This version adds a Python script that allows the use of .gcode files generated with the BFB printer profile in Ultimaker Cura

The script was written in collaberation with @JJak

It would probably make sense at some point to rewrite the script in C and integrate it more deeply with Cube_Converter but it works as is which means I probably won't do that anytime soon

To use simply download the Python script and Cube_Converter, place them both in the same directory.

Open the Python script (requires Python3) and drag the gcode file produced by into the script.

No manually gcode editing required.

The script will heat the build chamber to 40 degrees. This can be edited in the script.

The script will set the hotend to 200 degrees but changing the hotend temp doesn't seem to do anything... so it doesn't really matter.

MY CURA SETTINGS:

Choose BFB Printer

Change nozzle diameter to .35

Change flowrate to 103%

The original CodeX tool can convert G-code in the form of .bfb files to .cubepro and .cubex files for the CubePro and CubeX lines of 3D-printers. However, CodeX is quite slow, especially when run on Linux or OSX using wine, where processing a small file can take several hours.

The cube-encoder in this project is a faster alternative to CodeX, written in plain C. Here's a quick comparison on two comparable processors:

• 11 MB file with CodeX64.exe on Windows on a 2.4 GHz Xeon E5620: 8 minutes and 14 seconds
• 11 MB file with cubepro-encoder on Linux on a 2.1 GHz Opteron 6172: 1.2 seconds

• Windows: Just download the .exe file you need from the releases page and place them where you like.
• Linux/Mac: Clone the repository and run make to build. You need to install the build tools for your operating system first (e.g. sudo apt-get install build-essential on Ubuntu).

git clone 'https://github.com/fritzw/cube-utils.git'
cd cube-utils
make all
make test

These commands will download and compile the program and execute all test cases to verify that it works correctly. After this you will have two files called cubepro-encoder and cubex-encoder. The first one will encode .bfb files into .cubepro files and the second one into .cubex files. (In fact both encoders are identical. Only the name makes the difference, so do not rename them).

• Option 1: Just drop the .bfb file on the correct encoder program with your mouse.
• Option 2: Run the encoder form the command line as follows:

cubepro-encoder inputfile [outputfile]
cubex-encoder inputfile [outputfile]

where the outputfile is optional. To encode a .bfb file, simply call cubepro-encoder somefile.bfb and it will create somefile.cubepro. Same for cubex-encoder, but with a .cubex file extension. If that doesn't suit you, you can specify any output file name you like.

To decode an encoded .cubepro or .cubex file, just drop it on the cube-decoder program or run the following command. The file type to decode is automatically determined from the file extension of the input file.

cube-decoder inputfile [outputfile]