CAD to SimReady

When to Use

Use this workflow skill for an end-to-end pipeline from a source asset to a SimReady asset or package. It coordinates existing conversion, authoring, validation, conformance, rendering, and packaging references directly; do not replace it with a single monolithic runner command.

This skill is documentation-driven and does not ship scripts/run.py; it must not depend on a repository checkout. Shell is declared because this workflow invokes installed stage reference scripts directly, from each reference's installed directory, and it still must not grow a monolithic runner.

Prerequisites

• Prefer preflight first for deterministic setup: it installs/verifies local upstream checkouts, writes a cad-to-simready-preflight.json manifest, and exports PHYSICAL_AI_PREFLIGHT_MANIFEST plus PHYSICAL_AI_REQUIRE_PREFLIGHT=1 for downstream references.
• Python 3.12 and uv (per repo README.md).
• A Content Agents model provider key when local deployment will run, or explicit endpoint variables plus usage tokens for already-running endpoints; see references/preflight/README.md for the full list.
• Docker, NVIDIA Container Toolkit, and an NVIDIA GPU for Content Agents and OVRTX stages.
• Local upstream checkouts under ${OMNIVERSE_CAD_TO_SIMREADY_UPSTREAM_ROOT:-$HOME/.omniverse-cad-to-simready/upstreams} when a stage needs upstream scripts or specs.

First Action

For any broad CAD/source-asset to SimReady request, assume property_assignment_intent=run unless the user explicitly asks for conversion-only, validation-only, or no material/physics assignment. For conversion-only requests, set property_assignment_intent=skip, do not deploy Content Agents, run convert-to-usd, then run validate-usd-minimum on the generated USD if conversion succeeds. For validation-only requests, set property_assignment_intent=skip and validate the USD the user provided without rerunning conversion.

Run preflight (or verify an existing PHYSICAL_AI_PREFLIGHT_MANIFEST) before any converter, validation, Content Agents, OVRTX, packaging, or FET step; treat it as dependency bootstrap, not workflow routing. Use --skip-content-agents for conversion-only/validation-only requests.

When property_assignment_intent=run, verify or deploy Content Agents services immediately after confirming the source path and resolving intent, before asset-context inspection, converter dependency checks, conversion, validation, conformance, rendering, packaging, or upstream source builds. Treat explicitly provided healthy endpoints as user-owned; otherwise run deploy-content-agents, which deploys the shared standalone OVRTX renderer, then Material, Physics, and optional Texture service containers in order.

Instructions

1. Confirm the source asset path exists, resolve output_root, and classify the request as end-to-end, conversion-only, validation-only, or packaging.
2. Resolve property_assignment_intent before running any asset inspection, converter probe, conversion, validation, conformance, rendering, or packaging step.
3. Run preflight for the selected workflow targets, unless a ready PHYSICAL_AI_PREFLIGHT_MANIFEST is already configured. Source the generated env file before running downstream scripts. Treat preflight as dependency setup only: it may use a provided --source-asset, --source-format, or --conversion-tools value to scope dependency checks, but convert-to-usd and the upstream converter references still decide actual conversion support.
4. Verify or deploy Content Agents services first when property_assignment_intent=run; block on missing authentication or unhealthy services instead of continuing.
5. Read references/workflow.md and references/commands.md, then run only the stage references needed for the current request.
6. Run identify-asset-context on the original source asset when web search is available or property assignment will run.
7. Route the source through convert-to-usd, or skip conversion for existing USD input and treat the source path as the current USD path.
8. Run validate-usd-minimum before expensive downstream work. Treat this as a viability gate only: record unit/profile issues such as metersPerUnit != 1.0, but do not run simready-conform-profile, FET001, or any other FET repair before Content Agents assignment when property assignment will run.
9. Run Content Agents material, physics, and optional texture assignment on the converted/minimum-valid USD when requested or required.
10. Run simready-conform-profile on the latest simulation USD path after property assignment and preserve every selected FET repair report.
11. Run validation gates in order: omni-asset-validate, omni-asset-validate-geometry, omni-asset-validate-physics, and simready-validate.
12. Rerun simready-conform-profile when simready-validate reports a repairable requirement, then rerun profile validation on the newest authored USD.
13. Run ovrtx-render-service when preview, thumbnail, or inspection images are requested. When package outputs are requested, run assemble-package-source next to create the clean deliverable/ package source from the final USD and thumbnail, then run nv-core-package-sample and nv-core-package-sample-validation on that deliverable folder only.
14. Emit the consolidated workflow report with the final USD path, all stage reports, validation findings, rerun reasons, and next work.

Output Format

Emit a consolidated workflow report in Markdown, and include JSON when the workflow writes structured artifacts. Report overall status as passed, blocked, failed, or needs_rerun. See references/workflow.md for the required Markdown and JSON report fields.

Detailed References

Read only the references needed for the current request:

• references/preflight/README.md: deterministic local setup, manifest/env contract, wrappers, deployment opt-out, and guardrail behavior.
• references/workflow.md: inputs, source routing, detailed workflow, validation policy, output report fields, and next steps.
• references/commands.md: concrete portable script command patterns.
• references/assemble-package-source/README.md: two-zone package source assembly, root USD naming, thumbnail placement, and deliverable checks.
• references/troubleshooting.md: symptom/cause/fix table plus FET (GSP.001/RB.MB.001) repair-routing detail.
• references/publishing-layout.md: frontmatter compatibility-field notes and layout rationale for this skill's own file tree.

Publishing Layout Notes

Use skills/omniverse-cad-to-simready/ as the source of truth for this product repo's skill. The .agents/skills symlink is a compatibility alias for local agentskills.io-style discovery, and the nested references/ tree is intentional. See references/publishing-layout.md for the alias list, frontmatter field placement, and flattening rules.

Limitations

• This workflow coordinates existing conversion, property assignment, conformance, validation, rendering, and packaging skills; it does not replace them with a single monolithic runner command.

Troubleshooting

Read references/troubleshooting.md only when a specific stage or validation gate is failing; it owns the symptom/cause/fix table and FET repair routing.

Hard Rules

• Prefer the preflight manifest for local upstream roots, converter executables, SimReady validation runtime, OVRTX endpoint, and Content Agents service URLs. When PHYSICAL_AI_REQUIRE_PREFLIGHT=1 is set, do not bypass the manifest with direct upstream discovery.
• Do not run asset inspection, converter probes, local upstream builds, conversion, validation, conformance, rendering, or packaging before Content Agents readiness when property assignment will run.
• Use stage-specific installed reference scripts directly. Do not add or call a single omniverse-cad-to-simready runner command.
• For source conversion, delegate to the convert-to-usd reference; do not substitute another converter for CAD or mesh formats.
• For property assignment, use Content Agents references as separate atomic steps: material first, then physics, then texture only when requested.
• When property assignment will run, do not run simready-conform-profile or any FET helper before Content Agents. Validate minimum USD first, then run Content Agents on that converted/minimum-valid USD, then apply FET repairs to the latest service-authored USD.
• When property assignment will run, do not run simready-validate or any SimReady profile validation before Content Agents. The only validation gate allowed before service calls is validate-usd-minimum, which is a basic USD viability check.
• Stop at the first failing deployment, conversion, property-assignment, or conformance authoring gate unless the user explicitly asks for best-effort continuation.
• Do not stop at validation findings after a meaningful USD artifact exists. Continue remaining diagnostic gates and mark the result needs_rerun.
• Do not leave a GSP.001 profile failure as an unclassified final finding. Route it to upstream simready-foundation-conform-fet-005-simulate-grasp-physics; if the current agent cannot inspect renders or no explicit grasp points are available, report a blocked FET005 repair with the visual evidence path or missing input reason.
• Preserve every stage report and pass the concrete output USD path from each report into the next stage.