!CMDLINE

[Damien Roux]

Hi there,

I've recently discovered that some parts have a !CMDLINE c{color} statement.

Can someone explain the utility of this?
Should it also be added systematicaly to any parts that is supposed to have been made in only one color (like set specific patterned parts)? What if for some reason a patterned parts is reissued in a some time with another color? How should we keep track on that?

Thanks.

[Willy Tschager]

Hi there,

I've recently discovered that some parts have a !CMDLINE c{color} statement.

Can someone explain the utility of this? Should it also be added systematically to any parts that is supposed to have been made in only one color (like set specific patterned parts)?

Thanks.

https://wiki.ldraw.org/wiki/!CMDLINE

What if for some reason a patterned parts is reissued in a some time with another color? How should we keep track on that?

No.

w.

[Philippe Hurbain]

...and the question: is it really used by somebody???

[Willy Tschager]

...and the question: is it really used by somebody???

http://www.ldraw.org/cgi-bin/ptscan.cgi?q=cmdline

[Max Martin Richter]

...and the question: is it really used by somebody???

It would be only useful, if a program checks for this value. Are the any programs with this feature?

[Damien Roux]

https://wiki.ldraw.org/wiki/!CMDLINE


No.

w.

I did read the Wiki but it doesn't give explanation on why is the final goal of this command line. That's why I'm asking here.

[Philippe Hurbain]

What if for some reason a patterned parts is reissued in a some time with another color?

No.

That's why I think cmdline is pointless (this, and the gazillion of parts that miss it!)

[Rolf Osterthun]

It would be only useful, if a program checks for this value. Are the any programs with this feature?

Hey,

it would be interesting to see a usage of this statement at the Patterned Part Summary page. Sometimes it is hard to 'see' the pattern. But I do not know how many patterns are out there that are used on different colors.

Rolf

[Gerald Lasser]

Hey,

it would be interesting to see a usage of this statement at the Patterned Part Summary page. Sometimes it is hard to 'see' the pattern. But I do not know how many patterns are out there that are used on different colors.

Rolf

I used the CMDLINE statement in the Minifigs Heads I did to show their default color.

[Philippe Hurbain]

I used the CMDLINE statement in the Minifigs Heads I did to show their default color.

Oh, I have no doubt some authors conscienciously add cmdline information. The question was, is there one LDraw user in the world who ever used this???

[Gerald Lasser]

Oh, I have no doubt some authors conscienciously add cmdline information. The question was, is there one LDraw user in the world who ever used this???

That's true, it would be interesting to also see the HELP lines in e.g. LDCAD.