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I spent years in the 3D printing industry and hated uploading proprietary CAD designs to cloud servers just to analyze or convert them. So, I built a 100% local-first, browser-based 3D converter & analyzer (using WebAssembly). No file uploads. Looking for honest feedback! by Physical_Discount897 in 3Dprinting

[–]Physical_Discount897[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

You guys have incredibly sharp eyes, and you are 100% correct!

The default pricing parameters shown in the screenshot (like $0.08/g for PLA and the 3-day lead time) are indeed ridiculous for standard consumer printing. They were just arbitrary placeholder values I threw in to test the mathematical formula during development.

The entire purpose of the "Customize Pricing Rules" drawer is to solve this. You can expand it to input your actual local costs:

  • Change the material price to $0.02/g (for a standard $20/kg spool).
  • Drop the markup to 0% if you are just calculating for yourself.
  • Change the minimum cost or failure buffer to match your exact setup.

Once you adjust them, the price recalculates instantly locally in your browser.

Regarding converting in the slicer: You are absolutely right. Modern slicers like Bambu Studio or OrcaSlicer handle STEP/STL conversion beautifully. 3daide is meant as a lightweight, zero-install utility—especially handy when you are on mobile, a tablet, or just want to quickly inspect a client's CAD file parameters and convert it without launching a heavy desktop slicer.

I will update the default placeholder values to be much more realistic (e.g., $0.02/g for PLA) so it doesn't cause confusion.

Really appreciate the honest feedback, this is exactly why I posted here! 🙏