It is with a heavy heart we announce that, after 6 years serving the maker community, Type A Machines is closing its doors.
As an industry pioneer, Type A Machines was birthed from the grassroots maker movement. Founded in 2012, its origins were at the NoiseBridge hackerspace and Tech Shop, moving to the East Bay to expand its manufacturing efforts.
Makers of the award winning Series 1 3D printer, Type A Machines pushed the industry forward while remaining true to its open source origins. The Series 1 was the first 3D printer to include on-board Wi-Fi, the first to include material profiles, and thanks to its unique extruder, could print in more materials than any other 3D printer ever.
“I’m deeply appreciative and proud of the many customers, partners, and individuals who helped make Type A Machines a unique and innovative company, who pushed the boundaries of what was possible, and dedicated themselves to an ideal. Our future will be a bit better thanks to them.”
Andrew Rutter
Founder and CEO
January 28, 2018
Downloads
Software and more for the Series 1, Series 1 Pro, and Print Pod.
Software
Cura Type A
Cura Type A is Type A Machines' slicing software used to prepare 3D model for printing on the Series 1 and Series 1 Pro. Choose a material profile from the built-in list of materials, optimized for the best results when printing with the Series 1 and Series 1 Pro. If you prefer, the full complement of settings are available and at your disposal, allowing you to adjust them to suit your needs.
Cura Type A 1.5 - Available for Download Now
New Features and Enhancements
- Absolute Dimensions - Specify infill by millimeter rather than percentage.
- 3D Cubic Structure - Produces axis-independent interior structure.
- Internal structure visualizer - Toggles display of infill in place as it would print. (Two-dimensional internal structures only.)
- New Concentric internal structure pattern introduced.
- Basic settings panel displays extrusion width, shell number, and equivalant infill percentage for users migrating to our new infill paradigm.
- Gcode can be renamed when using "Send to Series 1" feature.
- Cmd/Ctrl-P brings up the “Send to Printer” dialog.
- Tag in Gcode files indicating material profile used to generate the gcode.
- User notification when a software update is available.
- Added 30 new Material Profiles, for over 75 total. Complete list is here.
Download Cura Type A 1.5.0: Windows | macOS
ATTENTION MAC OS USERS: After it has been moved into the Applications folder, you must control-click on the program and select "open" in order to run this version of Cura Type A for the first time.
Minimum system software requirements: Windows 8/10, macOS 10.9+
Download the Quick Start Guide for Cura Type A PDF here.
Cura Type A 1.4.2
Full changelog and release notes can be found in our forum, here.
Minimum OS requirements: Windows 8 and 10, OS X 10.7 and later
Linux in i386 (32-bit) and AMD64 (64-bit) variants should use Cura Type A 1.4.1.
Download Cura Type A: Windows | masOS | Linux (64-bit) | Linux (32-Bit)
Release Notes can be found here
Previous Versions
Older releases of Cura Type A, while not actively supported, can be found here
Cura Type A is Possible Thanks to Open Source
Cura Type A is based on Daid/Ultimaker's Cura v15.02 open source slicing software. Our thanks to Daid Braam for his generous contribution to the Open Source community and the 3D printing industry as a whole. And thank you to Ultimaker for their ongoing support for Cura development.
Source code for Cura Type A is located in the Type A Machines BitBucket repository.
The Type A Machines fork of Cura
The Type A Machines fork of the CuraEngine
Commonly Used Resources
0.6mm Hot End Cura Type A Profiles
Download the following .ini files.
In Cura Type A, select “File” -> “Open Profile…” to populate the settings fields with the values contained in the material profile of your choice.
Download links:
ProMatte 0.6mm Settings
EverydayPLA 0.6mm Settings
PerformancePLA 0.6mm Settings
Series 1 Spool Holder 5.2
In some of our documentation, this design had been refered to as "Spool Holder 2.0"
Download links:
STL files + gcode For 0.4mm Hot Ends (Standard)
STL files + gcode For 0.6mm Hot Ends
Full Spool Holder Git Directory with Additional Gcode and Documentation
Adaptive Auto-Leveling
Download links:
Rev 2 STL file (Updated file)
STL file (Recommended to print in Polycarbonate)
Resources:
Adaptive Auto-Leveling Resources, Set Up Guides, and more.
Other STL Files
Download links:
Baffle 3.3 Baffle 2 Camera Arm Camera Cover Cone Filament guide without trigger Filament guide Platform knob YASH 50mm Sleeve YASH 30mm Sleeve YASH Nut Flat YASH 1.0 Stem YASH 1.0 Stand U Spool Holder Sensor Mount V1.4 Z KnobMachine-Specific Resources
Current and Recent Machines
| Documentation | Firmware | Notes | Source | |
| Series 1 Pro (With Adaptive Auto-Leveling) |
Quick Start Guide |
Download | Download Adaptive Auto-Alignment upgrade guide here. |
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| Series 1 and Series 1 Pro (2015) |
Quick Start Guide | (Requires Aurduino 1.0.6) |
*Heatbed 1.2.1 firmware is required on some machines purchased between July and September 2015. Contact support to determine. |
Legacy Machines
| User Documentation | Supporting Software | Firmware | Source Files | Notes | |
| Series 1 (2014) |
Download (May have to flip (Requires Aurduino 1.0.6) |
SSH is required for changing network settings. | |||
| Series 1 (2014, groovemount) |
Download (May have to flip (Requires Aurduino 1.0.6) |
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SSH is required for changing network settings. | ||
| Series 1 (2013, "Rev B") |
Manual | n/a (Originally Pronterface and KISSlicer) | (Requires Aurduino 1.0.6) |
Bill of Materials also available in .xlsx and .ods formats. | |
| Series 1 (2012, Dual Head Test Batch) |
n/a | n/a (Originally Pronterface and KISSlicer) | (Requires Aurduino 1.0.6) |
n/a | n/a |
| Series 1 (2012, "Rev A") |
Manual | n/a (Originally Pronterface and KISSlicer) | (Requires Aurduino 1.0.6) |