Creating LDraw Parts: L3P Messages

L3P -check Messages

Use this list as a guide when reviewing parts. When you are writing parts, it is best to resolve all L3P error messages. Eventually, the Submit function will enforce the reactions listed in this table.

Note: Most of the text for the error messages and descriptions are taken straight from the L3P documentation, by Lars Hassing.

L3P Warning Level	Error Message / Description	Response for non-BFC files	Response for BFC-compliant files
0	Bad line Line does not begin with a number	Hold	Hold
0	Unknown line type Linetype not 0..5	Hold	Hold
0	%d arguments expected Wrong number of parameters for linetype ³	Hold	Hold
0	Bad color Bad syntax of color in line	Hold	Hold
0	Unknown color, using 7 Color not in valid range	Hold	Hold
1	Identical vertices Two or more vertices are identical	Hold	Hold
1	Collinear vertices ... 3 or 4 vertices lie in a straight line (linetypes 3 and 4)	Hold	Hold
0	Sorry, cannot handle color %d, using 15 Color 16 or 24 specified for light.dat	Hold ¹	Hold ¹
0	Unknown color, using 15 Color of light not in valid range	Hold ¹	Hold ¹
0	Illegal syntax of TRANSLATE / ROTATE / SCALE / TRANSFORM	Hold ¹	Hold ¹
0	Zero vector in ROTATE meta command	Hold ¹	Hold ¹
0	%s END expected of TRANSLATE / ROTATE / SCALE / TRANSFORM	Hold ¹	Hold ¹
0	END not expected of TRANSLATE / ROTATE / SCALE / TRANSFORM	Hold ¹	Hold ¹
0	FILE %s already read MPD subfile has same name as another file	Hold ¹	Hold ¹
0	LDraw command(s) preceded this line Valid commands before first 0 FILE	Hold ¹	Hold ¹
2	Vertices not coplanar (%g) Only if -det/-dist option	Hold ²	Hold ²
1	Identical to a previous line Line has been seen before (L3P16)	Hold/Warn	Hold/Warn
1	Identical to line %u Line has been seen before (L3P32)	Hold/Warn	Hold/Warn
0	Singular matrix Typically too many zeros	Warn	Hold
2	Row %d all zeros Zero row in matrix	Warn	Hold
2	Y column all zeros Zero y column in matrix	Warn	Hold
0	Singular matrix (unfixable) L3P cannot fix matrix	Warn	Hold
1	Bad vertex sequence, 0312 used Bow-tie in linetype 4	Warn	Hold
1	Bad vertex sequence, 0132 used Bow-tie in linetype 4	Warn	Hold
0	Color 24 illegal for this line type, using 16 Color 24 not valid for linetype 1,3,4	Warn	Warn
1	Lines should not use color 16 Color 16 not valid for linetype 2,5	Warn	Warn
3	Comment lines should have space after 0 Ill-formatted linetype "01 ..."	Warn	Warn

Notes

¹ This error results from the file containing commands which are not appropriate for part files.

² L3P's -dist and -det options control the sensitivity of these messages. General files (parts, subparts and some primitives) should use a 0.1 value to test these options. Geometric primitives should use 0.01. Hi-res primitives should use 0.001.

³ Besides the color parameter, each linetype expects the following number of parameters: Linetype 1 expects 12 numeric parameters (and a filename). Linetype 2 expects 6 numeric parameters. Linetype 3 expects 9 numeric parameters. Linetypes 4 and 5 expect 12 numeric parameters.


Original documentation by LDraw.org. Edited by Steven.