New Cura Printer Interface

[treblasnirp 0]

well-done

it works fine

Ikl do miss the heated bed control

Hope you go ahead

 

[monkeydave 0]

Here is my attempt at a new printer interface. I just took the code from EvilGrass's version and gave it more room and added a few buttons that I find useful.

I also added heatbed control to Wayne's module and noticed in the Cura 14.05-RC4 there was a different extruder control image so added it also.

I only have a single extruder but have made up a dual extruder version but it has not been tested.

You will have to edit the script.py in the folder to change temperatures on the buttons for hotend and heatbed they are clearly marked though. It would be good if the temperature could be pulled from the current profile in Cura?

Screenshots

Download Links

Single Extruder - https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/37098713/cura/New_UI-Single%20Extruder.zip

Dual Extruder - https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/37098713/cura/New_UI-Dual%20Extruder.zip

There is also a .xcf file in the zip that has separate layers for each button group so they can be easily edited in GIMP.

And finally, is there any way to get some of the information that used to be on the old printer interface so that it can be displayed also? Like estimated time remaining, print time etc.

 

[robh2 0]

This is really nice guys. It works well for me on my Win7 machine with my Makerfarm i3 Prusa 8". One thing I like about Pronterface's Interface is the ability to create custom buttons. I have a few for my autoleveling activities and it is nice to just click a button that is used often instead of putting in GCode frequently for the same thing, over and over.

Any way to add that functionality to this nice interface you've crafted? Here are shots of my interface with the buttons. Ignore the bottom photo as it was used in another post. The top photo shows my custom buttons.

http://nvision.s463.sureserver.com/guest/pronterfacesettings.jpg

 

[zoltan 0]

Thank you all of you. Great job done. I have installed these interfaces and I like them very much especially due to the fact that I am using alternatively two kinds of printers - Mendel with one extruder and Rostock with two extruders. Still I have a question, how I can define and implement a button for a certain function = Gcode instructions? I would like to implement few buttons but sorry my ignorance I do not know how. Could, please, someone help and explain? Thank you in advance.

 

[coen 11]

Here is my attempt at a new printer interface. I just took the code from EvilGrass's version and gave it more room and added a few buttons that I find useful.

I also added heatbed control to Wayne's module and noticed in the Cura 14.05-RC4 there was a different extruder control image so added it also.

 

Thanks Dave!

After some discussion with Daid about why he 'stole' the controls that I needed with my Ultimaker Original via USB, he talked about this plugin. Since Flow and Speed were still missing I've updated it, also moving the 'fan control' to the button layout as I felt it's original implementation was kinda awkward in it's style.

Screenshots:

 

As for Dave's comment: I've also not got a dual extrusion machine, so the code for dual extrusion is untested. I feel that especially the extruder button is probably not functional. Feel free to test and update, please let us know here once you do.

I've tested the single extrusion plugin and it seems to be fully functional.

Download links:

Single: https://www.dropbox.com/s/puwdzd6nyhhbw9t/FullUI_single.7z?dl=0

Double: https://www.dropbox.com/s/d9jdc9vy526auje/FullUI_double.7z?dl=0

Wishlist for Daid:

A way to obtain info about the print via cura:

- print temperature

- print speed

- print time and estimated time remaining

- current layer/height

Happy printing!

 

[r.h. 0]

I would like to share my alternative interface based on the full UI and my personal preferences

 

I have pasted the complete code in the quote below

 

I would like some feedback and I would love to see some more interfaces of other cura enthusiasts.

 

 

#Name: Full UI - adapted

#Info: Bigger UI with more buttons (for a single extruder)!

#Depend: printwindow

#Type: printwindow

 

# Printer UI based on the Printrun interface by Kliment plus fan.

# Increased windiw size and added more buttons for manual use

# Printrun is GPLv3, so this file, and the used images are GPLv3

 

setImage('image.png', 'map.png')

 

# X-axis

 

addColorCommand(0, 0, 255, sendGCode, "G91; G1 X100 F2000; G90")

addColorCommand(0, 0, 240, sendGCode, "G91; G1 X10 F2000; G90")

addColorCommand(0, 0, 220, sendGCode, "G91; G1 X1 F2000; G90")

addColorCommand(0, 0, 200, sendGCode, "G91; G1 X0.1 F2000; G90")

addColorCommand(0, 0, 180, sendGCode, "G91; G1 X-0.1 F2000; G90")

addColorCommand(0, 0, 160, sendGCode, "G91; G1 X-1 F2000; G90")

addColorCommand(0, 0, 140, sendGCode, "G91; G1 X-10 F2000; G90")

addColorCommand(0, 0, 120, sendGCode, "G91; G1 X-100 F2000; G90")

 

# Y-Axis

 

addColorCommand(0, 255, 0, sendGCode, "G91; G1 Y100 F2000; G90")

addColorCommand(0, 240, 0, sendGCode, "G91; G1 Y10 F2000; G90")

addColorCommand(0, 220, 0, sendGCode, "G91; G1 Y1 F2000; G90")

addColorCommand(0, 200, 0, sendGCode, "G91; G1 Y0.1 F2000; G90")

addColorCommand(0, 180, 0, sendGCode, "G91; G1 Y-0.1 F2000; G90")

addColorCommand(0, 160, 0, sendGCode, "G91; G1 Y-1 F2000; G90")

addColorCommand(0, 140, 0, sendGCode, "G91; G1 Y-10 F2000; G90")

addColorCommand(0, 120, 0, sendGCode, "G91; G1 Y-100 F2000; G90")

 

# Z-Axis

 

addColorCommand(255, 0, 0, sendGCode, "G91; G1 Z10 F200; G90")

addColorCommand(220, 0, 0, sendGCode, "G91; G1 Z1 F200; G90")

addColorCommand(200, 0, 0, sendGCode, "G91; G1 Z0.1 F200; G90")

addColorCommand(180, 0, 0, sendGCode, "G91; G1 Z-0.1 F200; G90")

addColorCommand(160, 0, 0, sendGCode, "G91; G1 Z-1 F200; G90")

addColorCommand(140, 0, 0, sendGCode, "G91; G1 Z-10 F200; G90")

 

# Home, X-,Y-,Z-Axis

 

addColorCommand(255, 255, 0, sendGCode, "G28")

addColorCommand(240, 255, 0, sendGCode, "G28 X0")

addColorCommand(220, 255, 0, sendGCode, "G28 Y0")

addColorCommand(200, 255, 0, sendGCode, "G28 Z0")

 

# Extrude/Retract

addColorCommand(245, 0, 0, sendGCode, "G92 E0; G1 F200 E10; G92 E0")

addColorCommand(230, 0, 0, sendGCode, "G92 E0; G1 F200 E1; G92 E0")

addColorCommand(210, 0, 0, sendGCode, "G92 E0; G1 F200 E0.1; G92 E0")

addColorCommand(190, 0, 0, sendGCode, "G92 E0; G1 F200 E-0.1; G92 E0")

addColorCommand(170, 0, 0, sendGCode, "G92 E0; G1 F200 E-1; G92 E0")

addColorCommand(150, 0, 0, sendGCode, "G92 E0; G1 F200 E-10; G92 E0")

 

# Terminal,Temp,Progress

 

addTerminal(255, 0, 255)

addTemperatureGraph(180, 0, 255)

addProgressbar(255, 200, 200)

 

# Buttons

 

addButton(0, 255, 255, 'Connect', connect)

addButton(0, 240, 255, 'Print', startPrint)

addButton(0, 220, 255, 'Pause', pausePrint)

addButton(0, 200, 255, 'Cancel', cancelPrint)

addButton(0, 180, 255, 'Error log', showErrorLog)

 

#Print stuff to terminal buttons

#current position

addColorCommand(74, 50, 152, sendGCode, "M114")

#endstops

addColorCommand(74, 80, 152, sendGCode, "M119")

#current settings

addColorCommand(74, 95, 152, sendGCode, "M503")

#Stop Steppers

addColorCommand(74, 35, 152, sendGCode, "M84")

 

######

# these are common and could/should migrate to Cura.gui.printWindow/printWindowPlugin

# they will need to be added to the 'variables' passed to the 'execfile' in __init__

 

def parentFrame():

return setImage.im_self # this magic is only needed in this plugin, it's the 'self' of printWindowPlugin

 

def addPanel(r,g, B):

printWindowPlugin = parentFrame() # magic

x, y, w, h = printWindowPlugin._getColoredRect(r,g, B)

panel= wx.Panel(printWindowPlugin)

panel.SetPosition((x, y))

panel.SetSize((w, h))

return panel

 

def createButton(parent, text, command, data = None):

button = wx.Button(parent, -1, _(text))

button.command = command

button.data = data

printWindowPlugin = parentFrame()

printWindowPlugin.Bind(wx.EVT_BUTTON, lambda e: command(data), button)

return button

 

 

### Below is the custom GUI Panel to control printer settings

import wx

 

# this could live in its own module and would make assembly of different GUI plugins in a single printer GUI window easier to manage

class PluginPanel():

def __init__(self, r,g, B):

 

## ##

######################################################

 

panel = addPanel(r,g, B)

self.tool0_210 = createButton(panel, "Set 210", sendGCode, "M104 S210")

self.tool0_240 = createButton(panel, "Set 240", sendGCode, "M104 S240")

self.tool0_260 = createButton(panel, "Set 260", sendGCode, "M104 S260")

self.tool0_off = createButton(panel, "OFF", sendGCode, "M104 S0")

 

self.heatbed_55 = createButton(panel, "Set 55", sendGCode, "M140 S55")

self.heatbed_65 = createButton(panel, "Set 65", sendGCode, "M140 S65")

self.heatbed_75 = createButton(panel, "Set 75", sendGCode, "M140 S75")

self.heatbed_off = createButton(panel, "OFF", sendGCode, "M140 S0")

 

self.fan_0 = createButton(panel, "Set 0", sendGCode, "M107")

self.fan_50 = createButton(panel, "Set 50%", sendGCode, "M106 S127")

self.fan_75 = createButton(panel, "Set 75%", sendGCode, "M106 S191")

self.fan_100 = createButton(panel, "Set 100%", sendGCode, "M106 S255")

 

self.print_def = createButton(panel, "100%", sendGCode, "M220 S100")

self.print_setSpeed80 = createButton(panel, "80%", sendGCode, "M220 S80")

self.print_setSpeed60 = createButton(panel, "60%", sendGCode, "M220 S60")

self.print_setSpeed40 = createButton(panel, "40%", sendGCode, "M220 S40")

 

self.flow_def = createButton(panel, "100%", sendGCode, "M221 S100")

self.flow_setSpeed = createButton(panel, "80%", sendGCode, "M221 S80")

 

## Grid creation ##

######################################################

 

sizer = wx.GridSizer(rows=10, cols=5, hgap=10, vgap=10)

sizer.Add(wx.StaticText(panel, -1, label="Extruder"), 0, wx.TOP|wx.BOTTOM|wx.LEFT|wx.ALIGN_CENTER, 10)

sizer.Add(self.tool0_210, 0, wx.TOP|wx.BOTTOM, 10)

sizer.Add(self.tool0_240, 0, wx.TOP|wx.BOTTOM, 10)

sizer.Add(self.tool0_260, 0, wx.TOP|wx.BOTTOM, 10)

sizer.Add(self.tool0_off, 0, wx.TOP|wx.BOTTOM, 10)

 

sizer.Add(wx.StaticText(panel, -1, label = "Heat Bed"), 0, wx.TOP|wx.BOTTOM|wx.LEFT|wx.ALIGN_CENTER, 10)

sizer.Add(self.heatbed_55, 0, wx.TOP|wx.BOTTOM, 10)

sizer.Add(self.heatbed_65, 0, wx.TOP|wx.BOTTOM, 10)

sizer.Add(self.heatbed_75, 0, wx.TOP|wx.BOTTOM, 10)

sizer.Add(self.heatbed_off, 0, wx.TOP|wx.BOTTOM, 10)

 

sizer.Add(wx.StaticText(panel, -1, label = "Fan"), 0, wx.TOP|wx.BOTTOM|wx.LEFT|wx.ALIGN_CENTER, 10)

sizer.Add(self.fan_0, 0, wx.TOP|wx.BOTTOM, 10)

sizer.Add(self.fan_50, 0, wx.TOP|wx.BOTTOM, 10)

sizer.Add(self.fan_75, 0, wx.TOP|wx.BOTTOM, 10)

sizer.Add(self.fan_100, 0, wx.TOP|wx.BOTTOM, 10)

 

sizer.Add(wx.StaticText(panel, -1, label = "Print Speed"), 0, wx.TOP|wx.BOTTOM|wx.LEFT|wx.ALIGN_CENTER, 10)

sizer.Add(self.print_def, 0, wx.TOP|wx.BOTTOM, 10)

sizer.Add(self.print_setSpeed80, 0, wx.TOP|wx.BOTTOM, 10)

sizer.Add(self.print_setSpeed60, 0, wx.TOP|wx.BOTTOM, 10)

sizer.Add(self.print_setSpeed40, 0, wx.TOP|wx.BOTTOM, 10)

 

sizer.Add(wx.StaticText(panel, -1, label = "Flow"), 0, wx.TOP|wx.BOTTOM|wx.LEFT|wx.ALIGN_CENTER, 10)

sizer.Add(self.flow_def, 0, wx.TOP|wx.BOTTOM, 10)

sizer.Add(self.flow_setSpeed, 0, wx.TOP|wx.BOTTOM, 10)

sizer.Add((1,1), 0, 10) # Spacer

 

panel.SetSizer(sizer)

panel.Layout()

 

PluginPanel(255, 123, 255)

 

 

[carsten-w 1]

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Edited January 19, 2018 by carsten-w

[aggertroll 12]

Yeah, these are really, really nice. Thank you. I am currently testing Carsten's version and it looks great.

Now, can one of you masters implement a little button for me?

I have tried but failed - no surprise, it was my first try.

I would like to have a button that "safely" lifts the head after an abort and returns it to xy home  - just like citystars mentioned earlier.

I tried to include the following command and also add a button to the panel - no luck:

(The print window wouldn't open any more)

self.tool2_safe = createButton(panel, „Safe“, sendGCode, "G91; G1 Z15 E-5; M104 S0; M140 S0; G28 X0 Y0; G90; M117 Aborted")

# Sends g-code:

## relative positioning

## move z-stage down 15mm and retract 5mm

## switch off nozzle heater

## switch off bed heater

## home x and y

## absolute positioning

## display „Aborted“

For me it would be fine to have it instead of "Get endstops" for instance.

Would be really nice - but the interface as is is great!

Thanks!

Edited December 4, 2015 by Guest

[aggertroll 12]

Hey, here is my version of an printer interface... https://github.com/walthercarsten/PrinterFaceUi

Greetings, Carsten

 

I just used your interface on my Ultimaker Original and the x,y,z movements don't work the way they are supposed to. Could it be that the printer is receiving absolute commands? If I send a move command it will move once, but pretty unpredictable. The second time on the same command nothing happens.

I really don't know enough about it to figure it out. Trying a different interface now.

[aggertroll 12]

I figgered it out.

I was using a text editor and even though I saved as text-only it messed up the code. Downloaded a code editor and all is fine.

Changed Carsten's code to assure that all head movement commands are relative, similar for extrude/retract, and reappropriated one button to give me my move to safety. Talk about a nice print interface ...

Now: How to show current layer - like 43/576 - for instance in the upper right corner of the tempgraph?