The Ramps electronics and power supply can be found for a great price on Ebay. I decided to go with the Ramps 1.4 electronics and power it all with a WW1230A 12VDC 30A switching power supply. Since the introduction I have aligned the frame, installed the stepper motors and selected the control electronics. In the first installment I stated I was using my Replicator 3D printer to build a Ecksbot 3D printer. I found Cubify Invent easy to understand and within a couple of hours I had enough knowledge to create my first design.
I believe that basic user experience should become routine within the first 30 minutes of use with more time reserved for tutorials and manuals once I have buy-in. You can also checkout Cubify Fans blog for more in depth tutorials (my favorite).Īs a personal rule-of-thumb, I typically give myself roughly 30 minutes to figure out the basics of new software without having to reference a manual. There is a 15 day trial so you can test it out.Ĭubify offers some basic video tutorials to get you started. You start your design by drawing a sketch in a 2D plane and selecting extrude or many of the other tools to convert the drawing into a 3D representation. The work flow is similar to 123D by AutoDesk (free software).
In the first installment of my adventures with 3D printers I talked briefly about Cubify Invent from the makers of the Cube 3D printer.įor just $49 you can pick up Cubify Invent which has many features that are contained in more expensive 3D packages such as Solid Works.