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Choose and switch a part list

Since 0.6.0.

Do this when a set has more than one part list to build a copy from: several Rebrickable versions, or BrickLink's list. A copy carries the list it was built from, so a check, a gap and a count always say which one.

See which list a copy uses

Open the copy (Collection → Sets, then the set and its Set 1, Set 2…). The Part list card says where its lines come from: "Rebrickable · version 2 of 3" (with latest when it is) or "BrickLink's list", and how many lines and minifigures it has. Each minifigure line says where its own parts came from, because a figure's parts always come from the figure's own Rebrickable list, even in a copy built from BrickLink's.

The card shows Switch only when there is something to switch to.

Pick a list when you add a set

In Manage → Add, a set row shows a Part list picker only when there is a choice. It starts on:

  1. the choice you saved for this set,
  2. BrickLink's list, if you turned on the BrickLink preference in Settings and a BrickLink key is set,
  3. the latest Rebrickable version.

The line under the picker says which one it started on. If you pick another list, tick Use this for new copies of this set to remember it. Without a BrickLink key, BrickLink's list is never offered.

Switch a copy to another list

  1. On the copy, press Switch on the Part list card.
  2. Choose a list. The sheet shows What changes: lines added, lines retired, and quantities capped.
  3. Read Marks that will not carry over. A line that is missing, damaged or checked and is not in the new list is retired with its marks; a quantity that is lower in the new list caps the marks on it.
  4. Press Switch. Undo takes the switch back, and the page says so.

Ticking Use this for new copies of this set is part of the switch: it is remembered in the same step, and Undo takes both back. Saying the same choice again counts as a new decision, so an earlier Undo or Cancel leaves it alone. The box is not offered for a list fetched from Rebrickable (a set newer than your catalogue), which cannot be remembered.

Nothing is deleted. A line that is not in the new list is retired: it stays with its marks and leaves every count and check. A note under the parts says "n retired lines kept · m with marks", and opens to list them. If you switch back to a list that has the line again, it comes back with its marks.

A copy already on BrickLink's list switches to a newer fetched BrickLink list the same way.

If BrickLink's list for the set was fetched before, the copy switches at once. If not, choosing it fetches the list: the sheet says "Fetches BrickLink's list; the copy switches when it arrives". The copy keeps working on its Rebrickable list, and its Part list card says BrickLink list pending.

  • The card says what it is waiting for: the job running, today's BrickLink budget, or the network.
  • When the list arrives, a copy with no checks or marks switches by itself. A copy with marks stays pending and offers Switch now with what would not carry over.
  • Cancel stops waiting and leaves the copy on its Rebrickable list. If you ticked Use this for new copies of this set with the request, Cancel puts the set's earlier choice back (unless you decided it again since, even to the same value). When the list arrives and the copy switches, one Undo takes back the switch and the remembered choice together.

Without a BrickLink key the choice is greyed with "needs a BrickLink key".

When a list changed

After a catalogue download, a copy whose list is no longer the one in the catalogue says "Rebrickable changed version 3 of 3 since this copy was built · n lines differ", for the copy and for each figure line. Nothing switches by itself. Press Switch to the current list to see what would change and decide. For a copy on BrickLink's list the note says "needs a BrickLink key" instead when no key is set; the page always opens without one.