@Enza3D my thoughts exactly. I do wonder if they’ve spent time developing a multi-head solution to release just at the point where other manufacturers (Prusa especially) seem to have found much more flexible and reliable solutions. Who knows, maybe it’ll be something like the Prusa version. Less than an hour to find out…
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@cobnut right you are, I somewhat doubt we’ll see (and really we don’t) the standard multi-head look here. Either way, we’ll know soon!
@wirlybird waiting for mine too!
I’m debating picking up a Prusa just to play with the quad material!
Looks like we (and a few others probably) have crashed the site…
https://ultimaker.com/en/products/ultimaker-3
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The site is asking for authentication!
You can see everything on Matterhackers for now, until Ultimaker’s site is back up!
Hmm, interesting, but $3500 - ouch… compared to the Prusa. Yes, I know they’re in different leagues, but I’m not sure the leagues are that far apart…
That price point doesn’t come as much of a surprise to me, to be honest! They’re definitely trying to reach more into the professional “prosumer” market with this model and that price is about right on point with competitors.
I’m not a huge fan of the moving nozzles; it’s an interesting approach to the ooze issue and dragging but I wonder how long the mechanisms will be reliable for. You could easily have hundreds, even thousands, of cycles per print and to get the motion right every time is asking quite a bit.
Introduction of NFC always makes me a bit wary of the potential for DRM in the future, but hopefully, Ulitmaker won’t entertain that thought.
Biggest change seems to be the price.
-Jesse