3D printer / slicing GUI built on top of the Uranium framework
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Arjen Hiemstra 386aec32a8 Merge branch 'settings_rework'
Contributes to CURA-1278

* settings_rework: (224 commits)
  Improve slice trigger documentation
  Import Cura in materials preferences page so we can use the active definition id
  Add layer height to high quality profile so we have something that changes
  Update example XML material to use the right product names
  Filter available materials by the machine definition
  Show the add machine dialog when we do not have an active machine
  Create machine-specific material containers for machine specific overrides in XML material files
  When creating a new container stack, add empty containers for things where we cannot find containers
  Add preferred variant, material and quality to UM2+ definition
  Account for global container stack being None in the backend plugin
  Use the global stack instance variable and account for it potentially being None
  Store the global container stack as an instance property
  Added wildcard to filtering
  Per object settings filter now uses correct bool types (instead of strings)
  Removed stray = sign.
  Fix creating print job name
  Disable asynchronous loading of SettingItem when Qt Version < 5.5
  Document QTbug
  Properly serialise all settings to g-code file
  Document GCodeWriter class
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cura Merge branch 'settings_rework' 2016-05-25 15:12:25 +02:00
icons New application icons 2015-09-17 17:05:01 +02:00
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build.sh Add the scripts used to build the release package (still needs some more work, but works on my desktop) 2015-05-04 13:35:53 +02:00
CHANGES Update changelog 2015-06-24 12:06:00 +02:00
CMakeLists.txt Merge pull request #683 from thopiekar/master-i18n-cmake-fix 2016-03-29 10:33:48 +02:00
CPackConfig.cmake Add cpack using the uranium style 2015-09-29 13:42:08 +02:00
cura.desktop Rename cura_app.py to cura in cura.desktop 2016-03-08 11:08:16 +01:00
cura.sharedmimeinfo Adding cura.sharedmimeinfo 2016-01-25 18:47:00 +01:00
cura_app.py Just a stupid mistake 2016-04-21 20:23:07 +02:00
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LICENSE Add gitignore, README, LICENSE and CMakeLists files 2015-04-30 13:37:18 +02:00
README.md Update OSX log location 2016-05-18 16:36:52 +02:00
setup.py Removing wrong marking about @UnusedVariable 2016-03-16 14:51:31 +01:00

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

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.