No more manual mode?

[trevor-michael-tomesh 0]

Hi! So, I used to be able to controller my printrbot manually with cura -- when I would open up the print window it would give me an interface to position the nozzle, etc -- but after an update I no longer see that -- I just get a "print" and "cancel" button.

Any ideas? :-)

 

[IRobertI 521]

Long story short: Old interface is gone. daid made the print window moddable via text files. You can change to a Pronterface-like interface in settings. Or you could just use Pronterface to begin with as it's more powerful.

More info on the forum if you search around a bit.

 

[sirgeekalot 1]

What a shame. This makes Cura virtually unusable for me, and I used to really like it.

My heat bed can take a long time to heat up, and if I do not do this separately before heating up the hot end, I run the risk of charring the plastic in the hot end while the bed is reaching temperature, which can severly clog it. Also, I like to manually level my print bed while I'm waiting, which I can no longer do in Cura as a result of this feature's removal (yes, I know there is a bed leveling wizard, but it does not work well for my printer).

So if I have to use another host to start with, why bother with Cura? I've been switching back and forth and it is a pain in the neck.

Goodbye Cura, I enjoyed my time with you.

Hello MatterControl!

 

[mastory 44]

No, I think you're misunderstanding the situation. The old criptic interface has been replaced with something much better.

It is a new customizable interface that some people have been working out their own solutions and sharing them. I print from an Ulticontroller, so I am not really familiar with it, but you can read about it http://umforum.ultimaker.com/index.php?/topic/4618-new-cura-printer-interface/.

Personally before I had the Ulticontroller, I found it a very good solution to use Cura to slice with, then load my gcode into Pronterface for preparation, maintenance, printing and print monitoring. Its quite a powerful tool to control the printer. I think it is much more comprehensive than the old Cura interface and probably better than the improved new Cura interfaces.

I think its worth another look.

 

[IRobertI 521]

I've never used cura for printing, Pronterface is far superior at doing that. Same goes when using other slicers like KISSlicer and slic3r for example as they don't even have a print interface.

I got curious about MatterControl so I downloaded it to give it a look (always good to have alternatives) but unfortunately it didn't work very well for me. Six re-starts, two different model files and it crashed every single time when trying to generate the layer view.

 

[Daid 306]

Feel free to do as you wish, but the latest RC as nice temperature controls in the PronterfaceUI plugin (select it in the preferences)

 

[bkofford 0]

I need to change my filament! How do I do that if I can no longer instruct my printer to heat up the hotend?

[bkofford 0]

There is no longer a PronterfaceUI plugin apparently. How do I even change my filament if I cannot tell my printer to heat the hotend?

[gr5 2,265]

What kind of printer is it? I guess not an ultimaker.

I recommend pronterface. Not the cura plugin. The real thing. Repetier also has a great product (and is also free).

[ahoeben 2,011]

It is likely that a future version of Cura 2.x will have printer controls again (either by default, or through a plugin). But at the moment there is no such thing in Cura 2.x