ahoeben

Could you be so kind to open two issues for these points at https://github.com/fieldofview/Cura-SidebarGUIPlugin/issues ? Otherwise I might forget.

There is no way to specify the comport, there is only autodetection.

Just making a copy of an existing printer definition will not work without also making copies (and properly referencing) definitions for the extruders for that printer. The logs would probably show this.

Cute how in the video the 90 degree widgets are mentioned but then not used. Click the arrows on the arcs to rotate by 90 degrees. PS: @fieldofview is @ahoeben on the forum.

You could try resizing the window.

There is no such list in Cura, so there must be another reason why your definition is not showing up. Your cura.log may show the error. As a sidenote. a better place to put custom definitions is in the configuration folder (Help -> Show configuration folder -> definitions).

It might be nice for other users of the plugin if you mentioned where you got the updated version.

I don’t know if the creators of that plugin read this forum.

Ok

Ahoeben cheated by copy/pasting a previous comment he made.

If you have Cura 4.6, go to the General preferences and unselect the option to "Resore the window position on start". Then reconnect all your displays.

Printing over USB has not gotten any serious attention from Ultimaker over the past 4 years. It is not something Ultimaker has any interest in. So even if your Cura version is recent, the part that does printing over USB is basically 4 years old and unmaintained. If it works, that is great. If it doesn't, my best advice is not to use it. Export gcode and use SD card printing, use a different application for printing that gcode over USB (eg printrun), or use OctoPrint. OctoPrint can run on your PC, but you'll get the most out of it with a small board computer like the raspberry pi; if your computer restarts for updates or outright crashes, this would not affect your print. Instead of being smart about it and storing the last known working port and baudrate, Cura opens all your serial ports one by one and tries to connect at a list of different baudrates before finding your printer. That takes time on your system, apparently.

Thanks for the feedback. The new version is now available in the Marketplace, and is compatible with all versions 4.0 - 4.7.

Then you are looking in the wrong place. The plugins folder they mean in those tutorials is NOT the one in the configuration folder, but in your Program Files cura folder.

Printing over USB has not gotten any serious attention from Ultimaker over the past 4 years. It is not something Ultimaker has any interest in. So even if your Cura version is recent, the part that does printing over USB is basically 4 years old and unmaintained. If it works, that is great. If it doesn't, my best advice is not to use it. Export gcode and use SD card printing, use a different application for printing that gcode over USB (eg printrun), or use OctoPrint. OctoPrint can run on your PC, but you'll get the most out of it with a small board computer like the raspberry pi; if your computer restarts for updates or outright crashes, this would not affect your print.

There's a test-version of the Sidebar GUI plugin in this thread:

Please help test the version of Sidebar GUI plugin that is compatible with Cura 4.7 by downloading this development snapshot and dropping it onto the Cura buildplate as if you were opening a 3d model.

Hmmm, firmware named Tinker firmware ... A user named @tinkergnome... I wonder if there is a relation... 🤔

Check the bed temperature in the advanced settings ("sidebar"). Any value set in the profile(s) for your printer will override what is set for the material.

You can open a .ufp file in any zip application and extract the gcode file from it. For some zip applications, you may have to rename the file from *.ufp to *.zip. However, if Cura saves .ufp files instead of .gcode files for your non-Ultimaker printer, that is indicative of a wrong configuration in Cura. When you added your printer, instead of scrolling down the list of predefined printers to select your printer model (or a printer model much like your own), you seem to have selected an Ultimaker 3, S3 or S5. These printers use the .ufp file format. Picking one of those printers will result in bad prints for your duplicator, because your Cura will use settings specifically for the Ultimaker which are wrong (or at least suboptimal) for your Duplicator. In short: add a new printer in Cura, and *don't* pick an Ultimaker. Scroll down the list of printer models (the scrollbar may be hidden) to look for something more appropriate for your printer. Cura will no longer create .ufp files for your printer.

@ViperZ, it would probably be helpful if you could point out some wrong translations (and why they are wrong).

Probably next week.

I know that it is not possible to include a z coordinate with the unprintable areas.

That is something very different from what the topicstarter reported, so why you say you have the same problem is eluding me.

When I load your project (in Cura 4.6 or 4.7 beta), it seems to fit the build plate just fine. I do have a tip: instead of adding > 100 support blockers, try adding fewer and scale them up. Cura does not deal well with hundreds of individual objects.