[Cant sign into cura]

Every time I try to log into the cura app (not DF) I get redirected to my browser and hit with this error message!! Why??

[using breakaway material for parts]

Anyone try using breakaway as the main material and not for supports? I have 2 spools of it that I rarely if ever use so I wanted to try. Obviously wont be good for anything structural but it seems to work okay for anything that you just need the geometry with very small forces. 

[Imported material not showing]

I would like to know this as well

[Unexplained stringing]

What rubberband? I have Z hops turned off 

[TPU ground to dust every time]

16 hours ago, Travis7s said:

I've noticed peculiar issues with TPU even without a material station. Half the time when unloading, the nozzle doesn't get hot enough to release the filament, so it grinds. I have to manually turn up the heat a bit then pull it by hand.

That's probably the heart of the issue. I wish they would allow the users to have more control over these parameters. It would be such a simple fix. We should be allowed to adjust the parameters on our own equipment 

[TPU ground to dust every time]

Anyone else have this problem printing TPU on the s5 with the material station? 

 

You start a print, everything is all good, feeds though the Bowden tubes beautifully. Print is over and the station tries to recoil your filament but for whatever reason fails and grinds the everlasting heck out of your precious rubber string. WHY??

 

If you notice a problem feeders PLEASE STOP FEEDING for a few seconds until I can figure out what is going on. 

 

This is more of a rant than anything I doubt there is any way to fix the problem. It just irks me to throw away 3m of otherwise perfectly good filament EVERY TIME I print with TPU because my lower feeder doesn't have a brain. 

 

So then what happens is that it throws an error and I have to restart my printer to clear and then once restarted it thinks the material station bay is empty when in reality it is not and the filament is still going from the spool to the print head. And then decides the best course of action is to just literally continuously run, which of course does nothing unless you add heat to the print core because the filament is still firmly parked in the nozzle. 

 

The only way to avoid this whole mess then is to immediately unplug your s5 after the print ends. Next you run your power cable from the outlet directly to the s5 and avoid the material station (otherwise you get the infinite grinding effect). Next you manually heat your print core to 250ish to unpark the trapped filament. Then flip up the switch on the upper grinder/feeder to release tension, unplug the entire unit, yank the entire strand out of the system by hand and ravel it back onto the spool. 

 

All of that to get off a single TPU print with the s5 material station. Asinine...

 

/rant

[Unexplained stringing]

Why am I experiencing stringing on this part when cura clearly shows that there are no travel (or extrusion) moves outside of the part profile? 

 

Printing with TPU on an S5 btw 

[How to make these parts more chemically and wear resistant]

11 hours ago, AndersK said:

Would PVDF be an option?

Interesting! All the reviews suggest this could be just what I need. I wish it wasn't so expensive though! 

[How to make these parts more chemically and wear resistant]

Any ideas on how to make these parts last longer? They are used a guide fixture that a rubber extrusion then slides across as a promoting agent is applied with a felt tip. The force applied is only about 2-3 pounds max but these are about 1200 parts being pulled through a day. I typically have to replace these every month. I have tried ulimaker brand CPE (in yellow) and CPE+ (white). I have also tried a filament by igus which claims to have 50x the wear resistance of nylon and abs but it was unable to withstand the chemicals in the primer and ended up deteriorating even faster. 

 

Is there any thing else I can try beyond adding metal inserts or cutting them out of aluminum entirely? I already have the local infill areas set up to 100%. 

[Ultimaker Cura 4.13 beta]

I will wait for someone else to mention it. I'm staying on cura 4.11.0 until I know for sure 

[Ultimaker Cura 4.13 beta]

On 12/20/2021 at 10:03 AM, fvrmr said:

Bug fixes:

 

-        Fixed an issue that caused the native CAD import plug-in to fail loading, blocking users from opening CAD files in Ultimaker Cura

 

 

 

Yesss!!! Does that mean the solidworks plugin will work again? that was driving me crazy!

[Infill not extruding properly?]

Does anyone know why my infill so weak? I never used to have problems but the last 2 prints I made have this really weird thin frizzy infill the lines aren't even connected. I'm printing at 15% zig zag in cura like I always do. I don't remember changing any other significant settings. Skin walls brim and supports all print fine it's just the infill that is messed up. 

[Align prints in the x/y direction?]

Is there a known way to exactly align a surface parallel to the x or y plane? I can get my parts to sit how I want in the Z direction thanks to the align to build plate feature but there is no option for a second surface alignment. As far as I know you have to try to get it close by rotating manually. 

[Solidworks plugin]

Anyone else having issues with the solid works integration plugin after upgrading to 4.12? It only works like 10% of the time for me now. 

[Solidworks plugin Cura 4.12 does not work]

YES!!! it has been bugging the crap out of me I wish I didn't upgrade. I even tried emailing the developer but got no response. This topic needs more discussion. I can usually get it to work after 4-5 reboots of either cura solidworks or my computer. 

[Cura Fails to connect to S5]

1 hour ago, nallath said:

Log files from Cura could help figuring out what is going on.

Note that there is a difference between connecting Cura with the printer and connecting the printer with DF (and then connecting Cura with DF). The connection with DF is likely more stable / reliable.

Yes, I have no problem connecting the printer to DF. Its connecting that to Cura that's the issue 

[Cura Fails to connect to S5]

YES! It's such a hassle to reconnect my s5 whenever it loses power or connection. It used to find the printer on it's own through Cura but now I have to go through the digital factory every time. The problem is when I log into my digital factory account it says that I am connected to the S5 but in Cura it shows nothing. Connecting via I.P. address doesn't work either. When you say reboots do you mean your printer or cura software? 

[Ultimaker S5: Stuck "Changing Material" "PAUSED"]

Wow that really sucks that you just lost hundreds of dollars of material and and 7 days of print time due to ultimaker's sh***y UI. I'm angry just reading this thread. Why they haven't added a simple error clear function or refresh button is beyond me. Power cycling should never be relied on as a feature. It is baffling to me for a machine with a $10k price tag. 

[Difference between detected height of both print cores exceeds realistic values [FIXED FOR ME]]

18 hours ago, 2021coyneo said:

We had this error on an Ultimaker S5. It turned out to be a dead capacitive sensor board and since it was replaced we have had zero issues with leveling.

Same here although it happened on two occasions for me. I had to replace the sensor board AND the PCB 

[Zero Print Time on Ultimaker S5]

Similar to this? I was able to fix mine but I have no idea how. It also came back once after that but then went away again...

[PVA use]

I only use PVA when the support in needed for an internal component or when printing with Nylon. Mine always cracks when being fed through the Bowden tubes, I will have to try heating it up first. Thanks for the idea! As for removal I find its easiest to remove 99% of it with pliers before it even goes into the water. Usually once you get it started the rest just peels away. 

[non uniform scale in Cura is problematic]

I would love to see this addressed it would be a handy feature for modifying part slightly to fit together 

[s5 not producing prints]

On 2/26/2021 at 4:32 PM, tinkergnome said:

 

Well, i'm not Sander... but i'll try to answer anyway... 🙂

The best and direct way is to ask your reseller for support.

Or browse to the official support page, "Submit a Request" (in the upper right corner) and they will contact you.

 

https://support.ultimaker.com/hc/en-us

 

If you want to ask the community here: it would be easier if you share the log files from your printer and a saved gcode file from your attempts. I don't own an S5, but there should be an option on the printer menu to save the log files to an USB drive.

Take sure that you use a recent Cura version and that the correct printer is configured in Cura. The S5 will not process files that are made for a different printer or sliced with Cura versions that are from too far back.
The log file(s) will tell you the specific reason(s).

 

 

Does this help at all? I was fine for about a week but now I am having the same issue again. 

airmanager_data.log dmesg.log flow_UltimakerS5.log misp_data.log process_data.log sensor_data.log

[s5 not producing prints]

15 hours ago, Desprinzla said:

´even though i had new Firmware i did update it with same 6.1.1 Firmware and it works. All solved

I'm glad its working again for you now. My situation was similar, it started working again shortly after I updated it a second time. You would think if it was having some sort of feed error from the material station it would say that instead of just pretending the print is finished haha 

[s5 not producing prints]

@SandervG do you know anyone that could help me with this?