I have a library that I made and have used for a couple of years and has worked great. I have a several parameters in it that I used to generate several different variations of objects to stl files from command line. I added a couple of new parameters it works great in the OpenSCAD GUI but when I added those parameters to the command line I get the error message. Current top level object is empty This is an example of what I am running from command line. p3 is this new parameter, if I leave it off the stl file is generated correctly. lib2.scad uses lib1.scad openscad.com -o obj1.stl lib2.scad -D p1=3 -D p2=5 -D p3=circle WARNING: Ignoring unknown variable 'circle', in file lib2.scad, line 460. WARNING: Ignoring unknown variable 'circle', in file lib1.scad, line 1727. Current top level object is empty. The curious thing is that lib2.scad only has 456 lines and lib1.scad only has 1723 lines. If I change p3=circle to p4=circle then the stl file is generated just fine except that lib2 then just uses the default value for p3. Any ideas what could be the issue here? I am running Windows 10 Pro and OpenSCAD version 2019.05 -- Sent from: http://forum.openscad.org/

fractorr wrote > openscad.com -o obj1.stl lib2.scad -D p1=3 -D p2=5 -D p3=circle > > WARNING: Ignoring unknown variable 'circle', in file lib2.scad, line 460. > WARNING: Ignoring unknown variable 'circle', in file lib1.scad, line 1727. > Current top level object is empty. > > The curious thing is that lib2.scad only has 456 lines and lib1.scad only > has 1723 lines. > > If I change p3=circle to p4=circle then the stl file is generated just > fine > except that lib2 then just uses the default value for p3. Any ideas what > could be the issue here? Ignore the line numbers, '-D var=val' adds them to the end of the files, in memory, possibly with an extra CR or LF. Should it be '-D p3="circle" ' or is 'circle' a variable defined in code? ----- OpenSCAD Admin - email* me if you need anything, or if I've done something stupid... * on the Forum, click on my MichaelAtOz label, there is a link to email me. Unless specifically shown otherwise above, my contribution is in the Public Domain; to the extent possible under law, I have waived all copyright and related or neighbouring rights to this work. Obviously inclusion of works of previous authors is not included in the above. -- Sent from: http://forum.openscad.org/

Thanks, that was close, it got onto the right track though. This is what worked for me. '-D p3=\"circle\"' On Sat, Sep 12, 2020 at 8:17 PM MichaelAtOz <oz.at.michael@gmail.com> wrote: > fractorr wrote > > openscad.com -o obj1.stl lib2.scad -D p1=3 -D p2=5 -D p3=circle > > > > WARNING: Ignoring unknown variable 'circle', in file lib2.scad, line 460. > > WARNING: Ignoring unknown variable 'circle', in file lib1.scad, line > 1727. > > Current top level object is empty. > > > > The curious thing is that lib2.scad only has 456 lines and lib1.scad only > > has 1723 lines. > > > > If I change p3=circle to p4=circle then the stl file is generated just > > fine > > except that lib2 then just uses the default value for p3. Any ideas what > > could be the issue here? > > Ignore the line numbers, '-D var=val' adds them to the end of the files, in > memory, possibly with an extra CR or LF. > > Should it be '-D p3="circle" ' or is 'circle' a variable defined in code? > > > > > ----- > OpenSCAD Admin - email* me if you need anything, or if I've done > something stupid... > > * on the Forum, click on my MichaelAtOz label, there is a link to email me. > > Unless specifically shown otherwise above, my contribution is in the > Public Domain; to the extent possible under law, I have waived all > copyright and related or neighbouring rights to this work. Obviously > inclusion of works of previous authors is not included in the above. > > -- > Sent from: http://forum.openscad.org/ > > _______________________________________________ > OpenSCAD mailing list > Discuss@lists.openscad.org > http://lists.openscad.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss_lists.openscad.org >

For Windows just the quote should work as it includes them in the parameter, but Linux doesn't. On Sun, 13 Sep 2020 at 16:38, Trevor Orr <fractorr@gmail.com> wrote: > Thanks, that was close, it got onto the right track though. This is what > worked for me. > > '-D p3=\"circle\"' > > > On Sat, Sep 12, 2020 at 8:17 PM MichaelAtOz <oz.at.michael@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> fractorr wrote >> > openscad.com -o obj1.stl lib2.scad -D p1=3 -D p2=5 -D p3=circle >> > >> > WARNING: Ignoring unknown variable 'circle', in file lib2.scad, line >> 460. >> > WARNING: Ignoring unknown variable 'circle', in file lib1.scad, line >> 1727. >> > Current top level object is empty. >> > >> > The curious thing is that lib2.scad only has 456 lines and lib1.scad >> only >> > has 1723 lines. >> > >> > If I change p3=circle to p4=circle then the stl file is generated just >> > fine >> > except that lib2 then just uses the default value for p3. Any ideas >> what >> > could be the issue here? >> >> Ignore the line numbers, '-D var=val' adds them to the end of the files, >> in >> memory, possibly with an extra CR or LF. >> >> Should it be '-D p3="circle" ' or is 'circle' a variable defined in code? >> >> >> >> >> ----- >> OpenSCAD Admin - email* me if you need anything, or if I've done >> something stupid... >> >> * on the Forum, click on my MichaelAtOz label, there is a link to email >> me. >> >> Unless specifically shown otherwise above, my contribution is in the >> Public Domain; to the extent possible under law, I have waived all >> copyright and related or neighbouring rights to this work. Obviously >> inclusion of works of previous authors is not included in the above. >> >> -- >> Sent from: http://forum.openscad.org/ >> >> _______________________________________________ >> OpenSCAD mailing list >> Discuss@lists.openscad.org >> http://lists.openscad.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss_lists.openscad.org >> > _______________________________________________ > OpenSCAD mailing list > Discuss@lists.openscad.org > http://lists.openscad.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss_lists.openscad.org >