@snaptrude/plugin-core 0.0.0-dev-20260908074328 → 0.0.0-dev-20260921132444

package/src/api/design/create/index.ts

@@ -4,9 +4,11 @@ import {
   BrepHandle,
   ComponentHandle,
   ContourHandle,
+  CurveHandle,
   ProfileHandle,
   Vec3Handle,
 } from "../../../handles"
+import { PluginGridStyleOptions } from "./grids"
 import {
   PluginSpaceType,
   PluginMassType,
@@ -18,12 +20,21 @@ import {
   PluginBuildableEnvelopeVerticalCap,
   PluginBuildableEnvelopeCreateResult,
 } from "../../entity/buildableEnvelope"
+import { PluginOpeningBaseOptions } from "./opening-fields"
+import type {
+  PluginCreateDoorItem,
+  PluginCreateFloorItem,
+  PluginCreateFurnitureItem,
+  PluginCreateWallRunItem,
+  PluginCreateWindowItem,
+} from "./bulk-items"
 
 /**
  * `design.create.*` — author new scene-committed BIM entities.
  *
  * Every creator takes geometry handles + scalars and returns a
- * {@linkcode ComponentHandle} (or `ComponentHandle[]` for plural creators) — the
+ * {@linkcode ComponentHandle} (or `ComponentHandle[]` for plural creators;
+ * `wallRuns` returns one `ComponentHandle[]` per run) — the
  * `Component.id` of the created entity, resolvable across the rest of the
  * `design.*` surface. Creation is an undoable host call; it **throws** on failure
  * (no `Result` wrapper — consistent with `core.geom.create.*`).
@@ -217,26 +228,11 @@ export abstract class PluginDesignCreateApi {
    * Create a **floor** by extruding a footprint contour by `thickness`
    * (extruded upward).
    *
-   * The parametric engine owns floor topology and may resolve the request
-   * differently than asked: drawing against existing floors can **split** the
-   * footprint into several floors, or **merge** it into a pre-existing
-   * neighbour (that floor's region grows; nothing new is created). The call
-   * honors the engine's resolution and returns **every floor that covers the
-   * requested footprint after the operation** — the newly created floor(s),
-   * and/or the pre-existing floor that absorbed it. The array is never empty
-   * on success; a lone independently-created floor comes back as `[floor]`.
-   *
-   * **Breaking change in 0.11.0** — previously returned a single
-   * {@linkcode ComponentHandle}; callers must switch to the array (the first
-   * element preserves the old single-floor behavior for simple creates).
-   *
    * @param contour - Footprint (outer + holes)
    * @param thickness - Floor thickness (> 0)
    * @param position - Offset from origin
-   * @returns the {@linkcode ComponentHandle}s of every floor covering the
-   *   requested footprint after parametric resolution (created and/or absorbing)
-   * @throws if the contour is invalid, the thickness is not positive, or the
-   *   engine rejected the operation (nothing covers the footprint)
+   * @returns the {@linkcode ComponentHandle} of the created floor
+   * @throws if the contour is invalid or the thickness is not positive
    *
    * @examplePrompt Create a floor from this room outline
    * @examplePrompt Add a 100mm thick floor over the footprint
@@ -247,13 +243,57 @@ export abstract class PluginDesignCreateApi {
    * ```ts
    * const rect = await snaptrude.core.geom.create.profileRect(5, 4)
    * const contour = await snaptrude.core.geom.create.contourFromProfile(rect)
-   * const [floor, ...siblings] = await snaptrude.design.create.floor(contour, 0.1)
+   * const floor = await snaptrude.design.create.floor(contour, 0.1)
    * ```
+   *
+   * @performance For MORE THAN ONE floor, call `design.create.floors(items[])` — one
+   *   host round-trip and ONE undo entry for the whole batch. Looping this single-floor
+   *   creator is N round-trips and N undo entries.
    */
   public abstract floor(
     contour: ContourHandle,
     thickness: number,
     position?: Vec3Handle,
+  ): PluginApiReturn<ComponentHandle>
+
+  /**
+   * Create **many floors** in one undoable operation (bulk plural of
+   * {@linkcode floor}). Each item extrudes its own footprint contour (outer
+   * profile + holes) upward by its own `thickness`, at its own optional
+   * position offset. Validate-all-or-throw; one command.
+   *
+   * @param items - One {@linkcode PluginCreateFloorItem} per floor to create
+   *   (≥1, ≤1000)
+   * @returns the created floors as {@linkcode ComponentHandle}`[]`, in input order
+   * @throws `VALIDATION` if the items fail the schema (empty array, more than
+   *   1000 items, a non-positive thickness) or a contour is degenerate;
+   *   `HANDLE_INVALID` if a `contour` or `position` handle is unknown or
+   *   released; `OPERATION_FAILED` if extrusion fails (nothing is created —
+   *   `details.itemIndex` is the failing item); `METHOD_NOT_PERMITTED` if the
+   *   plugin may not write.
+   *
+   * @examplePrompt Create floors for all these room outlines at once
+   * @examplePrompt Add a floor to every space in one operation
+   * @examplePrompt Bulk create the floor plates for this building
+   * @examplePrompt Lay 100mm floors across these five footprints in one undo step
+   * @examplePrompt Create the ground and first floor slabs together
+   *
+   * @performance Bulk creator — the whole batch is ONE host round-trip and ONE undo
+   *   entry. Always prefer this over calling `design.create.floor` in a loop: build the
+   *   full `items[]` array first (all contours and offsets up front), then make one call.
+   *
+   * # Example
+   * ```ts
+   * const rect = await snaptrude.core.geom.create.profileRect(5, 4)
+   * const contour = await snaptrude.core.geom.create.contourFromProfile(rect)
+   * const [ground, upper] = await snaptrude.design.create.floors([
+   *   { contour, thickness: 0.1 },
+   *   { contour, thickness: 0.1, position: await snaptrude.core.math.vec3.new(0, 3, 0) },
+   * ])
+   * ```
+   */
+  public abstract floors(
+    items: PluginCreateFloorItem[],
   ): PluginApiReturn<ComponentHandle[]>
 
   /**
@@ -410,13 +450,7 @@ export abstract class PluginDesignCreateApi {
    *   single undo entry. The storey must already exist
    *   (`core.storeys.create` first). Default: geometry-derived — a profile
    *   drawn at y = 0 lands on storey 1; the ACTIVE storey is NOT consulted.
-   * @returns the actually-created wall {@linkcode ComponentHandle}s. The
-   *   parametric engine owns wall topology — curves touching existing walls
-   *   may merge into or split against them, so the returned count can differ
-   *   from the input curve count. Profile-ordered 1:1 matches come first,
-   *   then the remaining merged/split products in creation order. Re-query
-   *   (e.g. `design.query.spaces.listGeneratedBim`) rather than assuming a
-   *   wall per input curve.
+   * @returns a {@linkcode ComponentHandle}`[]` (one per wall), in profile order
    * @throws if the profile is empty, `wallType` names no wall type in the
    *   project, `storey` does not exist, or wall creation fails
    *
@@ -443,6 +477,10 @@ export abstract class PluginDesignCreateApi {
    *   centerlines, 3, undefined, brick.label,
    * )
    * ```
+   *
+   * @performance For MORE THAN ONE run, call `design.create.wallRuns(items[])` — one
+   *   host round-trip and ONE undo entry for every run in the batch. Looping this
+   *   single-run creator is N round-trips and N undo entries.
    */
   public abstract walls(
     profile: ProfileHandle,
@@ -452,6 +490,60 @@ export abstract class PluginDesignCreateApi {
     storey?: number,
   ): PluginApiReturn<ComponentHandle[]>
 
+  /**
+   * Create **many wall runs** in one undoable operation (bulk plural of
+   * {@linkcode walls}). Each item is one full run — a wall per curve in that
+   * item's profile chain, mitred at shared endpoints. Junctions resolve within a
+   * run, not between runs. Each item carries its own
+   * dimensions, `wallType` and `storey`, so a single call can build a whole
+   * floor plate or several storeys at once. Validate-all-or-throw; one command.
+   *
+   * @param items - One {@linkcode PluginCreateWallRunItem} per run to create
+   *   (≥1, ≤1000)
+   * @returns one {@linkcode ComponentHandle}`[]` per item, in input order —
+   *   each inner array holding that run's walls in profile-curve order
+   * @throws `VALIDATION` if the items fail the schema (empty array, more than
+   *   1000 items, a non-positive height or thickness, a zero-length curve);
+   *   `HANDLE_INVALID` if a `profile` handle is unknown or released;
+   *   `PRECONDITION_FAILED` if a profile has no curves, `wallType` names no
+   *   wall type in the project, or `storey` does not exist;
+   *   `OPERATION_FAILED` if wall creation fails (nothing is created —
+   *   `details.itemIndex` is the failing item); `METHOD_NOT_PERMITTED` if the
+   *   plugin may not write.
+   *
+   * @examplePrompt Draw all the walls of this floor plan at once
+   * @examplePrompt Build every room's perimeter in one operation
+   * @examplePrompt Bulk create wall runs from these centerlines
+   * @examplePrompt Create the walls for both storeys in a single undo step
+   * @examplePrompt Turn these polylines into 200mm brick walls together
+   *
+   * @performance Bulk creator — the whole batch is ONE host round-trip and ONE undo
+   *   entry. Always prefer this over calling `design.create.walls` in a loop: build the
+   *   full `items[]` array first (all profiles up front), then make one call.
+   *
+   * # Example
+   * ```ts
+   * const v = snaptrude.core.math.vec3
+   * const ground = await snaptrude.core.geom.create.profileFromLinePoints([
+   *   await v.new(0, 0, 0),
+   *   await v.new(8, 0, 0),
+   *   await v.new(8, 0, 6),
+   * ])
+   * const upper = await snaptrude.core.geom.create.profileFromLinePoints([
+   *   await v.new(0, 0, 0),
+   *   await v.new(8, 0, 0),
+   * ])
+   * const [groundWalls, upperWalls] = await snaptrude.design.create.wallRuns([
+   *   { profile: ground, height: 3, thickness: 0.2 },
+   *   { profile: upper, height: 3, storey: 2 },
+   * ])
+   * console.log(groundWalls.length, "walls on the ground floor")
+   * ```
+   */
+  public abstract wallRuns(
+    items: PluginCreateWallRunItem[],
+  ): PluginApiReturn<ComponentHandle[][]>
+
   /**
    * Create a **staircase** from a parametric preset, placed at a point.
    *
@@ -538,6 +630,134 @@ export abstract class PluginDesignCreateApi {
     gridTag?: string,
   ): PluginApiReturn<ComponentHandle[]>
 
+  /**
+   * Create a free rectangular **structural grid** — one grid group with two
+   * perpendicular line families (`linesX` lines spaced `spacingX` apart, and
+   * `linesY` lines spaced `spacingY` apart) on the active storey. One undoable
+   * creation.
+   *
+   * Units: spacings in Snaptrude units; `angle` in degrees (CCW about +Y,
+   * default 0). Without `center` the grid is centred on the current viewport
+   * (the native tool's behavior) — pass `center` for deterministic placement.
+   *
+   * @param linesX - Line count of the first family (integer ≥ 1)
+   * @param linesY - Line count of the second family (integer ≥ 1)
+   * @param spacingX - First-family spacing (Snaptrude units, > 0)
+   * @param spacingY - Second-family spacing (Snaptrude units, > 0)
+   * @param options - `angle`, `center`, and {@linkcode PluginGridStyleOptions}
+   * @returns the created grid group's {@linkcode ComponentHandle}
+   *
+   * @examplePrompt Create a 5 by 8 structural grid with 6 metre spacing
+   * @examplePrompt Add a column grid rotated 30 degrees
+   * @examplePrompt Set up a structural grid at the site origin
+   *
+   * # Example
+   * ```ts
+   * const centre = await snaptrude.core.math.vec3.new(0, 0, 0)
+   * const grid = await snaptrude.design.create.grid(5, 8, 6, 6, { center: centre })
+   * ```
+   */
+  public abstract grid(
+    linesX: number,
+    linesY: number,
+    spacingX: number,
+    spacingY: number,
+    options?: {
+      angle?: number
+      center?: Vec3Handle
+    } & PluginGridStyleOptions,
+  ): PluginApiReturn<ComponentHandle>
+
+  /**
+   * Create a **structural grid from a single curve** — one grid group holding
+   * one wing with one line (the draw tool's output). The curve may be a line
+   * or an arc; circles are rejected with `VALIDATION`. Undoable.
+   *
+   * @param curve - The grid line's geometry ({@linkcode CurveHandle}, world space)
+   * @param options - `tag` (defaults to the draw tool's next tag) and
+   *   {@linkcode PluginGridStyleOptions}
+   * @returns the created grid group's {@linkcode ComponentHandle}
+   *
+   * @examplePrompt Draw a grid line from A to B
+   * @examplePrompt Add a curved grid line through these points
+   * @examplePrompt Create grid line "C" along this wall
+   *
+   * # Example
+   * ```ts
+   * const { vec3 } = snaptrude.core.math
+   * const from = await vec3.new(0, 0, 0)
+   * const to = await vec3.new(30, 0, 0)
+   * const curve = await snaptrude.core.geom.create.line(from, to)
+   * const grid = await snaptrude.design.create.gridFromCurve(curve, { tag: "A" })
+   * ```
+   */
+  public abstract gridFromCurve(
+    curve: CurveHandle,
+    options?: {
+      tag?: string
+    } & PluginGridStyleOptions,
+  ): PluginApiReturn<ComponentHandle>
+
+  /**
+   * Generate **structural grids fitted to mass footprints** — one grid group
+   * per footprint cluster, with counts and orientation derived from each
+   * footprint's geometry and the given spacings. All created groups commit as
+   * ONE undoable unit.
+   *
+   * Lenient like the native tool: masses without an extractable footprint
+   * (no B-rep, degenerate top face) are skipped; throws `VALIDATION` only when
+   * NONE of the given masses yields a footprint.
+   *
+   * @param masses - Masses whose footprints seat the grids
+   * @param spacingX - First-family spacing (Snaptrude units, > 0)
+   * @param spacingY - Second-family spacing (Snaptrude units, > 0)
+   * @param options - {@linkcode PluginGridStyleOptions}
+   * @returns the created grid groups' {@linkcode ComponentHandle}`[]`
+   *
+   * @examplePrompt Generate grids for the selected masses
+   * @examplePrompt Auto-generate a 6m structural grid on this building
+   * @examplePrompt Fit column grids to every mass on this storey
+   *
+   * # Example
+   * ```ts
+   * const masses = await snaptrude.design.query.listMasses({ storeys: [1] })
+   * const grids = await snaptrude.design.create.gridsFromMasses(masses, 6, 6)
+   * ```
+   */
+  public abstract gridsFromMasses(
+    masses: ComponentHandle[],
+    spacingX: number,
+    spacingY: number,
+    options?: PluginGridStyleOptions,
+  ): PluginApiReturn<ComponentHandle[]>
+
+  /**
+   * Create **columns at every grid-line intersection** of the given grid
+   * groups, sized `width` × `depth` and oriented to the grid axes, on the
+   * grids' storey. All columns commit as ONE undoable unit.
+   *
+   * @param grids - Grid groups whose intersections seat the columns
+   * @param width - Column width (Snaptrude units, > 0)
+   * @param depth - Column depth (Snaptrude units, > 0)
+   * @returns the created columns' {@linkcode ComponentHandle}`[]`
+   * @throws `VALIDATION` when an id does not resolve to a grid group;
+   *   `OPERATION_FAILED` when the grids have no line intersections
+   *
+   * @examplePrompt Generate columns on this grid
+   * @examplePrompt Place 450mm square columns at every grid intersection
+   *
+   * # Example
+   * ```ts
+   * const grids = await snaptrude.design.query.listGrids()
+   * const columns = await snaptrude.design.create.columnsFromGrids(grids, 0.45, 0.45)
+   * ```
+   */
+  public abstract columnsFromGrids(
+    grids: ComponentHandle[],
+    width: number,
+    depth: number,
+  ): PluginApiReturn<ComponentHandle[]>
+
   /**
    * Place a **furniture** item from the project library at a world position.
    *
@@ -556,17 +776,19 @@ export abstract class PluginDesignCreateApi {
    *   `position.y` (the same surface-flush contract as interactive drag-drop) —
    *   pass the floor/storey elevation to stand furniture on it; never add half
    *   the item's height yourself.
-   * @param options - Optional placement options: `label` — instance name
-   *   (default auto `${name}Ins${n}`); `createNewSourceMesh` — emit a
-   *   source-mesh creation command (default `true`). `position.y` is always
-   *   grounded: the placed instance's bounding-box bottom rests at it (the
-   *   surface-flush grounding described above)
+   * @param options - Optional placement options: `label` — instance name and
+   *   readable label (`design.query.getLabel`; default auto `${name}Ins${n}`);
+   *   `createNewSourceMesh` — legacy flag, kept for compatibility. The host owns
+   *   source-mesh persistence: a catalog source is recorded exactly once, by the
+   *   first placement that brings it in, and this flag cannot skip that record.
    * @param angleInDegrees - Optional signed rotation about the vertical axis, in
    *   degrees (same convention as {@linkcode PluginDesignTransformApi.rotate}).
    *   Applied at creation time so it is part of the placement's single undo entry.
    *   Default: the item's own (unrotated) orientation.
    * @returns the {@linkcode ComponentHandle} of the placed furniture instance
-   * @throws if the catalog id is unknown, the source mesh fails to load, or placement fails
+   * @throws if the catalog id is unknown, the source mesh fails to load, or placement fails;
+   *   `PRECONDITION_FAILED` (`details.engineCode: "TOOL_ACTIVE"`) while the interactive
+   *   furniture tool is active — finish or cancel it first
    *
    * @examplePrompt Place a chair from the library at this spot
    * @examplePrompt Add a sofa from the furniture catalog to the living room
@@ -590,17 +812,64 @@ export abstract class PluginDesignCreateApi {
    *   90,
    * )
    * ```
+   *
+   * @performance For MORE THAN ONE item, call `design.create.furnitureItems(items[])` —
+   *   one host round-trip and ONE undo entry, and a catalog source shared by several
+   *   items is fetched once. Looping this single-item creator is N round-trips.
    */
   public abstract furniture(
     catalogId: string,
     position: Vec3Handle,
-    options?: {
-      label?: string
-      createNewSourceMesh?: boolean
-    },
+    options?: { label?: string; createNewSourceMesh?: boolean },
     angleInDegrees?: number,
   ): PluginApiReturn<ComponentHandle>
 
+  /**
+   * Place **many furniture items** in one undoable operation (bulk plural of
+   * {@linkcode furniture}). Each item names a catalog id and an absolute world
+   * position (`position.y` is the REST elevation — the same grounding contract
+   * as the singular creator), with optional label and rotation. A catalog
+   * source shared by several items is fetched and recorded once for the whole
+   * batch, so the host — not the caller — owns source persistence (there is no
+   * per-item `createNewSourceMesh`). Validate-all-or-throw; one command.
+   *
+   * @param items - One {@linkcode PluginCreateFurnitureItem} per instance to
+   *   place (≥1, ≤1000)
+   * @returns the placed instances as {@linkcode ComponentHandle}`[]`, in input order
+   * @throws `VALIDATION` if the items fail the schema (empty array, more than
+   *   1000 items); `HANDLE_INVALID` if a `position` handle is unknown or
+   *   released; `PRECONDITION_FAILED` if a catalog id is unknown, a furniture
+   *   tool is active, or a parametric group is active (exit it first, or place
+   *   items one at a time with `furniture`); `OPERATION_FAILED` if a source
+   *   mesh fails to load or placement fails (nothing is created —
+   *   `details.itemIndex` is the failing item); `METHOD_NOT_PERMITTED` if the plugin may not write.
+   *
+   * @examplePrompt Place all the desks for this office at once
+   * @examplePrompt Furnish every bedroom in one operation
+   * @examplePrompt Bulk place these chairs around the table
+   * @examplePrompt Add the whole furniture layout in a single undo step
+   * @examplePrompt Drop twenty copies of this chair at these positions
+   *
+   * @performance Bulk creator — the whole batch is ONE host round-trip and ONE undo
+   *   entry, and each distinct catalog source loads once. Always prefer this over
+   *   calling `design.create.furniture` in a loop: build the full `items[]` array
+   *   first (all positions and angles up front), then make one call.
+   *
+   * # Example
+   * ```ts
+   * const v = snaptrude.core.math.vec3
+   * const [chair] = await snaptrude.design.furniture.listCatalog()
+   * const placed = await snaptrude.design.create.furnitureItems([
+   *   { catalogId: chair.id, position: await v.new(3, 0, 5), label: "Chair-01" },
+   *   { catalogId: chair.id, position: await v.new(4, 0, 5), angleInDegrees: 90 },
+   *   { catalogId: chair.id, position: await v.new(5, 0, 5), angleInDegrees: 180 },
+   * ])
+   * ```
+   */
+  public abstract furnitureItems(
+    items: PluginCreateFurnitureItem[],
+  ): PluginApiReturn<ComponentHandle[]>
+
   /**
    * Place a **door** from the catalog into a host wall.
    *
@@ -614,12 +883,15 @@ export abstract class PluginDesignCreateApi {
    * @param catalogId - Library id: team `_id` or general `fullName`
    * @param hostWall - The wall to host the door
    * @param position - World point projected onto the wall to locate the opening
-   * @param options - Optional placement options: `label` — instance name
-   * @param facing - World point selecting which side of the wall the door faces
-   *   (the room it opens into) — the same convention as approaching the wall
-   *   from that side with the cursor in the interactive tool. Any point clearly
-   *   on that side works (e.g. the room's center). Default: the engine picks a
-   *   side (nondeterministic when `position` sits on the wall centerline).
+   * @param options - Optional placement options: `label` — instance name;
+   *   `hinge` — world point near the jamb the door is hinged on (the door is
+   *   reflected along the wall so its hinged jamb is the one nearer this
+   *   point; default the catalog item's authored hinge side)
+   * @param facing - World point on the side of the wall the door swings open
+   *   to (the room it opens into — where the plan symbol draws the swing arc).
+   *   Any point clearly on that side works (e.g. the room's center). Default:
+   *   the engine picks a side (nondeterministic when `position` sits on the
+   *   wall centerline).
    * @returns the {@linkcode ComponentHandle} of the placed door
    * @throws if the catalog id is unknown, the host is not a wall, the source
    *   mesh fails to load, or the projected point falls **outside** the host wall
@@ -630,6 +902,7 @@ export abstract class PluginDesignCreateApi {
    * @examplePrompt Insert the entrance door into this wall
    * @examplePrompt Add a door to the wall and call it Entry-01
    * @examplePrompt Add a door that opens into the living room
+   * @examplePrompt Put a door here hinged on the north jamb
    *
    * # Example
    * ```ts
@@ -649,16 +922,83 @@ export abstract class PluginDesignCreateApi {
    *   undefined,
    *   await snaptrude.core.math.vec3.new(3, 0, 9),
    * )
+   * // …and hinged on the jamb nearest a point (here the +x end of the opening):
+   * const hingedRight = await snaptrude.design.create.door(
+   *   entry.id,
+   *   wall,
+   *   await snaptrude.core.math.vec3.new(3, 0, 5),
+   *   { hinge: await snaptrude.core.math.vec3.new(3.5, 0, 5) },
+   *   await snaptrude.core.math.vec3.new(3, 0, 9),
+   * )
    * ```
+   *
+   * @performance For MORE THAN ONE door, call `design.create.doors(items[])` — one host
+   *   round-trip and ONE undo entry, with each host wall re-cut once per opening inside
+   *   that single call. Looping this single-door creator is N round-trips.
    */
   public abstract door(
     catalogId: string,
     hostWall: ComponentHandle,
     position: Vec3Handle,
-    options?: { label?: string },
+    options?: { label?: string; hinge?: Vec3Handle },
     facing?: Vec3Handle,
   ): PluginApiReturn<ComponentHandle>
 
+  /**
+   * Place **many doors** into host walls in one undoable operation (bulk plural
+   * of {@linkcode door}). Each item carries its own catalog id, host wall,
+   * world position, and optional `facing`, `label`, `width` and `height` — the
+   * same fields as a `"door"` {@linkcode PluginDesignCreateOpeningOptions}.
+   * Validate-all-or-throw; one command.
+   *
+   * As with the singular creator, placing an opening **re-cuts its host wall**:
+   * the wall you passed as `hostWall` stops resolving once the call returns.
+   * Several items MAY name the same original wall handle in one call — the host
+   * chains the re-cuts internally — but after the call recover the surviving
+   * wall with `design.query.getHost(opening)`, never by reusing the handle you
+   * passed in.
+   *
+   * @param items - One {@linkcode PluginCreateDoorItem} per door to place
+   *   (≥1, ≤1000)
+   * @returns the placed doors as {@linkcode ComponentHandle}`[]`, in input order
+   * @throws `VALIDATION` if the items fail the schema (empty array, more than
+   *   1000 items, unknown fields, a non-positive `width`/`height`);
+   *   `HANDLE_INVALID` if a `position`, `facing` or `hinge` handle is unknown
+   *   or released; `PRECONDITION_FAILED` if a catalog id is unknown, a `hostWall`
+   *   is not a wall / is locked / is not in the active proposal, the projected
+   *   point falls outside its host wall, or a door tool is active;
+   *   `OPERATION_FAILED` if a source mesh fails to load or placement fails
+   *   (nothing is created — `details.itemIndex` is the failing item);
+   *   `METHOD_NOT_PERMITTED` if the plugin may not write.
+   *
+   * @examplePrompt Add doors to all of these walls at once
+   * @examplePrompt Place a door in every room in one operation
+   * @examplePrompt Bulk add the entrance doors from this schedule
+   * @examplePrompt Put three doors on this wall in a single undo step
+   * @examplePrompt Add all the doors for this floor plan together
+   *
+   * @performance Bulk creator — the whole batch is ONE host round-trip and ONE undo
+   *   entry, and each distinct catalog source loads once. Always prefer this over
+   *   calling `design.create.door` in a loop: build the full `items[]` array first
+   *   (all host walls and points up front), then make one call.
+   *
+   * # Example
+   * ```ts
+   * const v = snaptrude.core.math.vec3
+   * const [wall] = await snaptrude.design.query.listWalls({ isSelected: true })
+   * const [entry] = await snaptrude.design.doors.listCatalog()
+   * const [front, side] = await snaptrude.design.create.doors([
+   *   { catalogId: entry.id, hostWall: wall, position: await v.new(2, 0, 5), label: "D-01" },
+   *   { catalogId: entry.id, hostWall: wall, position: await v.new(6, 0, 5), width: 1.2 },
+   * ])
+   * // `wall` was re-cut twice and no longer resolves — ask the opening for its host:
+   * const currentWall = await snaptrude.design.query.getHost(front)
+   * ```
+   */
+  public abstract doors(
+    items: PluginCreateDoorItem[],
+  ): PluginApiReturn<ComponentHandle[]>
+
   /**
    * Place a **window** from the catalog into a host wall.
    *
@@ -672,11 +1012,14 @@ export abstract class PluginDesignCreateApi {
    * @param catalogId - Library id: team `_id` or general `fullName`
    * @param hostWall - The wall to host the window
    * @param position - World point projected onto the wall to locate the opening
-   * @param options - Optional placement options: `label` — instance name
-   * @param facing - World point selecting which side of the wall the window
-   *   faces (matters for asymmetric windows, e.g. casement swing) — same
-   *   convention as {@linkcode PluginDesignCreateApi.door}. Default: the engine
-   *   picks a side (nondeterministic when `position` sits on the centerline).
+   * @param options - Optional placement options: `label` — instance name;
+   *   `hinge` — world point near the jamb the window is hinged on (same rule
+   *   as {@linkcode PluginDesignCreateApi.door}; default the catalog item's
+   *   authored side)
+   * @param facing - World point on the side of the wall the window opens to
+   *   (matters for asymmetric windows, e.g. casement swing) — same convention
+   *   as {@linkcode PluginDesignCreateApi.door}. Default: the engine picks a
+   *   side (nondeterministic when `position` sits on the centerline).
    * @returns the {@linkcode ComponentHandle} of the placed window
    * @throws if the catalog id is unknown, the host is not a wall, the source
    *   mesh fails to load, or the projected point falls **outside** the host wall
@@ -699,15 +1042,75 @@ export abstract class PluginDesignCreateApi {
    *   { label: "Win-01" },
    * )
    * ```
+   *
+   * @performance For MORE THAN ONE window, call `design.create.windows(items[])` — one
+   *   host round-trip and ONE undo entry, with each host wall re-cut once per opening
+   *   inside that single call. Looping this single-window creator is N round-trips.
    */
   public abstract window(
     catalogId: string,
     hostWall: ComponentHandle,
     position: Vec3Handle,
-    options?: { label?: string },
+    options?: { label?: string; hinge?: Vec3Handle },
     facing?: Vec3Handle,
   ): PluginApiReturn<ComponentHandle>
 
+  /**
+   * Place **many windows** into host walls in one undoable operation (bulk
+   * plural of {@linkcode window}). Each item carries its own catalog id, host
+   * wall, world position, and optional `facing`, `label`, `width`, `height` and
+   * `sillHeight` — the same fields as a `"window"`
+   * {@linkcode PluginDesignCreateOpeningOptions}. `sillHeight` is measured from
+   * the host wall base to the BOTTOM of the window. Validate-all-or-throw; one
+   * command.
+   *
+   * As with the singular creator, placing an opening **re-cuts its host wall**:
+   * the wall you passed as `hostWall` stops resolving once the call returns.
+   * Several items MAY name the same original wall handle in one call — the host
+   * chains the re-cuts internally — but after the call recover the surviving
+   * wall with `design.query.getHost(opening)`, never by reusing the handle you
+   * passed in.
+   *
+   * @param items - One {@linkcode PluginCreateWindowItem} per window to place
+   *   (≥1, ≤1000)
+   * @returns the placed windows as {@linkcode ComponentHandle}`[]`, in input order
+   * @throws `VALIDATION` if the items fail the schema (empty array, more than
+   *   1000 items, unknown fields, a non-positive `width`/`height`, a negative
+   *   `sillHeight`); `HANDLE_INVALID` if a `position`, `facing` or `hinge`
+   *   handle is unknown or released; `PRECONDITION_FAILED` if a catalog id is unknown, a
+   *   `hostWall` is not a wall / is locked / is not in the active proposal, the
+   *   projected point falls outside its host wall, or a window tool is active;
+   *   `OPERATION_FAILED` if a source mesh fails to load or placement fails
+   *   (nothing is created — `details.itemIndex` is the failing item);
+   *   `METHOD_NOT_PERMITTED` if the plugin may not write.
+   *
+   * @examplePrompt Add windows along this whole facade at once
+   * @examplePrompt Place a window in every bedroom in one operation
+   * @examplePrompt Bulk add the windows from this schedule
+   * @examplePrompt Put four windows on this wall in a single undo step
+   * @examplePrompt Add all the windows with a 0.9m sill height together
+   *
+   * @performance Bulk creator — the whole batch is ONE host round-trip and ONE undo
+   *   entry, and each distinct catalog source loads once. Always prefer this over
+   *   calling `design.create.window` in a loop: build the full `items[]` array first
+   *   (all host walls and points up front), then make one call.
+   *
+   * # Example
+   * ```ts
+   * const v = snaptrude.core.math.vec3
+   * const [wall] = await snaptrude.design.query.listWalls({ isSelected: true })
+   * const [casement] = await snaptrude.design.windows.listCatalog()
+   * const placed = await snaptrude.design.create.windows([
+   *   { catalogId: casement.id, hostWall: wall, position: await v.new(2, 0, 5), sillHeight: 0.9 },
+   *   { catalogId: casement.id, hostWall: wall, position: await v.new(5, 0, 5), sillHeight: 0.9 },
+   * ])
+   * const currentWall = await snaptrude.design.query.getHost(placed[0])
+   * ```
+   */
+  public abstract windows(
+    items: PluginCreateWindowItem[],
+  ): PluginApiReturn<ComponentHandle[]>
+
   /**
    * Place a catalog **door or window** into a host wall with optional size overrides.
    *
@@ -717,7 +1120,7 @@ export abstract class PluginDesignCreateApi {
    * its center. Placement is asynchronous and committed as one undoable creation.
    *
    * @param options - Opening kind, catalog and host references, placement, and
-   *   optional facing, label, and dimensions
+   *   optional facing (swing side), hinge (hinged jamb), label, and dimensions
    * @returns the {@linkcode ComponentHandle} of the placed door or window
    * @throws if the options are invalid, the catalog id is unknown, the host is
    *   not a wall, loading fails, or the opening cannot be placed on the host
@@ -725,8 +1128,9 @@ export abstract class PluginDesignCreateApi {
    * @examplePrompt Add a 1m wide door to this wall here
    * @examplePrompt Place a window with a 0.9m sill height on the selected wall
    *
-   * @performance Single-opening creator — use it for one hosted opening. A plural
-   *   API is intentionally unavailable until host placement can be atomic.
+   * @performance Single-opening creator — use it for one hosted opening. For MORE
+   *   THAN ONE, call `design.create.doors(items[])` / `design.create.windows(items[])`:
+   *   the same per-item fields, one host round-trip, ONE undo entry.
    *
    * # Example
    * ```ts
@@ -1245,7 +1649,7 @@ export const PluginDesignCreateWallsArgs = z.object({
 export type PluginDesignCreateWallsArgs = z.infer<
   typeof PluginDesignCreateWallsArgs
 >
-// TRANSPORT: positional signature shipped:
+// TRANSPORT: positional signature shipped — storey is the trailing 5th arg:
 //   walls(profile: ProfileHandle, height?: number, thickness?: number, wallType?: string, storey?: number)
 
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -1288,7 +1692,7 @@ export type PluginDesignCreateStaircaseArgs = z.infer<
  * | `catalogId` | `string` | Library id: team `_id` or general `fullName` |
  * | `position` | {@linkcode Vec3Handle} | Absolute world placement point |
  * | `label` | `string`? | Instance name (default auto `${name}Ins${n}`) |
- * | `createNewSourceMesh` | `boolean`? | Emit a source-mesh creation command (default `true`) |
+ * | `createNewSourceMesh` | `boolean`? | Legacy, kept for compatibility; the host records a catalog source exactly once and this flag cannot skip it |
  * | `angleInDegrees` | `number`? | Rotation about the vertical axis, in degrees (default unrotated) |
  */
 export const PluginDesignCreateFurnitureArgs = z.object({
@@ -1317,7 +1721,8 @@ export type PluginDesignCreateFurnitureArgs = z.infer<
  * | `hostWall` | {@linkcode ComponentHandle} | The wall to host the door |
  * | `position` | {@linkcode Vec3Handle} | World point projected onto the wall |
  * | `label` | `string`? | Instance name (optional) |
- * | `facing` | {@linkcode Vec3Handle}? | World point on the side of the wall the door faces (default engine-chosen) |
+ * | `facing` | {@linkcode Vec3Handle}? | World point on the side of the wall the door swings open to (default engine-chosen) |
+ * | `hinge` | {@linkcode Vec3Handle}? | World point near the jamb the door is hinged on (default the catalog item's authored side) |
  */
 export const PluginDesignCreateDoorArgs = z.object({
   catalogId: z.string().min(1),
@@ -1325,12 +1730,13 @@ export const PluginDesignCreateDoorArgs = z.object({
   position: Vec3Handle,
   label: z.string().optional(),
   facing: Vec3Handle.optional(),
+  hinge: Vec3Handle.optional(),
 })
 export type PluginDesignCreateDoorArgs = z.infer<
   typeof PluginDesignCreateDoorArgs
 >
-// TRANSPORT: positional signature shipped — facing is the trailing 5th arg:
-//   door(catalogId: string, hostWall: ComponentHandle, position: Vec3Handle, options?: { label? }, facing?: Vec3Handle)
+// TRANSPORT: positional signature shipped — facing is the trailing 5th arg, hinge rides in options:
+//   door(catalogId: string, hostWall: ComponentHandle, position: Vec3Handle, options?: { label?, hinge? }, facing?: Vec3Handle)
 
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // window
@@ -1345,7 +1751,8 @@ export type PluginDesignCreateDoorArgs = z.infer<
  * | `hostWall` | {@linkcode ComponentHandle} | The wall to host the window |
  * | `position` | {@linkcode Vec3Handle} | World point projected onto the wall |
  * | `label` | `string`? | Instance name (optional) |
- * | `facing` | {@linkcode Vec3Handle}? | World point on the side of the wall the window faces (default engine-chosen) |
+ * | `facing` | {@linkcode Vec3Handle}? | World point on the side of the wall the window opens to (default engine-chosen) |
+ * | `hinge` | {@linkcode Vec3Handle}? | World point near the jamb the window is hinged on (default the catalog item's authored side) |
  */
 export const PluginDesignCreateWindowArgs = z.object({
   catalogId: z.string().min(1),
@@ -1353,27 +1760,18 @@ export const PluginDesignCreateWindowArgs = z.object({
   position: Vec3Handle,
   label: z.string().optional(),
   facing: Vec3Handle.optional(),
+  hinge: Vec3Handle.optional(),
 })
 export type PluginDesignCreateWindowArgs = z.infer<
   typeof PluginDesignCreateWindowArgs
 >
-// TRANSPORT: positional signature shipped — facing is the trailing 5th arg:
-//   window(catalogId: string, hostWall: ComponentHandle, position: Vec3Handle, options?: { label? }, facing?: Vec3Handle)
+// TRANSPORT: positional signature shipped — facing is the trailing 5th arg, hinge rides in options:
+//   window(catalogId: string, hostWall: ComponentHandle, position: Vec3Handle, options?: { label?, hinge? }, facing?: Vec3Handle)
 
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // opening
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-const PluginOpeningBaseOptions = {
-  catalogId: z.string().min(1),
-  hostWall: ComponentHandle,
-  position: Vec3Handle,
-  facing: Vec3Handle.optional(),
-  label: z.string().optional(),
-  width: z.number().finite().positive().optional(),
-  height: z.number().finite().positive().optional(),
-}
-
 /**
  * Options for {@linkcode PluginDesignCreateApi.opening}, discriminated by
  * `kind`. Width and height are positive Snaptrude engine-unit values.
@@ -1550,3 +1948,7 @@ export const PluginCreateSpaceItem = z.object({
   storey: z.number().int().optional(),
 })
 export type PluginCreateSpaceItem = z.infer<typeof PluginCreateSpaceItem>
+
+export * from "./opening-fields"
+export * from "./bulk-items"
+export * from "./grids"