← Back to changelog
Improvement

Expense details, print farm defaults, and target profit controls

3D PrintForce added deeper model cost visibility, print farm defaults, target profit controls, and better sales-tax estimation.

This release expanded pricing visibility and made it easier to reduce repetitive setup work across a print farm.

More model expense detail

The model pricing view now exposes a deeper breakdown behind C.O.G.S. and Platform Fees so users can see what is driving their cost structure more clearly.

That makes it easier to understand model profitability without treating the final number like a black box.

3D PrintForce detailed COGS breakdown on the model pricing screen

3D PrintForce platform fee breakdown on the model pricing screen

Print farm defaults

3D PrintForce added Print Farm Defaults so new models can inherit preset values for:

  • print-preparation labor time
  • post-print labor time
  • hourly labor rates

That means sellers no longer need to re-enter the same setup values for every new model.

To configure these defaults in the app, the original release pointed users to:

Settings → Print Farm → Print Farm Default Variables

3D PrintForce print farm default variables for labor and workflow settings

Target profit settings

Users can now define target profit values for:

  • PPP
  • PPH
  • Gross Profit Margin

Those targets feed back into the model view using color indicators to make it easier to spot underperforming models at a glance.

The original color logic shipped as:

  • Red for values below $0
  • Gray for values above $0 but below target
  • Green for values at or above target

3D PrintForce target profit settings for PPP, PPH, and gross margin

3D PrintForce profit warning state for negative model profit values

3D PrintForce neutral profit state for values below target thresholds

3D PrintForce success state for profit values meeting target thresholds

Discord connection reminder

This release also continued pushing the Discord connection flow so users could join the 3DPF community server and receive access based on subscription level.

3D PrintForce Discord account connection settings

State sales tax for better fee estimation

A new Default Sales Tax setting was added to improve platform-fee estimates.

This matters because many marketplaces calculate fees using the gross order total, including sales tax, not just the item subtotal.

The release specifically called out Etsy’s processing-fee behavior as an example.

3D PrintForce default state sales tax setting for platform fee estimation

Etsy order example showing fees calculated on the gross order total including tax

For Growth and Business plan users, actual order-level platform fees continued to reflect the buyer's real sales tax rate when available.

Coming next

At the time of this update, the next planned improvement was a currency selector.