I'm running Cura on Mac too. What I did was just download Cura 4.12.1 dmg and replace it when prompted after dragging it to the Applications folder. Both machine and printer profiles are still intact. :)
No problems upgrading here. Just installed over the old one. After saving a project just to be sure. 😉 Sure glad they fixed the Monterey issues with copying and arranging models.
What can also be done is to create an account in Ultimaker, log in to Cura, and use the option "Cura backups"; This option saves all the configuration of the Cura (machines and profiles) so that in the event that something happens with the computer, for example, the Cura is installed again, the session is started and the complete configuration (machines and profiles) can be restored. This option given by the Cura is very useful. Thanks for your videos, CHEP!! :D
Since this is not the first Cura update in the last year that destroys profiles I get the impression that the local settings import gets less and less tested recently. I hope that using the online backup does not become the only way to safely update in the future.
@@MetalheadAndNerd If someone could share some logs, we could have a look at what is going wrong. But the changes that we made in 4.12.1 don't come anywhere near the profiles (we updated a library for the arranging and did a fix in the engine). It also doesn't seem to affect everyone, so it's a bit of a mystery.
Did this two days ago. I had deleted my old version, thinking all the files would be kept. Then I checked your site and you saved my bacon. Thanks a million. You're the first and only person I am a Patreon of.
HUGE thanks to you for the videos and information you post, got my Ender 3 one week ago, without you, 6 days ago it would have been in the garbage! Amazed at what I've learned from you the last week and what I'm already printing, my new costume build will be thanks to your knowledge and sharing it.
Hi Chuck; Sorry to hear you had upgrade problems. I waited for the dot release (which came out quickly so; there was an issue, maybe the one you ran into) and didn't have any problems. I learned from updating to 4.09 to NOT let the installer remove installed profiles (just tick or untick the box when it pops up). It looked like a different download/installer that you used but that could be because you are on Apple (I'm running Windows 10 on a laptop). I am grateful you persevered and also created/updated profiles for 4.12. Thanks for all your efforts and contributions to our 3D printing endeavors!
I have only been into 3d printing for a couple of months. I watch a lot of TH-cam help vids. Since discovering you , I have learned so much. Your extra fast print setting are amazing for a novice. I almost feel as though I know a thing or two about 3d printing :) Thank you so much
Ok, did I miss something...? I thought I clicked on a video about .3MF files in cura, but there was not a single mention thereof throughout? Incorrect title of video perhaps?
He shows how he uses a .3mf file saved through an older version of Cura to import lost printer profiles. The .3mf acts as a container for the printer and slicer profiles.
Great workaround for those that got hit with this bug, and also a really useful way of backing them up! and/or sharing their machine profiles. Thanks Chuck :)
I installed Cura 4.12.1, but it DID carry over all of my profiles and machine settings. So either this is a MacOS specific bug (i'm on Linux) or it was a bug that they fixed in the .1 release.
Like other commenters, I am using Windows 10, I did not lose anything by upgrading to 4.12.1. Oddly, Cura did not prompt me to update. I don't believe you mentioned it, but another improvement in Cura is the printing of sides of objects should be smoother and less likely to show ringing. I have a print started that I sliced with 4.12.1 and I can already see the top surface of a raft looks smoother than I have ever seen before, so I recommend upgrading.
Good info, I snagged 4.12, but hadn't installed it yet. I had been considering using my ancient mac, or getting a new one for this, since my main machines are tied up with work so often. Good to know you can still get at this stuff!
An even easier solution: Extensions -> Cura backups -> Manage backups. Simply create a backup of the older version and then restore it in the new one. After restarting Cura, all your profiles are back again! It can even automatically create a new backup every day (so the first time you start it every day it will create a new backup). You can store 5 complete "checkpoints" like that.
In linux, all machine settings and profiles are stored under ~/.local/share/cura/ followed by the version number. I suspect it's the same for MacOS as that one is a *nix based OS as well. Although a lot more locked down. Keep in mind that names that start with a dot (.local in the case above), are hidden.
On MacOS they are strored here: $HOME/Library/Application Support/cura// You can also find it if you start cura and go to help-> Show configuration folder.
I usually use the backup/restore functions with the cura profile and machine settings. Just register and sign in, and save a backup from the previous version, and then restore from the new one. Try in this way next time.
@@StefanoV827 generally yes, until next wave of emails "your account has been hacked" or "we lost our DB". It happens from time to time, and while I don't have a problem with feature and people using it, I just feel that world is broken in so many places with mandatory accounts for simple and trivial things :)
I use Prusaslicer, but I save all my projects as 3mfs. At any point I can go back and see how exactly I printed a particular thing. That might be a bit extreme, but definitely worth it if you have a tricky project with settings different that just using your default profile. It has been a very handy practice.
In Cura for Mac and Windows you can go under the Help menu and click on "Show Configuration Folder". From there, you can copy the contents over cross platform. That's how I moved all of my profiles and settings from my Windows PC to my MacBook Pro.
yeah, i dont even know enough about 3d printing to have custom profiles. i did download the new cura, but havent installed it yet. maybe if i keep watching chep videos, someday some of the knowledge will stick.
I don't know if it's in the Mac version as well, but in Windows you can use Extensions > Cura Backups > Manage Backups and you can backup and restore all your settings to and from the cloud.
I must be lucky, I followed your steps to perform the upgrade but everything carried over. Before trying to load the projects for the three printers everything was already there. I'm on OSX 12.0.1. Hopefully one day we'll get a build that doesn't struggle on M1 Macs.
during the install when it asks to uninstall the old versions, click no then copy the profiles files from the old version folders for windows it seemed to copy the printer configs and slicing profiles from the old one
Is the Creality slicer as good as the Cura slicer. I'm sure Creality is a fork of Cura, I'm wondering if I should migrate to Cura or stay with the one that came with my CR 10. I'm still very new and the Cura slicer looks daunting.
I keep hearing about people losing different profiles when upgrading. I've upgraded from 4.9 to 4.10 to 4.11 to 4.12 and haven't lost a single thing and I can still run every version and multiple copies of the same version on my MacBook Pro. What are people doing to lose their profiles???
much easier way on the Mac CHEP, Right Click on the App, select "Show Package Content" Drag "Resources" folder out.. drag it into same location in the new Cura (right click, package contacts....).. everything, transfers. filaments, printers, everything all in one shot. Done. Also.. if you want to get really fast running Cura, go into the folder, and delete alllllllll the filament and printer profiles you AREN'T using. this will GREATLY increase how fast Cura Loads and runs.
Chep Big Fan Here, Thank You for Teaching us all these Great 3D Printing Tips. I recently Got a TronXY X5SA. In case you have experience with X5SA, What Profiles Do You Recommend for it?
@CHEP Thanks for the continued great videos. You mention loading any Creality machine before importing your new 4.12 profiles. Does this mean that your profiles are only for Creality machines or are they generic?
Upgrade worked fine for me but I'm running Windows 10, I noticed on the Mac installation on your video, ur not given an option to "NOT" remove profiles. Looks to me like this an issue with the Mac version of the software.
Hi Chuck, funny enough on my Win 10 PC with Cura4.12.1 all profiles stayed aktive. I like your profiles but with 4.12 I'm not able to print and slice a benchy properly. The flag holder isn't sliced properly - it is messing. With your 4.8 Profile it worked properly...
This is the first time I've had an issue with the update. It kept my machine profile, but lost my slice profiles. When I try to restore them from the old files that I have found are still there and transferred across to the new update it tells me the old files are corrupted. Running Windows.
@@johnnydavila2487 I lost all of my profiles on windows 10 when updated to 4.12. When i updated to 4.12.1 i didn't lose anything. i'm lucky in that i save most projects so i can tweek and print again later so i had all the settings still.
can you share a video on how to use support remover as a per block setting i am facing some trouble with it,I saw your last video for this one but it's not working on latest version
I curious what happens if you scale up the Chep Pawn and run the gcode through the new arcwelder plugin. I'm guessing the whole file changes to arc gcode.
This must be a mac issue not sure i didnt have issues installing 4.12 on my pc all profiles and machines were there. sorry you had bad luck with it chuck. but the machine profile save tip is very usefull i shall be doing that shortly this afternoon
Strangely enough Chuck, I've upgraded to 4.12.1 on my Linux box but all my profiles were there, both machine and slicing. It's an appimage and sharing the same profile folder as the previous version. Could be a Mac thing. And the surface and walls improvements really work, even on my DIY printers. I've an Homers/Tevo printer that I use with an old Biqu B1 profile. I can see difference in surface finish. One more thing, have you tried ideaMaker slicer. Any tips on that? I'm playing with it for the last couple of months, seems to work fine.
@4:34 Regarding lightning infill, "... so you give up strength ...". I thought you've taught us to add walls for strength, not infill (unless you set 100% infill which isn't much different than an infinite number of walls). Also, besides saving time, you also save filament. Did you test what affect the Infill Density setting has on lightning infill?
Has anyone figured out how to link profiles to material type PLA+? Cura comes with eSun PLA+ material profiles, but if you try to use them, there are no profiles! Cura says it is incompatible with the printer. So what many of us do is take the eSun PLA+, duplicate them, and change the material type to PLA.
Hi Chuck. Not sure it's a mistake or not, but your cura 4.12 profile made me crazy cause there was probably a tiny error in the CHEP4.12_0.20(Good) profile, with a 0.28mm Top/Bottom Line Width instead of a regular 0.44mm (I saw that you used 0.28 for smooth profiles only). Btw thanks for sharing your knowledge !
To import and export cura settings on mac (machine settings as well) is very simple. Go help >show settings folder (or something similar) and copy the whole content.. Thank go to the new cura version, Go to help>show settings folder, and paste and override everything with the old files.. done!
Cura did this to me back when I was on v3 and moved to v4, everything was gone. thankfully I had a copy of everything on an older laptop. I cant complain about free software, but this would seem like a basic thing to fix and ensure it never happens or at least give the user a pop up warning.
Same here from 4.11 left it installed when the option came up and looked at them side by side after 12 was done installing. Print profile was an exact match.
i cannot import the latest file in 4.12.1 keep showing this message in ender 3 only when i choose 0.2 nozzle Successfully imported profile CHEP4.12_0.12(Best) #2. Warning: The profile is not visible because its quality type 'standard' is not available for the current configuration. Switch to a material/nozzle combination that can use this quality type.
There is an easier way, in c, users, yourname, appdata, roaming, cura (YT comments seem to not like file paths) are all your past settings and profiles stored, including profiles, scripts etc. Just copy the contents of the 411 folder to the 412 folder and everything is back to normal.
@@FilamentFriday Oh, not sure how I missed that. I think on mac its a bit split, one part is in ~/Library/Application Support/cura/ and some parts you should find right clicking the Cura icon, "Show package contents" and then go into contents, ressources. I don't have a MAC but maybe you find something there.
@@MitsumaYT help -> Show config folder Thats where all the config folders are stored. You can just copy what and get it back. The build in backup plugin stores that. I would recommend using the build in backup though, since that provides more convenience
Hi Friend Cheep, would you please help me, my BIGTREETECH SKR Mini E3 V2.0 board had the blue screen gone all I can't do anything, would you have any tips to help me, or could you record a video using Arduino Uno to fix it this failure?
If I were to go out and buy a 3d printer right now, which one would you recommend? Preferably one with a larger building platform and under $350. Thank you
Hi Chuck. I just added an Ender3 Pro. Are the machine settings the same as the Ender3 V1? I upgraded the pro with the same add-ons that I put on my Ender3 V1 (EZR Struder, glass bed, and Hero Me hot-end cooling duct. I printed a Chep Calibration Cube on both using the same gcode file using your Super Quality profile. The cube on the Pro version is a bit rougher than the print on the older Ender3. I've calibrated the extruder steps on both machines. Both are using the same brand PLA+, but different colors (Black, Grey). The only thing I can think of is that the nozzle on the newer machine is flawed. What do you think?
I stopped updating Cura a while ago, exactly to avoid bullshit like this. I updated a few times, but all the big flaws this program has have never been fixed, like non-functioning scaling with the mouse, glitched top layers that show up (or whatever it is) or project files that will eat up all RAM but never load! There's so many more issues with Cura that prove how incompetent the developers are, so I decided to not update anymore and it was the right decision.
I need help, on my ender 3 i click on disable motor but it just doesn't work, what should i do, i try to level my bed but when i click disable motor but motor is not disabled, pls help me out.💕👌👍
don't know about the disable motor problem. but check out using either code to level your corners or upgrade your firmware to add a menu option for leveling the corners.
My advice would be: just make backups of your systems, people. Just do it, and don’t think: “Oh, I’m never going to lose data. That happens to other people!” You know what? Those other people thought the exact same thing. Just. Backup. Your. Stuff.
When you install it gives you the option of whether or not you want to save and carry over your settings. Make sure you select that option then delete the old version of Cura. Done.
I'm running Cura on Mac too. What I did was just download Cura 4.12.1 dmg and replace it when prompted after dragging it to the Applications folder. Both machine and printer profiles are still intact. :)
Yep, that’s worked lots of times for me until this time.
@@FilamentFriday 4.12.1 might have fixed this bug then. 😁
No problems upgrading here. Just installed over the old one. After saving a project just to be sure. 😉 Sure glad they fixed the Monterey issues with copying and arranging models.
@@frankves I had no issue either (although I'm using win10 and not a mac) When prompted I told it to uninstall the old version.
So the lost machine profiles was the bug!
What can also be done is to create an account in Ultimaker, log in to Cura, and use the option "Cura backups"; This option saves all the configuration of the Cura (machines and profiles) so that in the event that something happens with the computer, for example, the Cura is installed again, the session is started and the complete configuration (machines and profiles) can be restored. This option given by the Cura is very useful. Thanks for your videos, CHEP!! :D
Quite often my Cura backup fails, don't know why. Any ideas anyone ? Thanks
Since this is not the first Cura update in the last year that destroys profiles I get the impression that the local settings import gets less and less tested recently. I hope that using the online backup does not become the only way to safely update in the future.
Adding the import/Export option would be a step in the right direction.
I have been using the backup /restore for a while.
@@MetalheadAndNerd If someone could share some logs, we could have a look at what is going wrong. But the changes that we made in 4.12.1 don't come anywhere near the profiles (we updated a library for the arranging and did a fix in the engine).
It also doesn't seem to affect everyone, so it's a bit of a mystery.
Did this two days ago. I had deleted my old version, thinking all the files would be kept. Then I checked your site and you saved my bacon. Thanks a million. You're the first and only person I am a Patreon of.
All my profiles show up in 4.12.1 with Windows 10, but it was a good time to back them up anyway.
Thanks CHEP for all your work!
HUGE thanks to you for the videos and information you post, got my Ender 3 one week ago, without you, 6 days ago it would have been in the garbage! Amazed at what I've learned from you the last week and what I'm already printing, my new costume build will be thanks to your knowledge and sharing it.
Thanks for the hint of sharing the 3mf between Mac and windows, that's great!
Hi Chuck; Sorry to hear you had upgrade problems. I waited for the dot release (which came out quickly so; there was an issue, maybe the one you ran into) and didn't have any problems. I learned from updating to 4.09 to NOT let the installer remove installed profiles (just tick or untick the box when it pops up). It looked like a different download/installer that you used but that could be because you are on Apple (I'm running Windows 10 on a laptop). I am grateful you persevered and also created/updated profiles for 4.12. Thanks for all your efforts and contributions to our 3D printing endeavors!
CURA 4.12.1 on Windows *do not remove* the profiles! Thanks for your videos.
I have only been into 3d printing for a couple of months. I watch a lot of TH-cam help vids. Since discovering you , I have learned so much. Your extra fast print setting are amazing for a novice. I almost feel as though I know a thing or two about 3d printing :) Thank you so much
CHEP always has the solution, this guy is the best!
Good way to get the get the parameters back!
Thanks for sharing your experience with all of us 👍😀
I always wait for your video before updating Cura. Thanks again, Chep!
I lost Cura profiles on early 4.x versions in Windows. I'm more than happy that I can use different slicer and not mess with Cura anymore.
I did the upgrade to cura 4.12.1 in order to try the lightning infill. Mostly happy with the result.
Ok, did I miss something...? I thought I clicked on a video about .3MF files in cura, but there was not a single mention thereof throughout? Incorrect title of video perhaps?
He shows how he uses a .3mf file saved through an older version of Cura to import lost printer profiles. The .3mf acts as a container for the printer and slicer profiles.
Great workaround for those that got hit with this bug, and also a really useful way of backing them up! and/or sharing their machine profiles. Thanks Chuck :)
Would you plz make a MQ 9 reaper drone by 3D printing each component separate as I am struggling to design front and back and propeller
@@parshvapatel8484 why would I want to 3D print a reaper drone! 😂
A better way is to just use the built in backup. You can find it under extensions
I installed Cura 4.12.1, but it DID carry over all of my profiles and machine settings. So either this is a MacOS specific bug (i'm on Linux) or it was a bug that they fixed in the .1 release.
Like other commenters, I am using Windows 10, I did not lose anything by upgrading to 4.12.1. Oddly, Cura did not prompt me to update. I don't believe you mentioned it, but another improvement in Cura is the printing of sides of objects should be smoother and less likely to show ringing. I have a print started that I sliced with 4.12.1 and I can already see the top surface of a raft looks smoother than I have ever seen before, so I recommend upgrading.
Soooo….. what’s the advantage of the 3mf files? 🤷♀️
I saw more than 40 videos you made. You are great in at all.
Good info, I snagged 4.12, but hadn't installed it yet. I had been considering using my ancient mac, or getting a new one for this, since my main machines are tied up with work so often. Good to know you can still get at this stuff!
Thank you Chuck! Merry Christmas in advance + a great 2022.
Chep I didn't have an issue. It retained my machine settings. Thanks for the profiles man
thank you SOOOOOOOOO much, im switching to linux and have been trying for hours to find a way to save my machine settings, thanks alot!!!
An even easier solution: Extensions -> Cura backups -> Manage backups.
Simply create a backup of the older version and then restore it in the new one. After restarting Cura, all your profiles are back again! It can even automatically create a new backup every day (so the first time you start it every day it will create a new backup). You can store 5 complete "checkpoints" like that.
^^^ This is absolutely the most correct solution to this problem. And it works on all operating systems. Thank you!
Been waiting for your video before I upgraded Cura. You'd think Ultimaker would have this fixed by now. Thank you!
In linux, all machine settings and profiles are stored under ~/.local/share/cura/ followed by the version number.
I suspect it's the same for MacOS as that one is a *nix based OS as well. Although a lot more locked down.
Keep in mind that names that start with a dot (.local in the case above), are hidden.
On MacOS they are strored here: $HOME/Library/Application Support/cura//
You can also find it if you start cura and go to help-> Show configuration folder.
You would try the backup extension on cura, it's easy and fast.
I usually use the backup/restore functions with the cura profile and machine settings. Just register and sign in, and save a backup from the previous version, and then restore from the new one.
Try in this way next time.
So basically one more account for a feature that could be a single button and single XML/JSON/YAML file 😐
@@SergiuszRoszczyk just do an account and forget about it... it'll saves settings for every next updates 🤷🏻♂️
I’ll give that a try Stefano. Thanks. I’d still like the import/export feature.
@@StefanoV827 generally yes, until next wave of emails "your account has been hacked" or "we lost our DB". It happens from time to time, and while I don't have a problem with feature and people using it, I just feel that world is broken in so many places with mandatory accounts for simple and trivial things :)
@@FilamentFriday yes sure, I agree with you! 😉
SWEET. I Thank You for another GREAT VIDEO. YOU have been very helpful to me thank you
Great info, Chuck! Thank you!
I use Prusaslicer, but I save all my projects as 3mfs. At any point I can go back and see how exactly I printed a particular thing. That might be a bit extreme, but definitely worth it if you have a tricky project with settings different that just using your default profile. It has been a very handy practice.
In Cura for Mac and Windows you can go under the Help menu and click on "Show Configuration Folder". From there, you can copy the contents over cross platform. That's how I moved all of my profiles and settings from my Windows PC to my MacBook Pro.
yeah, i dont even know enough about 3d printing to have custom profiles. i did download the new cura, but havent installed it yet. maybe if i keep watching chep videos, someday some of the knowledge will stick.
I have v.12 on my Windows PC, it does not remove any of my profiles. No problem at all!
I don't know if it's in the Mac version as well, but in Windows you can use Extensions > Cura Backups > Manage Backups and you can backup and restore all your settings to and from the cloud.
I was more curious about the advantages of using .3mf files like the title says then I was about cura 4.12 features...
It showed how the .3MF captures the slicing profile and machine profile and why it’s useful.
all my profiles and machine settings are ok in windows
Great video. Thanks for sharing!
I must be lucky, I followed your steps to perform the upgrade but everything carried over. Before trying to load the projects for the three printers everything was already there. I'm on OSX 12.0.1. Hopefully one day we'll get a build that doesn't struggle on M1 Macs.
Same for me!
during the install when it asks to uninstall the old versions, click no
then copy the profiles files from the old version folders
for windows it seemed to copy the printer configs and slicing profiles from the old one
On Mac it’s never asked me to remove the old version on any install.
What ?? No backups Chuck ? Glad you got them back.
Same as Alvin, I did not lose any of my profiles or machine settings when I replaced the app.
Is the Creality slicer as good as the Cura slicer. I'm sure Creality is a fork of Cura, I'm wondering if I should migrate to Cura or stay with the one that came with my CR 10. I'm still very new and the Cura slicer looks daunting.
Weird, I'm also on a Mac and I didn't lose any profiles updating to 4.12 or 4.12.1. Could it be a Monterey issue? I haven't upgraded to that yet
I didnt lose any of my machine profiles, very strange...
As usual excellent
I keep hearing about people losing different profiles when upgrading. I've upgraded from 4.9 to 4.10 to 4.11 to 4.12 and haven't lost a single thing and I can still run every version and multiple copies of the same version on my MacBook Pro. What are people doing to lose their profiles???
All I did was run the install. So no idea.
much easier way on the Mac CHEP, Right Click on the App, select "Show Package Content" Drag "Resources" folder out.. drag it into same location in the new Cura (right click, package contacts....).. everything, transfers. filaments, printers, everything all in one shot. Done. Also.. if you want to get really fast running Cura, go into the folder, and delete alllllllll the filament and printer profiles you AREN'T using. this will GREATLY increase how fast Cura Loads and runs.
This is the correct way to do it. Just copy the config files over
Chep Big Fan Here, Thank You for Teaching us all these Great 3D Printing Tips.
I recently Got a TronXY X5SA. In case you have experience with X5SA, What Profiles Do You Recommend for it?
@CHEP Thanks for the continued great videos. You mention loading any Creality machine before importing your new 4.12 profiles. Does this mean that your profiles are only for Creality machines or are they generic?
Generic but you start with a creality machine profile and adjust it to match your printer.
Upgrade worked fine for me but I'm running Windows 10, I noticed on the Mac installation on your video, ur not given an option to "NOT" remove profiles. Looks to me like this an issue with the Mac version of the software.
Had no problems upgrading on windows.
Awesome info!
Hi Chuck, funny enough on my Win 10 PC with Cura4.12.1 all profiles stayed aktive.
I like your profiles but with 4.12 I'm not able to print and slice a benchy properly. The flag holder isn't sliced properly - it is messing. With your 4.8 Profile it worked properly...
This is the first time I've had an issue with the update. It kept my machine profile, but lost my slice profiles. When I try to restore them from the old files that I have found are still there and transferred across to the new update it tells me the old files are corrupted. Running Windows.
Interesting, I am on a Windows 10 machine and updated to 4.12 and did not lose my printer or slicing profiles....A MAC thing?
same, no issues on windows 10 or 11
@@johnnydavila2487 I lost all of my profiles on windows 10 when updated to 4.12. When i updated to 4.12.1 i didn't lose anything. i'm lucky in that i save most projects so i can tweek and print again later so i had all the settings still.
appimage on Linux appears to be unaffected. upgrading to 4.12.1 maintained all settings. Going to dowload those new chep profiles now.
It worked fine for me too. Didn't have any issue.
can you share a video on how to use support remover as a per block setting i am facing some trouble with it,I saw your last video for this one but it's not working on latest version
I curious what happens if you scale up the Chep Pawn and run the gcode through the new arcwelder plugin. I'm guessing the whole file changes to arc gcode.
This must be a mac issue not sure i didnt have issues installing 4.12 on my pc all profiles and machines were there. sorry you had bad luck with it chuck. but the machine profile save tip is very usefull i shall be doing that shortly this afternoon
wasn't an issue for me any of the times I've updated on my mac.
@@RyanBischoffPercussion not sure guess chuck just got bit by a install gremlin which is terrible
Hey Chuck, how about an automatic importation of old profiles during the install process?
Hi Chep,
Are you able to confirm if your profiles all work 100% with the Creality CR6SE printers?
I don't see any mention of this on your site...?
Strangely enough Chuck, I've upgraded to 4.12.1 on my Linux box but all my profiles were there, both machine and slicing. It's an appimage and sharing the same profile folder as the previous version. Could be a Mac thing. And the surface and walls improvements really work, even on my DIY printers. I've an Homers/Tevo printer that I use with an old Biqu B1 profile. I can see difference in surface finish. One more thing, have you tried ideaMaker slicer. Any tips on that? I'm playing with it for the last couple of months, seems to work fine.
Hi, nice video, and good tips, thanks
I like you profiles, but do you have a petg one ? Thanks
@4:34 Regarding lightning infill, "... so you give up strength ...". I thought you've taught us to add walls for strength, not infill (unless you set 100% infill which isn't much different than an infinite number of walls). Also, besides saving time, you also save filament. Did you test what affect the Infill Density setting has on lightning infill?
Lighting is strictly for quicker prints with decent top. Not for strength
Absolutely first class presentation and content! Many thanks for your link its really appreciated! You've also gained another subscriber :)
Lost all mine once on my pc, no idea how it managed to do it, since then always back up the pc prior to updating Cura.
I always backup my cura folder in my appdata folder for this reason.
Hi,
If I make a backup using Extensions Menu from cura. and a restore after intall a new cura version solve my problem, or am I wrong?
Lightning infill is nice for the top. Now I like printing in, 3d.
Really undeebaked idea
Hello Chuck. Happy to watch you from Senegal (do you know that country? Lol). That's very interesting. Thangs fro sharing.
Has anyone figured out how to link profiles to material type PLA+?
Cura comes with eSun PLA+ material profiles, but if you try to use them, there are no profiles! Cura says it is incompatible with the printer.
So what many of us do is take the eSun PLA+, duplicate them, and change the material type to PLA.
Hi Chuck. Not sure it's a mistake or not, but your cura 4.12 profile made me crazy cause there was probably a tiny error in the CHEP4.12_0.20(Good) profile, with a 0.28mm Top/Bottom Line Width instead of a regular 0.44mm (I saw that you used 0.28 for smooth profiles only). Btw thanks for sharing your knowledge !
Thanks. I just corrected it.
Hi Chuck I'm new to 3D printing. What would be the best settings to use with Creality CR-10 Smart Pro?
To import and export cura settings on mac (machine settings as well) is very simple.
Go help >show settings folder (or something similar) and copy the whole content..
Thank go to the new cura version,
Go to help>show settings folder, and paste and override everything with the old files.. done!
Nice tip. Does that erase anything that may be updated in the newer version?
I only want machine profiles.
i love you Chuck ! When are you going to show something about the new Ender 3 S1?
Maybe when it releases but I don’t see anything real exciting about it.
I always use cura for my ender 3
Cura did this to me back when I was on v3 and moved to v4, everything was gone. thankfully I had a copy of everything on an older laptop. I cant complain about free software, but this would seem like a basic thing to fix and ensure it never happens or at least give the user a pop up warning.
i upgraded from 4.10 straight to 12 and all of my profiles carried over
Same here from 4.11 left it installed when the option came up and looked at them side by side after 12 was done installing. Print profile was an exact match.
I installed 4.12.1 and both my printer settings and profiles are just there
i cannot import the latest file in 4.12.1
keep showing this message in ender 3
only when i choose 0.2 nozzle
Successfully imported profile CHEP4.12_0.12(Best) #2.
Warning: The profile is not visible because its quality type 'standard' is not available for the current configuration. Switch to a material/nozzle combination that can use this quality type.
I also had this issue. I had to change my Material to a generic PLA and it worked. The profiles I imported then showed up.
I noticed the same thing then i signed in and messed around and then went back to Cura and they were there.
HEy Chep, i am using your profiles on cura but i was wondering if you had or could make a PLA profile that is tailor made for a BMG?
Why would it be any different?
There is an easier way, in c, users, yourname, appdata, roaming, cura (YT comments seem to not like file paths) are all your past settings and profiles stored, including profiles, scripts etc.
Just copy the contents of the 411 folder to the 412 folder and everything is back to normal.
That’s not a Mac path as I mentioned in the video.
@@FilamentFriday Oh, not sure how I missed that.
I think on mac its a bit split, one part is in ~/Library/Application Support/cura/ and some parts you should find right clicking the Cura icon, "Show package contents" and then go into contents, ressources.
I don't have a MAC but maybe you find something there.
@@MitsumaYT help -> Show config folder
Thats where all the config folders are stored. You can just copy what and get it back. The build in backup plugin stores that. I would recommend using the build in backup though, since that provides more convenience
Hi Friend Cheep, would you please help me, my BIGTREETECH SKR Mini E3 V2.0 board had the blue screen gone all I can't do anything, would you have any tips to help me, or could you record a video using Arduino Uno to fix it this failure?
If I were to go out and buy a 3d printer right now, which one would you recommend? Preferably one with a larger building platform and under $350. Thank you
I assume you mean bigger than and Ender 3?
I recommend Ender 3 Max.
Artillery Sidewinder X1 or X2
The Cura taketh, and The Cura giveth away.
Hi Chuck. I just added an Ender3 Pro. Are the machine settings the same as the Ender3 V1? I upgraded the pro with the same add-ons that I put on my Ender3 V1 (EZR Struder, glass bed, and Hero Me hot-end cooling duct. I printed a Chep Calibration Cube on both using the same gcode file using your Super Quality profile. The cube on the Pro version is a bit rougher than the print on the older Ender3. I've calibrated the extruder steps on both machines. Both are using the same brand PLA+, but different colors (Black, Grey). The only thing I can think of is that the nozzle on the newer machine is flawed. What do you think?
Swap filament first before you blame the printer.
Did you swap filament and re try this yet?
I stopped updating Cura a while ago, exactly to avoid bullshit like this. I updated a few times, but all the big flaws this program has have never been fixed, like non-functioning scaling with the mouse, glitched top layers that show up (or whatever it is) or project files that will eat up all RAM but never load! There's so many more issues with Cura that prove how incompetent the developers are, so I decided to not update anymore and it was the right decision.
for pc "C:\Users\*YOUR USERNAME*\AppData\Roaming\cura" not sure on mac
Could you share your machine profiles? Perhaps make a 3mf chep cube export file available. I have an Anycubic i3 mega x I noticed it on your list.
Maybe.
I need help, on my ender 3 i click on disable motor but it just doesn't work, what should i do, i try to level my bed but when i click disable motor but motor is not disabled, pls help me out.💕👌👍
don't know about the disable motor problem. but check out using either code to level your corners or upgrade your firmware to add a menu option for leveling the corners.
th-cam.com/video/_EfWVUJjBdA/w-d-xo.html
Hi im new 2 weeks into printing i have a ender 3 s1 im using creality slicer will you profile work in it thanks
Don’t know. I use regular Cura slicer and recommend it.
I keep my machine settings saved in a text document just in case. If needed just copy and paste back into Cura.
How do you do that?
My advice would be: just make backups of your systems, people. Just do it, and don’t think: “Oh, I’m never going to lose data. That happens to other people!” You know what? Those other people thought the exact same thing. Just. Backup. Your. Stuff.
Surprisingly, I haven't lost anything while upgrading ... MacOS as well ... Apple Silicon
why won't cura just save the entire machine and slicing profiles online under your login..
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Apparently it does. I didn’t use it. My mistake.
Would you plz make a MQ 9 reaper drone by 3D printing each component separate as I am struggling to design front and back and propeller
When you install it gives you the option of whether or not you want to save and carry over your settings. Make sure you select that option then delete the old version of Cura. Done.
I never see that on any install I’ve done. Must be a Windows thing.
@@FilamentFriday It's a windows thing. Linux and Mac builds don't have that.