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I want to clarify one more thing that was mentioned in two previous comments: Poly doesn't deliver model files. There's no slicing involved. When you hit print, Poly sends the print directly to your printer. If you guys are curious, go print The Monolith or any of the combs. Those are all free. I use both on a daily basis.

I'm not offended at all. What is your time worth? Designing a piece to print with high reliability and high quality is a non-trivial task. It takes lots of time and testing to perfect a toolpath. Could you go download a model from your favorite model-sharing site, slice it yourself and print it out? Of course you can. However, you have no guarantee of the quality of that item. There is so much bad geometry out there that you never know what you're going to get. With Poly, that's what you're paying for: a high quality finished good that you know will work. It's also relevant that Dawn was designed by former members of Apple's MFi team. That's the team that designs and certifies accessories for Apple devices. You can't download that from your favorite model-sharing site. (For the record, Dawn would be MFi certified, but Apple doesn't support certification of 3D printed products. We're breaking new ground here.) Finally, there is no slicer that supports G2/G3 arcs. Dawn prints with G2/G3 arcs. We wrote software to generate a toolpath that prints smooth curves instead of faceted ones. Guys, I have the utmost respect for you. You're skeptical. I would be, too, if I were in your position. So many people have tried to jump on 3D printing as a bandwagon, and have put out tons of misinformation and bad product. Like that guy that scraped the files from that model-sharing site and posted them on eBay. He didn't add any value. He was just trying to profit from the work of others. We don't do things like that. At Blit It, we create products that are demonstrably better. We certainly wouldn't expect you to pay for something if it didn't add value.

The security message referenced in the installation instructions is simply asking you to confirm that that the software may make changes to your computer, as do all installers. As for what Poly does, Poly is the iTunes of 3D printing. It is a catalog of 3D printable goods that have been engineered to print on your particular machine with high quality and high reliability. These aren't just marketing buzzwords. Those are our real engineering objectives. None of us at Blit It are marketing folks. We all have engineering backgrounds, and are simply working to make 3D printing better for everyone. When you "hit print" in Poly, it downloads the item from the server, then transmits it to your Ultimaker over USB. Regarding G-code Analyzer, that's a work in progress that we hope to release at some point. It's one of many engineering tools we've had to build to do our own design and testing of 3D printable goods. In fact, its existence is a testament to the work that is going in to making the items in Poly as good as they possibly can be. If you're interested in pre-release access, I'd be happy to allow a select few. Just send me a message.

Yeah. I've tested it. I'm the founder. Being skeptical of one-click printing is understandable. There's way too much hype and BS about 3D printing in general. That said, Poly really does provide one-click printing. But don't just take my word for it. Go check it out. And yes, we are huge fans of Ultimaker.