This blog is not about being the "First" to review, it's about making sure that Cube owners and potential Cube owners have all the information they need to keep on printing! So, here is the first substantive test review of the Cube 3 printer by Eric Albert.
Here is Eric Albert's "Early Impressions" review of the Cube 3.
I finally have a Cube 3 here. But, due to intense deadlines for my YouthQuest 3D ThinkLink Lab training lesson preparation I have not had much time with it so far.
All I will say for now is that those who have one on order did the right thing.
You will not believe the feature set that this printer brings to the table. I am in awe of the engineering and design. And, even more in awe of the print quality.
This blog only focuses on Cube family products. I could do a quick review raving about how good it is. But, you'd just blow me off as a "fan boy"... for which I cheerfully plead guilty But, more importantly, it wouldn't help you truly understand what a marvelous accomplishment this printer represents for the future of personal, consumer, educational 3D printing.
This is a different animal folks.
It's the kind of machine that makes you want to simply sit back and appreciate the brilliance of the engineers, designers and builders. (Precision designs require equally precise builders.)
Building the Cube 3 is no small task. It's a marvel of engineering both inside and out.
I was at the factory yesterday with 20+ Youth Challenge cadets and saw, first hand, how much those charged with building your printer are committed to delivering your machine without compromising on quality one little bit. I have always appreciated both the Cube engineering and manufacturing teams. But, I now appreciate them a whole lot more. Their combined efforts are going to put a truly remarkable machine into your hands.
This is SO new, that I would not be surprised if some tweaking here or there did not have to be done to reach the level of perfection that all parties want. After all, so many systems are completely new. But. I promise to tell you if I find or learn about a potential issue and/or ways to avoid them when possible. But, for now, I am completely excited by the amazing quality of my prints I'm seeing through my trusty microscope at the .200mm setting... and, I have yet to try .07mm!
Tom: agree on all points - just waiting to get some additional material options here to continue testing (ABS, other PLA colors). Will be updating my site you referenced as I get new details. And I'm sure you'll be doing some good demos once you get some time!
ReplyDeleteHi Tom, I'm a newbie about 3D printing in general and the cube 3 in particular.
ReplyDeleteI received one a week ago as a birthday present and my only sucessful print is the in-built test print sofar...
Do you have any link that could help me troubleshooting the many problems I'm experiencing with the cube software?
Thank you.
Be sure to let Cubify Support know about your issues. But, I want to know, too. As users, we can be great resources to help find and fix things by communicating what we see.
DeleteEmail me at requests@CubifyFans.com.
Cubify Support page
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Already sent them a couple emails this week-end and expect an answer sometime this week.
DeleteFirst one was about the printer unable to detect one of the 2 cartdriges that came with printer (the black one), even after several different tries (including switching sides with the other one - the neon green one).
The second one was about the cubify software unable to translate and then send by wifi the "faceted vase" model to the printer. Instead, I get an error message like "Print file can't be created" 2 seconds after hitting the "print" button.
The printer name is clearly visible on the print page, so this doesn't seem to be a network connection problem but rather a glitch with the windows7 software.
Afterward I noticed a slight difference with the user manual screenshots: I don't have any "SAVE" button on the print screen with my version of the cubify software.
Maybe I need an uodated version of this software or a different software?
Thanks for any help Tom
There is a chip in the cartridge that is suppose to communicate with the machine. If other colors work in both sides, then the problem is in the cartridge, not the printer. Had it worked in one side and not the other, then the printer would be suspect.
DeleteI take it that the green can be seen by BOTH sides.
The reason you do not see "Save to Shelf" or "Save to file" is that the software founf your printer.
Close the program and unplug the Cube3 and you will get a different look when you select "Print Now"
With the printer "Offline" you should see "Save to file" and "Save to shelf" in the lower right. When the printer is "Online" all you see is a print button.
Try building the file in the "Offline" state and send it to a USB drive to see if you can get that to work.
I am using Win7-64 and it completes the build. So, that is something that support will have to address.
Thank you Tom, you advices are precious.
ReplyDeleteI finally managed to print my own creation ... from my iphone.
The iphone software doesn't have this "Print file can't be created" problem.
I'll keep you informed when I have more information about the software gltch
Please do. :)
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