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The Ultimaker² is being prepared for its first trip outside into the big world. I am sure it will be happily received by a lot of eager users. To make sure the experience is living up to the quality the Ultimaker² can deliver, we are accompanying the new machine with a new, up to date firmware and new version of Cura 13-10. Cura has some new features like: It is compatible for Ultimaker² Easy switching between different machine configurations. Do you have both an Ultimaker-Original and Ultimaker²? No problem, you can switch directly via a drop down menu. New support material method, the new method is quicker to print, easier to remove and uses less material. Easy sharing on YouMagine with the YouMagine upload button Better usage of support material with a dual-extrusion machine Various bugfixes and tweaks You can download Cura here. Enjoy!!

DHL came by today to pick up the first batch of Ultimaker 2's! Wow, exciting moment. Great to finally see them go. I am curious to hear everyone's first, second and third impression Also, check out the new https://www.ultimaker.com/blogs/news/2013/10/17/cura-13-10 and this https://www.ultimaker.com/blogs/news/2013/10/19/ultimaker-has-left-the-building.

As gr5 says, in the Ultimaker² are a lot of improved components. We intended to make it as userfriendly and reliable as possible. This means less issues, and less calibration. When the Ultimaker² is build and all components are at its place it is almost ready to use. There still is the bed levelling, but we have been working hard to make a very user friendly interface that helps you level the bed. With the heated bed and new Z-stage the bed is much more stable and you don't need to relevel it every other couple of prints. The assembly is done by experienced builders and we always have a thorough quality check before it is being processed.

good to hear!

In the news-carousel 1 item is dedicated to the new blog, so you can keep an eye out for that one. About the new tab, personally I find that very convenient. I usually hate it when everything opens in the same tab because sometime I just want to take a peek or quick browse and I don't want to click 'Back' 8 times to return to my original page. Now you can just close this tab. Or the other one.

Hi Bill, yes the same type of filament.

At the moment there are no such plans. I can't really tell you that will never ever happen, but at the moment it is not the plan.

Dag Maurice, Je hebt gelijk! Ik heb eerder vandaag de tijd overgenomen, maar wellicht dat de informatie op de site is veranderd. Maar als ik naar het draaiboek kijk, klopt inderdaad de tijd van 17.30 tot 20.00 uur. Excuus voor het ongemak! Hopelijk breng ik niemand hiermee in moeilijkheden.

Hi Bill, yes that will be available. We are thinking of a time-frame of several months, but that can still vary. But you can be insured that it will be pre-build and calibrated.

Graag gedaan!

De gebruikelijke manier is dezelfde manier als hoe dit bericht is verspreid, via de newsletter. Als je deze niet hebt ontvangen, en je bent er achter gekomen door dit bericht op het forum kun je je aanmelden via de homepage voor de newsletter. En waar de volgende Ulti-evening plaats gaat vinden moeten we nog bepalen, er zijn verschillende aantrekkelijke locaties. Maar ik twijfel er niet aan dat er binnenkort weer een ulti-evening in Protospace zal zijn!

And my compliments about the prints Gijs, great job!!

But you still need to swap the Nozzle Ian I don't think the problem lies with the costs for the Nozzle. Personally I would like a larger variety of nozzles (+ filaments) and I don't think if I want to make a large beautifull print I would be bothered by swapping the nozzle. It would be worth it when the print is done. So for me personally it wouldn't be a problem. Also, I would like to run some prints with a smaller Nozzle once. Does anybody have any experience with this?

If you insist: http://translate.google.nl/ :wink:

Beste Ulti-vrienden, Zoals jullie allen weten hebben we pas geleden de Ultimaker 2 uitgebracht. Maar niet alleen de Ultimaker 2, ook een nieuwe website, webshop en we zijn bij verschillende internationale evenementen aanwezig geweest om de Ultimaker 2 goed voor de dag te laten komen. Aan de hoeveelheid response die we krijgen is dat goed gelukt, want deze aandacht hebben we nog nooit mogen ontvangen. Omdat er nu nog zoveel van ons wordt gevraagd hebben we besloten de Ulti-evening een maand op te schuiven. Let op, komende maandag is er dus geen Ulti-evening. Over de eerstkomende avond wordt nog volgens de gebruikelijke manier gecommuniceerd. Tegelijkertijd wil ik van het moment gebruik maken om jullie allemaal uit te nodigen op een evenement wat er georganiseerd wordt in Amsterdam op 25 oktober. Het evenement zal plaats vinden in pakhuis de Zwijger, om 20:00u en de toegang is gratis. Hier zal de Ultimaker 2 eindelijk ook op Nederlandse bodem te bewonderen zijn. Meer informatie over de avond kun je http://www.dezwijger.nl/83216/nl/sign-of-time-2-3d-printing vinden. Graag zien we jullie daar of anders op de volgende Ulti-evening.

yes yes yes.. i made a mistake ! :oops: I already changed it in the news blog, and i will also post it here: The correct size is: x23 y22.5 z20.5 I got that other information from someone, don't remember who. Just an unfortunate miscommunication I think. Sorry for any inconvenience caused.

To reduce friction inside the bowden tube, as an experiment you could also try to spray a tiny bit of oil/sewing machine oil in the bowden tube. It is recommended for flexible filament, and i have not noticed any side-effects in the print. 250°C sounds very hot, for 60mm/s. I think 230°C should be sufficient. If your filament is not extruding properly at this temperature, maybe there are different problems. (Or your temperature is not displaying properly. Have you ever tested this? Do you have any indications this may be the case?) I believe we offer high quality filament, but of course a flaw can occur. Can you measure on about 5 different spots with a pair of digital calipers? (try to have some meters in between). What are your measurements? You could also try faberdashery, I solely here positive stories about their filament. And personally, I never focus on the 11mm the spring needs to be tensioned at. I always focus on the amount of friction I receive from the spring and filament. Would be great to finally get this wobble of the table, right Nico?

Indeed, I have How does the surface of the bowden tube look like? In the white tightner are 4 tiny knives holding the bowden tube at its place. If you frequently have this problem, there is a very good chance either the 'knives' are bent/broken or just scraped the surface of the bowden tube so now they can't hold the bowden tube no more. The blue piece is there to make sure the white tightner is 'locked/secured'. But if there is a problem with the little knives inside, that is kinda like locking an open door.. I never had this problem either, but on rare occasions one of the machines in the office has its tube popping. Make sure you are not printing too hot compared to the speed you are printing at. When you print too hot, you have a high chance of a plug forming > bowden tube popping. I have my doubts about that add on, as it implements pressure on the tube. To me that sounds like you have a high chance of deforming the tube or making the inner diameter smaller, causing friction, leading into under extrusion. (perhaps even friction > pressure > higher chance of bowden tube popping.)

Hi Ian, great print and a very good concept! I wonder what the next step is in your project..

Dag Harold, Een vriend van me kon hier terecht voor een aluminium plaat voor zijn heated bed. http://www.aluminiumopmaat.nl/ Wellicht kunnen ze jou ook helpen.

I see the organizing them by event failed big time.. but hovering your mouse over the picture will give you some more details!

I took a few pictures but I shared them through the social media channels. But here I go again; I will do my best to organize them by event.

If you have only 1 model selected in Cura, and not configure your second Nozzle, it automatically uses the 'first' Nozzle. Is this what you mean? Or do you want to set the '2nd' Nozzle as the first one? I don't think that is an option in Cura.

Hi Tomato, Thank you for your post. Does it jump to 205-215 or do you have the feeling it is often 10°C off? Can you check if the wires of the thermocouple sensor are not damaged? Is your signal cable not damaged? Especially around the area where the spiral wrapping ends near your hot end. You can also change the Black-Red-Yellow signal cable for the Brown-Orange-Green cable. Looking forward to hear about your findings!

Hi Guys Thanks for posting. I understand the situation, and the way the process goes now is far from ideal and also not like we intended. Unfortunately, we ran into some problems we are still working on fixing. We do our very best to get back with everyone and give them the info the require. I know one of the causes of the error is the checking of the VAT number. I don't know if you entered one, but that gives complications sometimes, because that service is overloading.. Another thing was that placed orders not always show up in the account of the customer. Which I understand can be very confusing, or even worrying. I would be happy to look into our system and find the info you need. We start shipping Ultimaker 2's from October 21st and we intend to keep the leadtime under 2 weeks. For a more accurate estimation I need some more information. Like the name used for placing the order, and at what date. Please sent me a PM so I can get back with you. We are working on a solution, thank you for your patience..