Software update: Cura 5.0

Cura was developed by Ultimaker to make 3d printing as easy and streamlined as possible. Cura contains everything you need to be able to print a 3d file. It works with all Ultimaker printers, as well as those from RepRap and Printrbot. Cura is easy to install and contains the latest firmware as well as the calibration files for the 3d printer. Version 5.0 of Cura has been released and the following changes and improvements have been made to it:

New slicing engine
Following special beta releases to test the Arachne engine, we are pleased to announce our new slicing engine is here in Ultimaker Cura! This all-new engine uses variable line widths when preparing files for printing, meaning you can now print thin and intricate parts more accurately and with greater strength.

Renewed the Ultimaker Cura Marketplace
We have streamlined the workflow for accessing the Ultimaker Marketplace inside of Ultimaker Cura. The UI has been improved and it’s now easier and faster to find and install plugins and material profiles.

Improved print profiles for Ultimaker printers
The new slicing engine in Ultimaker Cura 5.0 has helped us to improve our print profiles. This means that users of Ultimaker printers can achieve speed increases of up to 20%.

Upgrade from Qt5 to Qt6
Ultimaker Cura 5.0 is now compatible with Apple M1.

Other new features and improvements:

• New Cura icon
• New Cura splash screen
• Updated the digital build plates for Ultimaker printers
• Introduce Minimum Wall Line Width.
• Settings for metal printing implemented
• Shrinkage compensation is now available for PLA, tPLA and PETG
• Improved default Line Widths for Spiralize
• Decrease resolution to remove some buffer underruns
• Incomplete languages ​​are now shown in the language drop-down menu
• Improved the visibility of the checkboxes

Bug fixes:

• Added the Scale Fan Speed ​​From 0 to 1 setting for printers that interpreted fan speed as percentages
• Fixed a bug with extra travel moves increased the printing time.
• Fixed a bug where Monotonic Ironing breaks Ironing.
• Changed the priority of CuraEngine
• Fixed a bug where increasing Filter distances creates extremely wide lines.
• Fixed double scroll bar.
• Fixed a bug where maximum resolution/deviation was not applied to surface mode.
• Fixed a bug where the seam placement was uneven
• Fixed a bug where Top Surface Skin Layers didn’t work
• Fixed a bug where Speed ​​in the flow setting were not respected
• Fixed a bug with unnecessary retracted travel moves
• Fixed a bug where the Ironing Inset didn’t work
• Fixed a bug where Support Layers were missing
• Fixed a crash if Randomize Infill Start was used
• Fixed a bug where Combing was in the wrong part with dual extrusion
• Fixed a crash with Bridging and Top Surface Skin Layers
• Fixed a bug where modifier meshes didn’t work in one-at-a-time mode
• Fixed a bug where Tree Support Branches where not being generated
• Fixed a bug where less support was generated
• Changed the possibility for 100% Infill Bottom Layer for Spiralize.
• Fixed disallowed areas for Brim gap.

Bug fixes after the 5.0 beta:

• Fixed a bug where Retraction Distance couldn’t have small values
• Fixed a bug where there were duplicated themes
• Fixed a bug where there were scrollbars showing on tooltips
• Fixed a bug where drag and drop was not working on the first run of Cura
• Fixed a bug where Infill Percentages are not lined up correctly in Recommended mode
• Fixed a bug where it wasn’t clear if the text field was active
• Fixed a bug where highlighted text in text field is unreadable
• Fixed missing icons.
• Fixed a bug where scrolling through long material list was not possible
• Fixed a bug where multiply was not possible.
• Fixed a bug where micro segments are causing blobs
• Fixed a bug where there was over extrusion when printing with gradual infill
• Fixed a bug where error values ​​could slice
• Fixed a bug where the CPU was high when Cura was idle
• Fixed a bug where an existing gcode file was overwritten when you select no to overwrite
• Fixed a crash when selecting extruders
• Fixed a bug where exporting profiles didn’t work
• Fixed a slicing error with certain infill patterns
• Fixed a bug where printing via USB stops during the print
• Fixed a bug where the toolgrips where missing.
• Fixed a bug where the print values ​​didn’t save when closing the page.
• Fixed the width of a Menu to fit the widest MenuItem.
• Fixed a bug where Use Single Instance of Cura in Preferences crashes upon restart
• Fixed a bug where travels would go through the model with printing PVA
• Fixed a bug where Concentric ironing was affecting the print quality
• Fixed a bug where there were missing infill layers
• Fixed AppRun permissions.

Printer definitions, profiles and materials:

• Added Atom 3 and Atom 3 Lite printer definitions.
• Added Layer One Black PLA, Dark Gray PLA and White PLA.
• Added FLSUN Q5 printer definition.
• Added Creatlity CR100 printer definition.
• Added Mixware Hyper-S printer definition.
• Added Creality Sermon D1 printer definition.
• Added Volumic SH65, Stream30Pro MK3 and Stream30Ultra SC2 printer definitions.
• Updated Eryone Thinker and ER20 profiles.
• Updated Atom 2 profile.
• Added Hellbot Hidra and Magna series printer definitions.
• Updated Snapmaker 2 End Gcode.
• Updated the Tinyboy Fabricator printer definitions.
• Updated the Creality Ender 5 printer profile.

Community translations:

• Updated the Brazilian Portuguese translation.
• Updated the Czech translation.
• Updated some of the Simplified Chinese translation.

Known issues:

• Monotonic ordering is repeating parts of the print
• Missing skin layers when using monotonic and Zigzag Pattern for Top/Bottom layers
• Slicing failure with complex models and using Tree Support
• Travel moves are sometimes not optimized
• Combing is not always working as expected
• AppImage will not always launch on Ubuntu 22.04
• Concentric support is not working correctly

From version 5.0 onwards – Ultimaker Cura is only supported on operating systems actively maintained by their software manufacturer or community. This means Windows 7 and MacOS 10.14 will no longer be supported. Ubuntu 18.04 is also no longer supported because of the update to Qt6.