Would anyone happen to know if there’s any documentation on how to go about creating a custom version of Cura? Same as how Lulzbot has their own customized version of Cura. Any help appreciated!
Sure, what questions do you have. I’m helping Lulzbot with that project. If you jump in the #alephobjects irc channel on freenode, we should be able to help you out.
Wondering how to go about creating a customized install version of Cura basically so that users don’t have to create a printer profile or enter machine settings when they install - so it’s pre-loaded.
Just joined the channel @Justin_Nesselrotte , but I don’t think you’re in it?
We’re accepting new profiles for mainline cura all the time for inclusion in the next major release. No need to roll your own version for that.
@Daid_Braam Sounds good! How to get started? Link?
Do you have an estimate on when the next major release might be? Wondering because if it is in half a year or so, we may as well work on releasing our own version like Lulzbot if that’s alright? (whichever is faster)
I think the next full release is planned ?-10-2015, with feature freeze being 1-9-2015 (if I remember right, could also be a month later).
Only thing we need is a json printer file:
https://github.com/Ultimaker/Cura/tree/master/resources/settings
Easiest way to get it in is trough a github pull request, and just look at the other files right now on how a file should be build up.
If you want a 3D model of the build plate in there, it needs to be in:
And referer it from the json file. (Watch the filesize a bit)
We don’t have full documentation up yet. awhiemstra · GitHub is in charge of Cura these days (I used to be in charge, but my other activities prevent me to spend enough time on it)
If you are unsure, we have multiple developers watching the issue tracker, so you can always file an issue there.