

#Cura slicer 4.8 plus#
The User Agreement will show up, plus some additional authorizations regarding materials and/or printer, plus some anonymous parameters useful for the Ultimaker statistics and marketing ( at the end of the day, they must bring home the dough too, don't they?). depending on your computer.) and, after loading, we'll see the Cura initial screen Read and accept the User Agreement, then continue, still using all the default settings, until the end of the installation processĪfter pressing the Close button, the application will start immediately (well. Now start installing Cura and just use all the standard settings

In order to do this, you must have an Ultimaker account, then, from there, in your Cloud profile, you can upload your backup or restore the settings you've already savedįrom here, you can backup your settings before installing a new version, then restore your data once you've installed the new version Disclosure: This website is the property of. However, for starters, Creality Slicer is a very good choice and switching to Cura is extremely easy as the user interface and features are almost identical. If you already have an old version of Cura installed, it will be removed and, if you don't have a backup, you might lose your settings. Overall, Cura is the better slicer because it serves as a template for Creality Slicer, is always more up-to-date, and offers more freedom. This plugin is called MKS WiFi Plugin and it can be downloaded from the Cura Marketplace (the plugin store that can be accessed from within Cura itself)įlyingbear has some youtube videos to configure this plugin (the version in the video is quite old, but procedure is pretty much the same) This plugin might not be as powerful as Octoprint, but it lets you make some basic operations, like: sending gcode files (which are then saved on the SD) and start printing as soon as file transfer is completed visualize the content of the SD card delete files directly from the SD while still plugged into the printer send gcode commands check the actual temperatures of the hotend and the build plate move the axis In addition to this, cura has a plugin to control the printer via Wifi (we'll talk about it later.) when connected to the your home Wifi sudo snap connect cura-slicer:mount-observe sudo snap connect cura-slicer:removable-media. Cura is the most popular slicer amongst the Community member, mostly because it is the recommended one from Flyingbear in its videos and becuase it includes already some profiles for the Flyingbear Ghost (from version 4.6.0 for the Ghost 4s, from version 4.8.0 for the Ghost 5)
