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Do you have a photo of what it looks like now? Did the filament run out, or did the extruder motor grind part of your filament away? There is, on the Ultimaker S5. If you are interested, you may want to check out this thread: These resource pages contain some photo's and instructions. But do mind, the goal of those instructions is to replace the entire bowden tube, you only need to detach the backside. I wouldn't worry if I were you, I don' t think I've heard of anyone applying permanent damage to their Ultimaker by removing the bowden tube from the feeder. (No, it is not a challenge! ?)

Hi @AE Superlab, are you looking to pull out filament that has moved beyond the extruder motor because you ran out of filament directly from the spool? Which Ultimaker do you have? Basically, you should remove the horseshoe clip, push down the tube coupler and while this coupler is pushed down you should be able to pull out the bowden tube from the feeder housing. Good luck!

@starbuck and @C4C, I'm curious to hear how the Ultimaker S5 works for you! ? Care to share some of your feedback in a new thread?

The changelog for the firmware is usually uploaded in the blog section. But it just happened to be a little bit delayed this time. For your information, we're working on a better solution where all information can be found on the same page so that should become much easier to find then. But for the time being, allow me to share the release notes with you: Firmware: 5.0.19.20180622 Translations. Updated all touchscreen translations, including German, Spanish, French, Italian, Japanese, Russian, Simplified Chinese, and Portuguese. Network setup freeze. Fixed a printer freeze in the network setup due to the network status being requested too often. XY calibration. XY calibration can now only start when both print cores have material loaded. When only one print core is used, there is no XY calibration warning. Active leveling fix. Fixed active leveling not always heating the second nozzle, and fixed a printer freeze in active Leveling when a single probe failed. Flow sensor. Improved out of filament detection to reduce false positives. Log files. Prevented the log files using all available disk space. Extended extrusion. Fixed an overly-long extrusion move after resuming a print. Clear build plate reboot. Fixed an issue where the printer would not accept new print jobs when the printer was rebooted with the 'clear buildplate' message. UI improvements. Several small UI improvements. Hope this helps!

Not something I made myself, but rather a video made by Jorge Valle who uses 3D printing as an industrial designer. I was just very impressed with the video included and you know what they say; sharing is caring! ? Blog: https://ultimaker.com/en/blog/52653-in-the-spotlight-jorge-valle-3d-artist-and-product-designer Video:

@thopiekar, perhaps I should tag you in this ?

You could speed things up, but since the print head is bigger and heavier, this will show in the surface quality of your print. So in general, an Ultimaker 2(+) is a bit faster than an Ultimaker 3. Both in acceleration/jerk and regular plain printing speed.

That looks really amazing @kmanstudios !! Excellent print and at least equally impressing paint job!

What printer do you have? I would just recommend not to print via a USB cable, and use either wifi, USB stick or SD card.

Dag @custom3d, Ten eerste ziet je model er wel heel erg klein uit. Hij lijkt een halve mm hoog te zijn en maar 12mm breed. Je zal deze eerst groter moeten schalen zou je uberhaupt iets willen printen. Wat betreft het samenvoegen van een dual color bestand, toevallig is het daar eerder deze week over gegaan. Ik zou voor willen stellen eens een kijkje te nemen in deze thread:

Build plate adhesion may depend on how the Ultimaker is calibrated and the use or lack of additional adhesives. What material do you use? You could try to put the build plate with print in a freezer for a little bit, usually it pops right off. Re support; the settings you should look for is called support interface. This can be configured for X/Y and Z. You may have to enable all settings in custom to see it.

Hi @Fauxmaha , thank you for your question. The Ultimaker 3 and Ultimaker S5 share more or less similar speed and quality. We quantify speed in build speed, which is an equation of print speed * layer height * nozzle diameter. With good quality, both can do around 24mm3/s. Depending what quality you are looking for, that may be a little bit subjective. It may also depend on the level of details in your model. When they're very intricate, a 0.25mm nozzle would probably give you the best details, but if you want to print something large this will take multiple days probably. Another thing to consider, the Ultimaker S5 currently has a lead time of a couple of weeks. Do you have this time to spare for your project? If not, that may make the choice even easier ?

Here are all our materials available that we support: https://ultimaker.com/en/products/materials But we also have an open filament system, which means you can also use different materials except they won't have one of the pre-configured profiles available. (perhaps you could use one as a starting point). I did a quick google search and it looks like PCL should also be able to be used on an Ultimaker 3D printer. 'Polycaprolactone (PCL) is a high quality biodegradable plastic derived from petrochemical feedstock which is compostable under home composting conditions. PCL is a polyester that is semi-crystalline leading to a clean white final appearance, the product can be coloured easily. The density of PCL is around 1.2kg/cm3 and it has exceptional mechanical properties. PCL melts around 60°C which makes it a safe thermoplastic to print. And with a glass transition temperature of -60°C the product is extremely flexible and tough. The unique properties of PCL Filament make it particularly suitable for usage in FDM and FFF 3D printers. The material has an excellent adhesion between layers which results in great improvement of the impact resistance, strength, durability and the printing process. Due to the low melting point of PCL it can be re-shaped after 3D printing with water of 55 °C.'

I don't have an Anycubic so I don't really know, but could you elaborate a little bit on what you want to happen? I'm not really sure what I should picture when you say 'extruder collapse on the table'.

Thanks @pardis3d for your entries, and @ultiarjan has some good tips re design for 3D printing. Feel free to use it to your advantage ?

@nallath , do you know by chance?

Hi, in case you did not notice yet: Ultimaker Cura 3.4 | Stable is available for download :)

Hallo Kevin, Kun je een screenshot delen van hoe je model er uit ziet in Tinkercad op het moment dat je de modellen exporteert? Ik heb het net nog eens gedaan, en als ik eerst de dobbelsteen selecteer terwijl ze in elkaar steken zoals ik ze uiteindelijk wil printen in Tinkercad dan exporteer > stl kies, daarna alleen de 1, dan exporteer kies > stl, deze beide stl's dan in Cura laad en 'merge' selecteer krijg ik dit in Cura (overigens met 'drop models to buildplate' enabled).

Fair enough! I figured you, and the rest, may appreciate being credited for all your contributions more than a shout out at the bottom. Which would be easier for me. But if all is fine I can also go for that option and save us all some confusion (mostly me probably ;))

ohh thanks for the feedback! I changed that last minute cause I thought I heard you worked on all 3 of those settings. You did work on the Max combing distance with no retract right? Then I'll add your name back to that one.

Ah ok, geen probleem. Dan gelden dezelfde instructies als voor Kees, maar nog steeds; als je deze aan wifi kan koppelen is dat het makkelijkst ?

Ultimaker Cura 3.4 is available! We’re happy to share that Ultimaker Cura 3.4 is now available to use. What do we have in stock for you this time? We have included new plug-ins, UX-enhancements and some improvements to the slicing engine. You can find more information about Ultimaker Cura 3.4 in our blog. I am happy to share some of my favorite improvements with you below. What are yours? Plugin updates! Cura Backups — Yes, this is great! When you have installed this plugin you’ll be able store settings, material and plugin backups in the cloud. You can do this using your Ultimaker community account if you prefer to keep 1 profile or create a separate new account. You’ll be able to access your configurations from every computer and location around the globe (..with internet) More integrations — You’re now able to use the following files directly in Ultimaker Cura: (thanks to @thopiekar!) Autodesk Inventor Blender OpenSCAD FreeCAD Slicing engine upgrades Infill support — When you enable infill support the Cura engine will only build support structures where it is necessary to support walls or top layers, like internal supports. This may result in faster print times without caving walls. (thank you @bagel-orb) Controlled retractions. New options to control retraction like: Max combing distance with no retract. When set to a non-zero value, combing travel moves that are longer than that distance will use retraction, to maintain optimal nozzle pressure for better print quality. (Thank you @smartavionics !) Maximum combing resolution. Combing travel moves are kept at least 1.5 mm long to prevent buffer underruns, for better print quality. Avoid supports when traveling. Added setting to avoid supports when performing travel moves. This minimizes the risk of the print head hitting support material, improving print (Thank you @bagel-orb!) Support wall line count —Added setting to configure how many walls to print around supports. UX-enhancements Settings filter timeout. For a better performance, the settings filter is now triggered on enter, or after a 500ms timeout. So you should expect Cura to run smoother while using it. Anonymous data sharing. We have changed the ‘Send anonymous data’ button so you can see more information first, and then decide to enable or disable. We’ve also added logging for the new events. This data can be used to benchmark performance on different machines. Third-party printers and stability fixes We’ve included a lot of Ultimaker Cura 3.4 bug fixes and enhancements to improve your user experience: Empty file name — If an empty filename job was sent to Cura Connect, Ultimaker Cura would report it as sent, but it would not appear in the Cura Connect queue. Empty job names are now detected and set to "unnamed" to prevent this from happening. Curaproject naming — Fixed bug related to two "curaprojects" in the file name when saving a project. We've recorded a video explaining some of the video's more in-depth: There is even more included in Ultimaker Cura 3.4. We owe a lot of gratitude towards: @thopiekar , @ahoeben, @smartavionics, @bagel-orb, jwalt, ohrn, ngraziano for their contributions. Without them, Ultimaker Cura wouldn’t be the same today. Thank you! Can't wait to get started? Download Ultimaker Cura 3.4 here!

Ha Kevin, Vervelend om te horen. Ik zie net op je profiel dat je een Ultimaker S5 hebt, om een of andere reden dacht ik een Ultimaker 3. Het is erg belangrijk dat als je de firmware update, je de firmware van de S5 selecteert en niet die van de Ultimaker 3. Dit is misschien vanzelf sprekend, maar dit zeg ik specifiek aangezien je reageert in een Ultimaker 3 - thread. Kun je je Ultimaker S5 niet aan wifi verbinden? Dat is het makkelijkst. Voor de S5 gelden er specifieke instructies. Voor de S5 gelden deze instructies.

Ha Kevin, Het lijkt erop alsof je model wel op de goede hoogte zit. Heb je het model gemerged in Cura? Op je 1e foto lijkt het alsof je '1' in de goede orientatie zit, alleen te laag, maar in je 2e foto lijkt het alsof je '1' op de goede hoogte zit maar een kwartslag gedraaid.

Ha Kevin, Zou je eens kunnen proberen om deze setting uit te zetten? Als je naar preferences gaat, kun je hem vinden.