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3D printing calculator: true cost and price that protects your margin.

Add filament, energy, machine wear, labor, failures, and margin in seconds. Leave with a defensible price before you send the quote — not just what competitors charge.

Built for solo makers selling 3D-printed parts.

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Part details

Tweak the fields or pick a preset. The price on the right updates as you go.

Material and time

Operation and labor

Profit margin

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120%

Weight + margin only

$0.58

what many shops still charge

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Sales and production

From price to queued order — in one app

Marketplace labels

Etsy, eBay, Amazon, Shopify on consignments

Why Calc3D

$6 in filament. $52 on the quote.Where did the rest go?

Charging by gram alone hides machine hours, energy, your time, and failure risk. The right method protects margin — before the customer sees the price.

Per gram only

≈ $12

looks cheap

True cost + margin

$52.81

protects profit

Unit cost

$26.41

With margin

$52.81

  • Filament$6.00
  • Energy$0.95
  • Machine$5.00
  • Labor$12.50
  • Failures$1.96

Formula: price = true cost + waste + target profit

Common shortcut

Per gram only

  • Counts only filament grams
  • Ignores setup and finishing
  • Long prints look free
  • Failures become hidden loss

Calc3D method

Full true cost

  • Material + energy + machine + labor
  • Includes manual time and post-processing
  • Machine time becomes real cost
  • Reserves margin for failures and rework