CASTOR process mindmap
- Printable? (Yes/No)
- Cost estimation
- Lead time
- Recommended material
- Recommend printer
Recommended Configuration
Cost Comparison
- Financial break-even analysis graph of 3D printing
- (Avg. cost per part over Number of parts produced)
Analysis Results
Materials that passed the analysis test in terms of:
- Part size
- Wall thickness
- CAD file intact
- Material properties supported
Material Comparison
- Name
- Ultimate Tensile Strength[MPa]
- Elongation at Break[%]
- Stiffness [GPa]
- Weight
- Max. service temperature
- Accuracy
Printed Material
Original Material
% Deviation
Change quantity of parts in a year
Compare with another manufacturing method
- Molding
- CNC
Financial Analysis to include:
- Shipping cost
- Storage price
- Storage quantity availability
Printing Configuration
Material properties importance
(Scale of 1 - 5)
- Cost
- Strength
- Weight
- Stiffness
- Elongation
- Heat resistance
Material properties filters
- Same material category
- ESD supported materials only
- Maximum cost
- Maximum Lead Time
- Minimum Ultimate Tensile Strength
- Maximum Weight
- Minimum Stiffness (Young's Modulus)
- Minimum Elongation At Break
- Threshold for Maximum Service Temperature
- Minimum Thermal Conductivity
- Maximum Accuracy
- Surface Finish Threshold (Ra)
- Bio-compatible
- Food safe
General Properties
Select:
- Batch size
- Original material(s)
- Post processes
- Printing Orientation
Post processes
- Dyeing
- Polishing
Printing Orientation
- Cost estimation ($)
- Support (%)
- Number of layers
- Parts per tray
Original materials
Molding
- Estimated mold price [$]
- Estimated cost per part, using injection molding [$]
- Annual mold inventory costs [$]
- Estimated DFM costs [$]
CNC
- part was already produced by CNC (yes/no)
- Tolerances less than ±0.1mm (yes/no)
- part contains complex geometry
- Engineering hourly rate for creating a CAM file [$]
- Operation Cost Per Hour [$]
("Operation cost" includes machine, labour and additional consumable cost)