Additive Manufacturing Service Bureau Quoting worked example

Post-Processing Quote Cost at 110% billable finishing capture: a worked example

Push billable finishing capture up to 110% and the picture changes. This example computes every intermediate figure at that operating point. an estimator needs to price finishing work as a visible line item in a 3D printing quote

The inputs for this scenario

  • Finishing parts or hours: 28 parts or hr (unchanged)
  • Finishing service rate: 16 $ / part or $ / hr (unchanged)
  • Billable finishing capture: 110 % (raised for this scenario; the documented default is 100)
  • Finishing setup charge: 90 $ (unchanged)

Working through the calculation

  • Applying the documented formula (Captured finishing value = finishing parts or hours × finishing service rate × billable capture) to the inputs above produces each figure below.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 583 $ for post-processing quote cost, the number this scenario is built around.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 20.81 $ / part or $ / hr for finishing service rate.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 493 $ for captured finishing value.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 90 $ for finishing setup charge.

How this compares with the baseline

  • Against the tool's baseline example, where billable finishing capture sits at 100% and the headline result is 538 $, this scenario comes in 8.33% above the baseline at 583 $.
  • It computes total post-processing quote cost by capturing finishing value (volume times rate times billable capture) and adding a fixed setup charge. The value of this scenario is the size of the gap it exposes: that gap, priced out over a year, is the budget you can justify spending to close it.

Results at a glance

  • Post-processing quote cost: 583 $ (headline result)
  • Finishing service rate: 20.81 $ / part or $ / hr
  • Captured finishing value: 493 $
  • Finishing setup charge: 90 $

Run it with your numbers

  • Every input above is editable in the live Post-Processing Quote Cost calculator, which recalculates instantly and can be shared with the inputs intact.

Last reviewed 2026-05-12.