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3D printing calculators

Small tools built on the same data sheets as the guides. Each one lists the figures it uses and where they come from.

A filament dry box beside a printer, a spool behind its window and the display reading 45 degrees and 45 per centTool

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Filament drying calculator

Drying temperature and time for 13 filaments from Bambu Lab, Polymaker and Prusa data, with a check of whether an AMS or your dryer gets hot enough.

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Loose coils of filament in many colours on a dark tableTool

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Filament length calculator

Turn the grams left on a spool into metres and cost, using densities from Polymaker, Prusament and Bambu Lab data sheets, for 1.75 and 2.85 mm.

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A rack of open-frame printers running the same partTool

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3D print cost calculator

Work out what one print costs from the grams and hours your slicer reports, the spool price and your electricity tariff.

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A printer nozzle laying down orange plastic over a heated bedTool

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Filament temperature chart

Nozzle and bed temperatures, enclosure needs, moisture sensitivity and heat resistance for 10 filament types, from Prusa, Polymaker and Prusament data.

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A bare hot end: heater block, copper heat break and brass nozzleTool

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Volumetric flow calculator

Turn print speed, layer height and line width into volumetric flow, and find the top speed your hot end's flow limit allows.

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The toolhead of a Voron printer, its orange and black printed housing marked VORON, over a textured build sheetTool

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Shrinkage and scale calculator

Measure a printed test part and get the scale factor that brings the next print to size, plus the shrinkage in percent.

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