Help to create a loggin plugin for CURA

[fedealbe10 0]

Hi guys i'm new to this forum.

I need help to create a plugin that creates a qr-code or something similar and then can be scanned by an app that i'm developing to log the model in the printer log on the app.

Any idea how to create one and if it already exists?

[ahoeben 1,968]

49 minutes ago, fedealbe10 said:

a plugin that creates a qr-code

Where and when does it create the qr-code? Should the qr-code be displayed on the screen, or should it be an image that gets saved separately from the gcode? Should it be included in the gcode as a sort of thumbnail?

[fedealbe10 0]

No just printed on the screen, no need to save it somewhere. 

thanks

[fedealbe10 0]

On 3/21/2023 at 2:03 PM, ahoeben said:

Where and when does it create the qr-code? Should the qr-code be displayed on the screen, or should it be an image that gets saved separately from the gcode? Should it be included in the gcode as a sort of thumbnail?

No just printed on the screen, no need to save it somewhere. 

thanks

[ahoeben 1,968]

You missed a question: when should it be displayed? While saving gcode? Before, while or after printing? (if so, how are you printing?) While slicing? Only when the user presses a button?

 

And what information do you want to have available when generating the qrcode? A hash of the gcode?

[fedealbe10 0]

46 minutes ago, ahoeben said:

You missed a question: when should it be displayed? While saving gcode? Before, while or after printing? (if so, how are you printing?) While slicing? Only when the user presses a button?

 

And what information do you want to have available when generating the qrcode? A hash of the gcode?

After slicing, when the user presses a button.

 

I need that all the settings of the sliced model are available

[ahoeben 1,968]

I think the easiest way to start is with an "extension" type plugin:

https://github.com/Ultimaker/Uranium/wiki/Plugin-Types#extentions

You can use this example as a starting point:

https://github.com/Ultimaker/UraniumExampleExtensionPlugin

 

If you want a button near the "save gcode" button, have a look at how this plugin adds a button:

https://github.com/fieldOfView/Cura-PauseBackendPlugin/

 

You should be able to include the qrcode module with your plugin:

https://github.com/lincolnloop/python-qrcode

You may have to jump through some hoops to get it to import correctly. Here's how I do it in the OctoPrint Connection plugin:

https://github.com/fieldOfView/Cura-OctoPrintPlugin/blob/release/OctoPrintOutputDevicePlugin.py#L48-L90

 

I have not checked the code, but this plugin may help you access all the settings:

https://github.com/5axes/CuraSettingsWriter

[fedealbe10 0]

17 minutes ago, ahoeben said:

I think the easiest way to start is with an "extension" type plugin:

https://github.com/Ultimaker/Uranium/wiki/Plugin-Types#extentions

You can use this example as a starting point:

https://github.com/Ultimaker/UraniumExampleExtensionPlugin

 

If you want a button near the "save gcode" button, have a look at how this plugin adds a button:

https://github.com/fieldOfView/Cura-PauseBackendPlugin/

 

You should be able to include the qrcode module with your plugin:

https://github.com/lincolnloop/python-qrcode

You may have to jump through some hoops to get it to import correctly. Here's how I do it in the OctoPrint Connection plugin:

https://github.com/fieldOfView/Cura-OctoPrintPlugin/blob/release/OctoPrintOutputDevicePlugin.py#L48-L90

 

I have not checked the code, but this plugin may help you access all the settings:

https://github.com/5axes/CuraSettingsWriter

Thanks man, i'll let u know if  it works