Blueprint File Format Block Data

The Block Data structure consists of three bytes which contain a bit-packed representation of each block in the blueprint.

Segment-data v0,v1

	MSB	Bit Offsets																						LSB
Type	23	22	21	20	19	18	17	16	15	14	13	12	11	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1	0
Type 0	Orientation			Active	Hit Points									Block ID
	For blocks with an activation status, like a Standard Factory or Activation Module
Type 1	Orientation				Hit Points									Block ID
	For all other blocks except corners
Type 2	Orientation					Hit Points								Block ID
	For corner blocks

Segment-data v2

	MSB	Bit Offsets																						LSB
Type	23	22	21	20	19	18	17	16	15	14	13	12	11	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1	0
Type 0	Orientation				Active	Hit Points								Block ID
	For blocks with an activation status, like a Standard Factory or Activation Module
Type 1	Orientation				-	Hit Points								Block ID
	For wedge blocks
Type 2	Orientation					Hit Points								Block ID
	For corner blocks
Type 3	Orientation				-	Hit Points								Block ID
	For most plants and light rods. Blocks like a Snowbuds or Black Rod Light
Type 4	Orientation					Hit Points								Block ID
	For tetra blocks
Type 5	Orientation					Hit Points								Block ID
	For hepta blocks
Type 6	Orientation					Hit Points								Block ID
	For Shipyard Module and rail blocks

Segment-data v3

	MSB	Bit Offsets																						LSB
Type	23	22	21	20	19	18	17	16	15	14	13	12	11	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1	0
All	Orientation					Active	Hit Points							Block ID
	Blocks than can be active have 1 for 'inaktive' and 0 for 'active'. Others have 0 as Active-bit.

Orientation

The Orientation field represents how the block is facing in the blueprint. When all the bits in this field are zero, the block will be in its default orientation. The bits are interpreted as follows :

Segment-data v0,v1,v2

Type 3 to 6 were introduced in segment data version 2.

Type	Bits			Description
Type 0/3	23	22	21	The block facing
Type 1	23	22		The axis of rotation. 00 : +Y 01 : -Y 10 : -Z 11 : +Z
	21	20		The amount of clockwise rotation around the axis of rotation, in 90-degree steps
Type 2/6	19	23	22	The axis of rotation. 000 : +Y 001 : -Y 010 : -Z 011 : +Z 100 : -X 101 : +X
	21	20		The amount of clockwise rotation around the axis of rotation, in 90-degree steps
Type 4/5	19	23	22	The axis of rotation. 000 : +Y 001 : -Y
	21	20		The amount of clockwise rotation around the axis of rotation, in 90-degree steps

Segment-data v3

Type	Bits					Description
	23	22	21	20	19
Type 0/3	Block facing					0: Front / Back 1: Back / Front 2: Top / Bottom 3: Bottom / Top 4: Right / Left 5: Left / Right
Type 1	The axis of rotation.			Rotations in 90-degree steps		000 : +Y 001 : -Y 010 : -Z 011 : +Z
Type 2/6	The axis of rotation.			Rotations in 90-degree steps		000 : +Y 001 : -Y 010 : -Z 011 : +Z 100 : -X 101 : +X
Type 4/5	The axis of rotation.			Rotations in 90-degree steps		000 : +Y 001 : -Y