Anyone heard more about the Ekocycle 3D printer?

[marshall]

Originally Posted by jman4747

To get the cube software you need to go to http://cubify.com/en/Ekocycle/Activate and click "download software" right under where it says "buy now" (Photo attached).

Converting to STL from .ipt will cause a scale issue with the part if you use export in Inventor and save as an STL. You need to open your part, go to "Print", and click "3D Print Preview". You will be able to select the units and the part will be scaled correctly. You can also increase the number of facets aka the resolution of the STL model (see other photo). After the correct units have been selected and the resolution is set to a satisfactory point you can save as an STL. I've found that after you open the file in the Cube software and select your desired settings you should save it to a flash drive and plug that into the printer directly. This will alleviate any inconsistencies with trying to send the print file over a network.

And yes I have actually printed parts for robot use, and plan to do more with this printer.

Thank you for this! We use Solidworks but we've had a really hard time with the scaling and this printer. We'll give this a shot and see where we land.