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Powerful, easy-to-use 3D printing software

Trusted by millions of users, Ultimaker Cura is the world’s most popular 3D printing software. Prepare prints with a few clicks, integrate with CAD software for an easier workflow, or dive into custom settings for in-depth control.

Slicing features

At the heart of Ultimaker Cura is its powerful, open-source slicing engine, built through years of expert in-house development and user contributions.

  • Intent profiles print specific applications at the click of a button

  • Recommended profiles tested for thousands of hours ensure reliable results

  • ‘Custom mode’ gives over 400 settings for granular control

  • Regular updates constantly improve features and printing experience​

Integrated workflow

If you own a 3D printer, software matters. Get the most from your printer with software designed to suit your workflow.

  • Seamless integration with all Ultimaker products​

  • CAD plugin integration with SolidWorks, Siemens NX, Autodesk Inventor​, and more

  • Compatible file types: STL, OBJ, X3D, 3MF, BMP, GIF, JPG, PNG

Easy to use

Manufacturing doesn’t need to be complicated.  We design our software so anyone can use it – both experienced or rookie 3D printer users.

  • Prepare your 3D model for print in minutes with recommended settings

  • Simply choose speed and quality settings, and you can start printing

  • Ultimaker Cura is free and open source software

Ultimaker Marketplace

Being open and collaborating is in our DNA. Now we bring this to the professional 3D printing market with the Ultimaker Marketplace.

  • Download material profiles from leading brands for your application

  • Avoid manual setup when using third-party materials

  • Download useful plugins to customize the print preparation experience, star-rated by our community​ 

An Ultimaker Cura experience that keeps your infrastructure rock-solid

Ultimaker Cura Enterprise delivers stability and security with features that are tailor-made for businesses.

  • Utimaker Cura Enterprise can be deployed, configured, and managed with cross-platform systems distribution

  • Ultimaker Cura Enterprise receives two updates a year. These are thoroughly tested by our community and ensure the most stable desktop application. We support updates for 12 months after release (including security patches and bug fixes)

  • Each release of Ultimaker Cura Enterprise is independently scanned, tested, and analyzed for vulnerabilities. We publish a summary of that report and we commit to continuously improving security

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3D printers that simply work

Our award-winning 3D printers are robust, reliable, and easy to use. They deliver quality parts time and again. Designed and tested to run 24/7, they allow you to achieve the results you need more quickly and easily.

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Software ready for Industry 4.0

Trusted by millions of users across 14 languages, Ultimaker Cura slices your model and integrates with any workflow through Marketplace plugins. Then scale production and digital distribution with Ultimaker Digital Factory.

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Material choice like never before

Ultimaker offers the widest material choice on the market. Through our Material Alliance, choose the perfect filament for your application – from advanced polymers to carbon fiber composites.

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Support dedicated to your success

Wherever you are in the world, Ultimaker support is close by. Our global network of service partners offer professional installation, training, and maintenance in your language and time zone.​

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Easier collaboration and moderation with Ultimaker Cura 5.2!

Mariska Maas18 October 2022

News

The stable release of Ultimaker Cura 5.2 has arrived! In this release, there are a number of collaboration improvements for teams and classrooms using multiple Ultimaker printers.

Additionally, three new settings have been introduced that allow you to tune and improve your initial layer flow, allowing you to get better first-layer adhesion and reduce elephant’s foot.

We have also made it easier than ever to build and run Ultimaker Cura from source. Improvements to the way that Ultimaker Cura is built, and the associated documentation, will help open-source members of the community to contribute to the future of Ultimaker Cura more easily.

Abstract printer types allow you to match the printer you want to use, with the settings you’ve selected

Ultimaker 3D printers which are remotely connected to Ultimaker Cura can now be accessed using a new workflow. When working with multiple Ultimaker 3D printer, they are now automatically bundled by printer type.

You can select this abstract printer type when you start slicing your part. If you preferred the old workflow, that is still available. It’s now possible to see the loaded materials and print cores of all printers available to you via the Ultimaker Digital Factory, without selecting each individual printer. When you’ve finished finding the right print settings for your part, you are shown which printers are able to print that part for you. It is also possible to print the same print job on multiple printers without needing to switch between printers.

Your connected Ultimaker printers are now bundled in Abstract Printer Types for easier navigation

Print approval when using roles in Ultimaker Digital Factory

Organizations with a large number of users gain access to new moderation tools in Ultimaker Cura 5.2. When using an Ultimaker Professional, Excellence, or Education subscription, you can now assign ‘Guest’ roles. Colleagues or students in a Guest role can still prepare print jobs in Ultimaker Cura and send them to the printers via the Ultimaker Digital Factory like normal. However, print jobs sent using the Guest role will not start immediately, but will instead require approval from a user with the 'Member' or 'Admin' roles.

Print job approval helps organizations using Ultimaker Digital Factory with lots of users control what is printed, and when. Guests can attach notes to each print job which the moderator can use to determine if a print should be prioritized. Guests only have the rights to interact with their own print jobs and cannot interfere with other printers or print jobs.

Learn more about the available roles in an organization here.

Print jobs sent by users in a Guest role need approval before they are picked up by a printer. An approver can download the file in the Ultimaker Digital Factory.

If you sent a print job in a “Guest” role it needs to be approved in the Ultimaker Digital Factory before it is printed.

Better control over initial layer flow

We have introduced three new settings that will help you tune your initial layer. These are appropriate for when you are not able to use a brim or when using a flexible build plate that does not require a brim. These settings can be used to tune your first-layer adhesion and should enable you to decrease or eliminate elephant’s foot. The three new settings are:

  • Initial Layer Outer Wall Flow

  • Initial Layer Inner Wall Flow

  • Initial Layer Bottom Layer Flow

These three new settings can help you tune the flow in your initial layer. You can see their effect in the flow color scheme in your preview.

Additional improvements

The following improvements have also been implemented in Ultimaker Cura 5.2:

  • Building from source is now more accessible to Mac, Windows, and Linux users. If you want to contribute, it’s easier than ever to get started. Read more about it here.

  • Fixed a bug so that the random Z-Seam setting is now more random

  • Fixed a bug where tree support had infill by default where it was supposed to be hollow

  • Fixed a bug where Windows users saw pointless notifications when they left Ultimaker Cura running in the background

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