When you are in the command line you may set the parameters which control the starting of the program. Parameters can also be given in application icon settings after the target application name. Alternatively, file Argument.ini can be used.
If you want to set which settings file the program will use, give in the command line /Sname, using the full name of the required settings file. The assumed value is threedee.ini, which is in the user's settings directory.
e.g.: "c:\Program Files\3D-system\3D-Win6\threedee.exe" /Sc:\users\name\file.ini
Option /R can be used to give setting file that replaces only some settings in normal threedee.ini. If only file name is given, file is searched from the user's setting directory.
e.g.: "c:\Program Files\3D-system\3D-Win6\threedee.exe" /R"special.ini"
If you want to set which settings directory the program will use, give in the command line /Udirectory, using the full path of the directory. The assumed value is My Documents/3D-System/3D-Win.
e.g.: "c:\Program Files\3D-system\3D-Win6\threedee.exe" /Uc:\users\name\
If the parameter path contains spaces, it must be quoted:
e.g.: "C:\Program Files\3D-system\3D-Win6\threedee.exe" /U"c:\Own files\test\"
Directory path can contain environment variables like, for example, user's name USERNAME:
e.g.: "C:\Program Files\3D-system\3D-Win6\threedee.exe" /Uc:\users\%USERNAME%\
Program then creates separate settings directory for all users. Directory name is user's name and it is located under the directory c:\users\.
File group, is a list of file names. All these files will be read in. File has a default extension *.pj, but will be recognized automatically with any extension.
e.g.: "c:\Program Files\3D-system\3D-Win6\threedee.exe" c:\users\name\file.pj
A list of files to be read in and shown after program has started. By default file formats will be recognized according normal file name rules.
e.g.: "c:\Program Files\3D-system\3D-Win6\threedee.exe" c:\users\name\file.xyz
File read format can be given with switches /I and /T. Switch /I determines the format name and switch /T selects the format type with following characters: V=vector file, R=raster image, O=observation file, B=sounding file, M=terrain model, A=road alignment. By default the format name is first searched from vector converter list and then from other types.
e.g.: "c:\Program Files\3D-system\3D-Win6\threedee.exe" /TA /ILandXml c:\users\name\file.xml
File read in command line can also be written out using another format. This can be done with switches /F and /O. Switch /F determines the output file name and switch /O selects output format. Format type comes normally from the input file. If output file name is given without path, input file directory is used by default. After writing program closes automatically.
e.g.: "c:\Program Files\3D-system\3D-Win6\threedee.exe" /TA /ILandXml c:\users\name\file.xml /OXRoad /Ffile.vgp
Whole directory can be converted with batch conversion by using switch /B for input directory. Switch /F is used here to select the output directory. Switches /I, /O and /T are used normally to select input format, output format and file type as above. After conversion program closes automatically.
e.g.: "c:\Program Files\3D-system\3D-Win6\threedee.exe" /TA /ILandXml /Bc:\users\name\ /OXRoad /Fc:\users\name\dir\