Does anybody have some experience with 'hacking' Stratasys (F900) printers?
I'm specifically looking for the ability to use 3rd party filaments without the OpenAM software. (Sends stuff to their server and costs too much)
So one probably needs to customize the profiles in the Insight slicer software and maybe even something in the printer software itself?
:BoostOK:
(I'm already aware of the cartridge reversing efforts: https://github.com/bvanheu/stratatools )
'Earlier this year, Stratasys filed two patent infringement lawsuits against Bambu Lab, the industry-leading manufacturer of desktop FDM 3D printers. “Anyone selling FDM printers with features that come close to those claimed in Stratasys’ patents will be looking very closely at this case,” says OSHWA’s Michael Weinberg.' https://3dprintingindustry.com/news/3d-printing-experts-warn-of-fallout-from-stratasys-and-bambu-lab-lawsuits-232770/
'Bambu’s products allegedly infringe on ten of Stratasys’ 3D printing patents. Stratasys is seeking damages, legal fees, and an injunction to prevent the Shenzhen-based company from selling 3D printers in the future.
The lawsuits caused a stir in the 3D printing industry. Strong opposition has come from leading open-source advocates, who have now shared their insights with 3D Printing Industry.
The 3D printing experts include RepRap founder Dr. Adrian Bowyer, Dr. Joshua Pearce, an academic engineer at Western University, and Open Source Hardware Association (OSHWA) board member Michael Weinberg. Patent litigators Alan Laquer (from Knobbe Martens) and Andrew Spitzer (from Crowell & Moring) also shared their expert perspectives on the lawsuits.
They identified the motivations behind the allegations, assessed how a Stratasys victory could affect other 3D printer manufacturers, and discussed the potential impacts on the future of open-source 3D printing.' #3dprinting #patent #opensource #Stratasys #BambuLab
Before we had mostly only Stratasys playing the devil with patents but now we have a second one: Bambu Lab. Wonderful!
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#Stratasys uses 10 patents, two of them orginally from #Makerbot (anyone remember?) to sue #Bambulab in two separate US court cases. Patent infringement claimed on using a heated bed, using a purge tower, force detection etc. Seems to me that Stratasys is patent trolling really hard ATM. https://www.tomshardware.com/3d-printing/3d-printer-maker-bambu-lab-faces-patent-infringement-lawsuits-that-could-threaten-hobbyist-3d-printing-in-general
L’analyse de #PolyWorshop sur l’attaque en justice de #Bambulab par #Stratasys
10 brevets sont en cause et sont pour la plupart partagé dans presque toutes les machines d’#impression3D du marché.
#3dprinting
De toekomst van 3d printen: bambu lab versus stratasys patentrechtszaken https://www.trendingtech.news/trending-news/2024/08/28174/de-toekomst-van-3d-printen-bambu-lab-versus-stratasys-patentrechtszaken #3D printen #Bambu Lab #Stratasys #patentrechtszaken #consumenten 3D-printers #Trending #News #Nieuws
MakerBot And Ultimaker To Merge, Focus On Industry
Nine years ago, MakerBot was acquired by Stratasys in a deal worth slightly north of $600 million. At the time it was assumed that MakerBot's line of relatively affordable desktop 3D printers would help Stratasys expand its reach into the hobbyist market, but in the end, the company all but disappeared from the hacker and maker scene. Not that many around these parts were sad to see them go -- by abandoning the open source principles the company had been built on, MakerBot had already fallen out of the community's favor by the time the buyout went through.
So today's announcement that MakerBot and Ultimaker have agreed to merge into a new 3D printing company is a bit surprising, if for nothing else because it seemed MakerBot had transitioned into a so-called "zombie brand" some time ago. In a press conference this afternoon it was explained that the new company would actually be spun out of Stratasys, and though the American-Israeli manufacturer would still own a sizable chunk of the as of yet unnamed company, it would operate as its own independent entity.
MakerBot has been courting pro users for years.
In the press conference, MakerBot CEO Nadav Goshen and Ultimaker CEO Jürgen von Hollen explained that the plan was to maintain the company's respective product lines, but at the same time, expand into what they referred to as an untapped "light industrial" market. By combining the technology and experience of their two companies, the merged entity would be uniquely positioned to deliver the high level of reliability and performance that customers would demand at what they estimated to be a $10,000 to $20,000 USD price point.
When MakerBot announced their new Method 3D printer would cost $6,500 back in 2018, it seemed clear they had their eyes on a different class of clientele. But now that the merged company is going to put their development efforts into machines with five-figure price tags, there's no denying that the home-gamer market is officially in their rear-view mirror. That said, absolutely zero information was provided about the technology that would actually go into said printers, although given their combined commercial experience, it seems all but a given that these future machines will use some form of fused deposition modeling (FDM).
Now we'd hate to paint with too broad a brush, but we're going to assume that the average Hackaday reader isn't in the market for a 3D printer that costs as much as a decent used car. But there's an excellent chance you're interested in at least two properties that will fall under the umbrella of this new printing conglomerate: MakerBot's Thingiverse, and Ultimaker's Cura slicer. In the press conference it was made clear that everyone involved recognized both projects as vital outreach tools, and that part of the $62.4 million cash investment the new company is set to receive has been set aside specifically for their continued development and improvement.
We won't beat around the bush -- Thingiverse has been an embarrassment for years, even before they leaked the account information of a quarter million users because of their antiquated back-end. A modern 3D model repository run by a company the community doesn't openly dislike has been on many a hacker's wish list for some time now, but we're not against seeing the service get turned around by a sudden influx of cash, either. We'd also be happy to see more funding go Cura's way as well, so long as it's not saddled with the kind of aggressive management that's been giving Audacity users a headache. Here's hoping the new company, whatever it ends up being called, doesn't forget about the promises they're making to the community -- because we certainly won't.
