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NAME
LeoCAD - CAD program for LEGO models.
SYNOPSIS
leocad [OPTIONS] [INFILE]
DESCRIPTION
LeoCAD is a CAD program for creating virtual LEGO models. It has an easy to use interface and includes
thousands of different parts in its library.
OPTIONS
Below is a summary of all of the options that LeoCAD accepts. Many options have two equivalent names, one
of which is a single letter preceded by -, and the other of which is a long name preceded by --. Brackets
([ and ]) indicate that an option takes an optional parameter.
infile Loads the project file infile
-l path, --libpath path
Set the parts library location.
-i [outfile.ext], --image [outfile.ext]
Saves a picture to outfile.ext in the image format specified by ext and exits. If outfile is not
given then the program will use a name based on infile. The file format is selected by ext and can
be gif, bmp, png or jpg (if ext is not present then the default preferences format will be used).
-w width, --width width
Sets the width of the picture to width.
-h height, --height height
Sets the height of the picture to height.
-f time, --from time
Start saving pictures at the step time. Steps start at 1.
-t time, --to time
Save pictures until the step time.
-s submodel, --submodel submodel
Sets the active submodel to submodel.
-c camera, --camera camera
Sets the active camera to camera.
-ss id, --stud-style id
Set the stud style. Valid values 0=Plain, 1=Thin Lines Logo, 2=Outline Logo, 3=Sharp Top Logo,
4=Rounded Top Logo, 5=Flattened Logo, 6=High Contrast, 7=High Contrast with Logo.
--viewpoint front | back | left | right | top | bottom | home
Sets the viewpoint to one of the predefined view angles.
--camera-angles latitude longitude
Set the camera angles in degrees around the model.
--camera-position x y z tx ty tz ux uy uz
Set the camera position, target and up vector using the LeoCAD coordinate system.
--camera-position-ldraw x y z tx ty tz ux uy uz
Set the camera position, target and up vector using the LDraw coordinate system.
--orthographic
Use an orthographic projection.
--fov degrees
Set the vertical field of view used to render images.
--zplanes near far
Set the near and far clipping planes used to render images (1 <= near < far).
--fade-steps
Render parts from prior steps faded.
--no-fade-steps
Do not render parts from prior steps faded.
--fade-steps-color color
Color to use for rendering faded parts. (#AARRGGBB where AA, RR, GG, and BB are hexadecimal values
for alpha, red, green, and blue respectively.)
--highlight
Highlight parts in the steps they appear.
--no-highlight
Do not highlight parts in the steps they appear.
--highlight-color color
Color to use to highlight parts, (#AARRGGBB where AA, RR, GG, and BB are hexadecimal values for
alpha, red, green, and blue respectively.)
--shading wireframe | flat | default | full
Select shading mode for rendering.
--line-width width
Set the with of the edge lines.
--aa-samples count
AntiAliasing sample size (1, 2, 4, or 8).
-scc #AARRGGBB, --stud-cylinder-color #AARRGGBB
High contrast stud cylinder color.
-ec #AARRGGBB, --edge-color #AARRGGBB
High contrast edge color.
-bec #AARRGGBB, --black-edge-color #AARRGGBB
High contrast edge color for black parts.
-dec #AARRGGBB, --dark-edge-color #AARRGGBB
High contrast edge color for dark color parts.
-aec, --automate-edge-color
Enable automatically adjusted edge colors.
-cc float, --color-contrast loat
Set the near and far clipping planes used to render images (1 <= near < far).
-ldv float, --light-dark-value loat
Set the value to indicate a light or dark color.
-obj [outfile.obj]
Exports the model to wavefront format.
-3ds [outfile.3ds]
Exports the model to 3DS format.
-dae [outfile.dae]
Exports the model to COLLADA DAE format.
-html [path]
Creates an HTML page for the model.
-v, --version
Output version information and exit.
-?, --help
Display a brief usage synopsis and exit.
ENVIRONMENT
``LEOCAD_LIB'' may be set to the path of the parts library.
EXAMPLES
$ leocad car.lcd -i car.png -w 640 -h 480
This will start LeoCAD, load the file "car.lcd," create a png called "car.png" with a resolution of
640x480 and exit when done.
FILES
~/.config/LeoCAD Software/LeoCAD.conf
User preferences file
BUGS
If you find any bugs please report them at https://github.com/leozide/leocad/issues
AUTHOR
LeoCAD is written by Leonardo Zide <leozide@gmail.com>. You can visit the LeoCAD homepage at
https://www.leocad.org/
This manual page was originally written by Patrick Mahoney <pat7@gmx.net>, for the Debian GNU/Linux
system (but may be used by others). It has since been edited by others.
5 June 2021 LEOCAD(1)