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Hello Davidjt Sorry for my very late answer, but I had been busy in different topics letting me a bit far from my 3D printing hobby! I faced the same problem but in Ultimaker Cura 5.1, I realized that "resources" directoy was not there... or at least not in the same place!!... Then I started digging in the installation directory tree and I found it located in this path: C:\Program Files\Ultimaker Cura 5.1.0\share\cura\resources Assuming same path place is kept in Cura 5.2 (I still didn't installed it!) I would say the same procedure I had explained for the CreatBot DX Definitions/Profile installation will work in the same way, just considering the "Resources" folder is placed in this new location.

Hi Jacon Sorry for my late answer, I was in vacation unplugged! Those definitions files I had attached before are not prepared yet for cura 4.8, and they are not 'officially' embedded into CURA, so for any new version we have to adequate those files... Probbably the issue you're facing is due to that. To workaround this, you need to edit the respective quality and variants creatbot-dx*.cfg files, modifying on each one the setting_version value to 16 in the metadata section. So once done, you should see in all these cfg files something like this: ... [metadata] setting_version = 16 ... NOTE: In my free time I'm actually doing some improvements on those files and addapting them for cura 4.8.x, when I finish it I'll publish result here

Yes @rjprint, that's the idea! to put such request to make "official" these definitions", but for that it's important they have to grant a QA minimum...! But now, looking myself on the huge testing work it will require due to the 9 levels of quality + 8 nozzle variants + 9 materials (surely I was crazily ambitious!!) I think I should reduce something there, like up to 3 to 5 quality levels and just 3 or 4 materials to start, so in this way we could begin with a feasible/manageable amount of tests by now, then in the coming version we could add/commit more tested quality/material/variant profiles! This is my proposal for profiles reduction: * 5 levels quality profile to: ExtraFine; Fine, Normal, Draft, Low. * 5 material profiles: PLA; PLAwood; PLAmetal; PETG; PVA * 4 brass Nozzle Variants: br0.4; br0.6; br0.8; st0.6 This is an open topic... (give me few days and I'll provide this reduced version set) Each combination of the profiles needs to be tested, with an object we choose, (e.g the ultimaker robot, or the benchy boat) her @maht can help if Ultimaker has a standard object defined for that.

Hi @Joubarani I paid a look into the F430 specifications and this 3Dprinter is very different than Creatbot DX/DE (which are chamberless and bouden/far extruded). I could create a set of definitions for F430 based on that work I did for the DX, I would expect a lot of issues because of the differences, so if you agree I'll provide such definitions set with the condition you then test it and provide the need feedback to fix the issues you may find.

Actually in this attachment CreatBot_Def.zip I let the DX/DE profiles updated for the Cura Version 4.6. I'm thinking now about the amount of quality levels (9 in total) is a bit in excess, so maybe I should reduce them to as much 5 levels... what's your opinion on that? Please let me know about you observations. And thanks by your feedback.

Hello @rjprint, Sorry by my Late answer, but working from home now (because of Covid19 confinement) free time is more complicated do manage... Yes my intention was always to contribute with this profiles for Cura, I didn't commit them yet, because I didn't test them (and by QA rules I should not test them, someone else should). I'm in same page than @maht suggestion regarding testing such profiles (DX and DE)

I Paid a look on the Creatbot DE HW features, it seems much more the same than the DX series, despite the volume the printing volume size and maybe other minor issues. So May be I had overestimated in in my quote "...so is a lot of work"!! If I get some time may be I do another version covering the DE series.

Hi Dicopy Your guess is rigth, as much this set of files could serve as a base to create a new one adequate for CreatBot DE series. It's not enough just editing the width and height parameters, since that machine has different hardware features (max. speeds/accelerations, extruders offsets, temperatures ranges, etc.) also the bed's shape file should be adapted... so is a lot of work!

Hi, I forgot to mention in the final Note, you also have to set, at the machine settings, the 'Z (Height)' value to 520 mm once you have a DX Plus.

Hello Patrice I had provided a link to thingiverse where I explain there how to proceed,. anyway I'll put here an extract from that I published there. The solution I had conceived consist in a zip file having a set of definition (json) and configuration (cfg) files whose has to be copied accordingly into the CURA 4.2.1 installation directories; after that, when we restart ULTIMAKER CURA and we intend to add a new 3D printer it will include, below its “Add a non-network printer” list, a radio button for CreatBot-DX as choice. Once installed, CURA 4.2.1 stores all predefined 3D printer settings into a “resources” directory at the installation directory, by examble usually in Windows it would be in this path: “C:\Program Files\Ultimaker Cura 4.2\resources”. Below this path we’ll see several directories, but those which matter for what we needed, are: • definitions - contains the 3D printer definitions (json) files • extruders - contains definitions (json) files for each extruder set. • meshes - contains the 3D representation (stl) files for the building beds • variants - has configuration (cfg) files to define HW variations (e.g. nozzles sizes) • quality - has one directory per 3D printer with predefined quality profiles (cfg files) • materials - contains per printer or generic predefined filament material profiles (xml files) The attached “CBDX_resources.zip” file contains 6 directories with these same names, so what we have to do after extracting them to a temporary folder, is to copy the content of each of these folders to its homonymous directory in “resources” at the CURA 4.2.1 installation path (e.g. “C:\Program Files\Ultimaker Cura 4.2\resources” if Windows). The Quality profiles I had provided have very few parameters predefined, the idea is to use them as starting point to elaborate others more complex. Once these files are placed in their CURA respective directories, the next time it’s started it will let available able CreatBot-DX as selectable 3D printer under “Add a non-network printer” category, just choose it and press on the Add button. From this moment the Creatbot DX bed is shown (like in 2nd. picture) and we can operate over, like any other supported 3D printer, taking all the powerful advantage CURA 4.2.1 offers, of course obeying allays to the HW limitations of this 3D printer. Machine Settings can also be modified according the different DX series options. When a new Ultimaker CURA be released, if they do not include these settings files there, we’ll need to update into all the respective Creatbot “.cfg“ files of this set, the “setting_version” parameter to the right number (possibly setting_version = 9) then once installed the new CURA version, repeat the copy procedure defined above. Hopefully someday Ultimaker team may include these or other even better settings to include CreatBot DX 3D printer so we don’t need to proceed in this way every time a new release arrives. Definitions for Cura 4.3: Since Cura 4.3 was released recently, I added in this post a new zip with the respective CreatBot DX definition files. So you have to proceed in same way over the CURA 4.3 installation directories. NOTE: Since you hade a DX2, in your case, once you finalized the procedure described above, you have to configure in Cura (Settings » Printers » Manage Printers... » CreatBot-DX » Machine Settings) the value of Number of Extruders to 2, just that. Let me know if you get success configuring your Creatbot DX2 in CURA. CBDX_resources_4.3.zip

For those owning a CreatBot DX 3D printer and want to use Ultimaker CURA 4.2.1 instead of CreatWare; I have added here a zip file (CBDX_resources.zip) having a set of definition (json), and the configuration (cfg) files which will allow to include this 3D printer under the “Add a non-network printer” CURA’s category. This set also includes the platform/bed definition (STL file) that enables the 3D presentation of the CreatBot-DX 3D printer in the nice CURA GUI environment. For more details about it, and download such files, just go to this thingiverse thing link: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3868940 Enjoy it! CBDX_resources.zip