#Edit contents of bin file how to

Add one LDraw color number per line to make them show up in the color wheel of this group. The items section lists the LDraw colors you want to display. The sortDesc value must be ether true of false indicating if the item list must be sorted in descending order (if the sortOn value is set to true).

timestamp Sort by the item's timestamp (if any).

number Sort by the item's LDraw color number.

The sortOn value is used to indicate how the listed items should be sorted before displaying them inside the color bin window. Its basic structure is like so:Ĭaption and description have been discussed above and have the same goal inside this file. The static cbg can be used to create a color wheel displaying a collection of hand picked LDraw colors. The filenames must be relative to the location of root.cbg. This is done by supplying the relative cbg file names without their extension. The items section is used to list the groups you want this menu group to refer to. The description value is the text displayed in the hint bar of LDCad when the mouse if over something representing this group. The caption text should never be more then a couple of words as the color bin is usually not very wide. It is also displayed in the menus of any higher menu group referring to this group. The caption option is the text used at the top of the color bin indicating the current group. The cbg file has the following structure: Menu groups are used to choose from a multiple of subgroups. Other wise it will default to the single folders root group.Ĭbg files are plain text files which hold a collection of options and or items. This behavior will only be applied if there are multiple folders in the colorBin folder. This root will now list the color bin folders instead of the default color bin root. Any such folder will be automatically processed / added to the bin if it has at least a root.cbg file inside it.Īfter you added a second folder with your modified cbg files to the colorBin folder it will become visible in the color bin window by navigating to the color bin root. If you want to add / create custom color bin groups you should do so by adding second folder besides the default one. It is not recommended to edit the contents of that folder. The default folder holds the official (default) color bin configuration. At that location you will find a sysRoot.cbg and default subfolder.

This is done by supplying a cbg for each menu or color wheel in the color bin tree.Īll *.cbg files are located in the colorBin folder of your installation. The file will be recreated on next program start up.Ĭolor bin group files are used to configure the contents of the color bin window inside LDCad. You can however just delete it, while LDCad is closed, if you want to clear your history. It's best not to edit this file out side LDCad. Historic color use can be made visible in the color bin by configuring color bin groups of the 'history' kind. The file will be recreated on next program start up.ĬolorBin.his located in the config folder holds your complete LDCad color usage history. You can however just delete it, while LDCad is closed, if you want to clear your favorites. Favorite colors can be made visible in the color bin by configuring color bin groups of the 'favorite' kind. These are:ĬolorBin.fav located in the config folder holds your favorite colors in no particular order. There are currently three kinds of files controlling the color bin content.

#Edit contents of bin file how to

See the faq section for information on how to find the configuration location.