Road To Major Fud Improvements Starts With Repricing

Goodmorning all, catching up from a public holiday here in The Netherlands.
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Hmm interesting, why are you concerned that it's currently not set to the cheapest orientation?
I think Alan Hudson explained it a few pages before, we actually check every orientation during the upload to see which one is the cheapest.

DiStefan,

Can you elaborate what you mean?
When you upload a model our software calculates every orientation and ends up showing the price for the cheapest orientation.

This orientation which was calculated during upload does not mean we will also print the model in this orientation.
Upon ordering the production engineer will check the model and orientate the model in a way it will be best
Special note when the engineer sets the orientation for the model, it's actually saved and used on feature orders as well as long as the model isn't updated. Though there are exceptions where an engineer can still change it.

The orientation feature that will be launched shortly allows you to force an orientation.
This will however mean that the price will also reflect that set orientation.
When not touching this feature, the cheapest orientation is priced and the engineer decides how it will be printed.

multiparts on big parts are way easier to handle during post production.
The smaller they are the more work to clean them properly (cause they are hard to see and hold).

Also making sure all the small parts don't go missing is harder than on big parts.

Looking at this model:
https://www.shapeways.com/product/B2E2ANVNX/1-64-28-cattle-trailer-round-nose?optionId=58735825

Have you considered removing the floor (and offer it as a separate part in the file).
Right now the inside of your model will be filled with wax.
If you remove the floor (or roof) we can print the model as a bathtub and the inside will be free of wax.

I can guarantee that the price will be in your favor, big time

It's not that we don't want certain files, we want to print everything as long as the price is right.

So an example of a model with the exact same volume, let's imagine a wire model and a solid model.
With the old price it would cost the exact same for both customers even though one model is a wire model and takes a lot of time and support material.

OLD PRICING:
Model A:
Costs Shapeways $15 to print.
Costs Designer $30 to order

Model B:
Costs Shapeways $40 to print.
Costs Designer $30 to order

so if you order model A, you're also paying for model B.

NEW PRICING:
Model A:
Costs Shapeways $15 to print.
Costs Designer $20 to order

Model B:
Costs Shapeways $40 to print.
Costs Designer $45 to order

Now you only pay for your own model, you're not the sponsor of someone elses model.
This way Shapeways can still make money by providing fair prices.


Please please, just see above as an example, I have no idea about margins/profits internally
This is just to show that the old pricing caused you to sponsor other peoples models whereas the new pricing changes that