 +1908,30 @@ impl OpenCADStudio {
         self.tabs[i].scene.bump_geometry();
     }
 
+    /// Recreate the captured xdictionary subtrees in this document (fresh
+    /// handles, remapped references) WITHOUT an added host entity, returning
+    /// `entity_index → new xdictionary root`. Used by PASTEBLOCK, which folds
+    /// the clipboard into a new block definition: the caller stamps each new
+    /// root onto the matching entity's `xdictionary_handle` before defining the
+    /// block, so the block's nested insert keeps its XCLIP filter.
+    pub(super) fn recreate_clipboard_ext_roots(
+        &mut self,
+        i: usize,
+    ) -> std::collections::HashMap<usize, Handle> {
+        let mut out = std::collections::HashMap::new();
+        if self.clipboard_deps.ext_objects.is_empty() {
+            return out;
+        }
+        let captures = self.clipboard_deps.ext_objects.clone();
+        let doc = &mut self.tabs[i].scene.document;
+        for cap in &captures {
+            if let Some(new_root) = recreate_ext_subtree(doc, cap, None) {
+                out.insert(cap.entity_index, new_root);
+            }
+        }
+        out
+    }
+
     fn restore_pre_cmd_tangent(&mut self) {
         if let Some(was_on) = self.pre_cmd_tangent.take() {
             if !was_on {
@@ -1934,6 +1946,33 @@ impl OpenCADStudio {
     }
 }
 
+/// Clone one captured xdictionary subtree into `doc` with fresh handles,
+/// remapping every internal reference (and the owning entity, when known),
+/// returning the new root handle. `allocate_handle` advances the document's
+/// handle counter — `next_handle()` only peeks, so reusing it would hand every
+/// object the same handle and collapse the dictionary chain.
+fn recreate_ext_subtree(
+    doc: &mut acadrust::CadDocument,
+    cap: &crate::app::ClipExtObjects,
+    entity_handle: Option<Handle>,
+) -> Option<Handle> {
+    use std::collections::HashMap;
+    let mut remap: HashMap<Handle, Handle> = HashMap::new();
+    if let Some(eh) = entity_handle {
+        remap.insert(cap.src_entity_handle, eh);
+    }
+    for (old, _) in &cap.objects {
+        remap.insert(*old, doc.allocate_handle());
+    }
+    for (old, obj) in &cap.objects {
+        let mut obj = obj.clone();
+        let new_h = remap[old];
+        remap_object(&mut obj, new_h, &remap);
+        doc.objects.insert(new_h, obj);
+    }
+    remap.get(&cap.root).copied()
+}
+
 /// Rewrite a cloned extension-dictionary object onto fresh handles: set its own
 /// handle to `new_handle` and remap its owner and any handle references it holds
 /// through `remap` (a handle still in the source space stays unchanged, which is

src/app/commands.rs

@@ -623,27 +623,8 @@ impl OpenCADStudio {
                 } else {
                     let count = self.clipboard.len();
                     self.push_undo_snapshot(i, "PASTEORIG");
-                    // Recreate any layer / style this drawing lacks, then add
+                    // No transform: entities keep their original coordinates.
-                    // each entity with fresh handles (top-level + inline subs)
+                    let _ = self.finalize_paste(i, None);
-                    // so a same-document paste can't duplicate handles. (#129)
-                    self.merge_clipboard_deps(i);
-                    // …and any block definition the pasted INSERTs reference,
-                    // else a block reference renders empty in a drawing that
-                    // lacks the definition. (#135 / #158)
-                    self.merge_clipboard_blocks(i);
-                    let by_index: Vec<acadrust::Handle> = self
-                        .clipboard
-                        .clone()
-                        .into_iter()
-                        .map(|entity| self.tabs[i].scene.add_entity_clone(entity))
-                        .collect();
-                    // Recreate each pasted entity's xdictionary graph (XCLIP
-                    // spatial filters etc.) so a cross-drawing paste keeps its
-                    // clip instead of showing the whole block. (#xclip-paste)
-                    self.merge_clipboard_ext_objects(i, &by_index);
-                    // Tessellate any pasted ACIS solids (top-level + inside a
-                    // recreated block) so they render instead of staying blank.
-                    self.tabs[i].scene.populate_meshes_from_document();
                     self.tabs[i].dirty = true;
                     self.refresh_layer_panel();
                     self.refresh_properties();
@@ -667,9 +648,18 @@ impl OpenCADStudio {
                     // reference, so nested blocks inside the new wrapper block
                     // don't render empty. (#135 / #158)
                     self.merge_clipboard_blocks(i);
+                    // Recreate each entity's xdictionary graph (XCLIP filters)
+                    // and stamp the new root onto the wrapped entity, so the
+                    // block's nested insert keeps its clip. (#xclip-paste)
+                    let ext_roots = self.recreate_clipboard_ext_roots(i);
                     let name = self.unique_block_name("Block");
                     let base = self.clipboard_centroid;
-                    let entities = self.clipboard.clone();
+                    let mut entities = self.clipboard.clone();
+                    for (idx, root) in ext_roots {
+                        if let Some(e) = entities.get_mut(idx) {
+                            e.common_mut().xdictionary_handle = Some(root);
+                        }
+                    }
                     match self
                         .tabs[i]
                         .scene

src/scene/cache/block_cache.rs

@@ -82,6 +82,12 @@ pub struct NestedRef {
     pub lt_is_byblock: bool,
     pub lw_is_byblock: bool,
     pub instance_offsets: Vec<[f64; 3]>,
+    /// XCLIP boundary for this nested insert, in the parent defn's local frame
+    /// (`None` = unclipped). Baked at build time because the clip's spatial
+    /// filter lives in `doc.objects`, which isn't reachable at expand time; on
+    /// expansion it is mapped to world by the accumulated transform and the
+    /// nested wires are clipped to it.
+    pub clip_poly: Option<Vec<[f64; 2]>>,
 }
 
 #[derive(Clone, Debug)]
@@ -413,6 +419,12 @@ fn build_nested_ref(
         crate::scene::view::render::render_style_for(doc, &EntityType::Insert(nested_ins.clone()));
     let _ = bg_color;
 
+    // Bake the XCLIP boundary (parent-defn-local) so the nested insert keeps
+    // its clip when the parent block is expanded — the spatial filter object
+    // isn't reachable at expand time.
+    let clip_poly = crate::scene::pick::xclip::insert_spatial_filter(doc, nested_ins)
+        .map(|sf| crate::scene::pick::xclip::world_clip_polygon_f64(sf, nested_ins, [0.0; 3]));
+
     NestedRef {
         block_name: nested_ins.block_name.clone(),
         xform: nested_ins.get_transform(),
@@ -424,6 +436,7 @@ fn build_nested_ref(
         lt_is_byblock: nested_ins.common.linetype.eq_ignore_ascii_case("byblock"),
         lw_is_byblock: matches!(nested_ins.common.line_weight, LineWeight::ByBlock),
         instance_offsets: array_offsets(nested_ins),
+        clip_poly,
     }
 }
 
@@ -1063,6 +1076,11 @@ struct Batches {
     by_style: HashMap<StyleKey, BatchEntry>,
     /// Batches that overflowed `MAX_POINTS_PER_BATCH` and have been closed.
     closed: Vec<BatchEntry>,
+    /// Already-finalized wires that bypass the point batcher — currently the
+    /// clipped output of an XCLIP'd nested insert, which is produced as whole
+    /// WireModels by `clip_wires`. Appended verbatim at `finalize` (only their
+    /// name/selected flag are stamped to match the host insert).
+    extra_wires: Vec<WireModel>,
 }
 
 impl BatchEntry {
@@ -1098,7 +1116,9 @@ impl BatchEntry {
 
 impl Batches {
     fn finalize(self, name: &str, selected: bool, bg_color: [f32; 4]) -> Vec<WireModel> {
-        self.closed
+        let extra = self.extra_wires;
+        let mut out: Vec<WireModel> = self
+            .closed
             .into_iter()
             .chain(self.by_style.into_values())
             .map(|b| {
@@ -1133,7 +1153,15 @@ impl Batches {
                     fill_tris_low: Vec::new(),
                 }
             })
-            .collect()
+            .collect();
+        // Clipped nested-insert wires are already whole WireModels; stamp the
+        // host insert's name/selected so picking maps them back correctly.
+        for mut w in extra {
+            w.name = name.to_string();
+            w.selected = selected;
+            out.push(w);
+        }
+        out
     }
 }
 
@@ -1302,23 +1330,46 @@ fn expand_defn(
                     bg_color: ctx.bg_color,
                 };
                 visited.push(nref.block_name.clone());
-                for offset in &nref.instance_offsets {
+                if let Some(cp) = &nref.clip_poly {
-                    let composed = if offset == &[0.0; 3] {
+                    // XCLIP'd nested insert: expand into an isolated batch set,
-                        nref.xform.then(accum_xform)
+                    // finalize to whole wires, clip them to the boundary mapped
-                    } else {
+                    // into world by the accumulated transform, then carry the
-                        let translation = Transform::from_translation(Vector3::new(
+                    // clipped wires out via `extra_wires`. Single instance only —
-                            offset[0], offset[1], offset[2],
+                    // an array of clipped nested inserts is vanishingly rare, so
-                        ));
+                    // the array case is not handled (boundary placement per
-                        translation.then(&nref.xform).then(accum_xform)
+                    // instance would differ).
-                    };
+                    let composed = nref.xform.then(accum_xform);
-                    expand_defn(
+                    let mut sub = Batches::default();
-                        nested_defn,
+                    expand_defn(nested_defn, &composed, &inner_ctx, &mut sub, visited, depth + 1);
-                        &composed,
+                    let mut wires = sub.finalize("", ctx.selected, ctx.bg_color);
-                        &inner_ctx,
+                    let world_poly: Vec<[f64; 2]> = cp
-                        out,
+                        .iter()
-                        visited,
+                        .map(|&[x, y]| {
-                        depth + 1,
+                            let w = accum_xform.apply(Vector3::new(x, y, 0.0));
-                    );
+                            [w.x, w.y]
+                        })
+                        .collect();
+                    crate::scene::pick::xclip::clip_wires(&mut wires, &world_poly);
+                    out.extra_wires.append(&mut wires);
+                } else {
+                    for offset in &nref.instance_offsets {
+                        let composed = if offset == &[0.0; 3] {
+                            nref.xform.then(accum_xform)
+                        } else {
+                            let translation = Transform::from_translation(Vector3::new(
+                                offset[0], offset[1], offset[2],
+                            ));
+                            translation.then(&nref.xform).then(accum_xform)
+                        };
+                        expand_defn(
+                            nested_defn,
+                            &composed,
+                            &inner_ctx,
+                            out,
+                            visited,
+                            depth + 1,
+                        );
+                    }
                 }
                 visited.pop();
             }