Plugin development

[awit 0]

Hi everyone!

 

I was wondering if anybody could direct me / give me some advice on how to start the development of a custom plugin for Cura 4.13.1.

I have read a lot of forum posts and the general instructions on the official github concerning plugins, packages, Uranium, etc.

 

However, I am not sure where to start. For instance - how to set up a framework, what do I need to write/build and test a plugin?

I would greatly appreciate any information that could push me forwards in this endeavour.

 

AW

 

 

[ahoeben 1,582]

If you are developing on Windows, the easiest way to get started is to just use the normal Cura and create your plugins in your configuration folder (see Help -> Show configuration folder). Start with a plugin that is somewhat in the general direction of what you want to do and learn from its code. There's documentation here, and some example plugins here.

[awit 0]

Thanks for the quick reply!

 

As I understand it, I should just create the plugin folder with __init__.py, main .py file and a json file and paste it to the Cura 'plugins' folder? Shouldn't I somehow 'build' it (I read about curapackage / curaplugin files)? 

 

My main goal is to update a plugin made by someone else in the past, ScalableExtraPrime, for the current Cura version.

 

 

[ahoeben 1,582]

1 hour ago, awit said:

Shouldn't I somehow 'build' it (I read about curapackage / curaplugin files)? 

A curapackage is only needed if you want to easily have others install the plugin, by dropping the curapackge into the Cura viewport.