In order to have the best experience with your MakerBot Method Performance 3D Printer, it's important that you are using with the most up-to-date version of our firmware.

Please click on the link below to download the most recent firmware version for your Method:

Method

Method Firmware 1.9.0 (October 2020)

Release notes:

• Nylon 12 Carbon Fiber Support
• Manual Loading for All Carbon Fiber Materials
• Breakaway Support Requiring Drawer 2 Loaded Bug Fix
• Cloud Authentication Bug Fix
• Dry Filament and Annealing Feature Timeout Bug Fixes
• Nylon Carbon Fiber Material Weight Bug Fix
• General Bug Fixes and Improvements
  
  
  

Method Firmware 1.8.1 (June 2020)

Release notes:

Method Firmware 1.8.0 (June 2020)

Release notes:

• Nylon Carbon Fiber Support
• Composite Extruder Support
• New Print Annealing Feature
• New Printer Cloud Authentication Feature
• General Bug Fixes and Improvements

Method Firmware 1.7.0 (May 2020)

Release notes:

• PC-ABS and PC-ABS FR Support
• UI Leveling Performance Improvements
• Cloud Slicing Connectivity Improvements
• General Bug Fixes and Improvements

Method Firmware 1.6.0 (February 2020) 

Release notes:

• Nylon Material Support
• Set Date via User Interface
• Toggling Improvements
• General Bug Fixes and Improvements

Method Firmware 1.5.0 (December 2019)

Release notes:

• Labs Extruder Support
• Clean Extruders Feature
• General Bug Fixes and Improvements

Method Firmware 1.4.0 (November 2019)

Release notes:

• RFID Connectivity Improvements
• New Spool Drying Feature
• Support for ASA Material
• General Bug Fixes and Improvements

Method Firmware 1.3.1.331 (September 2019)

Release notes:

• Added Internal Storage Feature
• Language Translation Persists Through Reboot
• General Bug Fixes and Improvements

Method Firmware 1.2.1.294 (July 2019)

Release notes:

• User Interface Translations for German, French, Italian, Spanish, Chinese, Korean, Japanese, Russian, and Arabic
• Test Print Support for All Model Materials

Method Firmware 1.2.0.282 (June 2019)

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