Add source-neutral USD schema resolution

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Description

This PR lets PXR and non-PXR scene sources use the same USD property
resolution rules. It adds the public newton.usd.SchemaResolution object and
allows ModelBuilder.add_usd() to receive one through schema_resolution=.

This change shares the rules for choosing property values. Scene traversal,
geometry, topology, and ModelBuilder construction remain the responsibility
of each importer.

This PR currently depends on #3888 and contains all of its commits. Keeping
that dependency in the branch lets the source-neutral work build on the exact
fallback-precedence implementation it extends. After #3888 merges, this branch
can be updated from main so the PR diff focuses on the integration changes.

The source-neutral work continues and supersedes #3568. Together with #3888,
it also continues the earlier work in #3572. Addresses #3307.

The design note
records the source contract, provenance model, adapter boundary, resolution
flow, and remaining work.

The main changes are:

• Return one typed result per logical property, including the value, source,
  winning resolver, owning schema, and source attribute names.
• Use one candidate-selection implementation for PXR and mapping-based scene
  adapters.
• Preserve the current legacy order by default while allowing callers to opt
  into registered-schema precedence.
• Distinguish omitted importer defaults from explicit None values.
• Treat typed and applied schemas consistently, including typed-schema
  inheritance when the source can provide it.
• Keep importer-specific interpretation, such as SDF validation, joint-axis
  conversion, and contact assembly, private to the USD importer.
• Preserve PXR-only custom resolver callbacks on the PXR path and report a
  clear error if they are used with mapping inputs.

SchemaResolution uses the legacy or registered-schema precedence configured
by #3888 and applies the same choice to PXR and mapping inputs.

For mapping sources, the adapter supplies applicable schema identities and
the registered fallback data for the schema version it exposes. An empty
fallback mapping, such as schema_fallbacks={"ExampleJointAPI": {}}, means
that the schema is registered but has no fallback for the requested property.

The existing schema_resolvers= argument remains supported as shorthand.
schema_resolvers and schema_resolution are mutually exclusive, and a
shared SchemaResolution owns the fallback-policy choice.

This PR provides the source-neutral resolution interface; it does not add an
OVStage reader or a second USD importer. It also does not package PhysX or
MuJoCo codeless schemas, expand registered fallback support to all deformable
proposal attributes, or add a batch/Warp resolution API. Non-PXR scene
integrations can adopt the scalar facade while keeping their own topology
discovery and ModelBuilder construction loops.

Checklist

• New or existing tests cover these changes
• The documentation is up to date with these changes
• For user-facing changes, a fragment has been added by following the
  changelog fragment instructions

Test plan

The affected suites were run with CI-style strict warning handling:

uv run --extra dev -m newton.tests -s newton/tests -p test_schema_resolver.py --strict-warnings -j 1
uv run --extra dev -m newton.tests -s newton/tests -p test_import_usd.py --strict-warnings -j 1
uv run --extra dev -m newton.tests -s newton/tests -p 'test_import_usd_deformable*.py' --strict-warnings -j 1
uv run --extra dev -m newton.tests -s newton/tests -p 'test_sdf*.py' --strict-warnings -j 1
uv run --extra dev -m newton.tests -s newton/tests -p test_api.py --strict-warnings -j 1
uvx pre-commit run -a
uv run --extra docs --extra sim sphinx-build -j auto -W -b html docs /tmp/newton-schema-resolution-html
uv run --extra docs --extra sim sphinx-build -j auto -W -b doctest docs /tmp/newton-schema-resolution-doctest
uvx --from towncrier==25.8.0 towncrier build --draft --version 1.2.0 --date 2026-08-19

Results:

• The focused schema resolver, USD importer, deformable importer, SDF, and API
  suites passed with strict warnings.
• Pre-commit, the strict HTML build, doctests, and the Towncrier preview passed.

New feature / API change

Configure one resolution policy and reuse it with the PXR importer:

import newton

resolution = newton.usd.SchemaResolution(
    [newton.usd.SchemaResolverNewton()],
    use_registered_schema_fallbacks=True,
)

builder = newton.ModelBuilder()
builder.add_usd(stage, schema_resolution=resolution)

A populated non-PXR adapter can resolve the same logical properties directly:

results = resolution.resolve(
    newton.usd.PrimType.JOINT,
    {"newton:armature": 0.1},
    schemas={"NewtonJointAPI"},
    schema_fallbacks={
        "NewtonJointAPI": {"newton:armature": 0.0},
    },
    defaults={"armature": 0.0},
)

armature = results["armature"]
print(armature.value, armature.source, armature.resolver)

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10619-10685: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Update _validate_shapes's docstring to document the new Raises behavior.

_validate_shapes now raises ValueError for hydroelastic shapes whose sdf_padding is less than margin + gap, and for precomputed mesh SDFs with unknown or insufficient construction padding. The method's docstring only documents the pre-existing UserWarning: gap < 0 case; it has no Raises: section for the new exceptions. finalize()'s skip_validation_shapes parameter docstring also still says only "skips validation of shapes having valid contact margins," without noting that it now also disables the hydroelastic SDF-padding correctness checks. A caller who sets skip_validation_shapes=True for performance can silently lose this new safety net.

📝 Proposed docstring update

     def _validate_shapes(self) -> bool:
         """Validate shape gaps for stable broad phase detection.
 
         Margin is an outward offset from a shape's surface [m], while broad phase uses
         ``margin + gap`` [m] for expansion/filtering. For reliable detection, ``gap`` [m]
         should be non-negative so effective expansion is not reduced below the shape
         margin.
 
         This check only considers shapes that participate in collisions (with the
         `COLLIDE_SHAPES` or `COLLIDE_PARTICLES` flag).
 
+        Raises:
+            ValueError: If a hydroelastic shape's ``sdf_padding`` is less than
+                ``margin + gap``, or if its precomputed mesh SDF has unknown or
+                insufficient construction padding.
+
         Warns:
             UserWarning: If any colliding shape has ``gap < 0``.
 
         Returns:
             Whether all colliding shapes have non-negative gaps.
         """

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In `@newton/_src/sim/builder.py` around lines 10619 - 10685, Update the
_validate_shapes docstring to add a Raises section documenting ValueError for
hydroelastic shapes with sdf_padding below margin + gap and mesh SDFs with
unknown or insufficient construction padding. Also update finalize()’s
skip_validation_shapes parameter documentation to state that enabling it skips
these hydroelastic SDF-padding checks in addition to contact-margin validation.

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In `@newton/_src/sim/builder.py`:
- Around line 10619-10685: Update the _validate_shapes docstring to add a Raises
section documenting ValueError for hydroelastic shapes with sdf_padding below
margin + gap and mesh SDFs with unknown or insufficient construction padding.
Also update finalize()’s skip_validation_shapes parameter documentation to state
that enabling it skips these hydroelastic SDF-padding checks in addition to
contact-margin validation.

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