curl --request POST \
--url https://api.iotools.cloud/v1/tool/3d-printing-filament-time-estimator \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data '
{
"lengthMm": "20",
"widthMm": "20",
"heightMm": "20",
"material": "pla",
"diameterMm": "1.75",
"costPerKg": "25",
"infillPercent": "100",
"wallCount": "3",
"layerHeightMm": "0.2",
"nozzleWidthMm": "0.4",
"printSpeedMmS": "60",
"topBottomLayers": "3"
}
'import requests
url = "https://api.iotools.cloud/v1/tool/3d-printing-filament-time-estimator"
payload = {
"lengthMm": "20",
"widthMm": "20",
"heightMm": "20",
"material": "pla",
"diameterMm": "1.75",
"costPerKg": "25",
"infillPercent": "100",
"wallCount": "3",
"layerHeightMm": "0.2",
"nozzleWidthMm": "0.4",
"printSpeedMmS": "60",
"topBottomLayers": "3"
}
headers = {
"Authorization": "Bearer <token>",
"Content-Type": "application/json"
}
response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)
print(response.text)const options = {
method: 'POST',
headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
body: JSON.stringify({
lengthMm: '20',
widthMm: '20',
heightMm: '20',
material: 'pla',
diameterMm: '1.75',
costPerKg: '25',
infillPercent: '100',
wallCount: '3',
layerHeightMm: '0.2',
nozzleWidthMm: '0.4',
printSpeedMmS: '60',
topBottomLayers: '3'
})
};
fetch('https://api.iotools.cloud/v1/tool/3d-printing-filament-time-estimator', options)
.then(res => res.json())
.then(res => console.log(res))
.catch(err => console.error(err));<?php
$curl = curl_init();
curl_setopt_array($curl, [
CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.iotools.cloud/v1/tool/3d-printing-filament-time-estimator",
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
'lengthMm' => '20',
'widthMm' => '20',
'heightMm' => '20',
'material' => 'pla',
'diameterMm' => '1.75',
'costPerKg' => '25',
'infillPercent' => '100',
'wallCount' => '3',
'layerHeightMm' => '0.2',
'nozzleWidthMm' => '0.4',
'printSpeedMmS' => '60',
'topBottomLayers' => '3'
]),
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
"Authorization: Bearer <token>",
"Content-Type: application/json"
],
]);
$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);
curl_close($curl);
if ($err) {
echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
echo $response;
}package main
import (
"fmt"
"strings"
"net/http"
"io"
)
func main() {
url := "https://api.iotools.cloud/v1/tool/3d-printing-filament-time-estimator"
payload := strings.NewReader("{\n \"lengthMm\": \"20\",\n \"widthMm\": \"20\",\n \"heightMm\": \"20\",\n \"material\": \"pla\",\n \"diameterMm\": \"1.75\",\n \"costPerKg\": \"25\",\n \"infillPercent\": \"100\",\n \"wallCount\": \"3\",\n \"layerHeightMm\": \"0.2\",\n \"nozzleWidthMm\": \"0.4\",\n \"printSpeedMmS\": \"60\",\n \"topBottomLayers\": \"3\"\n}")
req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)
req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")
res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
defer res.Body.Close()
body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)
fmt.Println(string(body))
}HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://api.iotools.cloud/v1/tool/3d-printing-filament-time-estimator")
.header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
.header("Content-Type", "application/json")
.body("{\n \"lengthMm\": \"20\",\n \"widthMm\": \"20\",\n \"heightMm\": \"20\",\n \"material\": \"pla\",\n \"diameterMm\": \"1.75\",\n \"costPerKg\": \"25\",\n \"infillPercent\": \"100\",\n \"wallCount\": \"3\",\n \"layerHeightMm\": \"0.2\",\n \"nozzleWidthMm\": \"0.4\",\n \"printSpeedMmS\": \"60\",\n \"topBottomLayers\": \"3\"\n}")
.asString();require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
url = URI("https://api.iotools.cloud/v1/tool/3d-printing-filament-time-estimator")
http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true
request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n \"lengthMm\": \"20\",\n \"widthMm\": \"20\",\n \"heightMm\": \"20\",\n \"material\": \"pla\",\n \"diameterMm\": \"1.75\",\n \"costPerKg\": \"25\",\n \"infillPercent\": \"100\",\n \"wallCount\": \"3\",\n \"layerHeightMm\": \"0.2\",\n \"nozzleWidthMm\": \"0.4\",\n \"printSpeedMmS\": \"60\",\n \"topBottomLayers\": \"3\"\n}"
response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body{
"tool": "3d-printing-filament-time-estimator",
"tool_version": "1.0.1",
"outputs": {
"results": [
{
"metric": "Bounding Box Volume",
"value": "8.00 cm³"
},
{
"metric": "Printed Volume",
"value": "8.00 cm³"
},
{
"metric": "Filament Length",
"value": "3.33 m (332.6 cm)"
},
{
"metric": "Filament Weight",
"value": "9.9 g"
},
{
"metric": "Estimated Cost",
"value": "$0.25"
},
{
"metric": "Estimated Print Time",
"value": "30m 33s"
}
],
"materialComparison": [
{
"material": "PLA (Selected)",
"length": "3.33 m",
"weight": "9.9 g",
"cost": "$0.25"
},
{
"material": "ABS",
"length": "3.33 m",
"weight": "8.3 g",
"cost": "$0.21"
},
{
"material": "PETG",
"length": "3.33 m",
"weight": "10.2 g",
"cost": "$0.25"
},
{
"material": "TPU",
"length": "3.33 m",
"weight": "9.7 g",
"cost": "$0.24"
},
{
"material": "Nylon",
"length": "3.33 m",
"weight": "9.0 g",
"cost": "$0.23"
},
{
"material": "Polycarbonate",
"length": "3.33 m",
"weight": "9.6 g",
"cost": "$0.24"
},
{
"material": "ASA",
"length": "3.33 m",
"weight": "8.6 g",
"cost": "$0.21"
},
{
"material": "HIPS",
"length": "3.33 m",
"weight": "8.3 g",
"cost": "$0.21"
}
]
},
"credits_used": 3,
"credits_remaining": null
}{
"type": "https://iotools.cloud/docs/errors/validation_error",
"title": "Invalid request",
"status": 400,
"code": "validation_error",
"detail": "One or more inputs are invalid — see `fields`.",
"request_id": "e4042b29-8f1e-4c7a-9b52-6f0d1a3c7e11",
"fields": {
"inputString": "Required"
}
}{
"type": "https://iotools.cloud/docs/errors/invalid_api_key",
"title": "Invalid API key",
"status": 401,
"code": "invalid_api_key",
"detail": "Provide 'Authorization: Bearer <key>'.",
"request_id": "e4042b29-8f1e-4c7a-9b52-6f0d1a3c7e11"
}{
"type": "https://iotools.cloud/docs/errors/insufficient_credits",
"title": "Insufficient credits",
"status": 402,
"code": "insufficient_credits",
"detail": "This call costs 1 credit and 0 remain in this month's allowance.",
"request_id": "e4042b29-8f1e-4c7a-9b52-6f0d1a3c7e11",
"credits_used": 0,
"credits_remaining": 0
}{
"type": "https://iotools.cloud/docs/errors/tool_not_allowed",
"title": "Tool not available over the API",
"status": 403,
"code": "tool_not_allowed",
"detail": "\"Background Remover\" is available on iotools.cloud but has no API endpoint.",
"request_id": "e4042b29-8f1e-4c7a-9b52-6f0d1a3c7e11"
}{
"type": "https://iotools.cloud/docs/errors/tool_not_found",
"title": "Tool not found",
"status": 404,
"code": "tool_not_found",
"detail": "No tool with that slug. See GET /v1/tools/list.",
"request_id": "e4042b29-8f1e-4c7a-9b52-6f0d1a3c7e11"
}{
"type": "https://iotools.cloud/docs/errors/payload_too_large",
"title": "Payload too large",
"status": 413,
"code": "payload_too_large",
"detail": "Request body exceeds this tool's size limit.",
"request_id": "e4042b29-8f1e-4c7a-9b52-6f0d1a3c7e11"
}{
"type": "https://iotools.cloud/docs/errors/rate_limited",
"title": "Rate limit exceeded",
"status": 429,
"code": "rate_limited",
"detail": "Too many requests. Retry in 30s.",
"request_id": "e4042b29-8f1e-4c7a-9b52-6f0d1a3c7e11",
"retry_after": 30
}{
"type": "https://iotools.cloud/docs/errors/processing_error",
"title": "Tool failed to run",
"status": 500,
"code": "processing_error",
"detail": "The tool failed to run. Please try again.",
"request_id": "e4042b29-8f1e-4c7a-9b52-6f0d1a3c7e11",
"credits_used": 0
}{
"type": "https://iotools.cloud/docs/errors/tool_disabled",
"title": "Tool temporarily disabled",
"status": 503,
"code": "tool_disabled",
"detail": "This tool is temporarily unavailable. Try again shortly.",
"request_id": "e4042b29-8f1e-4c7a-9b52-6f0d1a3c7e11"
}3D Printing Filament & Time Estimator
Estimate filament length, weight, cost and print time for a 3D print from its bounding-box dimensions, material and slicer settings — plus a cost comparison across 8 common filaments.
curl --request POST \
--url https://api.iotools.cloud/v1/tool/3d-printing-filament-time-estimator \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data '
{
"lengthMm": "20",
"widthMm": "20",
"heightMm": "20",
"material": "pla",
"diameterMm": "1.75",
"costPerKg": "25",
"infillPercent": "100",
"wallCount": "3",
"layerHeightMm": "0.2",
"nozzleWidthMm": "0.4",
"printSpeedMmS": "60",
"topBottomLayers": "3"
}
'import requests
url = "https://api.iotools.cloud/v1/tool/3d-printing-filament-time-estimator"
payload = {
"lengthMm": "20",
"widthMm": "20",
"heightMm": "20",
"material": "pla",
"diameterMm": "1.75",
"costPerKg": "25",
"infillPercent": "100",
"wallCount": "3",
"layerHeightMm": "0.2",
"nozzleWidthMm": "0.4",
"printSpeedMmS": "60",
"topBottomLayers": "3"
}
headers = {
"Authorization": "Bearer <token>",
"Content-Type": "application/json"
}
response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)
print(response.text)const options = {
method: 'POST',
headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
body: JSON.stringify({
lengthMm: '20',
widthMm: '20',
heightMm: '20',
material: 'pla',
diameterMm: '1.75',
costPerKg: '25',
infillPercent: '100',
wallCount: '3',
layerHeightMm: '0.2',
nozzleWidthMm: '0.4',
printSpeedMmS: '60',
topBottomLayers: '3'
})
};
fetch('https://api.iotools.cloud/v1/tool/3d-printing-filament-time-estimator', options)
.then(res => res.json())
.then(res => console.log(res))
.catch(err => console.error(err));<?php
$curl = curl_init();
curl_setopt_array($curl, [
CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.iotools.cloud/v1/tool/3d-printing-filament-time-estimator",
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
'lengthMm' => '20',
'widthMm' => '20',
'heightMm' => '20',
'material' => 'pla',
'diameterMm' => '1.75',
'costPerKg' => '25',
'infillPercent' => '100',
'wallCount' => '3',
'layerHeightMm' => '0.2',
'nozzleWidthMm' => '0.4',
'printSpeedMmS' => '60',
'topBottomLayers' => '3'
]),
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
"Authorization: Bearer <token>",
"Content-Type: application/json"
],
]);
$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);
curl_close($curl);
if ($err) {
echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
echo $response;
}package main
import (
"fmt"
"strings"
"net/http"
"io"
)
func main() {
url := "https://api.iotools.cloud/v1/tool/3d-printing-filament-time-estimator"
payload := strings.NewReader("{\n \"lengthMm\": \"20\",\n \"widthMm\": \"20\",\n \"heightMm\": \"20\",\n \"material\": \"pla\",\n \"diameterMm\": \"1.75\",\n \"costPerKg\": \"25\",\n \"infillPercent\": \"100\",\n \"wallCount\": \"3\",\n \"layerHeightMm\": \"0.2\",\n \"nozzleWidthMm\": \"0.4\",\n \"printSpeedMmS\": \"60\",\n \"topBottomLayers\": \"3\"\n}")
req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)
req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")
res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
defer res.Body.Close()
body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)
fmt.Println(string(body))
}HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://api.iotools.cloud/v1/tool/3d-printing-filament-time-estimator")
.header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
.header("Content-Type", "application/json")
.body("{\n \"lengthMm\": \"20\",\n \"widthMm\": \"20\",\n \"heightMm\": \"20\",\n \"material\": \"pla\",\n \"diameterMm\": \"1.75\",\n \"costPerKg\": \"25\",\n \"infillPercent\": \"100\",\n \"wallCount\": \"3\",\n \"layerHeightMm\": \"0.2\",\n \"nozzleWidthMm\": \"0.4\",\n \"printSpeedMmS\": \"60\",\n \"topBottomLayers\": \"3\"\n}")
.asString();require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
url = URI("https://api.iotools.cloud/v1/tool/3d-printing-filament-time-estimator")
http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true
request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n \"lengthMm\": \"20\",\n \"widthMm\": \"20\",\n \"heightMm\": \"20\",\n \"material\": \"pla\",\n \"diameterMm\": \"1.75\",\n \"costPerKg\": \"25\",\n \"infillPercent\": \"100\",\n \"wallCount\": \"3\",\n \"layerHeightMm\": \"0.2\",\n \"nozzleWidthMm\": \"0.4\",\n \"printSpeedMmS\": \"60\",\n \"topBottomLayers\": \"3\"\n}"
response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body{
"tool": "3d-printing-filament-time-estimator",
"tool_version": "1.0.1",
"outputs": {
"results": [
{
"metric": "Bounding Box Volume",
"value": "8.00 cm³"
},
{
"metric": "Printed Volume",
"value": "8.00 cm³"
},
{
"metric": "Filament Length",
"value": "3.33 m (332.6 cm)"
},
{
"metric": "Filament Weight",
"value": "9.9 g"
},
{
"metric": "Estimated Cost",
"value": "$0.25"
},
{
"metric": "Estimated Print Time",
"value": "30m 33s"
}
],
"materialComparison": [
{
"material": "PLA (Selected)",
"length": "3.33 m",
"weight": "9.9 g",
"cost": "$0.25"
},
{
"material": "ABS",
"length": "3.33 m",
"weight": "8.3 g",
"cost": "$0.21"
},
{
"material": "PETG",
"length": "3.33 m",
"weight": "10.2 g",
"cost": "$0.25"
},
{
"material": "TPU",
"length": "3.33 m",
"weight": "9.7 g",
"cost": "$0.24"
},
{
"material": "Nylon",
"length": "3.33 m",
"weight": "9.0 g",
"cost": "$0.23"
},
{
"material": "Polycarbonate",
"length": "3.33 m",
"weight": "9.6 g",
"cost": "$0.24"
},
{
"material": "ASA",
"length": "3.33 m",
"weight": "8.6 g",
"cost": "$0.21"
},
{
"material": "HIPS",
"length": "3.33 m",
"weight": "8.3 g",
"cost": "$0.21"
}
]
},
"credits_used": 3,
"credits_remaining": null
}{
"type": "https://iotools.cloud/docs/errors/validation_error",
"title": "Invalid request",
"status": 400,
"code": "validation_error",
"detail": "One or more inputs are invalid — see `fields`.",
"request_id": "e4042b29-8f1e-4c7a-9b52-6f0d1a3c7e11",
"fields": {
"inputString": "Required"
}
}{
"type": "https://iotools.cloud/docs/errors/invalid_api_key",
"title": "Invalid API key",
"status": 401,
"code": "invalid_api_key",
"detail": "Provide 'Authorization: Bearer <key>'.",
"request_id": "e4042b29-8f1e-4c7a-9b52-6f0d1a3c7e11"
}{
"type": "https://iotools.cloud/docs/errors/insufficient_credits",
"title": "Insufficient credits",
"status": 402,
"code": "insufficient_credits",
"detail": "This call costs 1 credit and 0 remain in this month's allowance.",
"request_id": "e4042b29-8f1e-4c7a-9b52-6f0d1a3c7e11",
"credits_used": 0,
"credits_remaining": 0
}{
"type": "https://iotools.cloud/docs/errors/tool_not_allowed",
"title": "Tool not available over the API",
"status": 403,
"code": "tool_not_allowed",
"detail": "\"Background Remover\" is available on iotools.cloud but has no API endpoint.",
"request_id": "e4042b29-8f1e-4c7a-9b52-6f0d1a3c7e11"
}{
"type": "https://iotools.cloud/docs/errors/tool_not_found",
"title": "Tool not found",
"status": 404,
"code": "tool_not_found",
"detail": "No tool with that slug. See GET /v1/tools/list.",
"request_id": "e4042b29-8f1e-4c7a-9b52-6f0d1a3c7e11"
}{
"type": "https://iotools.cloud/docs/errors/payload_too_large",
"title": "Payload too large",
"status": 413,
"code": "payload_too_large",
"detail": "Request body exceeds this tool's size limit.",
"request_id": "e4042b29-8f1e-4c7a-9b52-6f0d1a3c7e11"
}{
"type": "https://iotools.cloud/docs/errors/rate_limited",
"title": "Rate limit exceeded",
"status": 429,
"code": "rate_limited",
"detail": "Too many requests. Retry in 30s.",
"request_id": "e4042b29-8f1e-4c7a-9b52-6f0d1a3c7e11",
"retry_after": 30
}{
"type": "https://iotools.cloud/docs/errors/processing_error",
"title": "Tool failed to run",
"status": 500,
"code": "processing_error",
"detail": "The tool failed to run. Please try again.",
"request_id": "e4042b29-8f1e-4c7a-9b52-6f0d1a3c7e11",
"credits_used": 0
}{
"type": "https://iotools.cloud/docs/errors/tool_disabled",
"title": "Tool temporarily disabled",
"status": 503,
"code": "tool_disabled",
"detail": "This tool is temporarily unavailable. Try again shortly.",
"request_id": "e4042b29-8f1e-4c7a-9b52-6f0d1a3c7e11"
}Authorizations
Bearer authentication header of the form Bearer <token>, where <token> is your auth token.
Body
Length (mm)
x >= 0.1Width (mm)
x >= 0.1Height (mm)
x >= 0.1Material
pla, abs, petg, tpu, nylon, pc, asa, hips Filament Diameter
1.75, 2.85, 3.00 Filament Cost ($/kg)
x >= 0Infill (%)
0 <= x <= 100Wall Count
1 <= x <= 10Layer Height (mm)
0.05 <= x <= 0.6Nozzle / Line Width (mm)
0.1 <= x <= 1.2Print Speed (mm/s)
5 <= x <= 500Top/Bottom Solid Layers
0 <= x <= 20Response
Tool output
Show child attributes
Show child attributes
The tool's slug, echoing the {slug} in the request path.
Output-contract version for this tool.
Credits this call consumed, after any settlement refund. 0 when metering is disabled.
Credits left in the current monthly allowance, or null when metering is disabled.
Correlation id, also sent as x-request-id.
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