Is CURA support generation improved for UM3 ?.
So far, automatic support in Cura is rather unusable.
I usually add support by hand at the desgin stage, but having automatic support is nice when it is done properly (e.g. Zortrax printer).
Cura's same material support generation is a bit improved in Cura 2.3, but the really good thing is when you use the PVA support, it "just works" with the default settings most of the time with very good results.
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My 3D printing is maker hobby so far. But I am usually ambitious & perfectionist if I do something. Then I want to achieve the best possible.
And if there's a solution to dual printing for support material or other fun now, I NEED this :-)
The price is secondary in that case, I would also be ready to invest 500 Euros in one of the good hacks that were developed recently for dual extrusion. But with all these the tuning work to get them going worries me. None of these upgrades is plug and play, for me that might be worth the +1.000 Euros for the UM3, eliminating this hassle.
But definitely the 3.500 Euros is the uppermost limit to spend on a personal 3D printer... ;-)
On the other hand the UM3 is not as hackable any more. (Or better you don't want to mess with that any more, you'd compromise it's reliability).
I created a exchange head and a hacked firmware for the UM2+ that lets me UV laser expose PCBs, that's slightly harder with UM3, new hardware, new firmware, new print head.
Yes, the UM3 is in this nice "all-in-on" package pretty much guaranteed to work, but if you're using it as a hobby tool, then maybe look into something like the Y-splitter:
http://prusaprinters.org/original-prusa-i3-mk2-multi-material-upgrade-release/
It seems to work well and stay cost-efficient at the same time.
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