new CURA release date announced !

[ultiarjan 1,223]

Saw this picture in a photostream of 3Dprintshow NY..

Looks like we get "pink unicorn" in July !!

[IRobertI 520]

Pff, old news

[gluetolf 5]

So keep me updated with old news please!

[Titus 170]

Robert, more old news to share ?

[Labern 774]

Hope it's not as confusing to use as this new forum

[IRobertI 520]

Nah, nothing more to share. Unless you want to know random stuff from R&D, but I'm sure something like that would be super boring

[Titus 170]

Nah, nothing more to share. Unless you want to know random stuff from R&D, but I'm sure something like that would be super boring

The tease is real. Let's bite: Yes I would love some boring stuff from R&D, it is my favorite!

[nallath 1,120]

Dont expect miracles. It wont have all the features the 'old' Cura has yet. It is a fully reworked version (as mentioned before) with tons of potential (Did i say way better plugin support?)

[ultiarjan 1,223]

so the release date was produced by marketing ? hope you won't release it before it's at least up to the standard of the current version ....

[nallath 1,120]

The release date is final, so it could be that there are still bugs in it. There will definately be missing features.

[gluetolf 5]

I'll wait for the full version then.

[nallath 1,120]

Well, every version of Cura has had bugs (and missing features). Most of the stuff that you want to do (read; pretty much the stuff that 95% of the people use) will work. Atleast, it should work Some of the weird functionality, such as importing minecraft levels directly into cura and converting images into models wont be supported.

[yellowshark 153]

Hmn, not sure what the point is in releasing fancy new software if it is not as good as the old version! I use most of the functions on basic/advanced/expert tabs.

Sounds like release 5 for me too

[Dim3nsioneer 557]

@yellowshark: Partially agreed. A new version should have the features widely used without bugs. But maybe it doesn't have to have ALL the old features right from the start.

Which will be the case for PU. It's not to be expected that it will e.g. support dual extrusion right from July on as there is no dual extrusion on the UM2 family. But support will be improved as everyone can see from the github source of the Curaengine PU branch.

But functionality will be increased as the new Cura works with plugins for nearly anything as Daid pointed out a few months ago on the forum.

[peggyb 170]

will there be a 'public' version to test before July 1st? A Mac-version? no github stuff?

[Dim3nsioneer 557]

The Curaengine for PU is already on Github. The 'only' thing missing is the GUI.

[peggyb 170]

That is what I asked: no Github stuff...

[Dim3nsioneer 557]

Well, it depends what you're looking for... ;)The Curaengine can be run without GUI. But I got you... so now, not for the time being. They decided to select a group of people who will test it before July. I don't know for which OS the test will run. But I'm pretty sure it will be quite solid when being launched in July. It will be certainly much more solid than the community web software (oops, did I write that? ).

Edited May 2, 2015 by Guest

[peggyb 170]

good to hear. I asked because it might be a good idea to test out things before releasing (hint, hint)

[yellowshark 153]

Lol well you hit the nail right on the head there. I was certainly hoping/anticipating that support for dual extrusion would be improved because I have dual extrusion! Without dual extrusion as it stands now, I will probably decide to stay on the old version unless there is something seriously good with PU that makes it worth using both versions, such as reduced print times or better surface quality.

I can see where you are coming from on that one but having spent 10 years (excluding management) in software development for a major financial services company, we would never release software without existing functions, not improved maybe but not dropped. Unless you are phasing some old process out, you just do not do software that way. Anyway it is good to know it is imminent so we can have a play with it. I just hope it is not like the new forum which seems like a backward step in usability so far.

[rigs 735]

It will be certainly much more solid than the community web software (oops, did I write that? ).

Daid it's you ?

[Dim3nsioneer 557]

It will be certainly much more solid than the community web software (oops, did I write that? ).

Daid it's you ?

I officially declare that Daid hat nothing to do with the above phrase and it was my own phrase by 100%...

@yellowshark: You're absolutely right concerning paid software. But I think one should make a small difference for open source software where a community can join the development. You're right about my background. I'm not a software engineer but a physicist. I'm used to the fact that new technologies are more expensive and less reliable and powerful when they start but will overtake existing technologies during their lifetime. This might be a model that can be applied to open source software as Cura.

I can assure you that I will be pushing about the dual extrusion as I happen to have a dual extruder UMO.

[nallath 1,120]

will there be a 'public' version to test before July 1st? A Mac-version? no github stuff?

Send us a mesasge. Ill put you on the list for software tests. I'm not quite sure if we are going to have a public test version, but there will be a semi closed one.

[yellowshark 153]

@dim3nsioneer: Thanks for your clarification on the dual extruder aspect, much appreciated.

Very fair comments on the open source position, companies pay for their software by the cost of their software development staff and expect (and pay for) a certain level of standards and it was probably unfair of me to make such a comparison. I do often forget that Cura is open source, thinking that it is owned and funded by Ultimaker (or maybe it is). I really know nothing about open source – a foreign world to me 8)

[nallath 1,120]

Cura is not owned by Ultimaker. We do invest heavily in it (there are multiple software engineers working on it).