Blaze a Trail
Explore the frontiers of 3D printing with a
full-featured experimental 3D printer.
Dual Extrusion
Be Ready For The Cutting-edge
Add a new level of creativity to your 3D designs with two interlaced colors that you can print through precisely aligned dual nozzles?without swapping or pausing.
Giant Hollow Two Color World by tbuser
Sports Model Flying Saucer by gpvillamil
Optimized
For MakerBot ABS Filament
Make snaps, living hinges, threaded objects and more with a ductile, petroleum thermoplastic with elastic deformation properties. Control heating and cooling better with a superflat heated aluminum build plate and a clear, six-sided, draft-blocking enclosure that helps prevent uneven cooling, shrinking and cracking.
100-Micron
Layer Resolution
Speed your way to demonstrations and presentations with settings that range from fast-draft to finer resolution. Get smooth-to-the-touch surfaces that don?t need sanding, finishing or post-production.
Speed Your Way to New Designs
Accelerate the design process by prototyping right at your desk.
Quickly iterate to verify your designs and catch flaws sooner. Use your own
physical models for collaboration and to bring better products to market,
faster. Save money with the best price/performance in desktop 3D printing.
MakerBot Thingverse
Where people share their 3D designs with the world. MakerBot Thingiverse is the 3D design community for discovering, printing, and sharing 3D models. See the great 3D models created by Thingiverse super users ? and share your own!
Rely on Sophisticated Software
Get fast and consistent results.
MakerBot Desktop is optimized for the best quality printing experience on
your MakerBot Replicator 2X. It's powered by our advanced slicing engine, the
algorithm that tells your MakerBot Replicator 2X what to make and how to make it.
01 Add File
Supports STL and OBJ Files
MakerBot Desktop works in tandem with your favorite 3D design tool.
02 Prepare
Push The Limits
Experiment with Advanced Dual Extrusion capabilities that allow you to set individual extruders to MakerBot ABS Filament or MakerBot Dissolvable Filament.
03 Preview & Make
Get Ready To Print
Test color possibilities, view individual layers and get estimates of time and materials. You can even see how support will be applied and how infill patterns will look.
Protection and Support
Expert, responsive and friendly.
Protection Plan
Our recommended MakerBot? MakerCare? Protection Plan* provides you with the highest quality service and support from the people who know your MakerBot product best. For one year, MakerBot will replace defective parts or arrange for you to ship your MakerBot product back to the factory for repair (return authorization required).
*Available only at the time of purchase or within 30 days of purchase date.
Read the full Terms of Service.
Expert Support
At MakerBot, we take pride in offering expert, responsive, and friendly support to all our customers around the world. Have a question about MakerBot Desktop? Need help getting your MakerBot Replicator 2 running? Check out the guides, FAQ, videos, and other troubleshooting materials on our support page.
Technical Specifications
Printing
Print Technology
Fused Deposition Modeling
Build Volume:
24.6 L x 15.2 W x 15.5 H cm
[9.7 x 6.0 x 6.1 in]
Layer Resolution
100 microns [0.0039 in]
Positioning Precision
XY: 11 microns [0.0004 in]
Z: 2.5 microns [0.0001 in]
Filament Diameter
1.75 mm [0.069 in]
Nozzle Diameter
0.4 mm [0.015 in]
Software
Software Bundle
MakerBot MakerWare
File Types
STL, OBJ, Thing
Operating Systems
Windows (7+)
Mac OS X (10.6+)
Linux (Ubuntu 12.04+)
Connectivity
USB, SD card (both included)
Mechanical
Chassis
Powder coated steel
Body
PVC panels
Build Platform
Heated, black anodized 356F aluminum
XYZ Bearings
Wear-resistant, oil-infused bronze
Stepper Motors
1.8? step angle with 1/16 micro-stepping
Electrical
Storage Temperature
0??32? C [32??90? F]
Operating Temperature
15??32? C [60??90? F]
AC Input
100?240 V, ~4 amps, 50?60 Hz
Power Requirements
24 V DC @ 9.2 amps
