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 Author: SDF_Bricks View Messages Posted By SDF_Bricks
 Posted: Oct 17, 2023 11:56
 Subject: How to search for multiple parts at once?
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Sometimes I have partly assembled sets/parts and I want to know what set the
sub-assembly comes from. If I do a single part search, I get multiple answers
(sometimes over 100). Is there a way to search for multiple parts at once, to
zero-in quickly on candidate sets?
 Author: Hurt View Messages Posted By Hurt
 Posted: Oct 17, 2023 12:03
 Subject: Re: How to search for multiple parts at once?
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In Searching, SDF_Bricks writes:
  Sometimes I have partly assembled sets/parts and I want to know what set the
sub-assembly comes from. If I do a single part search, I get multiple answers
(sometimes over 100). Is there a way to search for multiple parts at once, to
zero-in quickly on candidate sets?

There is a way to search for 3 parts at once, which is already a good start:

https://www.bricklink.com/catalogIn.asp
 Author: Admin_Russell View Messages Posted By Admin_Russell
 Posted: Oct 17, 2023 12:50
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In Searching, Hurt writes:
  In Searching, SDF_Bricks writes:
  Sometimes I have partly assembled sets/parts and I want to know what set the
sub-assembly comes from. If I do a single part search, I get multiple answers
(sometimes over 100). Is there a way to search for multiple parts at once, to
zero-in quickly on candidate sets?

There is a way to search for 3 parts at once, which is already a good start:

https://www.bricklink.com/catalogIn.asp

Yes. In fact, we just changed that page to show 3 slots by default because people
didn't know the page could be expanded to search for up to 3 items.
 Author: peregrinator View Messages Posted By peregrinator
 Posted: Oct 17, 2023 13:25
 Subject: Re: How to search for multiple parts at once?
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In Searching, Admin_Russell writes:
  Yes. In fact, we just changed that page to show 3 slots by default because people
didn't know the page could be expanded to search for up to 3 items.

:thumbsup:
 Author: SDF_Bricks View Messages Posted By SDF_Bricks
 Posted: Oct 17, 2023 22:47
 Subject: Re: How to search for multiple parts at once?
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In Searching, peregrinator writes:
  In Searching, Admin_Russell writes:
  Yes. In fact, we just changed that page to show 3 slots by default because people
didn't know the page could be expanded to search for up to 3 items.

:thumbsup:

Thank You Very much. This is definitely a very useful gamechanger.
*Cheers*
 Author: Hurt View Messages Posted By Hurt
 Posted: Oct 18, 2023 04:57
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In Searching, Admin_Russell writes:
  In Searching, Hurt writes:
  In Searching, SDF_Bricks writes:
  Sometimes I have partly assembled sets/parts and I want to know what set the
sub-assembly comes from. If I do a single part search, I get multiple answers
(sometimes over 100). Is there a way to search for multiple parts at once, to
zero-in quickly on candidate sets?

There is a way to search for 3 parts at once, which is already a good start:

https://www.bricklink.com/catalogIn.asp

Yes. In fact, we just changed that page to show 3 slots by default because people
didn't know the page could be expanded to search for up to 3 items.

Nice! I wondered why it's that easy to get to the page when I wanted to look
for it to get the link. Good change to display the 3-slot version as default,
thanks!