Oh dear, I don't hope to turn this thread into "what's missing in Cura" - but if anybody asked me it would be Joris. I'd love to try it
Oh dear, I don't hope to turn this thread into "what's missing in Cura" - but if anybody asked me it would be Joris. I'd love to try it
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How many times did I prepare models for a print, copied it to sdcard and walked up to the printer only to find that I have chosen the wrong filament diameter.
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I never experienced this and I hope that (almost) everything remains as it is, right now :wink:
I have a profile setting for every filament spool:
"File" -> "Open Profile" -> "Ulti1_Nr2_SchwarzHart_v05.ini"
That easy! 8D
Additionally, I have multiple copies of Cura in different directories, one for every machine,
because Cura only supports one.
A change would make sense for that indeed...
The next release of Cura supports multiple machines. Which is available in pre-release form from http://software.ultimaker.com/Cura_closed_beta/
Should make it a lot easier to switch between different RepRaps and Ultimakers.
Also, the UM2 supports having settings in the machine instead of the slicer. For example filament diameter can be on the machine, as well as printing temperature. This puts less "silly" dependencies in the slicer and makes the GCode less machine and material depended.
(The UM-Original will need an firmware update for this feature)
And, the next release support dropping of ini files on Cura, so you don't have to go trough the file menu.
Great news - thanks David. Will you release the firmware update for the UM-Original along with the new Cura?
I'm not sure yet, the changes in the firmware are quite intrucive, not sure how the RepRap people will react to them...
Well for one RepRap people have the same problems. Hardcoded filament diameters and temperature are "bad" for everyone so improvements in this area is welcome.
But why is it a problem at all? Do you submit the changes to the original Marlin branch?
I've build on the Marlin branch, but not found time to merge changes back yet. As Marlin has also moved on, it's going to be some work to merge changes back in. The new GCode settings also depend on the new OLED display code, which does not run on the UM-Original (as it has no OLED display)
Then it would be no problem for the RepRap folks, except if they pull from your branch.
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Another feature is missing (existing in previous version) is the possiblity to eject the sd card by one click after save on it.
And +1 for filament profile.
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