  
| Author: | Miro78  | | Posted: | Aug 21, 2015 17:08 | | Subject: | Re: More import options for wanted lists | | Viewed: | 27 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, mnementh writes:
| | Today I had a customer at my retail store ask me to source parts for a project
he designed in Lego Digital Designer. There are 3,742 pieces in 209 lots. I
am obviously not going to create a wanted list for this manually.
I figured i'd just import the parts list into BL and go from there, thinking
surely BL is setup to handle such things.
NOPE!
The only format BL is setup to import is BL XML files. The only formats that
LDD exports as are LXF and XLS. I am sure that there is some magic that can
be worked involving BrickStock, but I shouldn't need a third party program
to get this to work.
With people designing all sorts of things in LDD and LDRAW, BL should be able
to import these formats directly so that those people can source their parts
here. Why this wasn't a priority over the MOC Shop is beyond me. People
are going to be more willing o buy their own designs over someone elses.
So, my suggestion is that BL be able to import, at a minimum:
LEGO Digital Designer files
LDRAW files
Excel Spreadsheet parts lists.
For further incentive: This already works at BrickOwl. I was able to import
the LDD file directly, and BO provided me with an estimate of the cost. This
is all that was needed at this point, but I was able to go further and search
stores for the parts.
Would much prefer to buy here, but if my customer decides to proceed with the
project itlooks like i will be shopping at BO.
Troy
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I voted yes on this some time ago, but I just wanted to reply to this as this
comes up a few times a week. I figure more exposure can't hurt. If this sort
of thing is asked for by a few people a week on BL forum, there must be 50-100x
if not more people wanting this, but never post in the forum to begin with. Sure
would like to know if BL developers are working on this feature or not. The workaround
is tedious, non-obvious and unnecessary.
Additionally, BL team could leverage on some needed and some nice subfeatures,
like part variant, color and quality condition substitution, and so on.
Miro
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Message is in Reply To:  More import options for wanted lists - mnementh (23261)  | Today I had a customer at my retail store ask me to source parts for a project he designed in Lego Digital Designer. There are 3,742 pieces in 209 lots. I am obviously not going [...]
(122 months ago, Jun 14, 2014, to Suggestions) |
9 Messages in this Thread: Msg 1 - mnementh (23261) 122 months ago Jun 14, 2014 to Suggestions
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Msg 7 - silverado4x (480) 121 months ago Jun 23, 2014 to Suggestions
Msg 8 « - Miro78 (2360) 107 months ago Aug 21, 2015 to Suggestions
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