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Topic: Moving to Cura... Good idea? (Mac users raise your hand)

I bought a new iMac recently. Was off the mac for the first time in my entire life for a year. While I have a new found appreciation for the windows world of computing... I couldn't wait to get back to my roots. Seriously. I have used them since I was 8 years old on the Apple 2.  Anyhow, unfortunately Repetier Host (my preferred program for my SD3) seems to be far behind in development on the Mac platform compared to the other platforms. 

I have heard good things about Cura, and really good things about the ultimaker.  Anyhow I am thinking of trying out Cura. Anyone have thoughts on the matter? 

Also interested in preferred Apple setups for the Solidoodle.

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Re: Moving to Cura... Good idea? (Mac users raise your hand)

So I downloaded it, installed it... and I have mixed feelings.  I like a lot of what they did with the interface in some ways... And there are some neat features like automatic cost calculation.  But it seemed to be quite buggy as far as it's interaction with my solidoodle. 

So for now I will stick with RH, but I wish there was a way to get the MAC version of RH up to date without becoming a programmer overnight.

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Re: Moving to Cura... Good idea? (Mac users raise your hand)

pastprimitive wrote:

So I downloaded it, installed it... and I have mixed feelings.  I like a lot of what they did with the interface in some ways... And there are some neat features like automatic cost calculation.  But it seemed to be quite buggy as far as it's interaction with my solidoodle. 

So for now I will stick with RH, but I wish there was a way to get the MAC version of RH up to date without becoming a programmer overnight.

Can always use a virtual machine and the windows version......

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Re: Moving to Cura... Good idea? (Mac users raise your hand)

Or Boot Camp it.

To print or, 3D print, that is the question...
SD3 printer w/too many mods,  Printrbot Simple Maker Ed.,  FormLabs Form 1+
AnyCubic Photon, Shining 3D EinScan-S & Atlas 3D scanners...
...and too much time on my hands.

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Re: Moving to Cura... Good idea? (Mac users raise your hand)

i tried it once befor and didnt care for it. i thought maybe they made some changes so i tried it again, its a little better but still not for me. if it had more in the way of controlling the printer it would be alot cooler. even the models i tried slicing with cura didnt work... i dont know waht i did wrong went through and set it up carefully.

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Re: Moving to Cura... Good idea? (Mac users raise your hand)

Yeah, I felt the same about Cura. I decided to to jump on github, and put in my plea for some of the most sever Mac Repetier bugs... namely ignoring limit stops except for when homing.