Cube pro printer review manual#
Cube pro printer review software#

I would be happy with the machine if I could bypass the poor slicer they use. The printer is very capable but is let down by the limited software. For some, the aim is to bypass the proprietry material cartridges, but for me, my only goal is to get better support generation and removal. I am experimenting trying to get kisslsicer to work with the cubepro and there is some activity on the forums with fairly limited success so far due to the closed nature of the system and the build file encryption. On bigger parts I remove the borders of the support which makes it much easier to remove, but on smaller parts can make the support disappear altogether. It really doesnt work so only use line contact now. I used to use point contact thinking it would be easier to remove. It skips some areas and adds it to places you dont want it and you have zero control over it. My biggest bugbear with this machine is the support generation - its simply awful.

Cube pro printer review manual#

One thing to note is that the fill spacing is not scaled to the size of the part, so may need manual adjustment. Ive used lines and diamond internal patterns and never had an issue. Ive installed and used about 6 so far and only had 2 jams which were easily solved and one was my fault. Ive never had an issue with the cartridges. Ive had pretty good results with the sidewalk feature, only introduced in the 1.38 software. A raft can help the warping but is very hard to remove from the part and ruins the print, so I never use it now. Basically the time the machine gives for glue and heating is nowhere near long enough to get good prints. You can go into settings and get the heater going 30-60 mins before printing and the tray/chamber will be up to temp. Secondly, if printing in ABS, pre-heat the chamber well before printing. The best advise I can give is let the glue try, totally. I mostly do ABS prints and used to also suffer from warping. Either do ABS only or PLA only for less stress. I tried many times with very little success. Its a nice idea to do ABS prints with PLA support, but bear in mind that you cannot heat the chamber with PLA installed, which means the main part willl likely warp and fail. Anyway in the 4 months ive had the printer, ive got a bit better at determining what will and wont work on this machine.

Parts would not stick to the tray and dual head extrusions just didnt work - either didnt stick to other layers or the tray. I wanted the ultimaker 2 but my boss didnt want me spending all my time playing with the settings! At first I was deeply unhappy with the machine and more prints failed than completed. I got this printer for work and we went with this one due to the plug and play nature of the reels and software. Ive just come accross this post and thought I would add some of my experience with this printer. If you are considering this printer, beware! There are about 4k in initial cost + the 60 man hours of time in setup test. We told purchasing to not pay the invoice and get an RMA. The admitted #1 is done on purpose to reduce quality and #2 is 'stuff happens'. We had about 60 man hours into the test/debug as well as multiple calls into 3d systems. Once it stops, there is no way for the machine to restart without ditching the model. we have not gotten any model (other than a trivial test piece that takes 20 minutes) to complete without a Jam in the extruder. Everything was warped or mangled in some way. We tried many iterations to get a model right.

Cube pro printer review software#

He felt if there was simply a way to tell the software to not use cross hatch support (just do a solid fill), it would be reasonable (that is what we get when we pay for another local service on a pricer machine). The engineer running the machine has had experience in developing models for many other 3d printers that have come out very nice. The problem comes in that when it starts to lay down a continuous surface on top of the support, everything gets mangled. The problem is that it will always fill a solid volume with a cross hatch. You have little to no control on how support is created. Unfortunately the software to drive the machine is severely crippled. This printer is simply non-functional 1.) The dual print head looks attractive as you can do support. All of the reviews online were good and the examples at MakerFaire look good. We got one for our office to do light duty prints. I wanted to posted a quick warning to others here who may be considering a CubePro from 3D systems.