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  1. I too, but I never had problems with Fusion360 and .stl export the last maybe 8 years The model I'm talking about was sliced / printed around 100 times since I create it. Sliced with different versions of Cura, different slicers and Fusion360 itself. The model is very basic with two holes and one of them include a hex nut profile on one side. I have big hope that it is watertight 😇 I don't know where the problem come from and I hadn't the time for digging deeper. My best guess is something changed in the beta as the older Cura versions do slice fine. Maybe the beta have a problem with project files of different printer profiles, but trying to proof this gave me a "some times working , sometimes not" experience. There is an indication from Cure itself that it has a problem with a setting but was not able to tell what setting prevent slicing. I saw this behavior sometimes with 2 other models as well. Running Cura w/o plugins didn't help either. Today I changed accidentally the build plate adhesion from none to skirt and the model surprisingly slices again. It wasn't that specific setting. It doesn't matter what setting I choose, changing any setting makes Cura able to slice the model - well, up to until CuraEngine crashes again. It looks like Cura loses at some point some setting information (only a guess) and after changing a setting it is able to access all needed parameters again. At this point I am not able to do more. It is now up to the development team to investigate further. Regarding effort of the Cura team, I recognize this as well. The development team try to work down the issue backlog and I'm happy for this. This is a beta and I expect to see some problems as this is the nature of a beta test. I'm fine with this. It is, why I spend some of my time with testing the beta and reporting my findings (without being upset).
  2. Thanks @ahoeben. I forgot to turn off this plugin in my test. Unfortunately after turning off MeshTools I still have the error with settings that prevent slicing. Looking in the log it shows - well, the most important information is missed. Infill.log 2024-03-22 09:16:59,488 - INFO - [MainThread] CuraEngineBackend.CuraEngineBackend.slice [348]: Starting to slice... 2024-03-22 09:16:59,489 - DEBUG - [MainThread] CuraEngineBackend.CuraEngineBackend.slice [368]: Going to slice build plate [0]! 2024-03-22 09:17:00,391 - WARNING - [MainThread] CuraEngineBackend.CuraEngineBackend._onStartSliceCompleted [499]: Unable to slice with the current settings. The following settings have errors: I made yesterday evening an additional observation. The bracket I show in my last post concerns me a bit, so I thought give it a try once more and send it directly from Fusion360 to Cura. It slices while sending it as 3mf file, but sending it as stl cause the slicing error again. wired. The next test was to export the model as 3mf and stl file to the desktop and then add them to Cura. both time it fails again. Now I have all kind of scenarios for one part. Using an old project version as 3mf is crashing the Cura Engine. Using an old stl will not slice because of an unknown, possible wrong setting Exporting the model in Fusion 360 as 3mf and let it open in Cura slices the model Exporting the model in Fusion 360 as stl and let it open in Cura do not slice because of an unknown, possible wrong setting Exporting the model in Fusion 360 as stl and 3mf file to desktop and then put them via drag n drop into Cura do not slice because of an unknown, possible wrong setting for each file Changing the printer profile to an other printer while the not slicing model is on the build plate causes Cura Engine first to slice and then to crash and calling the debugger. The part itself is a simple part that is solid, so no chance to have a not watertight model at all. So fare my observations for this build.
  3. I did some tests beginning the week and was often annoyed about "not watertight" models. They are since years as I print them quite often in the past (most of them was CAD models from Fusion360). Then I thought us one of the most printed models: The 3DBenchy. Guess, what happen... Shouldn't at least the 3DBenchy slice w/o errors? Regarding errors, pls. see the the error description shown in the picture, it's speechless as well 😉 I had also some crashes during slicing that was reported automatically, so they should be available. Cura then is in a slicing loop that you can only break with closing Cura. The part itself is ok. Two or three plugins wasn't working, but that was expected (I did report them to the plugin owner). Looking forward for the next release. 🙂 I attached the log file. Please let me know if anything else is needed. cura log.zip
  4. You can setup Windows opening a specific program / app associated with an file extension. This is a standard behavior Windows do since so long time that I even not remember since when. 🙂 Simply right-click with your mouse any .stl file in the windows explorer and then choose -->"open with" and select the app you like. Choose -->"More apps" / -->"Look for another app on this PC" in case it isn't listed. It will become a default behavior if you activate -->"always use this app to open ... files" check box. Beside of that I as well do not recommend it as you will limit you to a specific app. Most of us do not use only one version of Cura. I for example use 5 different slicers and this sometimes in different versions. Another for me important point is that it takes quite a time to open Cura and every time you click a wrong file you need to wait until Cura is ready to do its magic... In addition I would suggest using a thumbnail program for viewing .stl thumbnails in windows explorer. My choice is Papas Best since it was available first time. It is a lightweight application, fast and, more important, it is w/o any kind of bloatware or calling home stuff. There are two programs, one is the thumbnail app and the other is a lightweight viewer that is incredible fast. It becomes very handy for quick look of 3D .stl files. Use this as default app for stl files and you can view such files comfortable within your explorer before you drag and drop it to a slicer of your choice for printing. Link: https://papas-best.com/index.html
  5. Lol, Handauflegen aus der Ferne funktioniert also noch... 😄 Kleiner Tip: Wenn mal was nicht richtig in Cura funktioniert, drehe alle Änderungen zurück auf Anfang. Ich habe in den unzähligen Jahren mit Cura die Erfahrung gemacht, dass man mit dem Standard Profil bei einem neuen Projekt meist den besten Start hinlegt und dann nur die Einstellungen verändert, die das aktuelle Projekt betreffen. Das spart einem meist viel Zeit, Verdruss und Filament.
  6. This isn't a setting that you can change within Cura. You need to start your research on the fdmprinter profile in the definitions profile and then you can check how the Ultimaker profiles use it. That's the normal way to explore the varius setting variables. Some of those are hardware related to Ultimaker printers only as they need a firmware understanding those variables. Beside of this there is a plugin called Printer Settings from fieldOfView where you can edit a lot of printer settings as the one you are looking for. Use this plugin wise as it is easy to destroy configurations if you don't know what you are doing. A backup of your configuration folder as first action should be obvious. It is maybe also a good advice to install the plugin Settings Guide from Ghostkeeper. It provides you with a lot of useful knowledge that you won't find in any Ultimaker documentation. Sadly it is not longer at state at the latest versions as there is no one who want to take over the project at Ultimaker. It's a pity but so is life in the real world. Both plugins can be found at Marketplace.
  7. It is maybe worth to check your log file. Usually you should not get this kind of errors. Last time I remember those errors, it was in combination with a material definition file where the definition chain that was somehow broken in a Cura config file set. It took me a while to identify and solve the problem. The log file in the end pointed me to the right place to look at. Regarding different versions of config files. You should always go in versions upwards as this will (mostly) take care that your profiles will update correctly when you install and run a newer Cura version. The other way around asks for problems as here is no "downgrading" procedure in Cura. Copy the lastest working configuration set (or all versions, if you want to install older Cura versions later) to the new computer and rename/delete the actual 5.6 set. Cura should then transform the latest version found in the config folder to the actual version when you start a newer Cura version.
  8. For Cura Engine plugins is only less information available. There was a little introduction when Cura 5.5 was introduce and there is a little bit available when you look at Github. https://github.com/Ultimaker/Cura/discussions/15629 https://github.com/orgs/Ultimaker/repositories?q=curaEngin_plugin
  9. Rein aus Interesse, verrätst du uns auch warum es bei dir am Anfang nicht funktioniert hatte?
  10. There is one in addition for future development: Printing one at a time should not be restricted to the use of one extruder in printer definition. I had forgot about this already and it is still irritating me - because when I forgot to switch the printer profile I search all the time the not longer visible setting for printing one at a time.
  11. Yea, I hope for both. And in addition I would like having the possibility to tell Cura a specific order of print and/or rearrange the models if needed. How was that with giving a little finger...? So many ways things to manipulate. 🙂
  12. Guess you tried to zip the log file and somehow the file extension was overwritten with .1 Yes, you can copy the profiles from your renamed folder. and look if Cura will start. If Cura wont start after copying the files you can delete them again and add a new printer profile as you did that the first time using Cura. Up to this point we now already that Cura will start again if you remove the old configuration folder. This is already progress. +1 When you try to copy the old configuration please do not copy the plugin folder. This way you can check if the problem came from an older plugin version.
  13. Make a backup of all the %APPDATA%\cura\x.x\ folders and then delete all of the x.x folders. This sometimes helps to get Cura to the point initializing itself w/o trying to integrate former configuration files. Maybe it help you too. You can then try later adding the old configurations back from your backup and check where the problem came from. Regarding not able to attach the log file. Make a zip file from the log file and attach the zip. This should work.
  14. Looking to the attached model I think it was originally designed for a resin printer. Meshtools indicate that the model isn't watertight. Sometimes it slices correct sometimes not. Repairing the Mesh did not help. It looks like the problem came from the model itself. When I try to separate the models it came to a count of 579 single model fragments. I would suggest asking the designer of this model.
  15. Ups. Thanks for the hint, @gr5. Guess, my fingers was too fast w/o really think about that. Apologize , @rachael7.
  16. Guess (w/o looking into the gcode), you run into conflict with the Minimum Layer time setting (Cooling). You can experiment with this setting but you need to be careful as it is easy to set the minimum time too low and that leads to problems of a not cool enough layer to print the next layer onto. For those sections you need to find a well tuned setting between this setting and fan setup.
  17. Guess we need a "Workaround" sign then 😉 To be honest, I tend more to be with @rachael7 and her view of things in this regard. Isn't this kind of discussions why we have those discussions about a missing features since ~5+ years now? And I say this with no harm at all. Peoples who need this feature have stop long time ago to argue that, because they are using other tools these days for this task. The point in the end is, that users are forced to user other applications / tools to solve their needs. Not a good way to design a good process as you need now at least two tools for one job. In addition it becomes more difficult to not make additional errors during those activities. It is maybe not wise too pushing Anyway, this post as well will not change anything except that I'm already using Cura less than I want to use it. This discussion shows only one of a lot drops of quirks over the years that make using Cura less pleasant as it needs to be. This will hopefully change with a new version. Maybe, as I used to say for any new version. I'm quite sure, I need to spend hours/days/weeks in understanding the new changes for having good slices. The show must go on...
  18. Was das betrifft, gibt es bei Cura nicht wirklich gut nutzbare Tools. Es gibt ein Plugin mit Namen Banana Split. Mit diesem kann man einfache Schnitte über die Druckplatte machen. Ich denke, so etwas solltest du besser außerhalb Cura machen. Cura ist da leider das falsche Werkzeug. Es kommt natürlich auch darauf an, was dein Ausgangsmaterial ist, wie z.B. STL-Datei, eigene Konstruktion etc. Für STL Dateien kann man z.B. Blender nutzen. Ich arbeite mit Fusion360, dort kann man auch mit Netzstrukturen arbeiten, macht aber nicht wirklich Freude bei großen und komplexen Modellen. Bei Konstruktionen achte ich automatisch darauf, dass die Teile passend sind. Schau dir mal den Prusaslicer an, die haben ebenfalls eine gute Schneidefunktion integriert. Da kannst du dann auch Verstiftungen für geschnittene Teile automatisch erstellen lassen. Danach kannst du die Teile auch in Cura weiter verarbeiten, falls gewünscht. Für > 100 Schnitte bei einem Model, da wirst du mit keinem Tool wirklich Freude haben. Das schreit nach viel Geduld und Arbeit...
  19. Was hast du übersehen? Vieles wäre wahrscheinlich schnell zu erklären, wenn man ein Beispiel von dir als Cura Projektdatei zur Hand hätte statt der nicht entzifferbaren Einstellungen in den angehängten Bildern. Die hat sich wahrscheinlich keiner richtig ansehen können. Zumindest mir erging es so. Hier mal ein Beispiel mit dem man was anfangen kann: So sieht es als Konstruktion aus (3 mal 2 Gewinde, jeweils eins durchgehend und eins nicht durchgehend, damit man was zum Spielen hat): Und so sieht es dann in Cura 5.6 (sowie in allen früheren Versionen) mit den richtigen Einstellungen aus: Die Cura Projektdatei (*.3mf) kann man öffnen und hat sofort alle benötigten Infos ohne tagelanges Rätselraten. 🙂 Bezüglich Support von Gewinden, diese würde ich bei M4 vermeiden wollen. Warum? Diese sind zu kein für einen Support, den man dann auch nicht heraus bekommt, wenn man ihn entfernen will. Du bekommst nicht genug Kühlung hin um zu verhindern, dass sich der innenliegende Support nicht mit der Gewindestruktur verbindet. Bein Herausfiddeln wirst du die filigranen Gewindeflanken mehr schädigen als das es was bringt. Am Ende musst du nicht nur die Zeit aufwenden um den Kunststoff aus dem Loch zu puhlen, sondern auch noch das nicht mehr brauchbare Gewinde neu schneiden (sofern noch genügend Material vorhanden ist. Mach ein Loch geringfügig größer als das Kernloch für M4 und schneide dann entweder das Gewinde mit einem Gewindeschneider vor oder Erzeuge das Gewinde beim Einschrauben mit der Schraube (was bei M3/M4 auch nicht wirklich Freude macht). Das ist die bessere Alternative - up to you, wie man so schön in denglish sagt. Gedruckte Gewinde mache ich erst ab M5 und wenn die Schraubungen des öfteren benutzt werden, dann immer nur mit Einsatz bei diesen Größen (wie auch schon von anderen vorgeschlagen wurde) UMSupportForDrillHole_v1.3mf
  20. https://github.com/Ultimaker/Cura/wiki/Getting-Started
  21. Not the solution I would expect but hey, we take what ever we get that helps for an never solved problem - even a not intended behavior as workaround. Great finding, thanks for showing it!
  22. Then you should check your printer settings in firmware with the settings in your Cura Printer Settings. This is an issue that all slicers have when max speed and -acceleration settings are not matching. You see this more often with Cura because there are some default values that are not from this universe 😉 like default max speed values in the fdmprinter.def.json definition: 299792458000 mm/s. This isn't a problem if you have a good printer profile, but in case it is not complete and do not have the correct values for your printer then you will face the behavior you see as those default values will then take place in the calculation. Add the plugin Printer Settings from Marketplace and you can check the values and adjust those that are not matching with your printers max values in speed and acceleration. And remember, it is always a good idea to make a backup of your configuration folder first or at least a copy of your printer profile for experimenting with a profile where you don't know how this will end because of missing experience. We all started with low experience once.
  23. I'm not from Ultimaker, just a normal user that uses Cura since quite some years 😉 Anyway I guess as well that there is an issue with the registry that I do not see on my installations (actually 4 different versions on this PC). You can go throe all entries and check where the problem is but I think it is easier to use one of the registry scanner/cleaner for this kind of job. This is all what I can suggest. Edit: (forgot the answer of one of your questions): Regarding how the updates are done, here are not only users that uses the latest versions. That is for a good reason. Having the versions installed in parallel give the ability to use a once made good tuned configuration for models all the time again if needed and have no to mess up with new versions where everything change with each update. So you can see that there is maybe a reason why one like the way how this works actual. Not saying that I'm always happy with this solution, but still with all these update surprises with each new version I'm mostly happy to have this "fallback" if we want to say it that way.
  24. One way is Right-Click a .stl file, choose [Open with] and select [Choose Other App] and find the actual Cura version. There you can usually mark the selected program as standard app.
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