command line to open an .STL model while keeping existing ones?

[curasurf 5]

I tried the command below, but then Cura would clear all the existing models in the current Cura window and then open the specified .stl model.

 

"C:\Program Files\Ultimaker Cura 4.8.0\cura.exe" C:\000\aaa.stl

 

Is it possible to import the specified .stl model while keeping the existing models?

 

Thanks!

 

(Note: Preferences > General > Use a single instance of Cura is checked, because opening a new istance of Cura is very slow.)

Edited February 6, 2021 by curasurf

[ahoeben 2,014]

7 hours ago, curasurf said:

Preferences > General > Use a single instance of Cura is checked,

That should do it, but I can confirm that the behavior is not what I would expect. I would swear that previously the behavior was that a new project were added to the current project. Otherwise the "single instance" feature is quite useless.

[curasurf 5]

14 hours ago, ahoeben said:

I would swear that previously the behavior was that a new project were added to the current project.

 

@ahoeben  Thank you for your comments! It would be great if the behavior can be brought back.

[ahoeben 2,014]

It would help if you opened an issue at https://github.com/ultimaker/cura/issues

[curasurf 5]

Hi @ahoeben   Thank you!

[curasurf 5]

Hi @nallath    Hope the team can fix the inconsitent behavior of openning STL files. Thank you!

 

Existing models are lost:

• click/open an STL file
• commandl line "cura.exe aaa.stl"

Existing models are kept:

• menu/open an STL file
• drag/drop an STL file in Cura window

 

[curasurf 5]

On 2/8/2021 at 5:04 PM, curasurf said:

Existing models are lost:

• click/open an STL file
• commandl line "cura.exe aaa.stl"

Existing models are kept:

• menu/open an STL file
• drag/drop an STL file in Cura window

 

The issue makes it impossible to ADD a solid model from a modelling software directly to Cura.

 

I believe that the team should have noticed this. Hope it could be fixed. Thank you!

[ahoeben 2,014]

1 hour ago, curasurf said:

I believe that the team should have noticed this. Hope it could be fixed. Thank you!

 

It would help if you opened an issue at https://github.com/ultimaker/cura/issues

[ahoeben 2,014]

I have created a PR here: https://github.com/Ultimaker/Cura/pull/9437