Cube3 File Editor

[rdubbya]

Hey everyone. I'm new to 3D printing and consider myself somewhat tech savvy but nowhere near this level. I have a Cubepro Trio and have been able to print well on it so far but I have some issues. I would like to be able to increase the set temperatures and flow rates and that's what brought me here. I downloaded the utilities but cant seem to get past this step. Here's what it is displaying:
Screenshot 2021-07-22 135821.png
Would anyone be able to tell me what I need to do from here?
Thank you very much.

[TommyDee]

I can get you started - open a V1.87 cubepro file

This will populate the columns.

From there you go modifying... and "generate cube3" will get a file spit out.

There are some app behavior options in the settings you might also get familiar with.

[buddybu]

So, RW (rdubbya), had an interesting question -- can we control the speed of the nozzle movement in the Cube3Editor. I started thinking about this, and it would definitely be some logic changes necessary to also modify the extruder pressures to prevent over and under extrusion. Any thoughts on this?

[TommyDee]

I was playing around with that earlier. It really is the hard way to tweak the file. We did do the pressure to offset the velocity variance between Cube3 and CubePro.

[buddybu]

Hi Goyalamanik22, welcome to the forums!

The newer version of the CubePro encoding is much different than the 1.87 version. The actual blowfish encryption is the same, but the data layout is different. I tried to come up with a way to edit those files, but they don't use BFB code internally, they use some other based system that I have yet to understand.

[TommyDee]

Please don't edit a spam into your posts goyalmanik22

[Lapscar]

I am received this error message from the cube3editor, do you have a clue where this error comes from?

Invalid CUBE file!
Unable to open file [.cube3]
Attachment 3942

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[JohnTee]

Rudimentary question:

I would like to slice my model with CubePro.exe (version 1.87), and print it on my Cube3 printer.
Can I do this using Cube3Editor (version 0.9.7436.36270) to convert from model.cubepro to model.cube3 ??

Here's what I tried:
- input model.stl into CubePro
- did Build to generate model.cubepro
- input model.cubepro into Cube3Editor
- changed:
Printer Model to CUBE3 (it set firmware to 1.14B)
Material Type to ABS
Material Color to Red
- clicked Generate Cube3 (model_MOD.cubepro file was generated)

I did not find a model.cube3 file anywhere.

I clicked View Raw BFB, copied the BFB text (which said V1.05 and CUBE3, but still had an M404 command), saved it to a text file model.BFB
Ran model.BFB through Cube3Encoder, got a model.cube3 file
Copied model.cube3 file to USB stick and plugged it into the Cube3 printer. The printer could not see the file..

Where did I go wrong? Should I be able to do what I set out to do?

TIA - John

[TommyDee]

It takes a little work but essentially that is what the cube3editor was spec'd for. It will take some tuning on the values the editor grants access to... and you need to swap header/footer data. The rest is patience. You've got all the precursors down pat.

[JohnTee]

Hi, T-D! Thanks for the quick reply.

When I click "Generate Cube3" should a .cube3 file be produced? Or am to do something with the --MOD.cubepro file?

By 'swap header/footer data' I take it I should copy the text data from some valid .cube3 file and paste it into something produced by Cube3Editor?
For example, am I to rename the --MOD.cubepro file to --something.cube3 and work on that?

What about the M404 code I saw in the --MOD.cubepro file (which I don't think appears in .cube3 files)? Delete those?

Is there a step-by-step procedure/tutorial somewhere in the forums? I didn't see such in this one, it seems to have been the development thread.

Sorry for being so dense! I understood that the editor started off to just modify Cube3 files, and then .cubepro files; I assumed it could convert one to the other. Am I wrong?