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[BoredVirulence]

Metal items do not, except rare circumstances, wear out. Thats not the question, hes asking about melting an item someone is wearing. English, isn't it fun? Specifically, we're confusing 1 and 4.

I don't know why you had to be so demeaning about it. I'm aware of what he is asking, that doesn't mean I didn't have a comment or question of my own.

I don't think any of us needed a definition for wear.

I disagree:

Alright. Thanks.

Followup question: Does designating a worn item for melting trigger a soldier to drop and replace it?
Or would I have to do this manually by messing around with the equipment-screen?

I don't think metal stuff actually gets worn, because the only way something gets worn out is by natural wearing, which doesn't happen to metal stuff AFAIK, and fire. Now, most metal things can't be set on fire.

Metal doesn't get worn unless you put them in refuse stockpiles (even though it must take an eternity) or you are in a sewer in adventure mode.

This is obvious confusion. Not that anyone is confused with the definition, they simply picked the wrong one.
And Nayar answered your question, if you implied that your armor takes damage after a fight.

[McCautious]

Nooooo ... please don't let this thread degrade into a flame battle!

Ok, let's be very specific:

Dwarf A wears =Steel Breastplate= .
I mark this breastplate for melting.
There is another =Steel Breastplate= available that isn't marked for melting.

Will Dwarf A drop his melt-designated breastplate and replace it for the other one?
Would he also replace it for a -Steel Breastplate- if no =Steel Breastplate= were available?
Would he drop it if no replacement is available but his uniform demands one?

I tried tracking this ingame but it's really a lot tougher than I thought because dwarves are so random about when to finally get going with "pick up equipment" jobs.
E.g. I manually picked some dwarves (on and off duty) and designated parts of their equipment for melting via the i-nventory screen. For quite a while they seemed unimpressed and after about 10min (30fps) non of them had dropped their stuff. Then again, I often see dwarves not wearing pants for (ingame) weeks with craploads of pants in the clothingstockpile ...