diff --git a/flow360/cloud/flow360_requests.py b/flow360/cloud/flow360_requests.py
index 64909fcde..c3c0fc0a0 100644
--- a/flow360/cloud/flow360_requests.py
+++ b/flow360/cloud/flow360_requests.py
@@ -118,6 +118,11 @@ class NewGeometryRequest(Flow360RequestsV2):
         alias="lengthUnit", description="project length unit"
     )
     description: str = pd_v2.Field(default="", description="project description")
+    use_nextflow: bool = pd_v2.Field(
+        default=False,
+        alias="useNextflow",
+        description="Route geometry processing through Nextflow pipeline instead of legacy system",
+    )
 
 
 class NewSurfaceMeshRequestV2(Flow360RequestsV2):
diff --git a/flow360/component/geometry.py b/flow360/component/geometry.py
index fe4c6bf10..c19e3c66e 100644
--- a/flow360/component/geometry.py
+++ b/flow360/component/geometry.py
@@ -107,6 +107,7 @@ def __init__(
         length_unit: LengthUnitType = "m",
         tags: List[str] = None,
         folder: Optional[Folder] = None,
+        use_nextflow_pipelines: bool = False,
     ):
         """
         Initialize a GeometryDraft with common attributes.
@@ -138,6 +139,7 @@ def __init__(
         self.length_unit = length_unit
         self.solver_version = solver_version
         self.folder = folder
+        self.use_nextflow_pipelines = use_nextflow_pipelines
 
         # pylint: disable=fixme
         # TODO: create a DependableResourceDraft for GeometryDraft and SurfaceMeshDraft
@@ -241,6 +243,7 @@ def _create_project_root_resource(
             parent_folder_id=self.folder.id if self.folder else "ROOT.FLOW360",
             length_unit=self.length_unit,
             description=description,
+            use_nextflow=self.use_nextflow_pipelines,
         )
 
         resp = RestApi(GeometryInterface.endpoint).post(req.dict())
@@ -473,10 +476,16 @@ def from_file(
         length_unit: LengthUnitType = "m",
         tags: List[str] = None,
         folder: Optional[Folder] = None,
+        use_nextflow_pipelines: bool = False,
     ) -> GeometryDraft:
-        # For type hint only but proper fix is to fully abstract the Draft class too.
-        return super().from_file(
-            file_names, project_name, solver_version, length_unit, tags, folder=folder
+        return GeometryDraft(
+            file_names=file_names,
+            project_name=project_name,
+            solver_version=solver_version,
+            length_unit=length_unit,
+            tags=tags,
+            folder=folder,
+            use_nextflow_pipelines=use_nextflow_pipelines,
         )
 
     @classmethod