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    Arc Welder Anti Stutter plugin

    in UltiMaker Cura

    Posted

    So far I have only searched the G-code for G2 and G3 when testing. Today I wanted to test the plugin for the first time with a real print: unfortunately unsuccessful ...

    Even before the print starts, my UM2+ asks me whether I really want to allow the G-code to ignore the printer's settings.

    Well, let's try, I thought. And the printer starts right away: in the corner of the home position, it prints straight away without first heating up the bed or at least the nozzle and it keeps moving to the limit switch ...
    ArcWelder is apparently not usable for me ... What a shame ...

    What am I doing wrong???

    Arc Welder Anti Stutter plugin

    in UltiMaker Cura

    Posted

    7 hours ago, production said:

    Open Terminal, type: 

    
chmod 777 /Users/[USERNAME]/Library/Application\ Support/cura/4.7/plugins/ArcWelderPlugin/ArcWelderPlugin/bin/osx/ArcWelder

    Press Enter

    Thanks, but I'm hesitating to type something like "osx" in my Ubuntu terminal...

    Introducing: Ultimaker 2+ Connect

    in UltiMaker 3D printers

    Posted

    16 minutes ago, Smithy said:

    ...because I am lazy per definition 🙂

    Me too - another reason for an UM2+ solution (one system) and against Octoprint (two systems)...

    But hey, I've allready found a very promising variant for using Octoprint (Raspberry Pi with appropriate HAT) without a PCB in the printer...

    Introducing: Ultimaker 2+ Connect

    in UltiMaker 3D printers

    Posted

    Don't get me wrong, I'm totally sure that Octoprint is a brilliant Thing and I do not expect any issues while using it. But a combination of an UM printer and Octoprint has way more possibilities for problems than a solution like the UM2+ where it's all from one supplier. And that's why the Octoprint solution is not a safe process.

    But you're right, since I'm not expecting any upgrade ever for the UM2+ (SandervG, you killed my hope! 😉 ) I will go with Octoprint. But perhaps with an DIY PCB... That's also not a safe process, but I can make it "a bit safer" than with the original PCB... But this is only an idea for the future...

    Introducing: Ultimaker 2+ Connect

    in UltiMaker 3D printers

    Posted

    4 minutes ago, Smithy said:

    The name certainly makes a big difference.
    I can't remember a single post where somebody grumbled with a UM3 when the S3 was launched that he wouldn't get an upgrade kit.

     

    But I generally do not understand the excitement. I think if someone wants to connect his printer to the network, he has done so for a long time with Octoprint or other solutions. So the added value with an upgrade kit would be very small and then the next ones would come and say that a Raspberry with Octoprint only costs a fraction of the upgrade kit.

    Do you know anything about process optimization? A solution with an UM printer and Octoprint is far away from a so called "safe process". It's safety - it's comfort - it's life quality! Oh, I wish I was unknowing and could be satisfied with Octoprint... (not that Octoprint isn't a brilliant product...)

    Introducing: Ultimaker 2+ Connect

    in UltiMaker 3D printers

    Posted

    Just now, SandervG said:

     

    Without any intentions of keeping you on a leash, I am specifically talking about this upgrade. I can not look into the future so I do not know what will, or will not be released for our Ultimaker 2+ user base. 

    It is simple to look into the future: an upgrade for the UM2+ would never be more lucrative than now. The development of new technologies will go on and the compatibility to older products will disappear more and more...

    So, if not yet - then never (ok, perhaps for a retro version in 25 years, but I will not wait for such a long time).

     

    Hope dies last - but you killed it ... 😉 And I am grateful to you for killing it! The disappointment is still there, but you have calmed the anger...

    Introducing: Ultimaker 2+ Connect

    in UltiMaker 3D printers

    Posted

    1 minute ago, SandervG said:

     

    That is what I said, in a few more words. Let's not forget, Ultimaker is a company and we need to be lucrative otherwise we cease to exist. We try to do this while staying as close with our customers as possible, but that doesn't mean we can do everything. I think this forum and the community as a whole proves among other things, that we like to stay close to our customers and that we listen to them. Even our developers are directly engaged with our customers.

    So as I said and you concluded, somewhat alternative products exist and it would take a lot of resources to develop and maintain an upgrade kit. Which makes it not lucrative indeed. And the resources spend on it would be lost on other innovations. Maybe it is me, but to me that sounds like valid reasoning. 

    Thank you so much! This is what we (UM2+ owner) needed to know! There will not be an upgrade for our printer an we can invest the reserved money for other products.

    Introducing: Ultimaker 2+ Connect

    in UltiMaker 3D printers

    Posted

    I can't and won't accept that because it's not the whole truth.
    But it is Ultimaker's decision and accordingly I no longer choose Ultimaker (and I will no longer recommend these products because I can no longer do it with a clear conscience).
    If the UM2+ should have been upgraded, the UM2+C would only have had to be developed accordingly. Obviously it wasn't lucrative enough ...
    Long live the UM2+, the last true Ultimaker printer!

    Introducing: Ultimaker 2+ Connect

    in UltiMaker 3D printers

    Posted

    On 11/25/2020 at 10:03 PM, CarloK said:

    I'm not familiar with solutions like Octoprint, but those create a form of network conectivity. What are you missing from those solutions that you would expect from an Ultimaker solution to include?

    No extra Raspberry Pi! No extra PSU! No extra firmware and keep it up to date! No extra "company" to ask questions if having problems! No extra I don't know what, but I'm sure there is more...

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    Introducing: Ultimaker 2+ Connect

    in UltiMaker 3D printers

    Posted

    2 hours ago, Smithy said:

    And I think you won't be able to upgrade endlessly with other manufacturers either. At some point, the point has come where it just doesn't make sense anymore.

    Of course, but they (most of them) cost a lot less money...

    If I have to pay 2500.- for a new printer or 1000.-, that makes a big difference. But if I have to pay 750.- for an upgrade, I would choose the more expensive printer if it is upgradeable. And this is exactly what I thought I was getting when I decided to  choose an Ultimaker 2+...

    Do not get me wrong, I really love my UM2+ and in my opinion it is still one of the best printers on the market. But I'm feeling like UMO and UM2 users have been forgotten (or even ignored)... And that is why I'm so disappointed of Ultimaker. And it seems I'm not the only one...

    Introducing: Ultimaker 2+ Connect

    in UltiMaker 3D printers

    Posted

    On 11/13/2020 at 1:15 PM, SandervG said:

    And there is also a different Z stage. All things considered, where it made sense to enable an upgrade from UM2 to an UM2+, upgrading to an UM2+C doesn't make sense. It would have been really cool though, but unfortunately not possible. As mentioned, even the frame would need to be modified. 

    So, you definitively kicked the philosophy that made Ultimaker great! The philosophy of having the option to upgrade the printer which I know well...

    Hey Joe, I'm in your team now...

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