Declared material · time · direct cost
Additive build estimate
Inputs
User-entered final solid volume from CAD or other declared source.
User-entered density for the declared material/condition; no property lookup is applied.
User-entered support material as a percentage of the part mass; not inferred from geometry.
User-entered effective part-plus-support build rate at the stated machine/process condition.
User-entered material cost rate.
User-entered machine-hour cost rate.
User-entered fixed setup/post-processing/other cost allocation.
Results
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Declared part material mass
124
Declared support material mass
18.6
Part plus support material mass
142.6
Support-adjusted build volume
115
cm³Effective build time
5.75
Declared material cost
4.278
currencyDeclared machine-time cost
46
currencyDirect estimated cost
55.278
currencympart = Vρ; msupport = mpart s; teffective = V(1+s)/R; Cdirect = (mpart + msupport)cm + teffective ch + C0
A first-pass number, not a code check, certification, or approval. Read the method and its limits below. What this is and is not.
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Method
Formula, when it applies, and when it does not
Estimate material mass, support-adjusted material, effective build time, and direct cost from volume, process rates, and overhead.
mpart = Vρ; msupport = mpart s; teffective = V(1+s)/R; Cdirect = (mpart + msupport)cm + teffective ch + C0
When
- Declared solid volume
- Declared density and support factor
- Direct cost sum only
Don’t
- This is a direct estimate from user-entered volume, density, support factor, effective build rate, and cost rates. It does not read CAD/STL data, infer wall thickness, orientation, support geometry, infill, nesting, layer parameters, warmup/cooldown, setup, labor, post-processing, energy, scrap, yield, scheduling, machine availability, material qualification, printability, quality, lead time, quotation, or process/material/machine selection.