Detailled use case: having an LDraw model, I would like to get an idea how much each part costs. This can be easily done with Rebrickable as registered user by uploading the part list and looking at the prices. To my knowledge, these addtional steps are not (easily) possible:
- If a part has a very high price, I would like to replace this part by a similar one with some kind of associative search. For example a 6556 (white 9.07 Euro, tan 16.81 Euro) could be replaced by 4033 (white avg. 9.90 Euro, tan not avail.; this would not be an option) or 60594 (white 0.20 Euro, tan 0.25 Euro; this would be much cheaper if one accepts the model change).
- If some parts are very expensive in a particular color or if I'm in search of alternative colors, I would like to check what colors are available for those parts, i.e. in which colors are all selected parts available, instantly showing the price. Rebrickable helps with "similar colors", but (to my knowledge) the result is (a) based on my existing parts and (b) treats each part separately. For example, having 3005 and 3010 and 3020 (brick 1x1, brick 1x4, plate 2x4), I would like to get a list with prices for all colors, in which all three parts are available (3010 is not buyable in bright green, so this would be out instantly; black is 0.10/0.14/0.12, dark bluish gray is 0.05/0.19/0.06; some more colors...).