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3D printer / slicing GUI built on top of the Uranium framework
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So far I ran 2 or 3 times into the problem that my engine was not up to date. The bad thing here is that there is always an updated version from my PPA on the PC. So first this commit gives the possibility to look for CuraEngine in the $PATH directories. Before I had to copy it always manually, eg. via "cp $(which CuraEngine) bin/CuraEngine" in my workbench. Second, people can get into the situation that CuraEngine is missing at all. So before making Cura loop and try to use an executable that does not exist, better raise an Exception here. An additional info message tells about the location being used. Does not contribute to any JIRA issue (I think), but makes my life easier. |
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| icons | ||
| plugins | ||
| resources | ||
| tests | ||
| .gitignore | ||
| build.sh | ||
| CHANGES | ||
| CMakeLists.txt | ||
| CPackConfig.cmake | ||
| cura.desktop | ||
| cura.sharedmimeinfo | ||
| cura_app.py | ||
| installer.nsi | ||
| LICENSE | ||
| pytest.ini | ||
| README.md | ||
| setup.py | ||
Cura
This is the new, shiny frontend for Cura. daid/Cura 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 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
- $User/AppData/Local/cura/cura.log (Windows)
- $User/Library/Application Support/cura (OSX)
- $USER/.local/share/cura (Ubuntu/Linux)
- The Cura Engine log, using Help -> Show Engine Log
Dependencies
- Uranium Cura is built on top of the Uranium framework.
- CuraEngine This will be needed at runtime to perform the actual slicing.
- PySerial Only required for USB printing support.
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
Third party plugins
- Print time calculator
- Post processing plugin
- Barbarian Plugin Simple scale tool for imperial to metric.
Making profiles for other printers
There are two ways of doing it. You can either use the generator here or you can use this 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/machines, or in machines in your cura profile folder.