(2020-09-14, 5:47)Darin Wrote: Hello, I just discovered LDCad (1.6d) and want to know if there is a way to show remaining parts in the part bin (or anywhere else).

I'm interested in creating designs from a limited number of parts, and would like a way of knowing if I've stayed within that limit.

I found the showCount property in the Overivew group http://www.melkert.net/LDCad/tech/partBin

And I exported a part list from a set on Rebrickable, dropped that file in the sets dir, and see the part count there. 

So both pieces of information exist in the tool, but I'm looking for some way to see that information together.

I can think of 2 ways I might find this:
 1) Show both use count and total count in the part bin
 2) Update part bin count to show available remaining

Is there a way to see this information? If not in LDCad, is is viewable in some other editor?

Alternatively maybe I could open a second part bin window and eyeball it, but that doesn't seem practical if I'm using very many unique parts.

Thanks!

(2020-09-14, 17:10)N. W. Perry Wrote: At this stage, I believe this is a planned feature for a future version. This was a reason for adding the part count functionality, but it hasn't yet been implemented.

(2020-09-14, 17:36)Orion Pobursky Wrote: This is what is stated in the PBG docs for LDCad. As far as I know, there is no tools to achieve what you want although it is an often requested feature.

(2020-09-14, 18:40)Darin Wrote: Okay thanks. I've also read the documentation is outdated, so I figured it was worth asking.

Another question I have: is it possible to filter the parts to a single set or list of sets? 

I figured out how to add a part list by dropping the file in the dir structure, but it would be more helpful if I could still use the existing part bin structure and limit the results to a narrow part list. 

Say I want to find all the bricks in my custom part list, etc.

(2020-09-14, 19:34)Orion Pobursky Wrote: I'm confused on what you're looking for. Do you want:
1) Only the parts in a MOC/custom model?
2) Only the parts in an official set
3) Only the parts in a custom part list (which is really just #1 restated)

All of these things are possible in one way or another.

(2020-09-14, 20:17)Darin Wrote: I understand I could fill in a text filter while viewing my set. And I suppose I could duplicate that using multiple windows with different text filters, but I'm hoping that's not the solution.

(2020-09-14, 20:17)Darin Wrote: I would still like to search for parts by type (bricks, plates, etc) as I currently can with the full part list. So I'd like to filter the results to only the parts in my set. (which could have come from an official set, MOC, or a custom part list).

(2020-09-14, 21:51)Roland Melkert Wrote: This is indeed a planned (2.0) feature, but I might add the 'auto decreasing set inventory counts' to 1.7.

You can 'fake' the global filter you want if you are willing to do some creative filesystem management

-  Make a copy of your  ldraw library, and use the new copy in LDCad instead of the original.
-  In de copy delete all .dat files in the parts folder which are not part of your personal inventory.

You could write a script doing this based on the items of a pbg file if you need it often with different scripts.

And if you are on Linux (e.g. ext3/4) you can use hard links to minimize duplicate files disk wise).

(2020-09-14, 22:17)Darin Wrote: BTW, do you have an ETA for 1.7?