Ultimaker Cura

Score10 out of 10

5 Reviews and Ratings

What is Ultimaker Cura?

Since 2011, Ultimaker has built solutions for 3D printers, software, and materials that enable professional designers and engineers to innovate. Ultimaker Cura is a 3D printing software that enables users to prepare prints with a few clicks, integrate with CAD software for an easier workflow, or dive into custom settings for in-depth control.

Categories & Use Cases

3D Printing

#1 most frequent

Manufacturing

18.9%

18 installations of 95

#2 most frequent

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

4.2%

4 installations of 95

#3 most frequent

Construction

3.2%

3 installations of 95

Verified User

Technician in Manufacturing (1-10 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We create with Cura and our Ultimaker S3 and S5 prototy parts for checking the complete process flow for our customer. The business of our customer is automotiv. With this software and the Ultimaker 3d printer our customer have verry fast a part that has the same geometry as the serial part in the future. It is also verry usually for they construction area for construction the serial tools.

Pros

intuitive
easy to lern
available in a lot of languages

Cons

sometimes the grafic is a litte bit hard to see for example the collor silver
support free areas are not so easy to define
cost estimation fpr the parts

Return on Investment

positive: we have the free version
positive: alway new Updates with new ans better features
positive: the prinitng setting for our 3d printers are verry fast and work verry reliable so we have no issues with the printers

Other Software Used

Materialise Magics 3D Print Suite, SOLIDWORKS, PowerDirector