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  • roger wall
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Topic: actual print mass

hello all,
is the somewhere on any software (ie. slic3r, reprtier) that gives the actual mass or amount of plastic the print will use.
trying to workout how much my part is going to cost. in solidworks it is giving me the 'solid' mass whereas the print will
have the internal layer 'infilled' so should be less.
thanks,
roger.

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Re: actual print mass

ahh found it at the bottom of the GCode list in Repetier.
solidworks says my part is 131cm3 and 133 gms so about a gram/cm3
Repetier say 78cm3 used so 78ish grams
$60 for 1kg PLA
=$4.68
...
ish

Roger