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Subject: 
Easiest way to get an inventory
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Date: 
Sun, 29 Jul 2001 19:09:31 GMT
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Hi,
I've received a MISB <set:8865> and I noticed it didn't have a piece count on
LUGNET's set reference.
I thought about counting the # of pieces, and then I thought that (if it's not
too much extra effort) I might as well get a complete inventory.
So, what's the fastest way to write an inventory in the correct format?
I have access to a computer running win95 (+excel) and to one running linux
(I'd prefer working with linux if there's a reasonable way).

Thanks, David



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  Re: Easiest way to get an inventory
 
(...) Well, the way we format our inventories is a tab delimited text file, with the following columns: Quantity, Ldraw #, Bag number (if applicable), Color, Description, Notes. To do that efficiently, we use a couple of excel sheets that will do (...) (23 years ago, 29-Jul-01, to lugnet.db.inv)
  Re: Easiest way to get an inventory
 
(...) For sets with a high percentage of normal-type pieces, I use ML-CAD - if there are instructions I'll build it, approximating position to save time, or for freestyle and the like, just a grid of pieces with multiples stacked. I have a horror of (...) (23 years ago, 30-Jul-01, to lugnet.db.inv)

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