Redisplay Messages: Compact | Brief | All | Full Show Messages: All | Without Replies| Author: | SnugWuls  | | Posted: | Apr 29, 2022 15:17 | | Subject: | Re: "Visibility Inspection" Button in Studio | | Viewed: | 19 times | | Topic: | Related Software | |
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| In Suggestions, psusaxman2000 writes:
| | In Suggestions, SnugWuls writes:
| | As a follow-up to my previous suggestion for the "Any Color" option in Studio/Bricklink,
I would love to see a "visibility inspection" (or "visibility analysis") button
you can press to identify all the bricks that are completely closed off from
the exterior and thus hidden from view. These "hidden" interior bricks do not
require any special colors to be picked out because no one can seem them, and
people would normally want to buy whatever color is the cheapest on Bricklink.
Currently it is possible to manually distinguish these interior elements by setting
them to one specific color (for example, bright pink so it stands out), but it
is tedious to manually designate them during build. Also, as you continue to
iterate your models, what you have previously designated as "hidden" bricks may
later become visible and vice versa, which introduces human error. With the proposed
"visibility inspection" button, you can just hit the button after the design
is finalized, select all the "hidden" bricks, and change them all to your own
"hidden bricks color" of choice, or in case my other suggestion for the "any
color" option is implemented, they can be designated as "any color," so it's
easy to find the cheapest bricks on Bricklink regardless of color.
Additionally, a user option may be provided so that the user can specify what
qualifies as a "hidden" element. Oftentimes, even when two Lego plates are butting
against each other (especially at an angle), there is a very small microscopic
gap between the two, through which another interior brick can be seen through.
These microscopic gaps are always present (even in official Lego sets) because
of the innate margin of error or give (usually like 0.1-0.2 millimeters) that
is built into all Lego elements. The "visibility inspection" button can be designed
to take these factors into account and also let the user decide how granular
you want to be when deciding what is visible and what is not.
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You should post this in the dedicated STUDIO forum:
https://forum.bricklink.com/
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Oops, sorry. I resubmitted all my suggestions in the Studio forum. Thanks.
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| Author: | psusaxman2000 | | Posted: | Apr 29, 2022 14:58 | | Subject: | Re: Brick "Resize" Button | | Viewed: | 19 times | | Topic: | Related Software | |
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| In Suggestions, SnugWuls writes:
| | I would love to see a "resize" button that I can use to easily lengthen or shorten
bricks in-place. For example, if I used a 1x4x1 brick in my model but decided
to swap it out for a longer 1x6x1 brick, I would love to be able to just click
the "resize" button, which would make arrows appear in 6 different directions)
and elongate or shorten an existing brick in any of the three axes to obtain
the longer brick instead of having to delete the old brick, hunt down the new
brick in the menu, and place the new brick. Same goes to plates, tiles, liftarms,
etc. that are each just essentially the same "families" of elements that come
in many different sizes. Resizing the "height" might be a little tricker but
being able to resize in-place in the lateral axes would be great.
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You should post this in the dedicated STUDIO forum:
https://forum.bricklink.com/
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| Author: | psusaxman2000 | | Posted: | Apr 29, 2022 14:57 | | Subject: | Re: "Any Color" Option in Studio | | Viewed: | 16 times | | Topic: | Related Software | |
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| In Suggestions, SnugWuls writes:
| | I think it would be great to have an "any color" (or "unspecified" or "undecided")
option. For many elements that eventually become hidden inside your model (e.g.,
skeletal structures), it doesn't matter what color they are. However, depending
on what color you choose, the cost of ordering bricks from Bricklink later on
can fluctuate drastically. I don't want to worry about "what is the cheapest
color for this particular brick" in the middle of designing my model every time
I'm picking out a brick that will not be visible. One thing I do right now
is just pick out a random color (some obscure color you're not going to use
anywhere else) and designate that color to all your hidden colors, so I can worry
about picking colors later, but this doesn't give me a realistic cost estimate
while I'm building a model. I want an "any color" option (essentially meaning
"I don't care what color this is as long as it's the cheapest color)
for your bricks and the cost estimate to reflect the cheapest price regardless
of color. The "any color" brick can show up as hashed or checkered in your screen
to indicate its unspecified status. This will also help when I share my .io file
with someone, and they will be able to make a better and more up-to-date purchasing
decision by knowing which bricks will end up being hidden from view and can be
thus purchased in any color. Ideally, this feature would be implemented both
on Studio and Bricklink.
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You should post this in the dedicated STUDIO forum:
https://forum.bricklink.com/
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| Author: | psusaxman2000 | | Posted: | Apr 29, 2022 14:57 | | Subject: | Re: "Visibility Inspection" Button in Studio | | Viewed: | 18 times | | Topic: | Related Software | |
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| In Suggestions, SnugWuls writes:
| | As a follow-up to my previous suggestion for the "Any Color" option in Studio/Bricklink,
I would love to see a "visibility inspection" (or "visibility analysis") button
you can press to identify all the bricks that are completely closed off from
the exterior and thus hidden from view. These "hidden" interior bricks do not
require any special colors to be picked out because no one can seem them, and
people would normally want to buy whatever color is the cheapest on Bricklink.
Currently it is possible to manually distinguish these interior elements by setting
them to one specific color (for example, bright pink so it stands out), but it
is tedious to manually designate them during build. Also, as you continue to
iterate your models, what you have previously designated as "hidden" bricks may
later become visible and vice versa, which introduces human error. With the proposed
"visibility inspection" button, you can just hit the button after the design
is finalized, select all the "hidden" bricks, and change them all to your own
"hidden bricks color" of choice, or in case my other suggestion for the "any
color" option is implemented, they can be designated as "any color," so it's
easy to find the cheapest bricks on Bricklink regardless of color.
Additionally, a user option may be provided so that the user can specify what
qualifies as a "hidden" element. Oftentimes, even when two Lego plates are butting
against each other (especially at an angle), there is a very small microscopic
gap between the two, through which another interior brick can be seen through.
These microscopic gaps are always present (even in official Lego sets) because
of the innate margin of error or give (usually like 0.1-0.2 millimeters) that
is built into all Lego elements. The "visibility inspection" button can be designed
to take these factors into account and also let the user decide how granular
you want to be when deciding what is visible and what is not.
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You should post this in the dedicated STUDIO forum:
https://forum.bricklink.com/
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| Author: | DPB | | Posted: | Apr 29, 2022 14:55 | | Subject: | Re: "Visibility Inspection" Button in Studio | | Viewed: | 20 times | | Topic: | Related Software | |
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| In Suggestions, SnugWuls writes:
| | As a follow-up to my previous suggestion for the "Any Color" option in Studio/Bricklink,
I would love to see a "visibility inspection" (or "visibility analysis") button
you can press to identify all the bricks that are completely closed off from
the exterior and thus hidden from view. These "hidden" interior bricks do not
require any special colors to be picked out because no one can seem them, and
people would normally want to buy whatever color is the cheapest on Bricklink.
Currently it is possible to manually distinguish these interior elements by setting
them to one specific color (for example, bright pink so it stands out), but it
is tedious to manually designate them during build. Also, as you continue to
iterate your models, what you have previously designated as "hidden" bricks may
later become visible and vice versa, which introduces human error. With the proposed
"visibility inspection" button, you can just hit the button after the design
is finalized, select all the "hidden" bricks, and change them all to your own
"hidden bricks color" of choice, or in case my other suggestion for the "any
color" option is implemented, they can be designated as "any color," so it's
easy to find the cheapest bricks on Bricklink regardless of color.
Additionally, a user option may be provided so that the user can specify what
qualifies as a "hidden" element. Oftentimes, even when two Lego plates are butting
against each other (especially at an angle), there is a very small microscopic
gap between the two, through which another interior brick can be seen through.
These microscopic gaps are always present (even in official Lego sets) because
of the innate margin of error or give (usually like 0.1-0.2 millimeters) that
is built into all Lego elements. The "visibility inspection" button can be designed
to take these factors into account and also let the user decide how granular
you want to be when deciding what is visible and what is not.
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Love your enthusiasm!
You will surely get more views and possible responses if you were to ask these
questions in the dedicated Designer Forum.
Thanks for speaking up!
dpb
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| Author: | SnugWuls | | Posted: | Apr 29, 2022 14:51 | | Subject: | "Visibility Inspection" Button in Studio | | Viewed: | 55 times | | Topic: | Related Software | |
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| As a follow-up to my previous suggestion for the "Any Color" option in Studio/Bricklink,
I would love to see a "visibility inspection" (or "visibility analysis") button
you can press to identify all the bricks that are completely closed off from
the exterior and thus hidden from view. These "hidden" interior bricks do not
require any special colors to be picked out because no one can seem them, and
people would normally want to buy whatever color is the cheapest on Bricklink.
Currently it is possible to manually distinguish these interior elements by setting
them to one specific color (for example, bright pink so it stands out), but it
is tedious to manually designate them during build. Also, as you continue to
iterate your models, what you have previously designated as "hidden" bricks may
later become visible and vice versa, which introduces human error. With the proposed
"visibility inspection" button, you can just hit the button after the design
is finalized, select all the "hidden" bricks, and change them all to your own
"hidden bricks color" of choice, or in case my other suggestion for the "any
color" option is implemented, they can be designated as "any color," so it's
easy to find the cheapest bricks on Bricklink regardless of color.
Additionally, a user option may be provided so that the user can specify what
qualifies as a "hidden" element. Oftentimes, even when two Lego plates are butting
against each other (especially at an angle), there is a very small microscopic
gap between the two, through which another interior brick can be seen through.
These microscopic gaps are always present (even in official Lego sets) because
of the innate margin of error or give (usually like 0.1-0.2 millimeters) that
is built into all Lego elements. The "visibility inspection" button can be designed
to take these factors into account and also let the user decide how granular
you want to be when deciding what is visible and what is not.
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| Author: | SnugWuls | | Posted: | Apr 29, 2022 14:36 | | Subject: | "Any Color" Option in Studio | | Viewed: | 42 times | | Topic: | Related Software | |
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| I think it would be great to have an "any color" (or "unspecified" or "undecided")
option. For many elements that eventually become hidden inside your model (e.g.,
skeletal structures), it doesn't matter what color they are. However, depending
on what color you choose, the cost of ordering bricks from Bricklink later on
can fluctuate drastically. I don't want to worry about "what is the cheapest
color for this particular brick" in the middle of designing my model every time
I'm picking out a brick that will not be visible. One thing I do right now
is just pick out a random color (some obscure color you're not going to use
anywhere else) and designate that color to all your hidden colors, so I can worry
about picking colors later, but this doesn't give me a realistic cost estimate
while I'm building a model. I want an "any color" option (essentially meaning
"I don't care what color this is as long as it's the cheapest color)
for your bricks and the cost estimate to reflect the cheapest price regardless
of color. The "any color" brick can show up as hashed or checkered in your screen
to indicate its unspecified status. This will also help when I share my .io file
with someone, and they will be able to make a better and more up-to-date purchasing
decision by knowing which bricks will end up being hidden from view and can be
thus purchased in any color. Ideally, this feature would be implemented both
on Studio and Bricklink.
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| Author: | SnugWuls | | Posted: | Apr 29, 2022 14:33 | | Subject: | Re: Brick "Resize" Button | | Viewed: | 23 times | | Topic: | Related Software | |
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| In Suggestions, SnugWuls writes:
| | I would love to see a "resize" button that I can use to easily lengthen or shorten
bricks in-place. For example, if I used a 1x4x1 brick in my model but decided
to swap it out for a longer 1x6x1 brick, I would love to be able to just click
the "resize" button, which would make arrows appear in 6 different directions)
and elongate or shorten an existing brick in any of the three axes to obtain
the longer brick instead of having to delete the old brick, hunt down the new
brick in the menu, and place the new brick. Same goes to plates, tiles, liftarms,
etc. that are each just essentially the same "families" of elements that come
in many different sizes. Resizing the "height" might be a little tricker but
being able to resize in-place in the lateral axes would be great.
|
To be clear, this suggestion is meant for Lego Studio, not for Bricklink in general.
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| Author: | SnugWuls | | Posted: | Apr 29, 2022 14:30 | | Subject: | Brick "Resize" Button | | Viewed: | 49 times | | Topic: | Related Software | |
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| I would love to see a "resize" button that I can use to easily lengthen or shorten
bricks in-place. For example, if I used a 1x4x1 brick in my model but decided
to swap it out for a longer 1x6x1 brick, I would love to be able to just click
the "resize" button, which would make arrows appear in 6 different directions)
and elongate or shorten an existing brick in any of the three axes to obtain
the longer brick instead of having to delete the old brick, hunt down the new
brick in the menu, and place the new brick. Same goes to plates, tiles, liftarms,
etc. that are each just essentially the same "families" of elements that come
in many different sizes. Resizing the "height" might be a little tricker but
being able to resize in-place in the lateral axes would be great.
|
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| Author: | NoIdeaForAName | | Posted: | Apr 25, 2022 17:43 | | Subject: | Re: (Cancelled) | | Viewed: | 22 times | | Topic: | Related Software | |
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| In Related Software, NoIdeaForAName writes:
Never mind i managed to fix it
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| Author: | hpoort | | Posted: | Apr 17, 2022 02:07 | | Subject: | Re: New part for bricklink studio | | Viewed: | 26 times | | Topic: | Related Software | |
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| In Suggestions, eagle1 writes:
| | Hello, im writing this message because i want that you add the piece 24135, I
would be grateful if you added it
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There is a separate forum for Studio, and a special subforum for parts.
Please read the Studio Parts FAQ at https://forum.bricklink.com/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=6368
If you manage to find a 3D model of the part, then it could be contributed to
the Studio parts library. Without model there is no possibility of adding the
part.
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| Author: | eagle1 | | Posted: | Apr 16, 2022 23:48 | | Subject: | New part for bricklink studio | | Viewed: | 67 times | | Topic: | Related Software | |
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| Hello, im writing this message because i want that you add the piece 24135, I
would be grateful if you added it
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| Author: | Stellar | | Posted: | Apr 12, 2022 05:13 | | Subject: | Re: Hi the images no longer load | | Viewed: | 25 times | | Topic: | Related Software | |
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| In Related Software, Dc6623 writes:
| | Hi, the small images no longer load for me eg: when i click star wars episode
2 the images of the Minifigures won't load and is replaced by a tick, can
someone please help me solve this problem please, I'd appreciate it so much
if i could get a reply on this issue
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Are you talking about BrickStock?
You would need to switch to BrickStore:
https://www.bricklink.com/message.asp?ID=1333243
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| Author: | Dc6623 | | Posted: | Apr 12, 2022 03:50 | | Subject: | Hi the images no longer load | | Viewed: | 48 times | | Topic: | Related Software | |
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| Hi, the small images no longer load for me eg: when i click star wars episode
2 the images of the Minifigures won't load and is replaced by a tick, can
someone please help me solve this problem please, I'd appreciate it so much
if i could get a reply on this issue
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| Author: | Stellar | | Posted: | Apr 7, 2022 04:32 | | Subject: | Re: Interceptor with hyperdrive & Studio question | | Viewed: | 17 times | | Topic: | Related Software | |
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| In Related Software, Lancefwelch writes:
| | Hi all,
New to Studio I decided to take an Interceptor with hyperdrive instructions and
recreate it in Studio to learn how it all works. I have been able to build the
whole hyperdrive and started on the ship but even with using the connect feature
and taking time to know each piece is "clicked
"into place" the brace inside the hyperdrive that will connect the interceptor
will not attach to both ends of the hyperdrive.
Is there a trick, something I am doing wrong?
I built it outside of the ring and tried to just drop it in, when that didnt
work I brought in parts one a a time.
Help would be greatly appreciated.
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Hello
The dedicated forum for Studio is at https://forum.bricklink.com/
(hover over the red Studio icon on every page, then click “Studio Forum”).
There you might find more help with your porblem.
Sergio
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| Author: | Lancefwelch | | Posted: | Apr 7, 2022 00:55 | | Subject: | Interceptor with hyperdrive & Studio question | | Viewed: | 46 times | | Topic: | Related Software | |
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| Hi all,
New to Studio I decided to take an Interceptor with hyperdrive instructions and
recreate it in Studio to learn how it all works. I have been able to build the
whole hyperdrive and started on the ship but even with using the connect feature
and taking time to know each piece is "clicked
"into place" the brace inside the hyperdrive that will connect the interceptor
will not attach to both ends of the hyperdrive.
Is there a trick, something I am doing wrong?
I built it outside of the ring and tried to just drop it in, when that didnt
work I brought in parts one a a time.
Help would be greatly appreciated.
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Apr 6, 2022 16:45 | | Subject: | Re: PartDesigner png decal with background | | Viewed: | 23 times | | Topic: | Related Software | |
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| In Help, eBakedPotato writes:
| | Thank you so much!
Thought this was the forum for everything, headed directly to the Community tab
 (that explains why I did not find anything when I searched).
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Yeah, the Studio forum has to be earned: you need to find it first 
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| Author: | eBakedPotato | | Posted: | Apr 6, 2022 16:39 | | Subject: | Re: PartDesigner png decal with background | | Viewed: | 17 times | | Topic: | Related Software | |
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| Thank you so much!
Thought this was the forum for everything, headed directly to the Community tab
(that explains why I did not find anything when I searched).
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Apr 6, 2022 16:27 | | Subject: | Re: PartDesigner png decal with background | | Viewed: | 22 times | | Topic: | Related Software | |
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| In Help, eBakedPotato writes:
| | Hello, I'm new to Studio 2.0 and PartDesigner, and I'm trying to replicate
some of my real sets.[…]
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Hi and welcome,
First, the dedicated forum for Studio and PartDesigner is https://forum.bricklink.com/
(hover over the red Studio icon on every page, then click “Studio Forum”).
Please search the forum for your question before posting a new one (the search
box is in the very dark grey banner).
There’s indexes of known bugs and suggestions that you can browse first:
Studio: https://forum.bricklink.com/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=5579
PartDesigner: https://forum.bricklink.com/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=5589
Then, for your problem, it’s a known bug of the last version. The image appears
with a white background but it’s transparent once applied.
Read more here: https://forum.bricklink.com/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=7430
(It’s listed as “Transparent images are not transparent until they are applied”
in PD’s bug list.)
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| Author: | eBakedPotato | | Posted: | Apr 6, 2022 16:15 | | Subject: | Re: PartDesigner png decal with background | | Viewed: | 20 times | | Topic: | Related Software | |
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| Image of what I see inside PartDesigner (forgot to add it on main post and don't
know how to edit it)
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| Author: | eBakedPotato | | Posted: | Apr 6, 2022 16:13 | | Subject: | PartDesigner png decal with background | | Viewed: | 51 times | | Topic: | Related Software | |
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| Hello, I'm new to Studio 2.0 and PartDesigner, and I'm trying to replicate
some of my real sets.
One of them has a Police sticker for this part: .
I loaded that part and a custom png I made replicating the sticker into PartDesigner.
However, when importing the image as a decal, it appears with a white background,
even after being exported from GIMP without it.
Maybe I need some specific options when exporting the image so PartDesigner can
detect the empty background? I searched to no avail.
Attached are both the imported png image and what I am seeing inside PartDesigner
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| Author: | Nick3600 | | Posted: | Apr 6, 2022 02:45 | | Subject: | Bricklink Studio Freezs at exporte animation | | Viewed: | 54 times | | Topic: | Related Software | |
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| Whenever I try to render an animation, my computer freezes at the exporting step.
I'm on an M1 MacBook Pro.
Other types of rendering work perfect. Anyone else have this problem?
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| Author: | OurBricks | | Posted: | Mar 31, 2022 16:32 | | Subject: | Re: Brick Seller | | Viewed: | 41 times | | Topic: | Related Software | |
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| Hi Phil,
I'm the developer of Brick Seller. I've been using it since 2017 to
manage my BrickLink store and more recently, to also manage my Brick Owl store.
There are currently 37 active subscription users of Brick Seller and 14 users
registered for the free 45 day trial.
There are some demo videos available on the home page which are a bit out of
date but still show the main features of Brick Seller (new updated videos will
be available soon).
I would also be willing to have a Zoom call with you so that I could demonstrate
all the features and answer any questions that you have along the way. Please
let me know if you would be interested.
Rick
In Related Software, Phil_BrickRoom writes:
| | So I haven't really heard much about this. (just happened to stumble upon
this) So does anyone use Brick Seller? I am currently using Brick Freedom but
it charges 1% on the order total which I think is a little to much for me an
so was thinking about swiching over to Brick Seller. thoughts anyone.
-Phil
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| Author: | BlueDevilBricks | | Posted: | Mar 30, 2022 13:44 | | Subject: | Re: Change Currancy in Bricktore | | Viewed: | 24 times | | Topic: | Related Software | |
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| Thank you!!
In Related Software, bricklinklp writes:
| | In Related Software, BlueDevilBricks writes:
| | I'm in the United States and placed an order from a Canadian store.
When I import the order to Brickstore, the price is in CAD.
Is there a way in Brickstore to change the currancy?
Thanks,
Mike
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