CI: adding nightly workflow of examples

.github/workflows/nightly-examples.yml

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+name: Nightly legacy examples
+
+on:
+  # Schedule this workflow every day at UTC 3:00.
+  schedule:
+    - cron: '0 2 * * *'
+
+env:
+  ANSYSLMD_LICENSE_FILE: ${{ format('1055@{0}', secrets.LICENSE_SERVER) }}
+  PYEDB_USE_LEGACY: '1'
+  PYEDB_CI_NO_DISPLAY: '1'
+  MAIN_PYTHON_VERSION_WINDOWS_SELFHOSTED: '3.9'
+  VTK_OSMESA: 'vtk-osmesa==9.2.20230527.dev0'
+
+concurrency:
+  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}
+  cancel-in-progress: true
+
+# A workflow run is made up of one or more jobs that can run sequentially or in parallel
+jobs:
+
+  legacy-examples:
+    name: "Check legacy examples"
+    runs-on: [ windows, pyedb, self-hosted ]
+    steps:
+      - name: "Install Git and clone project"
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: "Set up Python"
+        uses: ansys/actions/_setup-python@main
+        with:
+          python-version: ${{ env.MAIN_PYTHON_VERSION_WINDOWS_SELFHOSTED }}
+          use-cache: false
+
+      - name: Create Python venv
+        run: |
+          python -m venv .venv
+          . .venv\Scripts\Activate.ps1
+
+      - name: "Update pip"
+        run: |
+          . .venv\Scripts\Activate.ps1
+          python -m pip install -U pip
+
+      - name: Install pyedb
+        run: |
+          . .venv\Scripts\Activate.ps1
+          pip install .[full]
+
+      - name: "Clone pyaedt on specific branch"
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          repository: ansys/pyaedt
+          path: "external/pyaedt"
+          ref: "maint/use_pyedb"
+
+      - name: "Install Pyaedt"
+        run: |
+          .\.venv\Scripts\Activate.ps1
+          pip install --no-cache-dir external/pyaedt[full]
+
+      - name: "Install specific vtk version with OSMesa bundled"
+        run: |
+          .\.venv\Scripts\Activate.ps1
+          pip uninstall vtk -y
+          # Note: the vtk-osmesa used is 9.2.X as 9.3.0 is not working
+          # well with the use of pyvista in our tests atm.
+          # TODO: update once a stable versio is working
+          pip install --extra-index-url https://wheels.vtk.org ${{ env.VTK_OSMESA }}
+
+      - name: Execute legacy examples (except pyaedt related and 01)
+        run: |
+          . .venv\Scripts\Activate.ps1
+          Get-ChildItem -Recurse -Path examples/legacy -Filter *.py -File | ForEach-Object {
+            Write-Host "Executing example $($_.FullName)"
+            $time = Measure-Command {python $_.FullName}
+            Write-Host "Time taken for example $($_.FullName): $($time.TotalSeconds) seconds"
+          }