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Ultimaker Cura 4.6 Brings New Features

by Florian Gehrke
Published Apr 29, 2020

Ultimaker’s Cura is the world’s most popular open-source 3D slicer, preparing over two million print jobs per week. The latest version of the free slicer has some exciting new features in store - read on to learn more.

The Dutch 3D printer manufacturer Ultimaker has released version 4.6 of its 3D software Cura.

The update can be downloaded from the official Ultimaker website. One of the most interesting changes is Cura now includes engineering Intent profiles to expand the Ultimaker material portfolio to PC, nylon, CPE, and CPE+. The new profiles are compatible with Ultimaker’s 0.4 mm Print Cores.

The new engineering Intent profiles. (Source: Ultimaker)

But there are more new features in store. Below are the other most important features Cura 4.6 includes, some of them stemming from the open-source community.

Per-model settings:  The “Infill only” checkbox has been changed to a dropdown selection: ”Infill mesh only” or “Cutting mesh.”
Transparent support rendering: In preview mode with “Line type” selected, support material will render with transparency so you can easily see what’s being supported.
Hole horizontal expansion: A new setting that applies an offset to all holes on each layer, enabling the manual enlargement or contraction of holes as needed to counteract horizontal expansion.
Updated installer: Small fixes have been made to the installer.
Show active post-processing scripts: The number of enabled post-processing scripts will now display as a badge notification over the post-processing scripts icon. A tooltip provides extra information regarding which scripts are enabled, allowing quick and easy inspection.
Backup storage size: Ultimaker put a hard limit on backup file size to prevent other files from being stored there.

If you select “Line type” in preview mode, support material will render with transparency. (Source: Ultimaker)

Alongside some bug fixes, Ultimaker also added new third-party printer profiles.

You can download Cura 4.6 from Ultimaker’s website and find out more about this release.

(Source/Lead image: Ultimaker)

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