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Re: [ANN] New inventory tool
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Fri, 5 Aug 2005 02:57:21 GMT
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In lugnet.inv, Dan Boger wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 03, 2005 at 11:22:05PM +0000, Damien Guichard wrote:
> > Hi Dan and [Jennifer],
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> > Still waiting your answer about converting the Peeron inventories to Peeroml
> > inventory code :(
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> Damien - I'm not sure what Peeroml is? Is that part of your program?
> Perhaps you could post some more information on it?
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> > Meanwhile i am in the process of manually converting "classic space"
> > sets for usage by Peeroml, a rather painfull work. Doing so i
> > discover some inconsistencies in Peeron inventories.
> >
> > Spy-Bot http://www.peeron.com/inv/sets/1498-1
> > Is said to have 60 pieces but Peeroml finds 66 as a total.
> >
> > Twin Starfire http://www.peeron.com/inv/sets/1499-1
> > Is said to have 85 pieces but Peeroml finds 91 as a total.
> >
> > Seems there is no relation between total pieces and the set inventory.
> > Quite strange...
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> The total pieces information is usually what LEGO prints on the set
> boxes. LEGO has an odd way of counting what's a part - for instance, a
> minifig torso, arms, hands and head are usually counted as one part -
> Peeron sees them as two, Bricklink sees them as 7, I think? Similar
> issues occure with hinges and other "combined" parts.
Hello Dan and Jennifer,
> Damien - I'm not sure what Peeroml is.
Well, not really surprising, Peeroml ressembles nothing you have seen in the
AFOL world.
Peeroml is the same as Peeron inventories but using a computer notation rather
than a human-friendly notation. The benefits are you can compute anything you
want from the database, such as:
* sorting sets by date or number of pieces or number of red bricks...
* test if a MOC is an alternate model
* test if a MOC is a combo of two other MOCs
* given a MOC, compute a list of official sets that provide the needed bricks,
plus the list of extra parts you get
* by default Peeroml is color-sensitive, but that can be easily altered
Peeroml is user-programmable. That means if a query or function you need is not
included, you can program it yourself in a simple language, in typically no more
than 3 lines of code.
Peeroml is available here, source and docs included:
Zipped file: http://perso.wanadoo.fr/alphablock/downloads/Peeroml.zip
Auto-exe file: http://perso.wanadoo.fr/alphablock/downloads/Peeroml.exe
The best way to experience Peeroml is to install OCaml and to paste all code
excerpts in the Peeroml doc.
As soon as the tool will be mature enough i plan to remove it from my site and
make it downloadable only via www.peeron.com as Peeron is where eventual users
expect it to be.
> The total pieces information is usually what LEGO
> prints on the set boxes.
No problem, Peeroml only trusts is own computations, that is the inventory
total. Peeroml does other consistency checks, for example a "bonus pack"
inventory must equal the union of its seperate sets. But if it doesn't i won't
bother you, i will just correct what i need to (unless you prefer to be noticed
for any error).
Considerations,
- damien
my lego web page: http://perso.wanadoo.fr/alphablock/
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