A system includes a build plate, at least one component that is additively manufactured on the build plate from a powder material, and at least one capsule that is additively manufactured on the build plate from the same powder material. The capsule includes an additively manufactured core that is representative of one or more scaled build configuration layers of the at least one component and an arrangement of the layers on the build plate, a sample of unused powder material, and a shell that at least partially encloses the core and the sample.