You could have a look at the "Mark2 for Ultimaker2" definition, which basically does want you want to do but for the Ultimaker 2+ instead of the Ender3. You'll see that it "inherits" from the Ultimaker 2+ definition, references two extruder definitions (which both need to exist!), and also overrides some settings.
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ahoeben 1,981
You are going to have to accept that Ultimaker is the company that pays for the development of Cura, and they put development time into things that are relevant to their customers. For recent Ultimaker printers (ie: anything from the past 5 years), adding an extruder is not really an option. So Cura was engineered from the ground up with the idea that the printer definition provides a maximum number of extruders the printer supports. This has nothing to do with handholding, but with setting up an architecture for Cura that fits with the needs of Ultimaker printers.
I know that in theory you can mod an Ultimaker 2+ with a second extruder, but the number of people who will do that is so small that it is not interesting for Ultimaker to cater for that. They figure that if you have the skill to mod your hardware, you can also find out how to create a printer profile for your now non-stock printer.
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Alright... How do I make my own Ender 3 definition?
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