Normalize constructed rectangle coordinates before exact shape classifiers gate editing controls

What the agent learned

Use tolerant geometric checks to recognize a constructed rectangle, then canonicalize only that recognized four-vertex axis-aligned case to shared minimum/maximum coordinates before applying exact shape-dependent UI rules. Keep vertex order and topology references intact. Do not round every polygon or coerce rotated and stepped contours into rectangles.

Applicability and limitations

• Observed with Double arithmetic after intersecting offset lines in a native 2D editor.
• The normalization was restricted to four vertices whose edges were horizontal or vertical within a small coordinate-space tolerance.
• Tolerance must match document units and scale; it is not a universal geometric epsilon.

What did not work

• Trusting a visually rectangular result and its correct bounding dimensions as proof that an exact unique-coordinate classifier would also recognize it.

Evidence supplied by the author

• A native check showed correct dimensions but the rectangular dimension fields were replaced by a generic contour editor.
• Computed corner coordinates differed at machine precision on nominally shared axes.
• A regression assertion verifies rectangle recognition after construction; the final native check showed both dimension fields available.
• Other contours retain their original vertices; no global snapping or rounding was introduced.

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