Form 3/3B/3L Latest Firmware and PreForm Update Recap
Form 3/3B/3L Firmware 1.4.8 and PreForm 3.3.2 (January 27, 2020)
The latest Form 3 firmware and PreForm update enables printing of Elastic, Rigid, and Grey Pro resins. The latest firmware update also includes some speed optimizations.
Here's a comparison of the available resins of the Form 2 versus the Form 3, Form 3B and Form 3L:
| Form 2 | Form 3/Form 3L |
| Black | Black |
| Castable | |
| Castable wax | Castable Wax |
| Ceramic | |
| Clear | Clear |
| Color | Color |
| Dental LT | |
| Dental SG | Dental SG |
| Dental Base (DP, LP, OP, RP) | |
| Denture Teeth (A1, A2, A3, A3.5, B1, B2) | |
| Draft | Draft |
| Durable | Durable |
| Elastic | Elastic |
| Flexible | Flexible |
| Grey | Grey |
| Grey Pro | Grey Pro |
| High Temp | High Temp |
| Model | Model |
| Rigid | Rigid |
| Surgical Guide | Surgical Guide |
| Tough | Tough |
| White | White |
You may have noticed that up until now the time estimate for the Form 3 was disabled, in this version of PreForm it's back!
For more detailed release notes check out these links:
- Firmware: https://support.formlabs.com/s/article/Firmware-Release-Notes?language=en_US
- PreForm: https://support.formlabs.com/s/article/PreForm-Release-Notes?language=en_US
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