Cura 13.11.2: User Manual
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1. could help you infill parts Travel speed 4 The speed Minimal layer time The minimal time spend at which the printhead moves on printing a single layer If a layer takes less when it is not printing The time to print then this configured time then the default is set on 150mm s But layer is slowed down This ensures that a layer a well calibrated and oiled Ulti is cooled down and solid enough before the maker can go faster and upto next one is put on top 300mm s It is not uncommon for a printer to achieve 200mm s_ Enable cooling fan 8 The cooling fan is usu or 250mm s travel soeed But ally enabled and greatly improves print quality if you are seeing shifts in your for PLA For some other materials you might orint then the travel soeed might not want to use the cooling fan at all and this be the cause setting will disable it E2 Advanced settings The use of full settings and dual extrusion 28 E3 Extra full settings Ultimaker Original As earlier mentioned with the Ultimaker Original selected in Cura you have some extra functions that you can tune With these settings you can take control on the material tem perature and the diameter and flow of the filament Basic settings Print temperature and Filament The print temperature 1 is the GETTY Advanced Piugins Start End CCode temperature at which you print Layer height mm 0 1 This setting has a lot of impact pesada E on the print2. Minimum a pentium 4 processor Recommended hardware 2 GigaByte of RAM 500MB disk space Intel Core 2 2 0Ghz Compatible file types STL This file format is Supported by almost any 3D software package and is the industry standard used for 3D printing OBJ DAE AMG B1 Compatible systems Installing and configuring Cura B2 Downloading and installing Cura The preferred software for your Ultimaker is Cura from Ultimaker This software package prepares your 5D model into instructions that your Ultimaker 2 requires to produce an object 1 The Cura software package can be downloaded from the Our software section on our website www ultimaker com direct link www ultimaker com pages our software 2 Download the latest version of Cura for your operating system 3 Open the installer and follow the directions to install the software 4 After installing Cura Start up Cura and go to the next page to configure the software to your 3D printer Cura drag to install Applications NOTE On every kind of operating system the installation procedure of the software will work quite differently B2 Downloading and installing Cura Installing and configuring Cura B3 Configuration wizard Ultimaker 1 Cura welcomes you first with the note This wizard will help you in setting up Cura for your machine click Next gt button to continue 2 Then you get the Select your machine fo
3. The default is set tanon Top tices n SE Fill Density 00 20 on 220C which is a bit high for ee Print speed mm s PLA For PLA you can go down Miene gt to 190C to reduce the amount paer saien ne of strings on the print But if you Homama 2e want to print faster you might need to increase the temperatu re above the 220 degree filament has an average of 2 89mm thickness The filament diameter 2 is The filament flow 3 is a correction factor the diameter of your filament to make extrusion higher or lower then usual Accurate measurement of your Somesystems or materials require a correction filament gives better quality next to the usual diameter setting This flow orints This needs to be known adjustment can be used for this Up to 2 decimals Using digital calioers to measure you filament improves results Ultimaker Advanced settings Retraction Retraction speed 4 The speed sae Hi tai SS RBN HiP at which the filament is pulled ce ma back when the printerhead 1 needs to move over holes gt anal a TENT beastie tac Dual ewtrusion ovtelag tren 0 3 Retraction distance 5 The E Bottom layer speed mm s 36 amount of mm the filament Is eee pulled back when a retraction ce a happens 4 5mm gives good results on almost all Ultimakers with PLA Other materials might Note At the Ultimaker 2 this Is a fine tuned setting that need different retraction set you don t need to tune in C
4. YouMagine malper a print ype High quality paint abort ferent pring _ Fast bow quality print YOUMAGINE Other C Print support structure Other Creative Commons Attribution Share Alike Cam YouMagine 5c Uploading image chrome jpg D2 Upload from Cura to YouMagine com YouMagine and sharing with Cura Q YOUMAGINE wem cover Designere CAE Dino Sandim J0 printer Star Deas 0 05E 24 THE USE OF FULL SETTINGS AND DUAL EXTRUSION E1 Switch and use of full settings With Cura we aim for a very simple and friendly experience for our users The more experienced you become with 3D printing and our software the more specific you might want to work in the production of a 3D print More specific settings can al be managed through a full setting function we included in the software We will explain you this in the AOAR steps seer and select Switch to Full menen settings Note When your Cura is configured to Ultimaker Original you have a fourth tab start end Gcode were you can change the begin and end process of Print support structure your printfiles 2 You can see that you have more features in 3 different tabs Basic Advanced and Plugins Basic settings Quality The height of each layer 1 For orint quality and printing time this is the most important set ting Usual settings are 0 2mm for a low quality print O lmm for a medium qua
5. do you have Ultimake _ Ultimaker Original _ Other Ex RepRap MakerBot 4 New you can switch by CM Otimaker Orginal ST selecting the right machine Select a quickarint profile v Ultimaker2 i _ High quality print ine through machine in the Menu s5nermarquaneyprn Oe new machine Fast low quality prir Install default firmware ba r Install custom firmware Other _ Print support struct ae ens Machine settings 5 You can remove a 3D printer Usimaker Original TTEN machine by going to File in the Paces EAT SST EEN ry Maximum width mm 230 Head size towards Y min mm 10 0 Menubar and select Machine Mindrum depth mm 225 Head size towards X max mm 60 0 Maximum height mm 205 Head size towards Y max mm 30 0 settings on the bottom of the eg p eee ee i i Machine center 0 0 FEDEN ALTO pop up you find the function CCode Flavor uGCode T Baudrate AUTO Remove M ach i ne Ok Add new machine Remove machine F3 Add a new 3D printer machine Machine settings and Updates 58 F4 Preferences of Cura Other settings such as the colour of your model in cura Fllament settings and Cura settings are positioned in this part You especially wanted to reach out to these preferences when you want to know the price of your print 1 You can find the preferences T rer i EEE menu under File in the Menu bar Pem Sve model Normalq print Nast low Save
6. extrusion Diameter mm o orint Flow 100 0 E6 Dual extrusion for Ultimaker Original The use of full settings and dual extrusion OZ LOO Cura 13 13 2 4 Load the 2 models you Want tO gitumranaea 1 ruse sunreccase 7 use for your print either simul e oF AES Dremu o2 0 Tera taneously or alternating They opens will both be placed on the build Gesa Gs Spred and Temperature O atfo r M Print speed men s 0 Printing temperature O 220 2nd nozzle temperature 0 Seppet 5 If you click on the model and Paomsimsienwp nen gt Support dual extrusion Both right mouse click the second Dus erusin Wipeprime tower Ooze shield model you get the option dual See Diarneter men 2 85 extrusion merge This will merge mre both models into one model for _ Basic Advanced Plugins Start End GCode rams a S00 0 1 Layer height mm S Shell thickness mm 08 Oullineteal dealt Enable retraction v 6 The model will be dual colo Bottom Top thickness mm 0 6 red in this case yellow equals Sea oo 2nd nozzle temperature O 0 hot end 1 and red equals hot Printing temperature C 220 end 2 since this is what is set in Eem rae Platform adhesion type None the Preferences panel You can Suppor dual extrusion Bath Berete al obec Deal extrusion change the configuration by the zoan order in which you click during Darter m 8 the merge Flow 09 10
7. you like to print 9 The option to change the Scale of the object you like to print 10 The options to Mirror the model you like to print 11 The model you have loaded through the load file button 12 This is a visualisation of the print area of your Ultimaker 13 Cultimaker 2 The grey squares In the build area are the no go zones In your Ultimaker 2 these are the metal clios were you can t print C1 Cura software interace First time starting up Cura 14 C2 Print with quick print profile Before going into this step make sure you have a working printer If not please calibrate your printer Need help check the user manual of the Ultimaker 2 or Ultimaker Original on our support page 1 Let s start by clicking on the Load button in Cura and search for a compatible file 2 You might notice the progress bar when you File Tools Machine Expert Help rint have loaded a file into Cura cura is automatically eee ee a a making the 5D model print ready for you e serge oer 3 Inthe meantime you can adjust settings and select a print type ee High quality prints with layers of 0 06 mm Normal quality prints with layers of 0 1mm Low quality prints with layers of 0 2 mm 4 When the 5D model is prepared the Save toolpath button shows up and gives you the option to save the prepared model ina directory Underneath the button Cura gives you an indication about your print on
8. your 5D printer requires to produce an object Cura is developed by Ultimaker to make 43D printing as easy and streamlined as possible It contains everything you need to prepare a 3D file for printing It is fully preconfigured to work on every Ultimaker model Cura comes with a friendly setup program that helps you Install the latest firmware as well as to calibrate your printer While you make decisions on the look and quality of your 5D object Cura s slicer engine prepares your model in the back ground faster than ever From there It is just seconds away from your printer and ready to become your physical object With the Ultimaker 2 and Cura It s only possible to copy your orint file to an SD card and print from it The USB port on your Ultimaker 2 can be used for firmware updates and in the near future this gives a possibility for wireless printing The USB cable that came with your Ultimaker 2 should only be used for firmware updates With the Ultimaker Original it is Cossible to print with USB cable but we do not advice you to do that It Is less reliable and other processes on your computer influence the soeed of orinting When available printing with the Ulticontroller is re commended fE Al Cura for you Ultimaker Welcome to Cura A2 Latest upgrades and fixes Almost every month we do a software update where we introduce new functionalities and improvements In the latest Cura 13 11 2 Adjusted the gantr
9. 0 0 Cura 13 112 uging Start End GCode Now you ve taken all the steps aa e3 A Layer height inen a 1 MUTES and are ready to start printing ee al UE as with your new dual extrusion kit Bottom Top thickness ram 0 6 Fall Deni OR Ba If you have created some nice madman Ts Printing temperate C 220 dual extrusion print models feel 2nd nozzle temperature C 0 free to share them on our plat form YouMagine as we are Very memme oo curious to see what great stuff aa you will create o F Cura13 11 2 included new function mes cura 13 112 Basic Advanced Plugins StumfEnd GCode for dual extrusion wipetower ont AS f toina Li WEE and ooze shield Wipetower is ainmin V aa ma TE a small tower next to your print muma mees mms where the nozzle wipes itself met rn clean when switching nozzles poena tampere 22 l 2nd nozzi temperature C 0 The ooze shield does the same Shin WS Platters adhesion tyg a z and improves this function but prere with some models you don t want It because you can t break it away oC tom Know that both functions down grade the printspeed The use of full settings and dual extrusion E7 Expert configurations You can check the information about the expert configurations by going over all the features A tooltip will aopear with some small explanation The part will be further expla
10. Code Show slice engine log Orther Open Profile _ Print kup Machine settings Recent Model Files Recent Profile Files This is the colour of your 3D model in Cura Filament settings Model colour __ Density kg m3 Under these Filament settings Cost price kg Cura can calculate the price of ale Nc Cura settings your mod els Auto detect SD card drive MJ Check for updates vi Send usage statistics vi Other Cura settings that are ad Ok viced to use but can be turned of when you uncheck the boxes F4 Preferences of Cura Machine settings and Updates 59 F5 Copy profile to clipboard Under Tools in the Menu bar you will find the function Copy profile to clipboard This function can be used when you would like to send your settings to someone else You can paste it in a Text area like this you can share or send it to support the forum or to someone If you copy does text and go to Cura will It automatically ask you to use these settings F5 Copy profile to clipboard Machine settings and Updates AQ Ultimaker
11. Cura 5 11 2 Ultimaker s software for making 3D prints User manual English Version 1 0 Ultimaker Table of Contents A Welcome to Cura Al Cura for your Ultimaker A2 Latest upgrade and fixes B Installing and configuring Cura B1 Compatible systems B2 Downloading and installing Cura B3 Configuration wizard Ultimaker B4 Continue the wizard for Ultimaker Original B5 Configuration wizard other 3D printers C First time starting up Cura C Cura software interface C2 Print with quick print profile C3 Basic orientation C4 Adjusting your model C5 Where Ultimaker 2 and Ultimaker Original differ in Cura Co From SD card to print your file D YouMagine com and sharing with Cura DI From YouMagine to load file in Cura D2 Upload from Cura to YouMagine com E The use of full settings and dual extrusion El Switch and use of full settings E2 Advanced settings ES Extra full settings Ultimaker Original E4 Cura plugins E5 Start End GCode for Ultimaker Original E6 Dual extrusion for Ultimaker Original E7 Expert configurations F Updating Cura F1 Updating Cura F2 Updating firmware of your Ultimaker F3 Add a new SD printer machine F4 Preferences of Cura F5 Copy profile to clipboard Table of content User manual WELCOME TO CURA A1 Cura for your Ultimaker The preferred software for your Ultimaker is Cura This software package prepares your 3D model into instructions that
12. Estimated Print Time Amount of material required And the weight of your 3D print ip Normal quality print Fast low quality print da PA MES Print support structure eos meuar ae giam 5 After you inserted the included SD card into your computer Cura changes the Save toolpath Button into the Toolpath to SD Button 6 Just after you choose for the Toolpath to SD button you will see the same progress bar but now it saves the file on the SD card 7 When finished saving It will give you the notification that your file has been saved 8 Before taking out the SD card make sure you always choose the safely eject button in Cura Saved as E UltimakerRobot support gcode amp X C5 Print with quick print profile First time starting up Cura ils C3 Basic orientation The following mouse actions are used to work navigate and view the 3D model You can use those orientation movements in the blue 3D interface Leftmouse button Scrollwheel button Select objects Hold and move Use the scroll wheel to zoom in the mouse to drag or out object on the 3D print area Rightmouse button Rightmouse button Shift Hold and move the mouse to Hold and move the mouse to rotate the viewpoint around the pan the 3D view 5D model Right and left mouse button Hold and move the mouse to ZOOM Loading a 3D model The left icon on the top of the zD Select a print type i
13. N selected object If you number is Ejooc meee to much for the amount of space ee ee on your build volume cura will place it automatically it on maxi mum quantity Number of copies 20 Cancel There is also a function Split object into parts 4 This func tion is used to split an model file which contains multiple parts into separate parts to be printed one at a time For example if you downloaded an STL file that con tains 4 parts of a puzzle you can split it into 4 separate parts for printing For now it works very slowly and you might need some patience to split objects for now we advice your to split parts in your 3D design program First time starting up Cura 18 C5 Were Ulitimaker 2 and Ultimaker Original differ in Cura With the develooment of the Ultimaker 2 we decided that the print should know what kind of material it has That s why when you insert material in your Ultimaker 2 that you also should tell what material it is going to use The printer adjust its settings to the material requirements in this way printfiles gcode s became material independent and can be easier shared with others That why you also had to make a decision earlier in the configuration There is also a slight diffe rence in the Cura Interface and user flow which we will explain on this page Ultimaker 2 You can recognize and see that oe you have configured Cura to ihe Ultimaker 2 if the print bed inthe eae visua
14. The second left icon on the oo bottom of the 3D interface is the emer scaling button 1 When you select and click it you can scale the model in the XYZ direction The top icon that appears has the function to scale your object to max size 3 for your printer The icon above resets 2 the 5D models rotation Print support structure By unlocking 4 the lock you By select and slide one of the 3 scaling squares have the possiblity to scale the you adjust the uniform scale of the model The object in each particular amount of scaling and size dimensions ap dimension pears in the number next to the model C4 Adjusting your model First time starting up Cura 17 Mirror your object The third left icon on the bottom _ simi of the 3D interface is the mirror es YM gt mee aine Ultimaker button 1 When you select on eae an the mirroring functions you can flio you model with the other buttons above 1 in the X dimension 2 Y dimension 3 Z dimension 4 Right mouse click on your model When you select your model and give a right mouse click on It you get some more functions With Delete object 1 5 you remove your model s from cura Center on platform 2 positions your model in the center of the build plate Delete object Center on plattorm Multiply object Split object into parts Delete all abjects With multiply object 3 you can decide to make more of the a SE
15. and set the Extruder She count on 2 You might have to cater S o Bam restart Cura before it will actually Smnce S take this setting pemn l e cata en eT 2 Next change the setting in the menr s gj Stee M S o o Preferences panel to the ones pnan FE l m a shown below click the pictureto hai a8 enlarge If your Dual extrusion is built perfectly the offsets should be Cura File X 0 0 and Y 21 6 However this 899 being a DIY Kit make sure you _ Basic Advanced Plugins Start End GCode play with the settings until your Quality second material sticks nicely aan ies a f Shell thickness mm 0 8 icely to your first material Enable ESCH I Fill Bottom Top thickness mm 0 6 Fill Density 4 33 3 In the advanced tab you can find a setting called Dual Extru Speed and Temperature sion Overlap this has default Pant speed imanda 50 setting of 0 2 mm With this Pauna npare 220 _ l l 2nd nozzle temperature C 0 setting you can control how TR much the colors should overlap Support type None o This assures a good connection Cee PE de None bo Support dual extrusion Both in between two materials Dual extrusion Wipe amp prime tower Now the settings in Cura are Poze shima Filament done and you can start prepa e re ring your first dual
16. best performance You also have to set up a custom profile where tinkering and some hardware knowledge of your 3D printer is required More about working with custom profiles in chapter E starting at page 26 B2 Configuration wizard other 3D printers Installing and configuring Cura FIRST IME STARTING UP CURA C1 Cura software interface This is the main quick print screen of Cura Here you can load and adjust 5D models choose print profiles and upload files to the YouMagine library Below you can see a quick overview about all the items in the interface Later on in this chapter they will be explained in more depth 1 2 3 4 5 6 a a aS eC a a TY Select a quickgrint profile High quglity print si ITE be 10 nee Oksaimeter 4icgiam Normal quality print C Fast low quality prin Other _ Print support structure 8 9 10 1 Menu bar In this bar you can change settings machines and profiles 2 Make a selection in 3 different quick print profiles 3 The option to print with support structure 4 A button which gives you the oppor tunity to load objects 5 With this button you can save pre pared files to your Ultimaker SD card 6 Through this button you can share 5D files on YouMagine com 7 A orepared model can be viewed in other modes to check it s orintoath 7 We wi 11 12 13 8 The option to change the rotation of the object
17. e for CNC or Reprap machines It is a way for you to tell the machine to move to various points at a desired speed control the spindle speed turn on and off various coolants and all sorts of other things It is fairly standard and is a useful tool More about G code http replicat org porimer Start End Gcode The start and end gcode are the startup and end procedure of the print These pieces of code influence the startup procedure and can be customized By default the printer is heated up homed to the corner and the head is primed Editing this requires knowledge of GCode E5 Start End Gcode for Ultimaker Original The use of full settings and dual extrusion 4 E6 Dual extrusion for U timaker Original The dual extrusion KIT is still exoerimental which means tinkering for the best result is needed At the moment our slicer Cura does not support features recom mended for PVA like wipe However you can experiment with PVA in the dual extrusion KIT by using another slicer program that does support It Printing In dual color is supported Assembly manual can be found here htto wiki ultimaker com Dual_ Extrusion When you are finished with installing the hardware part there are a couple of steps in the software Cura that need to be taken off before you can really start orinting with your dual extrusion kit A Cera Fie Tools Machine t LABRET Thu 352 PM Witemaker 1 start Cura go to File gt Pre oo ferences
18. iar with Cura we continue to explain how you can download a 3D file from YouMagine and load this into Cura YouMagine Is an online community for everyone who s eager to explore the World of 3D printing Want to work with other users and learn from each other Go right ahead YouMagine is about sharing and collaboration Needless to say everything you upload will remain your intellectual property which we encourage you to share 1 Open your browser and go to Q VOUMAGINE s osse om www youmagine com Discovi 2 Use the search field at the menu bar next to the magnifying m EJ glass to find a model of your interest Let s search for example coffee cup and Enter 3 Choose a design you like Coffee Cup 4 The following page will provi de you with a Download button where you can get your stl file which can be used to print a 3D en Q bod model 2 0 5 The stl file can be loaded into the Cura software which will be explained more fully in the next chapter Tip If you ve made a 3D design yourself you can contribute back to the YouMagine community this is explained in the next step N NOTE The screenshots may not look and work exactly the same because YouMagine is in continuous development D1 From YouMagine to load file Cura YouMagine and sharing with Cura 22 D2 Upload from Cura to YouMagine com Cura also gives you an opportunity to directly upload and easily
19. ined in a next version of the User manual QTE Advanced Plugins Quality Layer height mm 0 1 Shell thickness mm 0 8 Enable retraction v aan Fill Minimum travel mm 1 5 Fill amount 15 Enable combing Minimum amount of travel needed for a retraction tog 7 Bottom Top thickness mm 0 6 s i Minimal extrusion before retracting mm PAPPen at all To make sure you do not geta lotof STe Fill Density 20 retractions in a small area Skirt Speed and Temperature i Line count l Spiralize the outer contour Print speed mm s 50 Start distance mm 3 0 Brim Support Minimal length mm SP Support type Everywhere gt a Cool naft Platform adhesion type Brim s Fan full on at height Extra margin mm Fan speed min Line spacing mm Fan speed max Base thickness mm Minimum speed mm s Base line width mm Cool head lift Infill Solid infill top Solid infill bottom Infill overlap 00 Interface thickness mm Interface line width mm Fix horrible Combine everything Type A _ Combine everything Type B Keep open faces Extensive stitching Ok You can use the shortcut key CTRL E or Command E OSX to open the expert configuration menu E7 Expert configurations The use of full settings and dual extrusion 34 MACHINE SETTINGS AND UPDATES F1 Updating Cura Our R amp D team is continue improving and updating Cura We always aim to make the software more use
20. inetem gram Other _ Print support structure B3 Configuration wizard Ultimaker Installing and configuring Cura 10 B4 Continue wizard for Ultimaker Original When you selected the Ultimaker Original the wooden lasercut version you need to check the upgrades you Nave or don t have on your Printer 5 Follow the Instructions on Select upgraded parts you have the screen and make sure YOU To assist you in having better default settings for your Ultimaker Cura would like to know whjetrtpgrades you have in your machine select what came with or Is Extruder drive upgrade Upgraded on your Printer Heated printer bed self built _ The default selection is DE Di i If you have an Ultimaker bought after october 2012 you will have the suitable for a NEW U Itimaker Extruder drive upgrade If you do not have this upgrade Original it is highly recommended to improve reliability i This upgrade can be bought from the Ultimaker webshop or found on thingiverse as thing 26094 6 If you are not sure you have Upgrade Ultimaker Firmware the latest firmware make sure Firmware is the piece of software running directly on your 3D printer This firmware controls the step motors regulates the temperature YOu choose Upgrade to Mar and ultimately makes your printer work lin Firmware eee The firmware shipping with new Ultimakers works but upgrades Make sure that the USB have been made to make better prints and make calibrati
21. l interface shows the aoe Ultimaker 2 logo Ultimaker Original You can see the difference in the Selec A prira cip logo in the blue area ton analny ort C Fast low quality print SOT minutes O40 inetenta lg tain More imporantly you can find this back in it s material functionality Where Cura asks you the which material you are going to use and what thickness it has You will see more functions in those materials when you put Cura in Full settings chapter E Note most of the images being used are setup for the Ultimaker 2 so keep in mind that the images in this manual may not be the same as the one In your Interface We will mention where you need to do take some extra action or where it differs C2 Were Ultimaker 2 and Ultimaker Original differ in Cura First time starting up Cura 19 C6 From SD card to print your file 1 After saving the file and safely ejecting your SD card from your computer It is time to insert it in the SD card Slot of your Ultimaker mare Tiri Aa gaT UITAE AS PRINT Ultimaker 2 Ultimaker Original 2 By rotating the button and selecting PRINT Ultimaker 2 or Card Menu Ultimaker Original you can now choose your desired print model from the SD card C6 From SD card to print your file First time starting up Cura 20 YouMagine com and sharing with CURA D1 From YouMagine to load file in Cura Now that you are famil
22. l low Ng screen were YOu What kind of machine do you have should select what kind of s piliganate _ Ultimaker Original you have The collection of anonymous usage information helps with the continued improvement of Cura This does NOT submit your models online nor gathers any privacy related information Submit anonymous usage information v For full details see http wiki ultimaker com Cura stats Cura 15 02 or newer can collect user statistics These statistics are gathered to improve next version of Cura and possibly provide more features for Ultimaker and RepRap users The collected information includes profile settings and machine types It does NOT collect usernames models or any privacy sensitive information Cur rently these stats are only collected and there is nothing done with it yet We want to make these stats quite open for everyone to use as well as the option to share this information or not 3 So please check or uncheck the box if you like to share the Information or not 4 If you selected the Ultimaker 2 no additional setup is need and you should seen the following screen image below If you selected the Ultimaker Original you should follow the instructions on the next page B4 If you selected anything else in this configuration wizard continue to page 12 B5 800 Cura 13 11 2 e Select a quickprint profile _ High quality print al YM Normal quality print __ Fast low quality print 10 Ue OMe
23. lity print O0 06mm for a high quality print And O 02mm for an ultra high quality print The thickness of the side shells Model from YouMagine Medel ea 2 when printing a simple cube this is the thickness of the side walls Increasing it improves the Strength of the part Retraction 3 is pulling the filament back when moving over ei i a gap in the print This reduces the amount of thin lines between printed parts These thin lines are called strings Retraction is usually always enabled unless you want to print faster or are printing with a material that does not allow retraction Some models don t require retraction this vase for example because there are no gaps E1 Upload from Cura to YouMagine com The use of full settings and dual extrusion 26 Basic settings Fill The bottom top thickness 1 is the outer shell thickness on the top and bottom For example when printing a simple cube this SS is the bottom square and top geen a Square thickness that are put ae a Platform adbeeiion type Ront down Increasing this will make a stronger part and depending on your model it will make for better solid tops Cura fills 2 the internal parts of your model with a structure This grid is made for strength and to support the top layers The amount of infill you want is influenced by this setting More infill produces stronger parts that take longer to print If strength is not a requirement then thi
24. nced settings Advanced settings are settings you usually only change once because you Nave special needs that do not match the defaults Nozzle size 1 The size of the pa a a f Basec Advanced Plugins hole in your nozzle The Ultima sa i ym y 1 size mmm fos Si ae A PETS Gyr TSE AIMEE HES SILA ker comes with a 0 4mm nozzle ID bss by default Some people drill the e E n a nozzle to 0 6 or 0 8mm for faster A emliond tani 00 5 ma layer speed mm s 20 printing at lower quality 6 fila speed mm s 0 0 Cool PA siniona layer time sec 5 BE cooling fan vw Initial layer thickness 2 The thickness of the first layer This first layer is set by 0 5mm by de fault A 0 5mm layer gives a thick Bottom layer speed 5 The soeed at which bottom layer which is easy to the print head moves while it is laying down the stick to the platform and allows first layer This is done to make the print stick for variation in the platform easier Cut off bottom 3 Cut the bot Infill Speed 6 The speed at which infill lines tom of the model this effectively are printed If set to zero then same speed is sinks the object into the printer used as for the rest of the print A slight loss in bed If your object does not outer quality can be expected if you use this have a lot of contact area with to print a fast infill due to changes in nozzle the printer bed then this feature pressure when switching between outside and
25. nterface is the Load file button e Through this button you can search in your files to the following 3D file extensions Stl obj dae amf Loading images In Cura you can also load images and convert them to z age AF A sufia WEEL i Hayt an Height mm a 3D model In the converting Width mm settings you can choose several as ai _ option to shape a 3D model You Darker is higher 7 can load the following file exten No smoothing 7 tions Jog omp png ok C3 Basic orientation First time starting up Cura 16 C4 Adjusting your model When you have loaded your model you can change the size or orientation the following steps explain you the basic on how you can adjust you model on how you want It to be Rotating your object The left icon on the bottom of the 3D interface is the rotation button 1 When you select and click it you can rotate the model over It s XYZ axis You see also more functions when you have selected the rotation button the top icon s action lays your model flat 3 on the surface to make sure your model is well attached to the build plate while orinting The second icon resets 2 the 3D models rotation By click select one of the 4 orientation circles you adjust the rotation of the model The rotation degree appears in the number around the model When rotating and clicking shift you rotate per degree otherwise It s per 15 degrees Scaling your object
26. on easier cable is connected Cura requires these new features and thus your firmware will most likely need to be upgraded You will get the chance to do so now Upgrade to Marlin firmware Skip upgrade 7 Cura likes to do a checkup Ultimaker Checkup on you machine with the USB It is a good idea to do a few sanity checks now on your Ultimaker You can skip these if you know your machine is functional cable connected you can Run P eee checks Communication ry You can also skip the checks Temperature Endstops P if you know your machine is functional T 8 With USB cable still Bed leveling wizard connected the printhead In This wizard will help you in leveling your printer bed your Ultimaker will move itself t will do the following steps t h d h Move the printer head to each corner O ach corner an at t and let you adjust the height of the bed to the nozzle same time cura will ask you tO Print a line around the bed to check if it is level adjust the height of the bed Connect to printer Resume 9 When you finished this step you should arrive on to Cura s main screen as shown in step 4 B3 Configuration wizard Ultimaker Original Installing and configuring Cura 11 B5 Configuration wizard other 3D printers When you selected the Other on machine selection you see a list of other pre de fined machines though if you want to work with them you might need to tweak them to get to their
27. p the latest obtained firmware file Chex Now Cura will start uploading this will take around 15 seconds Cura 13 112 _ ura Er AOA Ultimaker Select a quickprint profile E Ultimaker _ High quality print Add new machine Normal quality print Fast low quality print Install default firmware Install custom firmware Over _ Print support structure B00 Firmware install for Ultimaker Uploading firmware OK F2 Updating firmware of your Ultimaker Machine settings and Updates 57 F3 Add a new 3D printer machine For using various 3D printers Cura has a build in function to work with different Ultimakers or 3D printers So if you had the Ultimaker Original and now like to add the latest Ultimaker 2 in Cura in works as follows OSIP roy Poneman en lt _ N eee 1 Under Machine in the menu E Uitimaker Oraina ST bar you select Add new Select a aubekprin prote Add new machine i High quality print mac h ne Normal quality print Install default firmware Fast low quality print Install custom firmware Material PLA ABS Diameter 2 85 Orher Print support structur 2 Select next on the add new Add new machine wizard machine wizard step This wizard will help you in setting up Cura for your machine 3 Select the machine type you Select your machine would like to select What kind of machine
28. r friendly and simultaneously with new function all in order to make better and more succesfull 3D prints Almost every month we update the software and as a user of Cura you will get a notification of that 1 If you startup Cura and it gives the following notification select Yes to update Your browser will open a link to the latest software and starts downloading right away 2 When you finished the instal lation wizard and start up Cura it takes over the machine settings you had but with improved and new functionalities of the latest Cura version New version available Anew version of Cura is available would you like to download New version available F1 Updating Cura Machine settings and Updates 56 F2 Updating firmware of your Ultimaker With the develooment of the Ultimaker Original we knew that the hardware was very reliable and could print with a very high resolution Besides that it still took the team a few months to finetune the control of the electronic components in combination with smarter software The same applies for the Ultimaker 2 as we keep on tuning settings the machine will become even better in the future When there is a new firmware version this will be communicated throught a blogpost or you will get a notification in Cura 1 When their will be new version you can find this function install default firmware under Machine in the Menu bar 2 Install default firmware or look u
29. s setting could be put on 5 for a low densi ty infill that can still support the upper layers Basic settings Print speed 3 Print soeed sets the soeed at which the print is put down The default of 50mm per second is a bit low for an Ultimaker But this is a safe starting point People have printed up to speeds of 120mm per second But this requires a well calibrated and tuned machine Basic settings Support Supports are structures printed Advanced Plugins Model from YouMagine below the print object to aa EN support parts that otherwise urmann 02 i would be unprintable There are sonnera mmiss 2 options support structures se on 4 that need to touch the build Kgsmowe aa platform or support structures E that can also touch the top of your model The platform adhesion type 5 is a setting to help the printed object stick on the printer bed Large flat objects might get lose from the printer bed because of an effect called warping curled up corners in the print There is the option to use a raft which is a thick grid under the object which scars the bottom of your print Or a brim which are lines around the bottom of your object and because of the larger area the corners are kept down Brim usually gives the best results as it does not scar the object But it requires more space on the printer bed E1 Upload from Cura to YouMagine com The use of full settings and dual extrusion py E2 Adva
30. to YouMagine We would like to explain this to you in the following steps 1 First make sure you have your 5D model that you would like YM to upload Open in Cura there you have to click the YouMagine button 2 While this is the first time YOU Cussen A ay EN want to upload to YouMagine Samovomeem oc this will be your first screen oe YOUMAGINE 3 Choose Request authorizati yu nnd a secouri oa oot on from YouMagine your brow Tues ew nm san You can revoke attends at any bine fram YouMagine cam ser will now open and try to login to your YouMagine account 4 If you don t have an account or you are not logged in you see the following screen Make sure you register or log in with a YouMagine account Tou ned fo log in in ot negisher biora Gontinuin Log in Email Password Homanibar me 5 Copy the Key and Paste it in voumacine 2 the popup in Cura bei pT LwiSpeliokbelen Copr infeihyournagina com i w a a 6 Cura will now check if it is con OUMAGINE nected to YouMagine a YouMagine Cura is now authorized to share on Youltag r 7 Now you see a screen where you can put information about your design try Till in the enti re form then click the Share button 8 When you are logged In you will see the following screen which gives Cura acces to your YouMagine account 9 From now on Cura will allow you to automatically upload your latest designs to
31. ura tINgS E3 Extra full settings Ultimaker Original The use of full settings and dual extrusion 29 E4 Cura plugins Since Cura version 12 11 there is support for plugins This enables people to easily include their own features without having to modify the source code of Cura or the slicer Plugins are unavailable in quick print mode you need to have some experience If you want to use it click on the Full Settings mode under expert in the menu bar at the top Check this link button for the plugins htto wiki ultimaker cam Category CuraPlugin Basic Advanced Start End GCode Plugins pal f YM oe fe 15 Hourshld mintites Tweak At Z Eeo maci UA ee Wave alel Y Enabled plugins Tweak At Z x Change printing parameters at a given height Z height to tweak at mm 2 0 New Speed lt Mew Extruder 1 Temp ideg i 200 New Extruder 2 Temp deg C 205 Mew Extruder 3 Temp ideg CI Open plugin location In the screenshot above you see a list of plugins e g Skew Tweak at Z and Wave These can be enabled by clicking on the arrow down button The plugin will ap pear in the Enabled plugins box There you can configure the plugin Check on this link for how to write a plugin htto wiki ultimaker com How_to_write_a Cura plugin E4 Cura plugins The use of full settings and dual extrusion 50 E5 Start End GCode for Ultimaker Original What is Gcode GCode is the generic name for a control languag
32. y height to 55mm for the Ultimaker as 60mm was 5mm to high for the default setup with an V2 hot end in the Ultimaker Original Added no go zones for Ultimaker 2 glass clips to prevent damage to the nozzles on the Ultimaker 2 Added ooze shield for dual color printing Added wipe tower for dual extrusion Made sure the Ultimaker Original bed leveling wizard can not be used on the Ultimaker 2 as this causes problems Ultimaker 2 Firmware update version 13 11 2 Fixed Ultimaker 2 build volume offset so that you do not print off the glass plate Slightly tweaked the filament change procedure so there is less chance of a blob staying behind Slightly tweaked the SD Card error problems solving a rare case of SD Card read errors Added LED settings to Tune menu so you can tune down the LED lighting during printing Start heating the nozzles when the bed is nearing its final temperature so the nozzles do not sit hot Make sure all commands are finished before starting a print or changing material This could cause issues when you where too fast v A2 Latest upgrades and fixes Welcome to Cura rat pg INSTALLING AND CONFIGURING CURA B1 Compatible systems Cura will run on the platforms listed below My Windows XP or newer M g Mac 10 6 snow leopard or newer O Unix Ubuntu 12 10 or newer Minimum required hardware Minimum of 512 MB of RAM Minimum of 200 MB of disk space
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