Cura with Flashforge Creator Pro?

[Joymaker]

I'm trying some alternatives because ReplicatorG is cranky and VERY slow to generate gcode.

Has anyone got Cura working? I'm getting errors like this:

Changing monitoring state from 'Offline' to 'Opening serial port'
Connecting to: /dev/cu.usbmodemfd121 with baudrate: 115200 (fallback)
Connected to: Serial<id=0x1064b85d0, open=True>(port='/dev/cu.usbmodemfd121', baudrate=115200, bytesize=8, parity='N', stopbits=1, timeout=3, xonxoff=False, rtscts=False, dsrdtr=False), starting monitor
Changing monitoring state from 'Opening serial port' to 'Detecting baudrate'
Trying baudrate: 250000
Send: M105
Unexpected error while reading serial port: SerialException: 'device reports readiness to read but returned no data (device disconnected?)' @ machineCom.pyo:_readline:516
Changing monitoring state from 'Detecting baudrate' to 'Error: SerialException: 'device reports re...'
Connection closed, closing down monitor

[Mjolinor]

Repg does not generate Gcode. I use Cura and then RepG to convert it to X3G file.

It is all I use.

Cura will not talk to your printer at all.

[Sebastian Finke]

Repg does not generate Gcode.

RepG does generate g-code.

[Mjolinor]

RepG does generate g-code.

Well my repG calls either Skeinforge or Slic3r as a G code generataor. I can't see any options anywhere for repG to generate it.

Mind you I tend not to update things once they work so maybe it does now.

[Sebastian Finke]

Well my repG calls either Skeinforge or Slic3r as a G code generataor. I can't see any options anywhere for repG to generate it.

Mind you I tend not to update things once they work so maybe it does now.

RepG is, to my understanding, a front-end for Skeinforge and (a very ancient) Slic3r. So yeah, it can export both g-code and x3g.

I only used it to access settings in the firmware and do the dual nozzle calibration. Oh yes, and I use it to convert g-code output from Slic3r to x3g when I play around with Slic3r. Its not really good for anything else...

[ffvader]

slic3r is free and decent.
simplify3d cost but is better.

[Sebastian Finke]

Easiest alternative for FF creator series printers is Makerware.

[Joymaker]

When I tried using Makerware it just kept saying "Connecting..." forever. Console log showed that it was correctly seeing and identifying the printer. Is there some simple trick to this?

[curious aardvark]

don't think repg has been updated for a decade or two :-)

I honestly couldn't stand how slow it slices.

But makerware is reasonable.

During the period I was waiting for a 3D printer I tried most of them and liked cura the most.
But simplify3d is hands down the best and if you print more than one thing a week - it's well worth the money.

[Sebastian Finke]

don't think repg has been updated for a decade or two :-)

I honestly couldn't stand how slow it slices.

But makerware is reasonable.

During the period I was waiting for a 3D printer I tried most of them and liked cura the most.
But simplify3d is hands down the best and if you print more than one thing a week - it's well worth the money.

About a decade is right.

Makerware is ok, although really not that quick. The prints it outputs are great though. One thing I don't like is that it seems to run out of memory pretty quick.