NAME

       LeoCAD - CAD program using plastic bricks.

SYNOPSIS

       leocad [ infile [ -i [ outfile.ext ] [-w x] [-h y] ] ] [-l path]

DESCRIPTION

       This  manual  page  documents  briefly  the LeoCAD program.  It was written for the Debian
       GNU/Linux distribution because the original program does not  have  a  manual  page.   The
       information in this manual page came from docs/LINUX.txt in the source archive.

       LeoCAD  is a CAD program that uses plastic bricks similar to those found in many toys (but
       not any particular brand).  It supports animation as well as exportation to  various  file
       formats including POV-Ray.

OPTIONS

       Below  is  a  summary  of  all  of  the options that LeoCAD accepts. Most 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
       argument.

       infile Loads the project file infile

       -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 or frame time.

       -t time
       --to time
              Save pictures until the step or frame time.

       --animation
              Tells the program to save animations instead of instructions.

       --instructions
              Tells the program to save instructions instead of animations (default).

       --highlight
              Adds  a  border  around  the  pieces  in  the step or frame they appear when saving
              pictures.

       -l path
       --libpath path
              Use alternate pieces library found in path .  The Debian  version  of  LeoCAD  uses
              /usr/share/leocad/ as the default.

       --convert srcpathdstpath
              Reads  LDraw  parts  from  srcpath  and  generates  a  new LeoCAD Pieces Library in
              dstpath.

ENVIRONMENT

       ``LEOCAD_LIB'' may be set to the path of the pieces 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

       ~/.leocad
              User preferences file

BUGS

       If you find any bugs please report them at http://trac.gerf.org/leocad/

AUTHOR

       LeoCAD  is  written by Leonardo Zide <leo@gerf.org>.  You can visit the LeoCAD homepage at
       http://www.leocad.org/

       This manual page was written by Patrick Mahoney <pat7@gmx.net>, for the  Debian  GNU/Linux
       system (but may be used by others).

                                           20 July 2000                                 LEOCAD(1)