Hey folks,

My uncle, whose an architect, recently bought a makerbot replicator 2x which I had to set up. After a couple of tries I was able to print the models provided with the printer without issues. However, when I wanted to pursue the testing with models downloaded from thingiverse I met an issue with the build plate. It wasn't heating at all and my prints ended messed up. Even when I pre-heated the plate, the temperature dropped during the print. The extruders were kept to the proper temperature but not the build plate. I insist that it happens only with the downloaded models and not with thoses provided with the printer. It is therefore unlikely that it has anything to deal with a hardware problem.

I guess it has something to do with the files which aren't giving proper temperature instructions to the printer, but I only have very superficial knowledge about 3d printing and I don't know how I could fix this. If anyone has had the same problem and was able to fix it or even know if it's due to the file or simply printer settings, I'd be glad to know about it!

Thanks for the help