Last Saturday at the National museum of Science and Technology Leonardo Da Vinci in the heart of Milan, FABtotum has officially presented the new FABtotum CORE: the all-in-one 3D printer, can incorporate 3D Printing, CNC Milling, Scanning and now Laser engraving.

“The FABtotum personal Fabricator CORE is the result of more than 2 years of development and improvements of the first product. It’s a milestone for us and source of pride” said Marco.
“With CORE we are refining the user experience and giving customers the best possible tool for multipurpose rapid prototyping and manufacturing” continues.
The FABtotum CORE is available for purchase on the FABtotum store: each customer can pick the add-ons to include and customize the platform to suit his/her needs.

Present vs Past: functionalities and modularity
The FABtotum CORE keeps the basic functionalities (3D printing, Milling, Scanning) and the modular concept of the previous model, which is made possible by swapping the addon heads. It as well retains backward compatibility with all units. If an upgrade is needed/wanted, the Team will assist all requests.
It improves efficiency and speed by all-new electronics, newer printing heads and build surfaces, as well as new built-in software.

Higher performance, higher speeds
The FABtotum CORE is several times faster than the precedessor owing to the introduction of the onboard Quad Core RPI computer board, namely the RaspberryPi3.
Printing times and speeds have also been increased thanks to newer electronics: our Totumduino is now at its V2.

Colibri: more than just a new Software, it’s an OS
The FABUI, the web based interface, can be accessed via LAN, Wifi and remotely on a browser. But the big news is that every FABtotum (not only COREs, just every unit) will soon also be equipped with the new FABUI Colibri, the brand new Operating System internally developed as the first operating system built from the ground up for 3D printing.
FABUI Colibri will dramatically improve the speed of the system even further and add full filestystem recovery and networking improvements.

Laser Head, PRISM & More: other products announcements
FABtotum has also presented the Laser Head Module, available from early 2017: the new add on is capable of precise PCB engraving, paper and stencils cutting as well as engraving images on wood or some alloys. The Laser Head will be available in January 2017 on the Fabtotum online Store.
A separate blog update will be dedicated to this module soon.

During the Milestone presentation we also talked about the PRISM stereolithography platform: the Team is working and investing on new materials and procedures with renowned University labs to bring this new technology to the market in the near future.

We as the FABteam would like to thank everyone who have been with us during these years.

Keep following us,
Marco & the Team

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Today a new release of the FABUI FABtotum user Interface has been released, head over to “Updates” page to get it on your FABtotum. While there is no big changes on the surface, the FABteam worked on bugs and minor improvements that all together get you a better experience.
Surely you’ll love it.

NOTICE ON TEMPERATURES: be sure to update the slicing profiles to account for a 10°C difference. The new firmware introduces a +10°C offset to improve measurement precision at higher temperatures. So instead of 180°C (previous profile) you’ll be now need to  set temperatures at 190°C on PLA, for example. This will result in the nozzle heating at the same temperature as before.
keeping the profiles as before will result in a real temperature too low for extrusion.

Here is a highlight on the most important changes:

• The Auto Bed Leveling works just better. This means that the z axis will be dynamically changed to compensate for uneven printing surface.
• Assisted Bed level icons have been changed: the ones regarding the bed leveling should now be easier to get you going in the right direction. Tell us how you go with them, suggestions are always welcome of course!
• We changed Photogrammetry preparation behavior.
• Check the menu: we moved some stuff to get you a clearer view.
• We added some alerts and made some behavior react differently: hopefully you won’t even notice them anyway.

While changes in the FABUI are easier to be spotted, Firmware’s aren’t: those are the most important ones so make sure you have them both updated. “System Info” page will tell you more about what you’ve got installed.

Today’s versions are:
FABUI: 0.971
Firmware: 1.0.0096.1

Once you see this you’re all ok to go!

Changelog:
FABUI
Fixed Photogrammetry scan starting macro
Settings > General > Print : added “Calibration Preference”
Menu: “Feeder Calibration” moved under “Feeder > Step Calibration”
Menu: “Engage Feeder” moved under “Feeder > Engage”
Added endstop hit alert notification
Recovery: improved firmware flash procedure
General improvemets
General bugfixes

Firmware
Fixed G27/G28 behaviour near axis limits and silenced verbose error messages
Fixed G29 hitting Y endstop
Auto Bed Leveling procedure fixed and improved
Changed M503 and other diagnostic outputs
That’s all for today,
FABteam

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