Settings Guide plugin not showing

[sduck 0]

Hello! First post here, excuse obvious newb question(s). 

 

I've been looking at several videos about setting up cura for first time use. It was recommended that I install the Settings Guide plugin in the marketplace, which I've done, but for whatever reason it's not showing up in the extensions like (I think) it's supposed to. Despite the marketplace saying that it's installed. Is there a trick to this I'm missing?

 

This is on a relatively new Macbook Pro running macOS 10.15.3 Catalina, in Cura 4.4.1. I've tried resetting the app by deleting the cura folder in ~/library/application support and resetting everything up, no change. 

[Smithy 1,145]

This is a problem in connection with the MacOS. MacOS does not allow any menu item starting with "Setting", so the plugin does not display the menu item.

 

You can fix it yourself, go to the CUra configuration folder, then plugins -> SettingsGuide2 and open the file CuraSettingsGuide.py

Search for this line of code:

self.addMenuItem("Settings Guide", self.startWelcomeGuide)

And use something else for the menu item name:

self.addMenuItem("My Settings Guide", self.startWelcomeGuide)

 

Restart Cura and it should be shown in the menu bar.

[ahoeben 1,985]

Pinging @ghostkeeper just in case he is not aware of this.

[ghostkeeper 105]

Thanks. Indeed I wasn't aware.

 

Bug reports for my plug-in are best reported here: https://github.com/Ghostkeeper/SettingsGuide/issues

I get a notification then.

[ghostkeeper 105]

Workaround for now is to open the guide by right-clicking on a setting you'd like to learn about. I'll try to find a solution before the next release of the plug-in. Maybe it helps to replace it with the Cyrillic character "Ѕ", which looks almost the same.

[sduck 0]

Thanks so much for all this help! You guys rock!

[ghostkeeper 105]

If you'd like, you can try installing the package in this .zip and see if it remedies the problem: SettingsGuide7.0.0.zip

[Smithy 1,145]

@ghostkeeper I am sorry to say, but the menu item is not shown. It is generally strange, because I tried to use a complete different name too "Cura Guide" in ine 53, but it is still not working. The context menu in line 67 is working, but this was always the case.

 

The "Settings Visibility" plugin from Aldo was working as soon as we choosed another name. So I guess you do something different to show the menu item. I haven't checked if you use a different function.

 

 

[ghostkeeper 105]

I see now that I've edited the wrong one. Could you re-test with this plug-in? SettingsGuide7.0.0.zip

 

As you can imagine, without a MacOS computer I'm sort of programming in the blind, so thanks for your help! You get a free preview of version 2.2 with the troubleshooting pages ;)

[Smithy 1,145]

No problem, I am here and happy to help 🙂

 

But sorry....

 

 

Context menu is working

 

 

 

 

[ghostkeeper 105]

@Smithy can I ask you to give it one more try on your computer? I've taken a look at how fieldOfView solved this in his plug-in and found something that was probably the solution for him.

 

You can download it here: SettingsGuide7.0.0.zip You might have to uninstall an old version first. This one has version number 2.1.99, newer than the Marketplace version but not yet 2.2 (so you can still upgrade later).

 

This version also completes the guide-in-setting-tooltips feature for 2.2, but that's just bonus 😉

[ahoeben 1,985]

55 minutes ago, ghostkeeper said:

I've taken a look at how fieldOfView solved this in his plug-in and found something that was probably the solution for him.

 

Now I'm curious. What did I do?

[Smithy 1,145]

Yeah! It is working! Great, many thanks!

 

[ghostkeeper 105]

4 hours ago, ahoeben said:

 

Now I'm curious. What did I do?

You did this! https://github.com/fieldOfView/Cura-SettingVisibilityProfileCreator/commit/0d41f8af7ba97d7a9c1d518a0a6f05226618a187

 

I did something similar: https://github.com/Ghostkeeper/SettingsGuide/commit/6d0b97cfa16d92438ed35a57b97c84fc92d7ee74

 

Thanks for helping with the testing, Smithy! I'm working on finishing up the release this weekend. This is crucial since the plug-in got broken in Cura 4.5...

[ahoeben 1,985]

I'm not sure if I love or hate that trick with the Cyrillic S. Probably both 😉

[Galaxie12 0]

Hi,

really good help but my computer is running under windows 10 and I have the same problem. I don't find the folder I need to edit.

 

Thanx for answers

[ahoeben 1,985]

The issue identified and solved in this thread sofar is specific to OS X. If you are experiencing something similar on Windows, we need logs to see what is going on. See Help -> Show configuration folder. Locate the "cura.log" file and upload it somewhere. Then post a link to it here.

[Galaxie12 0]

Here is the link :https://we.tl/t-KFsj3usvxv

 

I had this problem with cura 4.4.1 so i tried 4.5 beta and i've the same problem, this file is from cura 4.5 beta

[ahoeben 1,985]

Thanks for the log. In that log, there is no trace of the Settings Guide plugin being installed or its files being on your system. Did you install it from the Marketplace?

[Galaxie12 0]

Yes, except the 4.5 in Github

[Mubha_Rocking 0]

16 minutes ago, Galaxie12 said:

Here is the link :https://we.tl/t-KFsj3usvxv

 

I had this problem with cura 4.4.1 so i tried 4.5 beta and i've the same problem, this file is from cura 4.5 beta

Dear galaxie, explain step by step where to install or enable this cura.log

[Galaxie12 0]

The file cura.log was in C:\Users\******\AppData\Roaming\cura\4.5

[ahoeben 1,985]

13 minutes ago, Galaxie12 said:

Yes, except the 4.5 in Github

 

I don't know what you mean by this. Did you install it through the Marketplace on 4.5 or not?

 

If you installed it manually from github then you did not put it in the correct location because the plugin is not seen by Cura at all. Best course of action is to undo what you did in Cura 4.5 and just install the plugin from the Marketplace. This should work as expected on Windows. If it doesn't, post a new version of your cura.log after installing from the Marketplace and restarting Cura.

[Galaxie12 0]

I install again cura 4.4.1 from https://software.ultimaker.com/cura/Ultimaker_Cura-4.4.1-win64.exe?download=https%3A%2F%2Fsoftware.ultimaker.com%2Fcura%2FUltimaker_Cura-4.4.1-win64.exe and i have the same problem. I've attached th cura.log file

cura.log

[ghostkeeper 105]

Cura doesn't ship with the settings guide. It will not show up unless you manually download the guide.

 

Please follow these steps:

1. Download the settings guide from here: https://github.com/Ghostkeeper/SettingsGuide/releases/download/v2.2.0/SettingsGuide7.0.0.curapackage
2. Open Cura.
3. From the downloads folder, drag that .curapackage file onto the main window of Cura.
4. Restart Cura.

Afterwards, you should be able to right-click on any setting to access the guide.

 

I've submitted the new version of the settings guide to the Marketplace as well which should make it easier to install. The version on there currently is not compatible with Cura 4.5.