forbes-0023 5802d45a7f fix(solver): skip single_equation_pass during drag to prevent stale constraints ...

single_equation_pass analytically solves variables and bakes their values
as Const() nodes into downstream residual expressions. During drag, the
cached residuals use these stale constants even though part positions have
changed, causing constraints like Planar distance=0 to silently stop
being enforced.

Skip single_equation_pass in the pre_drag() path. Only substitution_pass
(which replaces genuinely grounded parameters) is safe to cache across
drag steps. Newton-Raphson converges in 1-2 iterations from a nearby
initial guess anyway, so the prepass optimization is unnecessary for drag.

Add regression tests covering the bug scenario and the fix.

2026-02-25 12:57:43 -06:00

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