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Re: META commands ??? (was "Re: new part - 71014 Castle Greatsword")
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lugnet.cad.dev
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Wed, 22 Mar 2000 16:10:48 GMT
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In lugnet.cad.dat.parts, Franklin W. Cain wrote:
> (notice "follow-up")...
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> In lugnet.cad.dat.parts, Steve Bliss writes:
> > In lugnet.cad.dat.parts, Franklin W. Cain wrote:
> >
> > > 0 Remember that Color # 383 is used for "Chrome"/"Silver"
> >
> > You might try using Tore's CMDLINE meta-statement.
> > It would go something like:
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> > 0 CMDLINE -c383
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> Well, I wasn't actually trying to _force_ anyone who wants to use this
> to use color code # 383 (and only that one), I was just assuming
> that someone who may be somewhat forgetful (like, for instance, _ME_) :-P
> might need to be _reminded_ of the correct color code to use. :-)
CMDLINE is intended to document 'suggested' viewing defaults for a file.
So if you make a model that should be viewed from the bottom, at 50%
scale, with blue as the main color, you could add those settings to a
CMDLINE statement.
Right now, CMDLINE doesn't *do* anything. At least, I don't know of any
software that recognizes it as a command. And even if software started
to recognize this statement, it should use the information as default
settings, not to override settings supplied by the user.
> BTW, Just where are these mysterious META commands documented at?
Nowhere, sorry. Well, that's not quite accurate. There is no single,
canonical list of meta-commands. LDraw has some meta-commands, LDLite
has some meta-commands (and language extensions), the MPD format
specifies the FILE meta-command, LDAO has a couple of commands it
recognizes, and I expect that MLCAD has a few commands (I haven't looked
at an MLCAD file to know for sure).
You can find documentation for LDraw meta-commands in the LDraw FAQ at
<www.ldraw.org/faq/>, or (I think) in the ldraw.doc file in your ldraw
directory.
LDLite extensions are documented in the ldlite*.html file, in your
ldlite installation directory. I believe the docs are somewhat
scattered through the "update notes", but are mostly in one place.
MPD documentation is on Jacob's site. I don't remember the URL right,
but they've been posted here within the last few days.
LDAO command(s) are documented somewhere starting from
<http://blisses.home.att.net/ldao/ldaoinfo.html>.
I haven't seen any MLCAD documentation. Then again, I haven't looked
for it.
> Am I cleared for this information, now? ;-)
Depends. Did you receive the registered-mail package with the secret
handshake information?
Steve
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