Ultimaker 3 Extended

Ultimaker has been taking the maker crowd by storm, but its latest product is looking to address the desktop professional market. Al Dean spends some quality time with the Ultimaker 3 and finds a system that's perfectly suited to professional users

3D Printing has come a long way in a short time. While it is yet to achieve the Star Trek level of immediacy and convenience, "rapid prototyping" has gone from novelty to mainstream, and with

The Ultimaker 3 is a dual-extruder 3D printer that offers some of the highest definition around for a fused-filament fabricator. But it can also be extraordinarily fussy.

The Ultimaker 3 has very good print quality for a 3D printer that prints with plastic filament, and its dual print cores let you print using two filament types or colors.

Design professionals and serious 3D-printer users will find the Ultimaker 3 well worth the high cost, thanks to its excellent print quality and support for a wide range of materials.