Does anyone know what the definition of the 'using' key in json is?

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I can’t find it anywhere and it’s a bit confusing. For example the sheet_metal recipes in this file:

in one it uses ‘steel_standard’ like this:

"using": [ [ "forging_standard", 5 ], [ "steel_standard", 6 ] ],

and in another it’s a component:

"components": [ [ [ "sheet_metal_small", 24 ] ] ]

I would think that the steel_standard should be in ‘components’ rather then ‘using’.

I have seen cooking oil in the ‘using’ key when using it to cook something. In that case I wouldn’t call it a component since it is not necessarily consumed by the result. But if the ingredient is part of the result shouldn’t it be in ‘components’ rather then ‘using’?

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Using is how you specify that it should use a requirement.
These can be compnents, in which cause you can put them in components like this
[ "requirement", number, "LIST" ],
but they can also have tools and qualities, like this one.

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Handled in the code around here

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Thanks for the reply. It’s more clear to me now. I am actually working on some item weights and was wondering if components in ‘using’ should always count towards the total resulting weight. Seems to me like that is the case.