diff --git a/Plant3D2026/P_Rec_Annot/src/PRecAnnot.Core/ProductionSettingsContract.cs b/Plant3D2026/P_Rec_Annot/src/PRecAnnot.Core/ProductionSettingsContract.cs
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+using System.Globalization;
+using System.Xml.Linq;
+
+namespace PRecAnnot.Core;
+
+/// <summary>Typed projection of the release Settings.xml sections consumed by production workflows.</summary>
+public sealed record ProductionSettingsContract(
+    IReadOnlyList<NamedDrawingObject> CopyMissingObjects,
+    IReadOnlyList<LayerSetupRule> LayerSetup,
+    string AnnotationLayer,
+    string AnnotationTextStyle,
+    string AnnotationLeaderStyle,
+    string ConnectionPolylineLayer,
+    string ConnectionTextLayer,
+    string ConnectionTextStyle,
+    string ElevationLayer,
+    string ElevationTextStyle,
+    string SetLayer,
+    double? FixedSupportPlusLength,
+    string? ScriptFolder)
+{
+    public static ProductionSettingsContract Parse(string xml)
+    {
+        var root = XElement.Parse(xml, LoadOptions.PreserveWhitespace);
+        var copy = root.Element("CopyMissingObjects")?.Elements("Object")
+            .Select(value => new NamedDrawingObject(Required(value, "type"), Required(value, "name")))
+            .ToArray() ?? Array.Empty<NamedDrawingObject>();
+        var layers = root.Element("LayersSetup")?.Elements("LayerSetup")
+            .Select(value => new LayerSetupRule(
+                Required(value, "filtertype"), Required(value, "filtervalue", allowEmpty: true),
+                ParseInt(value, "lineweight"), Required(value, "linetype", allowEmpty: true),
+                Required(value, "color", allowEmpty: true)))
+            .ToArray() ?? Array.Empty<LayerSetupRule>();
+        var annotations = root.Element("Annotations");
+        var connections = root.Element("LinenumberConnections");
+        var elevations = root.Element("Elevations");
+        var setLayer = root.Element("SetLayer")?.Attribute("name")?.Value;
+        if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(setLayer)) throw Invalid("SetLayer.name");
+        var plusLength = root.Element("PlusLengthNO")?.Attribute("value")?.Value;
+        double? parsedPlusLength = double.TryParse(plusLength, NumberStyles.Float, CultureInfo.InvariantCulture, out var plus) ? plus : null;
+        return new(
+            copy,
+            layers,
+            Required(annotations, "layer"),
+            Required(annotations, "textstyle"),
+            Required(annotations, "multileaderstyle"),
+            Required(connections, "polylinelayer"),
+            Required(connections, "textlayer"),
+            Required(connections, "textstyle"),
+            Required(elevations, "layer"),
+            Required(elevations, "textstyle"),
+            setLayer,
+            parsedPlusLength,
+            root.Element("ScriptFolder")?.Attribute("path")?.Value);
+    }
+
+    private static int? ParseInt(XElement value, string name) => int.TryParse(value.Attribute(name)?.Value, NumberStyles.Integer, CultureInfo.InvariantCulture, out var parsed) ? parsed : null;
+    private static string Required(XElement? value, string name, bool allowEmpty = false) => value?.Attribute(name) is { Value: var result } && (allowEmpty || !string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(result)) ? result : throw Invalid(name);
+    private static InvalidDataException Invalid(string field) => new("PRODUCTION_SETTINGS_INVALID:" + field);
+}
+
+public sealed record NamedDrawingObject(string Type, string Name);
+public sealed record LayerSetupRule(string FilterType, string FilterValue, int? LineWeight, string LineType, string Color);
diff --git a/Plant3D2026/P_Rec_Annot/tests/PRecAnnot.Core.Tests/ProductionSettingsContractTests.cs b/Plant3D2026/P_Rec_Annot/tests/PRecAnnot.Core.Tests/ProductionSettingsContractTests.cs
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+using PRecAnnot.Core;
+
+namespace PRecAnnot.Core.Tests;
+
+public sealed class ProductionSettingsContractTests
+{
+    [Fact]
+    public void ParsesReleaseSectionsAndPreservesAssetNames()
+    {
+        const string xml = """
+            <Main>
+              <CopyMissingObjects><Object type="Block" name="BLOCK_ELEVATION"/><Object type="Layer" name="TEXT"/></CopyMissingObjects>
+              <PlusLengthNO value="1.5"/><ScriptFolder path="C:\PlantScripts"/>
+              <LayersSetup><LayerSetup filtertype="Status" filtervalue="New" lineweight="60" linetype="Continuous" color=""/></LayersSetup>
+              <Annotations layer="TEXT" textstyle="GOSTC" multileaderstyle="PXP"/>
+              <LinenumberConnections polylinelayer="AXIS" textlayer="TEXT" textstyle="GOSTC"/>
+              <Elevations layer="THIN" textstyle="GOSTC"/><SetLayer name="AXIS"/>
+            </Main>
+            """;
+
+        var result = ProductionSettingsContract.Parse(xml);
+
+        Assert.Equal("BLOCK_ELEVATION", result.CopyMissingObjects[0].Name);
+        Assert.Equal(60, result.LayerSetup[0].LineWeight);
+        Assert.Equal("PXP", result.AnnotationLeaderStyle);
+        Assert.Equal("AXIS", result.ConnectionPolylineLayer);
+        Assert.Equal(1.5, result.FixedSupportPlusLength);
+        Assert.Equal("C:\\PlantScripts", result.ScriptFolder);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void RejectsMissingRequiredSection()
+    {
+        const string xml = "<Main><SetLayer name=\"AXIS\"/></Main>";
+        var exception = Assert.Throws<InvalidDataException>(() => ProductionSettingsContract.Parse(xml));
+        Assert.Equal("PRODUCTION_SETTINGS_INVALID:layer", exception.Message);
+    }
+}