New features and improvements

The UltiMaker S8 was just announced and is now supported in Cura. The S8 is the newest professional desktop printer in the S series, and it achieves up to 4x the speed of its predecessor while also improving print quality. That is possible thanks to the new UltiMaker Cheetah motion planner and new high flow cores, all of which will be usable at launch with Cura! The introduction of this printer comes with a new Marlin-like Gcode flavor called Cheetah.

Support for the 3D SpaceMouse by 3Dconnexion. Commonly used in CAD and 3D design software, a 3D mouse makes working with 3D models more precise and efficient. The SpaceMouse, along with the CadMouse, are a perfect fit for Cura and should help make your 3D printing workflows more efficient, especially when switching between Cura and CAD or design software. A big thanks to 3Dconnexions for helping to make this integration possible!

• Cloud Printing for Sketch Sprint: Enabled printing over cloud with Digital Factory for Sketch Sprint users.
• Interlocking Settings: Moved Interlocking settings out of experimental into expert
• Build System Upgrade: Upgraded the build system from Conan 1 to Conan 2. Updated documentation is available.
• Preview Looping: When the last layer is played in the preview, the first layer will now play again instead of stopping.
• Updated About Page: The About Page now shows the used sources, their licenses, and their versions in a clearer way
• Flip Y-axis Translate Tool Handle: Added an option to flip the Y-axis translate tool handle in preferences contributed by @GregValiant.
• Rotation by Input & Snap Angle Input: Introduced rotation by input & snap angle input contributed by @HellAholic and @GregValiant.
• Purge Lines And Unload Filament Post Processing Script: Added a Purge Lines and Unload Filament Post Processing Script contributed by @GregValiant and @HellAholic
• Thingiverse "Open in Cura" Button Linux Support: Enabled the "Open in Cura" button from Thingiverse to open files in Linux contributed by @hadess.
• Multitool Printer Configuration Options: Introduced 3 new configuration options in machine settings for multitool printers contributed by @TheSin-.
• Search and Replace Post-Processing Plug-In: Significantly improved the Search and Replace post-processing plug-in with features like replacing only the first instance, limiting search to a layer range, and ignoring start-up or ending G-code contributed by @GregValiant
• Enabled Relative extrusion (M82 and M83 commands) for Marlin-flavored GCode, contributed by @EmJay276

New settings

Visit our Thingiverse page to download this Overhang Wall Test to try these new settings yourself.

• Overhanging Wall Speeds, now gives you the ability to tune multiple values. Don’t forget to adjust the Overhanging Wall Angle to start using the setting.
• Minimum Layer Time with Overhang and Minimum Overhang Segment Length: Fine-tune the minimum layer time for overhangs.
• Inside Travel Avoid Distance: Finetune combing movements.
• Pressure Advance Factor : New setting for machine definitions.
• You can now tune the Bottom Surface Skin, like you can tune the Top Surface Skin! You can now tune Extruder, Layers, Line Width, Pattern, Line Directions, Outer Wall Flow, Inner Wall(s) Flow, Flow, Outer Wall Speed, Inner Wall Speed, Skin Speed, Inner Wall Acceleration, Skin Acceleration, Outer Wall Jerk, Inner Wall Jerk, Skin Jerk, and Monotonic Bottom Surface Order
• Enable/Disable USB Printing: A hidden preference setting to indicate that you are using the printer over USB functionality. This setting lays the groundwork for automatically disabling USB printing in the next release when it’s not being used.

Bug fixes

• Resolved a crash when switching materials with a Sovol printer, resolves #19978
• Random Seam no longer favors one side and not is truly random again
• Reduced the slicing time when no support needs to be generated
• Fixed a bug where the Seam on Vertex checked wouldn't listen to User Defined seam position, resolves #19945
• Gcode replacement with a single line of code no longer produces values in separate lines resolves #20183
• Setting names that become too long after translation are now truncated.
• Updated UltiMaker printer logos to align with the current style.
• The number of decimal places displayed for layer height in the top bar has been reduced.
• Fixed a bug with printers with more than 2 extruders that weren't retracting and hopping correctly. resolves #19444
• Improved how fast the settings are loaded in the Settings Visibility window when scrolling
• Improved how disallowed areas and other models are taken into account when arranging models on the buildplate
• Preview playback now only shows visible parts. Infill lines, shell, and helpers are always hidden if disabled in preview's color scheme

Printer definitions, profiles, and materials

• Introduced Visual Intents for the Sketch Sprint
• Introduced new Extra Fast and Draft profiles for the Sketch Sprint
• Introduced profiles for Sketch printers for Metallic PLA with improved surface quality (matte vs shiny)
• Introduce High Speed and High Speed Solid intents for Method, Method X, and Method XL
• Introduced PC ABS and PC ABS FR materials for Method X and Method XL
• Introduced Nylon Slide for UltiMaker S Series Printers
• Updated the Breakaway Build Volume Temperature for UltiMaker Factor 4
• Introduced Makerbot Replicator +
• Updated Voron2 printers to include TPU ASA and PVA, contributed by @WCEngineer
• Enabled Relative extrusion (M82 and M83 commands) for Marlin-flavored GCode, contributed by @EmJay276

Known Issues

Cura 5.10 supports macOS 12 Monterey or higher. This is because the tools that we use to create Cura builds no longer support previous versions of macOS.