I'm using spures since the introduction of the handling fee for WSF.
(I think more then a year now)
So far I haven't had any problem.
The biggest disadvantage was the creation of the items.
But with the blender plugin I've written that's a one minute task.
Does anybody know of a python based 3d system which can :
- load/save stls
- manipulate 3d objects in a simple ways
- create simple meshes
blender does support a subset of it, but my current version is not able to:
- load/save of stl files via commandline scripting
- is not able to be used on a web server
A very simple workflow for such a topic may be:
- simple web interface which allows to sepcify the number and type of items which should be attached to a sprue/bearer
- python program which does the creation
- ftp upload to shapeways
- and positioning the requester in shapeways shopping card
For my items that could mean:
- average volume price $1.7
- markup $0.5
- handling fee $2
- shipping fee Europa $9.5
A 20 items sprue then results in $2,75 per item.
Woody64