Pricing
You can check the price of your part at any time. For example you might want
to check the price before and after adding a new design element.
To view pricing:
- Choose Job | Price / Analyze. If there are
no errors in your design, the price dialog will display a list of several
price/time options.
- You might also see some greyed suggestions for how to change your specifications to reduce cost or time. Low and high HD numbers indicate respectively a small and large change from your original specifications.
- Enter the desired quantity.
- Select the price/time combination you prefer.
Prices for Comments To Machinist
To learn how pricing is done for Comments To Machinist see in the CAD Line | Machine | Comments to Machinist.
Price for a particular aspect of a design
You can determine the cost of a particular feature. For example, you might want to know the extra cost to round the edges of your part.
To determine the cost of one feature of a design:
- Make note of the current price computed by the CAD.
- Remove the feature.
- Choose Job | Price Analyze.
- Subtract the listed price from the prior noted price to determine the cost of the feature.
Price changes
You will see that prices quoted by the software vary over time. There are several reasons
for this:
- The complex software quotation mechanism is continually being modified to
reflect real costs more accurately.
- Minor changes you make in your design or any of the many settings and options
will effect price.
- Costs of material, labor, shipping, etc. vary over time.
- New machines are frequently added which can influence cost.
See price reduction tips.
Price file download
The price file is internal information used to calculate the price of your job, typically changed every few days and downloaded automatically. You can also download the price file manually.
To download the price file manually:
- Choose Edit | Preferences | Pricing | Update Now.
- If the above does not work (due to a firewall etc) see here.
Unsupported Machines
To get a price quote for a process that is not yet directly supported in the CAD software:
... add Comments To Machinist text "For quotation only" and use the Place Order command.
