LDCad 1.7 Beta 1 (win+linux)

[N. W. Perry]

Yes only the first one would be abs by default, all others work like normal. The first one can also be changed later as it will only be applied once when starting a new subfile.

One disadvantage I thought of, though, is that a ROTSTEP END would revert to the default rotation in the config, rather than the prior ABS rotation. So to get true default behavior you really do need to change it at the config level.

The extra step thing is indeed annoying, but it stems from LDraw models always having at least one step. So the 0 STEP line actually marks the END of a step while most people associate it with the beginning of a step. Although I do believe LPub ignores the last step if it's empty.

Right, and in particular from the STEP command being optional(?) for the last step. I think the LPub behavior is what I'd really like—ignore the final step unless it contains non-whitespace lines. (I would say unless it contains parts, but there are cases where official instructions have steps where no parts are added, such as connecting two assemblies, or swinging a hinge into place, etc. So you might use a comment line to make such a step appear.)

I've added this using '@' (# is already used to enter hexadecimal color numbers)

So you can now do, eg:

Code:

brick 2x4 @4

or

Code:

brick 2x4 @#8FFFFFF

or even

Code:

!brick !@15

Only one color can be given though so it works like a AND upon the other filter text.

This sounds brilliant! I think it will save a lot of scrolling, too, being able to filter parts both by size and color—especially with very big sets.