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==Getting Started== | ==Getting Started== | ||
===Download Cura for your platform, and install=== | |||
https://ultimaker.com/en/products/cura-software | |||
You will need to prepare and slice your CAD model using Cura. There is no PC attached to the Ultimakers, so do this beforehand. | |||
===Bring something to print, sliced with Cura=== | ===Bring something to print, sliced with Cura=== | ||
Please design or download some small 3d print model, and prepare a gcode file that Cura says will take less than 20 minutes to print. There are loads of examples on Thingiverse, you might have to scale it down in order to print in 20 mins or less. | |||
===3mm PLA filament, and an sdcard=== | ===3mm PLA filament, and an sdcard=== | ||
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Our Ultimaker configuration requires that gcode be provided on an sdcard. There is one sdard in the machine at present, but I would suggest bringing your own in case it’s not there. | Our Ultimaker configuration requires that gcode be provided on an sdcard. There is one sdard in the machine at present, but I would suggest bringing your own in case it’s not there. | ||
===Download the Ultimaker-2 user manual=== | ===Download the Ultimaker-2 user manual=== | ||