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-lpath, --libpathpath
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).
-wwidth, --widthwidth
Sets the width of the picture to width.
-hheight, --heightheight
Sets the height of the picture to height.
-ftime, --fromtime
Start saving pictures at the step time. Steps start at 1.
-ttime, --totime
Save pictures until the step time.
-ssubmodel, --submodelsubmodel
Sets the active submodel to submodel.
-ccamera, --cameracamera
Sets the active camera to camera.
-ssid, --stud-styleid
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-angleslatitudelongitude
Set the camera angles in degrees around the model.
--camera-positionxyztxtytzuxuyuz
Set the camera position, target and up vector using the LeoCAD coordinate system.
--camera-position-ldrawxyztxtytzuxuyuz
Set the camera position, target and up vector using the LDraw coordinate system.
--orthographic
Use an orthographic projection.
--fovdegrees
Set the vertical field of view used to render images.
--zplanesnearfar
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-colorcolor
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-colorcolor
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-widthwidth
Set the with of the edge lines.
--aa-samplescount
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.
-ccfloat, --color-contrastloat
Set the near and far clipping planes used to render images (1 <= near < far).
-ldvfloat, --light-dark-valueloat
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.