Cura for CubeX

[Scott@BSI]

I ran across this post over on the KISSlicer Refugee Camp: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/kisslicer-refugee-camp

Sounds like good news to me....

Hi KISSlicer users,

Slightly bit of information. I'm the Cura developer. Currently the fastest slicing software out there (yes, it beats KISSlicer. But KISSlicer has a nice 2nd place).

Jonathon is still being AWOL, as far as I know, which is a huge shame. Because he really helped me along with Cura in the initial steps when I started to write my own slicing engine. And he is a great guy. Me, and Ultimaker would not be where we are now without him.

I know he started with KISSlicer to improve printing on his BFB machine. With great results. But now, with him behing AWOL, and all the other tools not supporting the BFB printers anymore. The BFB users are left without updates. Which is a shame.

So, I want to add BFB support to Cura. As a tribute to Jonathan and his awesome work. And to help out anyone who still has one of these machines.

Now, I know little about these machines. But I did add some initial code in my engine today towards supporting the BFB: https://github.com/Ultimaker/CuraEngine/commit/f94a77bf94f7be7f9f401fe379f2ecabe3fccf20

I do have some questions:

First, I'm looking for testers. I currently cannot guarantee that Cura generates perfect GCode for BFB machines. Extrusion is handled completely different. So anyone willing to test for me would be of great assistance.

Secondly, KISSlicer has this "mm/rev" setting which does not seem to do anything for 5D GCode, but does influence the BFB code. How important is this setting? Is it something that is set per machine or per machine type? (more specifically, is it something that you need to tweak per machine, or as soon as you know it for your model, you know it for all machines of the same model)

Finally, the communication with the machine, is that done trough USB? Or trough SD? Or does it depend on the machine?

Cheers, and keep on printing,

Daid

[forema...@aol.com]

I don't have all the answers to your question because I also was depending on kisslicer so I'm stuck now that Johnathon is AWOL.
The Printer does us USB stick for communication it does not communicate directly to the computer.
The BFB files are downloaded to the USB stick and the Cubex reads it from there.

[rkon...@gmail.com]

Daid,

I sent a reply to you over at the Kisslicer Refugee Camp but I'm not sure you have seen it.

I would really like to work with you to help get Cura working with the BFB and CubeX Printers. (As you probably know, the Cubex is a BFB based printer). I am the original author of the CubeIT software which converts the Kisslicer output so it can be used with CubeX printers.

How can I help?

[apalabr...@gmail.com]

Hi all,

I use both Cura and Kisslicer. I have the same 3D model printed with a Prusa i3 using Cura and the CubeX using Kisslicer. I merely wanted to say that Cura treats support incredibly. It can be removed with no effort and no leaving any kind of mark. The CubeX has a good 3d printing but the support generated is too difficult to remove.

Is now Cura ready to work with BFB files? And is there any king of setup file for it?

Thanks.

[093...@gmail.com]

понедельник, 17 февраля 2014 г., 23:04:57 UTC+3 пользователь Scott@BSI написал:

Hi! I would like to try Cura with my CubeX Duo, but it's not works for now. Printer said that there is invalid file. Now I'm using Kisslicer + CubeItMod & it works fine. Maybe there is a way to remove all comment lines (that begins with ;) at one time? I think the problem in them, because files that generates kisslicer are simmilar but have no comments.

[Hugues]

Hi,

It's because cubeitmod remove all comment from the file and add more stuff like m227/228.

Without postprocessor it's a pain to get a working file.

Regards,
Hugues

[fros...@gmail.com]

I'm currently struggling to get a bfb 3dtouch to work with cura.

After som gcode fiddling, it seems the only thing missing from the process is for the extruder to extrude,, except for that everything seems to be working fine. The printer is at my school, and it would be of great help if we could get it working with cura, which we use for our other printer

Anyone have any idea? any help is appreciated