<![CDATA[SoliForum - 3D Printing Community — How do you cost your 3D products - STL as basis]]> https://www.soliforum.com/topic/7572/how-do-you-cost-your-3d-products-stl-as-basis/ Sun, 01 Mar 2015 21:17:10 +0000 PunBB <![CDATA[Re: How do you cost your 3D products - STL as basis]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/87739/#p87739 Your time should be calculated as well, I don't mean 10 hours for a ten Hour print, but rather your actual time preparing the print, and any time for  corrections. Also if you  create the still should be charged, maybe a flat rate? Plan on the quality of your final print, and finally any post processing (clean up). I use a per hour rate 1 hour minimum. Ask your self what you are worth or how much you want to be paid per hour. One last thing , your  customer base is an important factor, a manufacturer that needs a rapid prototype will pay more than someone off the street looking for a toy for his kids, have reasonable expectations.

]]> Sun, 01 Mar 2015 21:17:10 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/87739/#p87739 <![CDATA[Re: How do you cost your 3D products - STL as basis]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/65788/#p65788 Ummm... that's meters, your part is a little over 4/10th of a meter so about 4000 from a spool,  or about $0.02 per part.

Math... Just sayin'


eflyguy wrote:

Last line of gcode when using slic3r:
; filament used = 452.5mm (1.0cm3)
(this was for a little decorative part)

I read somewhere that there's about 400m of 1.75mm ABS filament on a 1kg spool, so that would make almost 100 from a spool, so total cost is around 1/100th of the spool cost, so in this case, about $0.20

]]> Mon, 08 Sep 2014 23:11:14 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/65788/#p65788 <![CDATA[Re: How do you cost your 3D products - STL as basis]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/65787/#p65787 Last line of gcode when using slic3r:
; filament used = 452.5mm (1.0cm3)
(this was for a little decorative part)

I read somewhere that there's about 400m of 1.75mm ABS filament on a 1kg spool, so that would make almost 100 from a spool, so total cost is around 1/100th of the spool cost, so in this case, about $0.20

]]> Mon, 08 Sep 2014 23:08:37 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/65787/#p65787 <![CDATA[Re: How do you cost your 3D products - STL as basis]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/65305/#p65305 after slicing the bottom lines of G-code tell volume used, time etc. its how 3Dhubs estimates plus any extras

]]> Wed, 03 Sep 2014 22:29:10 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/65305/#p65305 <![CDATA[Re: How do you cost your 3D products - STL as basis]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/65234/#p65234 An STL is just a point cloud, it is trivial to compute the volume. Most STL editors can compute it.

The formula would depend on the seller - the same way milk is sold by the gallon, but there no one "formula" for converting gallons of milk to dollars.

]]> Wed, 03 Sep 2014 05:04:05 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/65234/#p65234 <![CDATA[Re: How do you cost your 3D products - STL as basis]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/65233/#p65233 done by volume? i am not yet familiar with STL file, so may I ask, does it have that property and does it have an assigned value? that I can use in a formula or something

]]> Wed, 03 Sep 2014 04:32:40 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/65233/#p65233 <![CDATA[Re: How do you cost your 3D products - STL as basis]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/65232/#p65232 Typically it's done by volume.

]]> Wed, 03 Sep 2014 04:22:01 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/65232/#p65232 <![CDATA[How do you cost your 3D products - STL as basis]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/65231/#p65231 I am wondering if there is a way to compute total cost on a printed item using the STL file as a basis?

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