3dprinter:cura
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Cura
Auto Orientation plugin:
https://marketplace.ultimaker.com/app/cura/plugins/nallath/OrientationPlugin
Various plugins:
https://all3dp.com/2/best-cura-plugins/
Cura installation
Use cura as slicer (win/mac/linux) https://ultimaker.com/software/ultimaker-cura
- Install Cura autorotation and octoprint plugins https://marketplace.ultimaker.com/app/cura/plugins/fieldofview/OctoPrintPlugin
Plugins: CustomSupports, CustomSupportCylinder, OctoPrintPlugin, Auto-Orientation
wget https://github.com/Ultimaker/Cura/releases/download/5.6.0/UltiMaker-Cura-5.6.0-linux-X64.AppImage sudo mkdir /opt/cura sudo chown $USER:users /opt/cura sudo chmod 775 /opt/cura mv UltiMaker*.AppImage /opt/cura chmod 775 /opt/cura/UltiMaker*.AppImage #download and copy cura icon to /opt/cura cat >>> .local/share/applications/ultimaker-cura.desktop << EOF [Desktop Entry] Name=Ultimaker Cura Exec=/opt/cura/UltiMaker-Cura-5.6.0-linux-X64.AppImage Comment= Terminal=false Icon=/opt/cura/cura-icon-6.png Type=Application MimeType=model/stl; Categories=Graphics;Application;Other; EOF echo "model/stl=ultimaker-cura.desktop;" >> .local/share/applications/mimeapps.list echo "model/stl=ultimaker-cura.desktop;" >> .local/share/applications/mimeinfo.cache update-desktop-database ~/.local/share/applications
Cura USB Printing
You can disable the USB Printing part of Cura and it will no longer touch your USB ports, causing issues with Octoprint on the same system.
- Go to “Marketplace”
- Go to the “Installed” tab
- Scroll down to “USB Printing”
- Uncheck the checkbox in front of it
- Restart Cura
3dprinter/cura.txt · Last modified: by Wulf Rajek