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Posted (edited) · Cura plugins folder not present

I am trying to install a python plugin into Cura. It said to go to  ..\Ultimaker Cura x.x.x\plugins\PostProcessingPlugin\scripts with the x.x.x being the version. I typed that after cd into the terminal but it said -bash: cd: ..Ultimaker: No such file or directory. I tried searching for it in Finder, but still nothing. I went into Cura and clicked the Show Configurations Folder, which had the plugins folder in it. I put the plugin into the folder and restarted Cura, but there was still nothing in the plugins section. Also, I don't know the version of Cura I have. Finder says it's 5.8.1, but the configurations folder said it was 5.8. I am using a Mac.

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    Posted · Cura plugins folder not present

    There are "plugins" which are generally "Extensions" to Cura, and then there are "post processors" which generally make some changes to the Gcode after it has been completed by Cura.

     

    Custom "Plugin" folders should go into your Configuration Folder.  In Windows mine is:

    "C:\Users\_GregValiant_\AppData\Roaming\cura\5.8\plugins"

    Plugins are multi-folder mini-apps.  You could add one to the installation folder like:

    "C:\Program Files\UltiMaker Cura 5.8.0\share\cura\plugins"

    But if you update Cura to a newer version you could lose it.

     

    Custom "Post-Processors" consist of a single Python file and would go into:

    "C:\Users\_GregValiant_\AppData\Roaming\cura\5.8\scripts"

    You could add it to the installation folder in:

    "C:\Program Files\UltiMaker Cura 5.8.0\share\cura\plugins\PostProcessingPlugin\scripts"

    But again, if it's in the installation folder you could lose it when upgrading to a newer version of Cura.

     

     

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    Posted · Cura plugins folder not present

    Hello,

    I believe Cura prefers filenames in title-case (aka camel-case). MrRiscoC's AML script would not appear in Post Processing Plugin dialog box using the filename 'professionalfirmware.py'. However, after renaming the file to 'ProfessionalFirmware.py' and restarting Cura, the script appears as it should.

     

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    Posted · Cura plugins folder not present
    1 hour ago, hrdcpy said:

    Hello,

    I believe Cura prefers filenames in title-case (aka camel-case). MrRiscoC's AML script would not appear in Post Processing Plugin dialog box using the filename 'professionalfirmware.py'. However, after renaming the file to 'ProfessionalFirmware.py' and restarting Cura, the script appears as it should.

    The capitalisation scheme of the filename is only important in that it has to match the Python class name of the script, case sensitive and CamelCase is the convention for class names in Python. lowercasescript.py or snake_case_script.py would work if that's what the script's class name is.

     

    Also worth noting is that Cura sorts post-processsing scripts case-sensitive so anything starting with a lowercase letter will appear after everything else, regardless of the capitalisation of the script's title in its metadata.

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    Posted · Cura plugins folder not present

    I chased that for a minute.

    The person who wrote "Professional Firmware" (for some of the Enders) also wrote that script.  It's just a Thumbnail creator.  The poster could just have well used the one bundled with Cura.

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