Hello,
Can Luban suggest the model pricing, how much one can be charge when generating G-code for Fast, Normal and High Print quality?
This will help new beginners and 3d users to quote the client exactly or approx. include the cost of machine, enclosure, and with quality of print?
Thanks
Jb mdw
Luban does give you a time, material (mass and length) estimate, and it does change based on your print settings. It’s not terribly accurate on time; it usually under-estimates by 10-30%. I would hope the material usage is more accurate, since material volume is the primary calculation the slicer is doing, and time is a derivative calculation. That should be pretty easy to verify with a digital scale, just weight the object when it’s done printing.
From the volume, it should be pretty easy to calculate your material cost. 100g of filament from a $20 1kg spool is $2. Pricing time on the machine is a lot harder to do. A machine that runs 24/7 has a much lower overhead than a machine that operates one hour per week. That’s something you’ll need to figure out.
My local print shop publishes their prices as a $10 setup fee, and $3/hour print time. Material appears to be included in the print time. I can’t confirm though, because I haven’t actually bought anything from them (yet). I do plan to buy some things that I want printed in ABS (car parts), but don’t have the ventilation setup that will allow me to print it myself.
Cura can do that.
Also there are phone apps.
You can print it by connecting through apps based on ios and android. For more information go to https://vipsigns.ca/