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PolyJet quote software: material jetting pricing explained
Price PolyJet and material jetting from model and support material, matte or glossy, and tray time by layers and passes. One material per line today.
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- PolyJet
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- Additive
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- Mesh, STEP
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- Live
The price follows the physics.
A PolyJet price is mostly material. Model material is jetted only where the part is, but support material fills every overhang and cavity, and a matte finish encases the whole part in support. Both are bought by the cartridge and priced by the gram. Tray time follows height, because the heads pass over the tray on every layer, so parts that share a tray share the time. Then the support is washed off with a water jet, labour that grows with surface area. Price the support honestly and PolyJet quotes stop surprising you.
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Model material
Priced per gram or per cubic centimetre, with rigid, rubber-like and clear materials at their own rates.
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Support material
A full envelope under overhangs and inside cavities, which on a complex part is a large share of the material.
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Matte or glossy
Matte encases the part in support for a uniform finish; glossy leaves upward faces bare and uses less support.
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Tray time
Layers multiplied by pass time, so the tallest part on the tray sets the time for all of it.
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Support removal
Water-jet cleaning is hand labour that follows surface area and how intricate the part is.
Measured from the file. Priced on your machines.
Measured from the geometry
- Height and footprint in up to six orientations per machine. Height sets the layers and footprint the tray share. The cheapest orientation on each machine is priced.
- Volume and the support envelope. Model material by volume, and support under overhangs at your threshold, plus a thin skin for glossy or a full coat for matte.
- Surface area. Drives the waterjet support removal labour.
- Wall thickness and small features. Thin walls warn, with a separate warning for thin rubber-like walls; detail below the material’s limit is reported.
Configured by you
- Layer thickness, fixed time per layer, time per pass and width per pass. Per machine: tray time is layers times passes, and a wider tray needs more passes. The layer and pass times are calibratable.
- Support fill under overhangs, glossy support skin and matte support coat. How much support material each surface uses.
- Offer glossy or matte, and the default surface. Whether the buyer chooses the surface, and which one they start on.
- Purge and wiping waste, model purge and support purge per tray. Material a tray spends that never ends up in a part.
- Printhead life and wiper life. Priced as consumables per tray, spread over the hours and trays they last.
- Support removal per part, waterjet per cm², soak or melt-out per tray. The hand-work, at your labour rates.
What your buyer sees
- Matte or glossy, with the price difference visible.
- The model materials you run; the support material is chosen for the machine and never offered.
- One material per line: a file whose bodies should be printed in different materials is priced in the one the buyer picks.
- Warnings for walls and features below the material’s limits.
Tray time is set by height, so parts that fill one tray share it and the machine cost per part falls. Material and support removal stay per part, so the curve flattens once the tray is full.
Typical materials
- Rigid opaque photopolymers (Vero)
- Transparent photopolymer (VeroClear)
- Rubber-like photopolymer (Agilus30)
- Digital ABS-like material
- MultiJet rigid plastic (VisiJet)
- Gel, soluble and wax support materials
Typical parts
- Realistic appearance prototypes
- Clear covers and light-pipe prototypes
- Medical and anatomical models
- Soft-touch and rubber-like prototypes
- Fine-detail models and masters
Both priced by the real engine for the sample bracket against the PolyJet studio template that ships with Quotometry.
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PolyJet quoting, answered
Can I quote PolyJet with Quotometry today?
Yes. Material jetting prices end to end in the widget, on PolyJet and MultiJet machines: model and support material by volume, tray time from layers and passes, printhead and wiper wear, and waterjet cleaning. The buyer picks one material and matte or glossy for each line. Multi-material files are not yet priced body by body.
Why does a matte finish cost more?
Because matte means the part is printed fully encased in support material and then cleaned. That adds support you pay for by the gram and time at the wash station. Glossy leaves upward-facing surfaces uncovered and uses less support. Showing the buyer both prices turns the finish into an informed choice rather than a surprise.
Are multi-material parts priced per body?
Not yet. Each line is priced in one material, and digital mixes and colour are not read from the file. A rigid housing with a rubber-like grip is priced as if it were all one material, so a shop that sells multi-material prints adds a review rule and confirms those quotes by hand.
Is PolyJet priced like SLA?
No. Both cure photopolymer, but PolyJet jets material only where it is needed and fills overhangs with a separate support material, so support is a material cost rather than struts. Time follows tray passes rather than exposure per layer, and post-processing is water-jet cleaning rather than washing and post-curing.
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