Printing Process: Mysterious Inner Workings
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The Cubify software is available for Windows, Mac, iOS and Android devices, so you can print from a computer, phone or tablet.
You upload your print jobs to the cloud service, which processes the file and sends instructions to the printer. Most of the controls are in the cloud: The Cube 3 works with 3D Systems' cloud printing service, which does most of the work.
This touch screen works fairly well, although it sometimes requires a sharp jab of the finger. From the screen, you can choose a model to print, connect to a Wi-Fi network or change the print material. The printer itself features only a power button and a 2.5-inch touch screen. The print bed is unheated, so you have to apply a thin coat of glue, which is included, to make your project stick to the bed during printing. That's a theme with this printer: It hides most of the technical aspects of 3D printing from the user. MORE: Printrbot Simple Maker Review: 3D Printing on the Cheap Most 3D printers require you to do this manually, but the Cube 3 handles all this for you, using magnets under the print bed to detect when it is close to the print head. Much of the setup time was spent letting the printer run its own calibration procedure, in which it tests the parts and makes sure the print bed is level.
The Cube 3 is a simple printer to set up I was running the first test print within half an hour of opening the box. However, it is big enough for most purposes I had no problems fitting our test projects into this print space. That's on the small side it is less than half of the volume offered by printers like the MakerBot Replicator 2 (456 cubic inches). This combination allows for a maximum print area of 6 x 6 x 6 inches, for a total of 216 cubic inches. The print head moves left and right, while the print bed handles the up-down and forward-backward motion.
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