JoshofAllTrades

Posting this because there seems to be a lot of confusion on how to do this, but I have successfully made Cura work with my Makerbot Replicator 2X. This allows full control through cura that I have tested. It also sets it up for dual extrusion. I have not tested that yet as I destroyed one of my heat blocks. Download the .x3g writer plugin here: https://marketplace.ultimaker.com/app/cura/plugins/Ghostkeeper/X3GWriter Add a new Printer Go to Custom -> Custom FFF Printer Then Setup your machine as follows: From there on the Printer Tab, add your Start G-Code as follows: M136 (enable build) M73 P0 G162 X Y F2000(home XY axes maximum) G161 Z F900(home Z axis minimum) G92 X0 Y0 Z-5 A0 B0 (set Z to -5) G1 Z0.0 F900(move Z to '0') G161 Z F100(home Z axis minimum) M132 X Y Z A B (Recall stored home offsets for XYZAB axis) G92 X152 Y72 Z0 A0 B0 G1 X-112 Y-73 Z150 F3300.0 (move to waiting position) G130 X20 Y20 A20 B20 (Lower stepper Vrefs while heating) M109 S{material_bed_temperature_layer_0} T0 M134 T0 M135 T0 M104 S{material_print_temperature_layer_0} T0 M133 T0 G130 X127 Y127 A127 B127 (Set Stepper motor Vref to defaults) G1 X105.400 Y-74.000 Z0.270 F9000.000 (Extruder Prime Dry Move) G1 X-112 Y-73 Z0.270 F1800.000 E25.000 (Extruder Prime Start) G92 A0 B0 (Reset after prime) G1 Z0.000000 F1000 G1 X-112.0 Y-73.0 Z0.0 F1000 E0.0 And under the Printer Tab, add you End G-Code as follows: M127 T0 (Fan Off) M18 A B(Turn off A and B Steppers) G1 Z150 F900 G162 X Y F2000 M18 X Y Z(Turn off steppers after a build) M109 S0 T0 M104 S0 T0 M73 P100 (end build progress ) M70 P5 (We ❤ Making Things!) M72 P1 ( Play Ta-Da song ) M137 (build end notification) This is how I run my printer off cura with no real issues. Only weird thing is it will heat up the nozzle and print bed, then go through the startup sequence and reheat both again because it doesn't hold the initial M104 and M109 commands populated by cura prior to the start g code command. Slightly delays the start of the print, but does not create any issues. Only reason I posted this was because other topics either specifically reference a replicator 2 or seem inconclusive. With this, I'm able to full replace makerbot desktop with cura (again have not tested dual extrusions. I will do so once I have a replacement heater block). Thanks for coming to my ted talk.