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    How to calculate printing costs

    in Improve your 3D prints

    Posted · Edited by starbuck
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    I did a lot of research in this area a while ago, and while I cannot remember the source, I have this Excel sheet that helped me figure out costs fairly quickly. I remember doing a lot of "how much does 3D printing cost" googling. Let me see if I can find it in the meantime. 

     

    https://drive.google.com/file/d/0ByL3XwVOlVxRSkY1ZFBGVlJyZDg/view?usp=sharing 

     

    Here's a few resources I found: 

    http://3dprinthq.com/cost/desktop.php (I think this is the source for the Excel sheet)

    http://3dpartprice.com/ (this one looks neat and open source!)

    https://3daddict.com/tool/3D_Print_Cost_Calculator.html 

    Problem with REST API - UM3

    in UltiMaker 3D printers

    Posted

    On 6/12/2018 at 2:31 PM, inba said:

    I'm only accessing the printer through the WebGUI, why is the status "maintenance"? Could this be the problem?

    That's a good question. I only see it go to "Maintenance" when we're changing filament or leveling the bed or things like that. Usually it says "Idle" or "Printing"

    White, white or white?

    in Industries

    Posted

    The greater majority of the prints I do are for Architecture students. Around 70% of the prints are in White PLA. In the Fall 2017 semester that was about 35kg of white filament. Spring 2018 semester was around 50kg of White PLA, which is still approx. 70% of all prints.

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    Problem with REST API - UM3

    in UltiMaker 3D printers

    Posted

    @inba If you want to change the color, it's fairly easy to do with gcode. If you've enabled developer mode, you can ssh into the printer using 

    ultimaker@192.168.1.x

     and then 

    sendgcode M142 r[0-255] g[0-255] b[0-255] w[0-255]

     

    Last I tried, the REST API for changing colors didn't work for me either. Did you authenticate using   

    /auth/verify

     ?

     

    Also, to change the name, it wants a string. so put "MyUltimaker3" in quotes and it should work just fine (after you authenticate your id+key of course).

    Ultimaker question | help us help you!

    in Materials & profiles

    Posted

    A: What is the filament brand: Essentium

    B: What is the type of filament: PLA XTR

    C: What is the diameter of the filament: 2.85 mm

    D: What is the weight of a full spool: 1094 grams

    E: What is the inner diameter of the core? 52 mm

    F: What is the outer diameter of the core? 95 mm

    G: What is the outer diameter of the whole spool? 200 mm

    H: What is the weight of an empty spool? 328 grams

    I: Width of full spool (only when it is completely full because it can expand) 53.5 mm

    J: Width of an empty spool (only when almost or completely empty) 53 mm

    Introducing Ultimaker Cura 3.3 | Beta

    in UltiMaker Cura

    Posted

    44 minutes ago, Scrat82 said:

    I have found out already that's it seemed like my settings weren't changing. You have to hit enter every time you make a setting change!! 

     

    I noticed this too! I was pretty confused by it at first.

     

    Also I noticed that "Save to File" saves compressed gcode by default where it used to save just plain gcode by default.

    Welcome to Ultimaker Cura 3.2 | Stable

    in UltiMaker Cura

    Posted

    Let me try to explain. I'm running Cura 3.2 on Windows 10 Enterprise (16GB RAM and Intel i7-7820HQ). I just attempted to make it crash by loading 3 fairly large models (STLs are 40-70MB each). I have the setting on to click "Prepare" to slice. Starting in "Solid View", I can arrange the models, set settings, etc, then click "Prepare" and quickly move to "Layer View" at the same time. As it is slicing, I'll try to orbit the models and Cura freezes with (Not Responding) at the window bar. Task Manager showed CuraEngine running at high CPU for a few seconds after Cura said Not Responding which means it probably successfully sliced the models, but Cura crashed.

     

    It does not freeze every time I do this, so trying to make it freeze on purpose took a solid few minutes for me.

     

    Here are the stderr.log and cura.log files I mentioned beforehand: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1ftUPO_1sKdDQv9rpniQhuF2k5jKrA3oe?usp=sharing

     

    Thanks.

    Welcome to Ultimaker Cura 3.2 | Stable

    in UltiMaker Cura

    Posted

    I'm having trouble with Cura 3.2. The short version is that it keeps freezing and crashing and I need help diagnosing the cause of the crash. I've looked at  

    C:\Users\starbuck\AppData\Roaming\cura\stderr.log

    and  

    C:\Users\starbuck\AppData\Roaming\cura\3.2\cura.log

    but I cannot find anything useful.

     

    Thanks in advance.

    Cura profile switching and reports in the gcode

    in UltiMaker Cura

    Posted

    Hey guys. I'd like to request a few features/updates/tweaks to Ultimaker Cura.

    In version 2.x, switching profiles, materials and print cores in Cura were a real pain because it was so slow (on my computer) and there were pop-up dialog boxes every time I changed one setting. I was hoping to see this remedied in 3.0.x, but it was not entirely fixed. As I operate 15 UM3s, I often switch extruder profiles from (E1-E2) PLA-PLA to PLA-PVA and other related settings. Now in 3.0.x, it is much faster than in 2.x, but still not perfect.

    I'd like to see an easy way to switch configurations in Cura to match different configurations of printers. For example, maybe the material and print core set for each extruder is saved in a profile along with the other common settings (layer height, infill density, etc), so that when I need to switch from a PLA-PLA print to a PLA-PVA print, it's as simple as clicking the drop down menu and selecting a different profile.NYsKfYF.png

    (I just named these different to prove a point, this is not a feature yet)

    Also, I think this request is much more simple than the previous, I would love to see a simplified print summary in the saved gcode file similar to Simplify3D like this example. I realize that this information already exists in Cura's gcode header, but it's not as readable.

     

    ; Build Summary; Build time: 5 hours 15 minutes; Filament length: 52921.5 mm (52.92 m); Plastic volume: 121538.54 mm^3 (121.54 cc); Plastic weight: 151.92 g (0.33 lb); Material cost: 6.99

     

    Thanks in advance, y'all.

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