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I think @Nallath would do a better job in answering this?

Awesome! Does it also come with the rest of the outfit? And happy to hear the Ultimaker 3 has been so good for you

wow, beautiful!

Hi Philippe44, thank you for your post. I'm sorry to hear about your experience so far with your Ultimaker. Of course, it is not how we intended the user experience to be. I am happy to hear you have decided to hold on to your Ultimaker for now. The print quality is great, and it is also known as a very reliable machine. There are various resources you can use to identify your troubles and fix them once and for all. Your reseller should have trained technical support engineers who should be able to help you, besides that there is this community too. There are already some good tips here in regard of your feeder motor. To me it also sounded like the set screw got loose. If you are unsure, adding photo's always help. Anyway, we are here to help! Looking forward hearing from you

The Olsson block is a heater block where swapping nozzles can be done in under a minute. By now adopted in the Ultimaker 2+, this concept finds its roots in our community. It has been a while since, what we now know as, 'the Olsson block' surfaced from the ingenious mind of Anders Olsson. It all started with the launch of the Ultimaker 2, and Anders found himself in need of an easier to replace nozzle from his print head. Anders is a research engineer working on neutron particle experiments. He started using an Ultimaker 2 to create sample mounts and holders specifically designed for use during these tests, which were difficult to produce through more traditional means. Because neutrons can be dangerous to people and machinery the neutron-absorbing material boron carbide, an extremely hard ceramic that is also used in tanks and bulletproof vests, is used to shield them from the experimental process. But since boron carbide is so hard, it’s also extremely difficult to craft complicated objects with. Feeding this through the nozzle quickly wore it down. Hence, a need to replace them easily. When Anders shared his findings with our community, it was only a short matter of time before it gained momentum and several users stepped forward willing to test his modification. At Ultimaker we sat down with Anders and together we made sure we could offer this to our users world wide. At the time, we also made a video story about Anders Olsson. Check out this story if you want to know all about it. If you want to read up the original thread, you can find it here. By default it is already installed in the Ultimaker 2+. If you have an Ultimaker 2 running, it is definitely worth to check out this upgrade for yourself. The forums are loaded with testimonials

If you look around on the forums you will find a variety of user experiences. Most leave some to be desired...

Hi @CCA1, I am also a few steps away from learning how to model, so even though I know what I want to learn this topic is still interesting. Following your reply I had some questions. You mention free form modeling as being super important, as a contradiction to what Solidworks support. I understand that Solidworks requires a pre-planned script on how you are going to model it, before you start. And along the way, a history tree will rise, which allows you to go back in steps and make alterations. Later, with non parametric software you say you can do anything at anytime, but to me it sounded like that is also what that history tree would allow you to do. I was wondering what part I misunderstood fyi, partially due to my personal interest, I am going to learn Zbrush. I am very interested to learn character modeling.

Hi Swissengineer, thank you for your post. Sorry to hear that the little blob of filament makes it to your print. Do you print with a skirt? Usually this skirt also functions as a buffer to catch these kinds of things. Looking forward hearing from you!

Nou inderdaad. Maar die is wel weer recht te krijgen. btw, we are still in the English section Congratulations @3DCase!

Hi @Krasnoyask, thanks again for the update. Once again, the printers looks superb but, unfortunately, once again, the quality control leaves room for improvement. I have sent you a reply on your DM with a possible solution on how to fix this. Perhaps it is something of your interest. Looking forward hearing from you! Ps; it appears here that it has been scientifically proven that knocking on wood, throwing salt or even spitting (recommend to do this outside) really helps in undoing a jinx. Perhaps worth checking out these options too

Hi @Macouno, great idea and thank you for the offer! I'm curious to see what other suggestions you will receive and what you will be making. The first thing that came to while reading your post was something that could interact with the Ultimaker robot. In the past, we have seen the Ultibot-bot by XYZworkshop. Perhaps something down those lines? Maybe like some props (like a hat) he can wear, or a type of vehicle. Or perhaps for Christmas, some kind of Christmas ornament with the Ultibot. (I'm pretty sure everyone here should be able to sneak at least one of those Ultibots in the Christmas tree without the missis noticing )

You should be able to get the feeder from our partner in Germany, iGo3D. I would also recommend to send them a message and ask for it. On the other hand, even if your (for example) PT100 works well, there are still advantages to the entire upgrade kit. To give you a quick rundown, the assembly of the PT100 is different, which makes it more accurate, the cartridge heater is stronger (35W), the spring is replaced by a spacer which is better for your PTFE coupler, the PTFE coupler is TFM which makes it stronger. The entire housing is glass filled, and it has a pre-installed Olsson Block. It also has new rods, in case yours are bent or old. Just to ensure your machine works like new again. Of course, if you don't want it, you don't need it. But just so you know you have the full picture

We certainly take all feedback at heart. All is being shared directly with QC and used to see if there is room to optimize / improve assembly and the final checks. About warranty, well it is kinda hard to make a claim for future references without actually knowing what we are talking about. But I can tell you, we have always looked after our customers, and, within reason, if a defect is caused by something that did not meet up our standards, we will look for a reasonable solution that works for the both of us.

Hi SandervG, reply sent, although it seems more disappeared this end. iPad is not friendly with this interface. Will post again tomorrow if it's not with you. Many thanks. Alright, looking forward hearing from you! I have indeed not received a message of some kind. Have a great day!

Hi Krasnoyask, thank you for your post and thank you for sharing updates. But you are making me regret asking for them I have just sent you a message, I'm looking forward hearing from you. If you are still on board, lets solve this for once and for all!

Hi Guys, a short update on some changes we executed last week. Not the most crucial as what has been reported here a couple of times (notifications & search improvement*) but due to some optimization in the menu it felt like the right timing to address some other tasks that were on the list. So the menu has changed. On the far left you can access the guidelines, house rules and an immediate link to creating a topic. It is the first menu you see (usually reading from left to right, and a starting point for the forums). But the furthest away from your mouse (which is at 'community' because you don't have to go there frequently. Moved closer to the 'community' menu item, are the community areas, where you can navigate through the community platform. Top categories on your right, if you already know where you want to go and the most popular featured print on the right. (Congratulations Erin!) So what about the rest? Well, last week we changed the levels too. As noted, the previous ones led to some confusion sometimes when someone was labeled as 'cura commander' when they actually did not have any particular Cura/programming skills. The new levels should indicate more how familiar you are with Ultimaker, its products and this community. Here is an overview of the levels: - Getting started - 3D printing enthusiast - I know my way around here - Feel free to ask me - I got this! - Becoming an expert - You can trust this guy - Knows the BOM by heart - Ultimaker family The guidelines on how the forum works and house rules have also been updated. On this particular page you can read more about how you can grow in points and thus levels. In the near future, I will update that page with information on what the privileges are you are entitled to at some point. Some of these are still work in progress and I prefer to share these all at the same time at once. So please some more patience There are potentially some interesting opportunities in beta-testing, meeting the Ultimaker team and getting global recognition by being featured! * These points are still on the list. As some of you know, who have been following this topic a bit longer, we are following these bugs for a while now. They lead further and further down a rabbit hole to a point where it seemed its no longer just a bug, but a fix would require some more heavy work. This is scheduled to finished in Q1 of next year. Thank you for your patience!

Not entirely sure if everyone is hearing the same ticking because there are no recordings of those, but it appears so. In that case, based on the description it looks like you are noticing the active leveling. Like @Krasnoyask says, the sound is a byproduct of active leveling (which officially is slightly different from auto level). Active leveling means the Ultimaker 3 will use the first couple (approx 10?) layers to compensate for any offset. That is most likely the ticking sound that you hear. If you want to confirm, put your index finger on the threaded rod when it is printing. You should feel a mini turn at the same time with the ticking sound and that should also be the proof it is the Z motor adjusting.

Hi @Krasnoyask, thank you for the update! 'The replacement of the replacement, is it good' That is the BIG question we all ask ourselves! I had a short rendezvous with 3DGBIRE just to make sure it is on their radar, and it was so I felt comfortable. They (and we) take service very seriously. I like to think at Ultimaker we look after our customers. I am very happy to hear this one seems to have made it safely to your home. Now all is left, is an update on those first test prints! Have a great day, and don't keep us waiting too long

Thank you for your feedback. I'm sorry to hear the RFID chip is not yet doing it for you. Is it actually an inconvenience for you, or just a feature you don't use very often? I don't think it is unlikely other manufacturers will adopt the idea, but that will probably take some time. What do you consider the big improvements in Cura?

I believe the specs say the ideal operating temperature should be between 15º and 32ºC approximately, so I think that is what you should aim for. I believe @UltiArjan might have ran it around 50ºC but I am not entirely sure what his experience was. Maybe he can tell us. It definitely make sense to close the front. Do you want to close the top for accoustic reasons, or to improve your build quality? What filaments are you (trying to) print with mostly?

AA would be the better choice, but you must realize HIPS is not a material that we recommend to use. First of all it is not supported, but it can also send out nasty fumes (like ABS) and the solvent you need for it is (reportedly) toxic. D'limonine cannot be disposed on the sink and could affect negatively the mechanical strength of the build material that go to the solvent together with the HIPS (at least that happens with UM ABS). (Checked it with our material engineers).

About Checksum, quote from our software team: 'We do not use any checksum validation on the printed files. As far as I know there are two reasons for checksum validations; Security and data integrity checking. Security wise it won't add a whole lot; The UM3 is only usable on a local network, which is assumed to be secure. Even if this was not secure, doing a checksum on a 500 mb file is rather pointless; an attacker would be able to change the file in such a way and still be able to ensure that the checksum is the same. It could be possible to build systems that are more robust against this, but this would take quite a bit of development work with only limited gain (securing the network / authentication is the actual "defence") As for data integrity; The files are sent by HTTP, which is already quite robust against data corruption. TCP/IP already uses checksum on every packet they send. Adding checksum validation to the combination would add a very tiny amount of extra protection, but the chance of such a corruption happening is extremely unlikely.' Hopefully this helps!

Did anyone already guess the 5th one? How about the location of the feeder? It looks to be higher.

Looks good!

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