Cura ==== This is the new, shiny frontend for Cura. [daid/Cura](https://github.com/daid/Cura.git) is the old legacy Cura that everyone knows and loves/hates. We re-worked the whole GUI code at Ultimaker, because the old code started to become a unmaintainable. Logging Issues ------------ Use [this](https://github.com/Ultimaker/Uranium/wiki/Bug-Reporting-Template) template to report issues. New issues that do not adhere to this template will take us a lot longer to handle and will therefore have a lower pirority. For crashes and similar issues, please attach the following information: * (On Windows) The log as produced by dxdiag (start -> run -> dxdiag -> save output) * The Cura GUI log file, located at * %APPDATA%\cura\\``\cura.log (Windows), or usually C:\Users\\``\AppData\Roaming\cura\\``\cura.log * $User/Library/Application Support/cura/``/cura.log (OSX) * $USER/.local/share/cura/``/cura.log (Ubuntu/Linux) If the Cura user interface still starts, you can also reach this directory from the application menu in Help -> Show settings folder Dependencies ------------ * [Uranium](https://github.com/Ultimaker/Uranium) Cura is built on top of the Uranium framework. * [CuraEngine](https://github.com/Ultimaker/CuraEngine) This will be needed at runtime to perform the actual slicing. * [PySerial](https://github.com/pyserial/pyserial) Only required for USB printing support. * [python-zeroconf](https://github.com/jstasiak/python-zeroconf) Only required to detect mDNS-enabled printers Configuring Cura ---------------- * Link your CuraEngine backend by inserting the following line in home/.config/cura/config.cfg : [backend] location = /[path_to_the..]/CuraEngine/build/CuraEngine Build scripts ------------- Please checkout [cura-build](https://github.com/Ultimaker/cura-build) Third party plugins ------------- * [Post Processing Plugin](https://github.com/nallath/PostProcessingPlugin): Allows for post-processing scripts to run on g-code. * [Barbarian Plugin](https://github.com/nallath/BarbarianPlugin): Simple scale tool for imperial to metric. * [X3G Writer](https://github.com/Ghostkeeper/X3GWriter): Adds support for exporting X3G files. * [Auto orientation](https://github.com/nallath/CuraOrientationPlugin): Calculate the optimal orientation for a model. * [OctoPrint Plugin](https://github.com/fieldofview/OctoPrintPlugin): Send printjobs directly to OctoPrint and monitor their progress in Cura. * [WirelessPrinting Plugin](https://github.com/probonopd/WirelessPrinting): Print wirelessly from Cura to your 3D printer connected to an ESP8266 module. * [Electric Print Cost Calculator Plugin](https://github.com/zoff99/ElectricPrintCostCalculator): Calculate the electric costs of a print. Making profiles for other printers ---------------------------------- There are two ways of doing it. You can either use the generator [here](http://quillford.github.io/CuraProfileMaker/) or you can use [this](https://github.com/Ultimaker/Cura/blob/master/resources/definitions/ultimaker_original.def.json) as a template. * Change the machine ID to something unique * Change the machine_name to your printer's name * If you have a 3D model of your platform you can put it in resources/meshes and put its name under platform * Set your machine's dimensions with machine_width, machine_depth, and machine_height * If your printer's origin is in the center of the bed, set machine_center_is_zero to true. * Set your print head dimensions with the machine_head_shape parameters * Set the nozzle offset with machine_nozzle_offset_x_1 and machine_nozzle_offset_y1 * Set the start and end gcode in machine_start_gcode and machine_end_gcode * If your printer has a heated bed, set visible to true under material_bed_temperature Once you are done, put the profile you have made into resources/definitions, or in definitions in your cura profile folder.