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VisCAM Help 4.0
Using this button you can directly call the dialog of the function Define machine and then edit
the hatch parameters there.
Process preparation
Here you can enter a flat rate for data preparation (repair of STL data, data conversion, …).
Material costs
The material costs result from the following parameters:
Part volume: The volume of the parts to be built calculated by the system.
Support volume: The volume of the support geometry estimated by the system (estimated
value).
Build material: Price of the used build material.
Support material: Price of the used support material.
Machine costs
The machine costs result from the following parameters:
Slice number: Number of slices that contain geometries of the build part.
Support slices: Number of slices that contain support geometry only.
Contour distance: Overall length of all contours.
Support distance: Overall length of all supports.
Hatch distance: Overall length of all hatches.
Idle distance: Overall length of all vectors traversed in rapid motion.
Contour speed: Traverse speed for contours.
Support speed: Traverse speed for supports.
Hatch speed: Traverse speed for voxels.
Idle speed: Traverse speed in rapid motion.
Recoating time: The time the machine needs after finishing one layer before it can process the
next layer. (leveling, recoating, ...)
Build time: The build time resulting from the above parameters.
Hourly rate: Hourly rate of the machine used for processing this job.
Postprocessing
Here you can enter a flat rate for postprocessing the manufactured parts.
Total costs
The sum of the above estimated costs is shown here. Only the activated cost types are
included.
Process data >>
Opens the dialog of the function Define machine, so you can edit the process data.
Material data>>
Opens the dialog of the function Define machine, so you can edit the material data.
Reference: Define machine
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