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Ultimaker/Cura

Ultimaker/Cura

3D printer / slicing GUI built on top of the Uranium framework

repo name Ultimaker/Cura
repo link https://github.com/Ultimaker/Cura
homepage
language Python
size (curr.) 268739 kB
stars (curr.) 2157
created 2014-06-16
license GNU Lesser General Public License v3.0

Cura

Ultimaker Cura is a state-of-the-art slicer application to prepare your 3D models for printing with a 3D printer. With hundreds of settings and hundreds of community-managed print profiles, Ultimaker Cura is sure to lead your next project to a success.

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Logging Issues

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 version>\cura.log (Windows), or usually C:\Users\\<your username>\AppData\Roaming\cura\<Cura version>\cura.log
    • $USER/Library/Application Support/cura/<Cura version>/cura.log (OSX)
    • $USER/.local/share/cura/<Cura version>/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

For additional support, you could also ask in the #cura channel on FreeNode IRC. For help with development, there is also the #cura-dev channel.

Dependencies

  • Uranium Cura is built on top of the Uranium framework.
  • CuraEngine This will be needed at runtime to perform the actual slicing.
  • fdm_materials Required to load a printer that has swappable material profiles.
  • PySerial Only required for USB printing support.
  • python-zeroconf Only required to detect mDNS-enabled printers.

Build scripts

Please checkout cura-build for detailed building instructions.

Running from Source

Please check our Wiki page for details about running Cura from source.

Plugins

Please check our Wiki page for details about creating and using plugins.

Supported printers

Please check our Wiki page for guidelines about adding support for new machines.

Configuring Cura

Please check out Wiki page about configuration options for developers.

Translating Cura

Please check out Wiki page about how to translate Cura into other languages.

License

Cura is released under the terms of the LGPLv3 or higher. A copy of this license should be included with the software.

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