Dana

ah looks like its all good now, thanks for that

hmm Something went wrong when creating your hobbyist license

I will look at that thanks, I did explore all the options but thought you could not save as STL for the free version??

I tried to use Freecad, I watched some tutorials on youtube but I really struggled with it, its quite different workflow to Fusion

thanks for your reply, Tinkercad seems a bit basic or at least it was when I used it years ago, felt like a kids tool

oh boy FreeCAD seems like a much steeper learning curve, going through the tutorials but keep having to go back, even joining objects seems more difficult

@Enigma_M4 thanks for your reply I will look into FreeCAD Its a shame really I was just getting proficient in Fusion360, I would have paid the £380+ if it was a one time payment but not every year

Hello All, I have been using Fusio360 for years, last year I paid for a years subscription and only used it a few times, they renewal is up and they want £380+ for another year (£500 for a new subscription) I am just not going to pay that for what little I use it what alternatives do people use? a bit of googling found DesignSpark Mechanical, Solid Edge Community Edition and FreeCAD I am really not looking forward to a new learning curve, fusion was hard enough to transition from the other Autodesk software I used (cant remember what it was or why I had to move to Fusion) Thanks Dan

great thanks, any I presume a new nozzel/head are required for carbon fibre?

can the feeder be used on a UM2+?

Hello, is there an adjustment for the long belts on the 2+ or do I need to replace them? the front one is slack. I have been pout of the loop for a year so do not know if there are upgrades or accessories for tightening out there now?

why is it really really slow to slice? like REALLY slow

this may be an optical illusion or it may be that the infill % is not working correctly, look that the difference between 25 and 26 % 20 25 26 30 can anyone confirm??

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Hello I just fount a really bad bug on my Ultimaker 2+ this has actually happened twice, the first time I thought I had moved the spinwheel or done something wrong but not this time.... I am printing with PETG so on warm up I wanted to give a few extra seconds for the filament to heat up and flow better so after selecting the print the build plate heats up then the nozzle heats up and just as it almost reached temperature and the hotend started moving I hit pause, this caused the steppers to go into a fit, it all happened so fast I cant really say what happened but everthing was in the wrong place and after some panic and trying to abort the hotend moved into position and the build plate raised past its normal position and hit the nozzle HARD, many horrible sounds later I managed to abort the print. the nozzle had damaged the brand new used twice magnetic build plate which is ruined and god knows what other damage has occurred, it would have smashed the glass I think has the new ziflex not been on there yes the build plate was adjusted properly so please can I have a response from the Ultimaker team on this?? have I cause more damage?? please dont tune or pause until the print is underway!! can ultimaker release a fix for this? thanks Dan

is there that option? every time I update its a new installation and the old version remains until I uninstall it

and can you explain how the settings either material, print profiles or advanced settings end up on the printer? is it in the Gcode regardless of which Gcode flavor?? thanks

what is a "quality profiles" I dont see quality profiles anywhere in Cura do you mean default and custom print setting profiles?

why do I always lose my print profiles and materials when updating (replacing with new version)? why does Cura not update like a normal program??

Dear mechamecha can you please start your own thread with your own specific questions? you have hijacked this and its moving off topic thanks

thats a nice solution but this has only happened to me once ie the last print, the firmware has not been updated on the printer, the only possible difference is new Cura and normally I use Merlin settings but didnt this time, this time I used a configured profile, is there anywhere I can download profiles?

Hi All, I have just tried make a fast print profile and found that for the first time at the start of a print it extrudes in the front left corner as usual but then the build plate raises crashing the nozzle into the extruded filament before moving to the start of the print taking the coil of extrusion with it. This has never happened before and unfortunately just before I thought of asking on the forum I deleted the profile, I still have a GCode for that print if it helps isolate the issue, the profile had quite a lot of changes to the settings!! also I only have the three profiles (Extra fine, fine and normal) is there anywhere I can download more? a google found nothing out there thanks Dan

this is excellent, thanks for letting me know, its really changed my printing although I have to do some serious tweaks to my print profiles. also I cannot seem to save a customer profile from current settings, it goes through the motions just doesn't save it...

I will try and make it in PETG, I think that will be better and look better

Hi Geert, I think of static but I would expect it to discharge and damage the board permanently, I also tried to flee the board outside of the box but nothing really happened, I will get a meeter and see whats actually happening, this could change my design somewhat or at least my material (if I can figure out these material profile thingies) Dan