Price Calculation:
Wondering how pricing is calculated to determine the cost of an item.
This is the general formulae that most FDM systems use.
Cost = (Length of time to print X Electricity consumption kWh) divided by (amount of material required X Cost of material per meter)
What is infill % and why does it matter?
Most 3D Prints will function well with 20% infill. This is the amount of material used to fill the core of the product. 3D printed plastic items are not solid plastic and have a honey comb inner. The more infill that you add the more solid the item becomes.
20% infill means that only 20% of the inner core of your item has material.
If you need the product to be strong then increase the infill to 40 , 50 , 60 or 100%
But the higher the infill % the greater the cost as more material will be required.
All Resin and Metal parts are 100% infill, so you would not need to change the % when ordering that material.
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