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  1. Thank you for your response. Do you have original print cores or do you have any third party products like from 3DSolex? If you have original Ultimaker print cores, without any special tools and knowledge you can not safely remove/replace the nozzle (gold colored piece). The Ultimaker print cores are not meant to be taken apart. There is a chance you might damage the print core or not insert the new nozzle correctly and creating a chance for leakages. Third party products like 3DSolex do have print core 'clones' with detachable nozzles. It has its own set of risks and advantages. @gr5 might know more if you have any questions about it! Hope this helps!
  2. I would not recommend printing PVA with an AA print core, but other materials you can (unless they're abrasive). Cura will also give you an error / blocking warning when you try to slice a file with PVA assigned to an AA print core. It is a guarantee your nozzle will get clogged.
  3. I recently bought a Chevy G20 van and it also has an electronic sofa bed in the back, where via a switch it folds down into a bed or up into the couch again. While it is fancy when it works, I probably would have preferred if it were a manual setup too following the same mindset as @geert_2, it is another thing that can break down and I know I'll always be able to count on myself. But I'll probably keep this set up for as long as it works. There is one cover for a light missing on the side which I'll 3D print, but hopefully I'll be able to print some more exciting things too 😉
  4. Hi @Farnsworth9, thank you for your post and apologies for not responding sooner and for the issues you've had so far. I didn't see your post until now. We had a bad batch of sliderblocks in the past, and they could crack and loose grip on the rod it is suppose to hold. You could get it replaced and that should solve that issue. So I'm happy to read you had those fixed. When the fans are jammed with filament, as far as I know this is usually a few small strings of filament which you should be able to pull out with some pliers or tweezers. When the fans don't work, this could lead to filament expanding due to heat and pressure above the print core, leading to under extrusion. But that wouldn't lead to your rods getting disconnected or your print head bumping into your print. How does it work after replacing those parts? Have you encountered the same issue again? Looking forward hearing from you!
  5. Hi @my3DBr, perhaps you can start a new thread describing your findings and perhaps you can include some pictures of your prints and measurements too. As you can tell, the above post is over a year old and we don't have much information from your post to provide some feedback on. Perhaps positioning on the build plate could be relevant, or friction on the rods. It is nice that you can compensate via Cura, and if it works it works, but I could imagine you would like to learn what causes the offset. Thanks!
  6. Hi @allenz, you can find all the information about TPU 95A on this page: https://marketplace.ultimaker.com/app/cura/materials/UltimakerPackages/UltimakerTPU Good luck!
  7. Hi @cosmicfugue, thank you for your post. The AA print core is developed to be used with 'building material' like PLA, Nylon etc. And the BB core is developed to be used with the support material PVA. But what is the difference? The difference lies in the nozzle design. PVA has the tendency to burn more quickly in the nozzle and consequently clog it. So we needed a special design for it. You can see our solution on this image: As you can see the AA nozzle has 'shoulders' on the inside, this helps to prevent oozing. But this would also be where PVA would be collected, burn, and clog the nozzle. So the BB print core doesn't have those shoulders. That means if you would run PVA in an AA print core, you most likely get clogs. If you run any other material in the BB print core, you most likely get more oozing than normally due to it not having any 'shoulders'. Hope this helps!
  8. As you probably have heard by now; Ultimaker is celebrating its 10 year anniversary this year, having started in 2011. When we started it was just the 3 co-founders, Siert, Erik and Martijn. Following a continuing demand for the Ultimaker Original after sharing its design they decided to hire a few people to help them out. I don’t think anyone could foresee what lied ahead of them. The continuous demand and extra staff naturally comes with more stock which led to the decision to relocate, and they settled in a very nice location close by. Geldermalsen, The Netherlands. It was an old school building, and I was lucky enough to find my way to Ultimaker the second week they took office in that building, and being the 6th employee for Ultimaker, late 2011, I have been lucky enough to witness most of its history. And I figured, perhaps it would be fun to share some of that history. Here is a picture from that building, seen from the nearby road. We stayed here for a couple of years, until quite literally the building couldn’t hold us anymore. To give you an idea about the surroundings, I took a screenshot from google maps. What you can’t see on there is the now green field right next to the office used to be a corn field (with a path, so as far as I know we never lost any employees in there…), which was excellent for walks, meetings and brainstorming dilemmas. This was the time I like to think where we really build the foundation for what Ultimaker would become. When we just moved in, there was barely anything besides a lot of ambition, enthusiasm and some instructions how to build your DIY wooden Ultimaker. No print profiles, a very complicated slicer and only a small group of users that gathered on google groups to help each other figure out how to work around the previously mentioned missing essentials. But when we left this building we had an Ultimaker 2+, Ultimaker Cura, print profiles, a thriving community, some Ultimaker materials, an amazing sales partner network and a team that grew towards somewhere between 100 and 200 people. When we became too big for this building too, we moved to another location in Geldermalsen (right next to a windmill and some sheep. Another amazing and relaxing environment to work in), which most of us got to call home for a few years until we opened another office in Utrecht. Geldermalsen office Utrecht office By the time we entered the Utrecht office, Ultimaker and the network around us matured a lot. But something that always struck me as an amazing feat is that from the group that started Ultimaker, most of them are still with us. The other remarkable detail is that everyone went to a different branch in the company, R&D hardware, Software, Support, Marketing, Quality assurance, UX. Like different fingers belonging to the same hand holding onto that Ultimaker spirit. Do you like to hear more personal reflections on these first years? Matt Griffin interviewed me and you can listen to it via Spotify 🙂 How long have you been part of the Ultimaker family? I know some of you have been with us for many years already! Are you curious to hear about a certain era or detail from back then? Feel free to ask in the comments! I might share some more perspectives on different things from the past later 🙂 Matt has interviewed more people besides me to capture those personal impressions. Curious? You can see the full list of available episodes here and here!
  9. Hi @GoguyT3d, thank you for your message. It makes sense when the profiles are not synced that it will tell you to change the configuration, because it is trying to print with a profile/material it doesn't know is loaded. I'm not sure why 2 out of 4 profiles are not showing. Did you create them all at the same time, or the 2 that are not showing up later? Have you tried a factory reset or disconnecting and reconnecting from the Digital Factory? Adding custom material profiles is at this point still a little bit cumbersome, but we're working on a better solution for that. In the meantime, what works for me most of the times is creating a duplicate profile from an existing similar material and change the perimeters and naming that need changing and allow Cura to sync. I've been successful with just that but also with exporting the profile as an .fdm_material file and then import this profile again under manage printers > materials > import, sync your account in Cura at the top right corner. Sometimes it takes a bit before it syncs and I probably should just be more patient but I then try to trigger it by restarting Cura and my Ultimaker, reconnect to DF or downloading a different profile via the marketplace; I've noticed that they sometimes trigger a sync when I feel like my custom profile doesn't. Hope this helps!
  10. Hi @bsumners, thank you for your message. Do you still get that error message? I seem to be able to access it now freely. I think the page was taken down for a few moments for some editing work by the product experts, it says 'Last updated on Today at 08:41'. But it seems like it is back online now, do you share this experience? Thanks!
  11. Hi @pawcie, thank you for your message and welcome to the community! Am I seeing it correctly that a layer shift occurs on both X and Y (based on the image; it shifts to the right and to the back?) Does it always occur around the same height or can it happen at any height? Have you ever checked if all your pulleys are still secured tightly? I don't expect this to be the case, since they usually trigger a more subtle layer misalignement, but good to check regardless. Did you ever get an ER32 or ER33 on your printer?
  12. Hi @Gonge, thank you for your message and welcome to the community! We're sorry to hear you are having some difficulties with your fan. Have you already seen and read the support page we have created for this error message? In it you will find a document that will help you find the batch number of your fan, and if you would create a support ticket we will be able to help you and possibly provide you with a new fan if necessary. Hope this helps! Have a great day,
  13. Hi @JBTechnology83, thank you for your message and welcome to the community! Upon your response I noticed the printing guidelines link didn't work anymore so I updated it, apologies. When you click the new link you will find a pdf that will tell you: 'Best adhesion with Arnitel® ID is established using an PEI sheet. Alternatively, double adhesive tape or film can be used as well. Larger footprint by adding a brim of at least 5 mm to the print helps adhesion and prevention of warpage.' We have a film that can be used; called adhesion sheets. You can find a support article about it here (although it is for UM3, instructions for an UMS5 would be similar). You should be able to find adhesion sheets with our resellers, hope this helps!
  14. Hi @Jacky47, thank you for your post and welcome to the community! @Aldo asked some good questions; if you can specify a little bit more what you would expect from the printer that could help us give you a better informed answer. Do you already have an idea about what type of materials you would be needing? Have a great day!
  15. Hi @JTMD, thank you for your time and effort to identify the issue. Obviously we all want our products to always work without a trace of fault, unfortunately this is not always the case despite our engineering and development efforts. Luckily we have a good support system waiting to help you in that case and this helpful user forum too. The route towards a fix/solution is always the fastest when we can work together with the user to identify and isolate the issue. And we thank you for your participation in this. I just got an update from my colleagues and you should have a response on your submitted ticket, and we think a solution should be just around the corner. Thanks again, have a great day.
  16. Hi @Muggebadscher, thank you for your post. If I understand it correctly, after cleaning the contacts everything works fine again? About the graph and your findings; what firmware are you on? Perhaps you have seen it; we've released a new firmware for the Ultimaker 3 yesterday, which I would recommend you to install. A few years ago some of these spikes in graphs were more common but it was addressed in an older firmware version. So updating might help. Secondly, the spike upwards to 700ºC is not an actual representation of the temperature, it could never reach it so quickly and your print core would not survive. It is most likely due to a communication error in the API, very briefly. It looks like the heater also responds to it, you can see a very brief dip. Because you are not getting a temp error the communication error must be so brief that you probably wouldn't need to worry about it. Hope this helps!
  17. Hi @glx, I just wanted to share that by now PETG is available! You can find more information via this link and a beautiful promo video on youtube 🙂 Regarding the new print core; you can read more about it here. The 0.4 CC print core will exist next to the 0.6 CC print core that was already out there, and will cost €299 / $299 (excluding VAT). We also created a video covering the 2 print cores, you can find it here. Hope this helps, have a great day!
  18. That is also a good tip if you can't permit yourself any downtime, but I would recommend to get some new clamps from your reseller regardless! Good luck!
  19. Great story and application of 3D printing. By replacing the plug, the top was moving again?
  20. Hi @ssubhag, thank you for your message. On the flashdrive are 2 print files, I will attach them to this message. Enjoy your new printer! S5_Printer-test.ufpS5_Phone-headphone-stand.ufp
  21. Good point/question. I've added it to the post. Thanks!
  22. Hi @tstone52, I think you might have found something! Thanks for that. I will share it with the creators of that page for review and when they agree we'll incorporate your suggestion. Thanks again!
  23. @EJP, as @gr5 said this is a user forum, which is great because you often get a fast response and we have a lot of knowledge in our community so in many cases we're very capable of helping each other. But it is not an official support system. If you wish to get support from Ultimaker you are probably best off creating a support ticket via this link or create a new issue on our Cura Github page. That is how you can get in touch with our support engineers or dev team. Good luck!
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