I’m printing a cm³ part in .
It prints in hours, and I want to keep a % margin.
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I’m printing a cm³ part in .
It prints in hours, and I want to keep a % margin.
Five costs make up what a print costs you. The platform fee and your margin come out of the selling price, so the price is worked backwards: cost ÷ (1 − fee − margin).
Volume × density × price per kilogram. A 42 cm³ part in PLA weighs about 52 g.
Average power draw × hours × what you pay per kWh. Use the average while printing, not the peak on the power supply label.
Hours × a rate that pays back the printer, nozzles, belts and build plates over their working life.
Your failure rate applied to material, power and machine time — the cost of warped corners and first layers that didn’t stick.
Removing supports, sanding, washing and curing — your hands-on minutes at your labor rate.
Taken out of the price rather than added on top — a 40% margin means 40% of what the buyer pays is yours.
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