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Formula
Cost = (grams ÷ 1,000) × price per kg + hours × rate.
There is no hidden markup. If you want scrap and supports, add those grams. If the rate should include power, raise the rate.
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3D printing cost calculator for filament and machine time
This 3D printing cost calculator adds filament cost to machine time. Filament price per kilogram and the hourly machine rate are estimates you enter, not a shop quote. Failed prints, support waste, and electricity are extra unless you put them in the grams or the rate.
Job estimate
$35.00
Material$5.00
Machine time$30.00
PricesThe ones you entered
Planning estimate from the numbers you enter. Coverage, density, waste and price are assumptions, not a supplier quote or an engineering specification.
How it works
The job is material plus hours.
Material cost is grams divided by 1,000, times your price per kilogram. Time cost is hours times your machine rate. Two hundred grams at $25 per kilogram is $5.00. Six hours at $5 per hour is $30.00. The job estimate is $35.00. A denser material or a higher infill belongs in the gram field, because this page does not model a slicer. The prices are placeholders. A production shop should use its own filament invoice and a rate that covers the machine, the operator, and the power.
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Example
200 grams at $25 per kilogram and 6 hours at $5.
Material is $5.00 and time is $30.00. The 3D printing cost calculator total is $35.00. Change either price and only that side of the estimate moves.
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Tips
Grams come from the slicer, not from the part's outside box.
Infill, shells, and supports change the grams more than the bounding box does. A quote that uses box volume will not match a sliced file. Weigh a finished part if the estimate has to be audited.
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Equipment
The printer is the machine a shop finances.
Dengaro arranges financing for manufacturing equipment. The print cost is not sent as the loan amount.
Important questions
Know what to expect.
Does this include electricity?+
Only if your hourly rate includes it. The form has no separate kilowatt field. The electricity cost calculator is the place to turn watts and hours into a power bill you can fold into the rate.
What about a failed print?+
Add the wasted grams and hours, or raise the rate to cover a scrap allowance you already know. The page will not guess a failure rate.
Is $25 a filament price?+
It is an example. Replace it with the price on your spool. Prices move, and this page does not look them up.
Can I price a batch of parts?+
Enter the total grams and the total hours for the batch. Divide the result by the part count yourself if you need a unit cost.
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