Viewer Isolation

Viewer must be editor-agnostic — controlled from outside via props and children.

Applies to: packages/viewer/**.

@pascal-app/viewer is a standalone 3D canvas library. It must never know about editor-specific features, UI state, or tools. This keeps it usable in the read-only /viewer/[id] route and in any future embedding context.

The Rule

The viewer is controlled from outside. It exposes control points (props, callbacks, children). It never reaches into apps/editor.

Forbidden in packages/viewer

// ❌ Never import from the editor app
import { useEditor } from '@/store/use-editor'
import { ToolManager } from '@/components/tools/tool-manager'

// ❌ Never reference editor-specific concepts
if (isEditorMode) { … }

Correct Pattern — Pass Control from Outside

The editor mounts the viewer and passes what it needs:

// apps/editor/components/editor-canvas.tsx  ✅
import { Viewer } from '@pascal-app/viewer'
import { ToolManager } from '../tools/tool-manager'
import { useEditor } from '../../store/use-editor'

export function EditorCanvas() {
  const { selection } = useViewer()

  return (
    <Viewer
      theme="light"
      onSelect={(id) => useViewer.getState().setSelection(id)}
      onExport={handleExport}
    >
      {/* Editor injects tools as children — viewer renders them inside the canvas */}
      <ToolManager />
    </Viewer>
  )
}

The viewer accepts children and renders them inside the R3F canvas. This is the extension point for tools, overlays, and editor-specific systems.

Viewer's Own State (useViewer)

The viewer store contains only presentation state:

• selection — which nodes are highlighted
• cameraMode — perspective / orthographic
• levelMode — stacked / exploded / solo / manual
• wallMode — up / cutaway / down
• theme — light / dark
• Display toggles: showScans, showGuides, showGrid

If a piece of state is only meaningful inside the editor (e.g. active tool, phase, edit mode) — it belongs in useEditor, not useViewer.

Nested Viewer for Editor-Specific Features

When an editor feature needs to live "inside" the canvas but must not pollute the viewer package, inject it as a child:

// ✅ Editor-specific overlay injected as child
<Viewer>
  <SelectionBoxOverlay />   {/* editor only */}
  <SnapIndicator />         {/* editor only */}
  <ToolManager />           {/* editor only */}
</Viewer>

This pattern lets the viewer stay ignorant of these components while they still have access to the R3F context.

Checklist Before Adding Code to packages/viewer

• Does this feature make sense in the read-only viewer route?
• Does it reference useEditor, tool state, or phase/mode?
• Could it be passed in as a prop or child instead?

If any answer is "editor-specific", keep it in apps/editor and inject it via children or props.