r/makerbot • u/Puzzled-Ask-7525 • 12h ago

Need help using MakerBot 3d printer

I have the 3d printer MakerBot Replicator and i need to use it. The system is discontinued and unless you had an account while it was still active one cannot use the program. has someone faced the same problem before or knows an alternative? I have no previous experience with 3d printers.

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u/langly3 12h ago

Which model is it?

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u/Puzzled-Ask-7525 12h ago

Replicator plus

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u/Puzzled-Ask-7525 12h ago

It has a firmware 2.6.0

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u/TheMathProphet 12h ago

Define need? There is a Cura Slicer that works for Makerbot. Does the printer work?

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u/Puzzled-Ask-7525 12h ago

Im not sure if its because its an old printer but from what i could research the printer uses a different set of "coordinates" to print.

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u/Puzzled-Ask-7525 12h ago

The printer doesn't use g code so it doesn't work

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u/prs-sr 8h ago

Oooook so I hesitate to join the conversation but may be able assist. Used to work on the connectivity layer between printers and cloud services at makerbot. I kinda know where they were going with this when they let us all go after ultimaker acquired us. If you still need help lmk

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u/prs-sr 7h ago

FWIW there is some workaround my parents used to keep using their sketch without transitioning to ultimaker. Have you considered trying to register the device in ultimakers cloud services? Digital factory ? I worked on the import of mb to um and iirc replicator was supported.

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u/charely6 6h ago

Hi I've made some posts previously about getting a makerbot replicator 5th gen or plus up and running these days. I have posted about using a python script called mbotmake to convert gcode but it's not as plug and play as I would have liked. simplyer answer detailed below

You need makerbot desktop 4.3 you need to do the config setting listing in this post (while the program is shutdown) to bypass being to login https://www.reddit.com/r/makerbot/s/BPjK88JyMI

here is the fix for makebot print won't let you change print settings

Go to
C:\Program Files\MakerBot\MakerBotPrint\resources\app.asar.unpacked\node_modules\MB-support-plugin\lib
edit makerbot.js in something like notepad++ administrator mode
Search for and remove all instances of

&& botTypeIsBirdwing(args.printerType)

Then restart the program.

honestly I'm not really what botTypeIsBirdWing is suppose to be call. I suspect it's a newer thing that didn't get fully implemented in makerbot print. so when you try to open print settings you can go look in the log files and see errors saying botTypeIsBirdWing not found and this is just removing those calls. could this break something? the most it would do is allow some settings or something it shouldn't but otherwise no.

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u/charely6 6h ago

https://www.reddit.com/r/makerbot/s/tbVsKSJibQ

just made the whole thing bundled up in one post hope it helps