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The topic is open, if you already have some questions feel free to post them here! I have collected some over the last few days (a couple came in via Twitter) and I will also share them here at 4:30pm. First question from @Didierklein, 'I have a question, i recently discussed with someone who is using PP at his work, he told me it's possible to weld PP parts together (like you do for metal). He was very interested in the new PP filament from UM, and asked me if it would be possible to do it with printed parts. Also is it possible in the future to have different colors for PP ?'

ha..ha There are a lot of people walking around at Ultimaker with a variety of expertise and knowledge. There is a small chance you would ever find yourself in a opportunity to talk to them, that is what I want to create now. Every AMA has a theme, no? First person who I thought was interesting to talk to was Tom, our materials engineer. Next could maybe be someone from our software team, or hardware, or I understood Q&A was also considered interesting. If you have an idea who you would like to ask questions next, let me know and I'll see what I can arrange. We are open to suggestions. Feel free to ask anything, we will answer whatever we can

Quick reminder, tomorrow is our first Ask Me Anything! Is there anything you want to know (about our materials?), tomorrow is our Material Engineer Tom Heijmans available for all your questions

Every week I’m happy to see how many new visitors register to our forums. I’m always keeping an eye out for their posts to make sure they don’t go unanswered and consider it an opportunity to get to know each other a little bit. Still, there are a lot of new members who go by without getting to know Team Ultimaker, or all the gems in this wonderful community. I want to introduce our new friends in this category, welcoming them to our forums and hopefully it will be a first step in getting to know each other better. Ensuring we can all enjoy our time here. With that said, welcome to the Ultimaker community! Each of you have access now to the countless of experts here and online resources available. Use it wisely A great way to get started is to introduce yourself. We would like to hear from you! Please tell us something about yourself, like; - What 3D printer do you have - What do you (plan to) use it for - What would you like to learn? Since a better world starts with yourself, I’ll go ahead: I’m Sander van Geelen, the community manager at Ultimaker. I have an Ultimaker Original+ and an Ultimaker 2+. I use them mostly for printing objects around the house that broke and I’m in the process of converting illustrations I like to make into 3D models. Finally, what I would like to learn is what you fine folks are up to Without further ado, @pbackx, @ViperJet, @LynG3, @YvesRossignol, @OOZYM, @ppowers, @agentpickle, @Raybo, @energyguyoly, @Orange_42, @SirKri5, @Margarida, @brolman, @nicoddl1, @stuart13, @Kurtenbach, @bioscope, @Sakata3d, @Ermanno … the floor is yours! I’ll also introduce our moderator team (your best friends): @IRobertI, @Didierklein, @Flowalistik, @Gr5, @Neotko, @Nicolinux Oh, finally, some links you might find useful: Online resources Useful links to get started Welcome!

In het geval van de cylinder vorm, kun je spiralize gebruiken? In Cura 2.6.2 kun je deze vinden onder special modes (je kan er ook even naar zoeken via de zoek functie)

Good point, I'll include it in the post

'Hi, I'm Tom (@TomHe). I'm a Material Engineer at Ultimaker, I started in 2015 as an intern to finish my Chemical Engineering Master from Eindhoven University of Technology.' ... Tom has worked for Ultimaker for 3 years already and has played a role in many of the Ultimaker products we all use regularly. Tom started in 2015 working on PVA. His graduation project evolved around producing and 3D printing carbon nanotubes, and graphene filled materials (for electrical conductivity). Other responsibilities Tom joyfully carried; the first print profiles for the Ultimaker 3 and everything PVA related. Putting together 3D print profiles also include determining the best nozzle geometry, Cura features and supplying values for all settings used in Cura.' Tom will start replying at 4.30pm CEST.

Next week we will host our very first ‘Ask Me Anything’. Mark July 26th in your agenda, at 4:30pm (CEST) you have a one hour time window to ask us anything! It will be hosted here on our forums. Just in case you are not familiar with the concept, during an ‘AMA/Ask Me Anything’ someone steps forward for a certain amount of time ready to answer any question you might fire. Usually, this person has a specific level of expertise or story which is interesting to know more about. Our first person to step forward is Tom Heijmans, one of our expert Material Engineers. Tom has worked for Ultimaker for 3 years already and has played a role in many of the Ultimaker products we all use regularly. Tom started in 2015 working on PVA. His graduation project evolved around producing and 3D printing carbon nanotubes, and graphene filled materials (for electrical conductivity). Other responsibilities Tom joyfully carried; the first print profiles for the Ultimaker 3 and everything PVA related. Putting together 3D print profiles also include determining the best nozzle geometry, Cura features and supplying values for all settings used in Cura. Given Tom’s expertise it would make sense to ask anything about printing profiles, material settings/features in Cura or our materials. Why is ABS (still) popular? Ever wondered what our material team is up to or how to start putting together a printing profile from scratch?? Always wanted a glance within Ultimaker? Ask Tom what it is like to work here. Tom will do his best to answer everything! I do feel obliged to mention, despite the fact it is called an ‘Ask Me Anything’, we are bound by Ultimaker policy to keep a tight lip regarding future products. Hope you understand! Next week, July 26th. 4:30PM (CEST). Bookmark this link! Tip; open the link and click 'follow'. You'll receive notifications when there are new posts. Feel free to leave any comments who you would like to see next time, or what topic it should be!

I am!

Well, at least you won't be able to say it didn't get the dirt off

Where is this person asking? Perhaps easier to send him to the forums if he is not on there already?

And Shadows of Brimstone, just looked it up, looks cool!

ABS and PVA is also not a supported combination, there is very little bonding between the 2 materials, so when you print ABS on top of a roof of PVA, there is a high chance it will continue to be dragged along with the nozzle.

Good to know. But, WOW!~ What a cool tip for making it work well. Kudos and thanks for the illustration! It really helps me as I am a complete visual thinker. Indeed, great tip! Thanks! Did you discover it by trial and error or is this a well known approach which is apparently missed completely by @kmanstudios and me!

Who said you could only learn about 3D printing here ;)Something new to learn every day! Sounds like a little set back then. We also have insurances where you have to start paying more when you have reported some damage, after you pay your fee every X, and first also have to pay like the deductable excess yourself (if that is the correct translation). I just try not to think about it too much cause it makes you wonder why you have insurance in the first place. (I guess, if you ever have any big expenses, you're probably happy you have it though) Good to hear your Ultimaker 3 survived! Now you can still make a new chair

Could you rephrase this question: Can you tell me if I can test the engine that I used to use as a feeder in substitution for one of the two that are now moving along x and y? I have a hard time understanding it, sorry. Are you talking about the top being slightly flatter, or the small seemingly layer misalignment?

Nice! It looks great! And whatsup with all those little figurines on the top shelve? Did you print those? I've seen a few people running into problems with an enclosure where the temperature would run too high, and the filament would get soft in the print head and at some point stop extruding. Perhaps something to keep in mind.

That is life for you right there..

I believe X and Y only

Oh boy, a flooded apartment. Hopefully it didn't ruin any furniture that you were planning on moving in a month from now? Can you sort everything out with insurance? Within a different context, an indoor pool with that heat sounds like a plus @Ian, sounds good! Has it been a difficult change from architecture or not that much? And possibly yes! Can you be a little bit more specific about what it is you do exactly? A colleague could reach out to you.

You can also set them to email immediately if you prefer!

Sounds like a pretty good deal

Hi @Ian, thanks for sharing your presentation! I think I also saw some tweets about it. How have you been doing? Was it a good event? Hope everyone has had a good weekend! Any good stories? Holiday photos are welcome, but please be considerate about us poor souls who are still left in our office spaces.. don't make us cry

@didierklein and @gr5 have experience with that modification

Hi @Ahoeben, thanks for your reply! You are not wrong Depending on the scenario, requiring to distribute the source code of the changes/additions to the library can be good or bad. For us, this meant some parties did not feel comfortable contributing to Cura (lets take your google reference as an example). We strive to take away this barrier and allow those parties to use but also contribute to our Cura platforms with less enforcement in telling them what to do, and more features will be added to the Cura platform. Paraphrasing from the link Neotko shared: 'LGPL is for library routines. If someone modifies your LGPL library code, the LGPL behaves pretty much like the GPL, but if someone writes software that merely uses your library, the LGPL doesn't impose source release on the program that calls upon your code. This can broaden the potential uses of a library. AGPL is like the GPL (if you distribute your program to others, it requires you to license your derivative work under the GPL too), but the GPL is only triggered if you distribute your derivative work. AGPL broadens this to trigger to activate if you let people use your derivative work over a network.'