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This plugin adds a menu to create some simple shapes to the scene (cube, cylinder, tube, sphere) and calibration sample parts. They are used most of the time to create some fast test parts and common calibration/test parts.

The default size for all the simple shapes is 20 mm, but can be modified via the Define default size menu.

menu Extensions Calibration Shapes

Calibration part

You can also load standard test / calibration part :

Wiki Page Stl Model
Calibration Cube XYZ Calibration Cube XYZ
PLA TempTower 220 - 180°C PLA TempTower 220 - 180°C
PLA TempTower 220 - 190°C PLA TempTower 220 - 190°C
PLA+ TempTower 230 - 200°C PLA+ TempTower 230 - 200°C
ABS TempTower 250 - 210°C ABS TempTower 250 - 210°C
PETG TempTower 260 - 230°C PETG TempTower 260 - 230°C
Retract Tower Retract Tower
AccelerationTower Acceleration Tower
Retract Test part Retract Test part
Bridge Spiral test Bridge Spiral test
Thin Wall Test Thin Wall Test
Overhang Test Overhang Test
FlowTower Test Flow Tower Test
Flow Test Flow Test
Multi Flow Test Multi Flow Test
Hole Test Hole Test
Linear/Pressure Advance Tower Linear/Pressure Adv Tower
Junction Deviation Tower Junction Deviation Tower
Tolerance Test Tolerance Test
Lithophane Test Lithophane Test
Support Test Support Test
Dimensional Accuracy Test Dimensional Accuracy Test
MultiCube Test MultiCube Test

Bed Level : For this part the initial design is scaled to the bed size

Wiki Page Stl Model
Parametric Bed Level Calibration Bed Level Calibration

Multi-Extruder Calibration part

All the parts have been designed via OpenSCAD. OpenSCAD can be downloaded here .

Postprocessing Scripts

Several postprocessing Scripts are included into the plugin to help the user to generate automaticaly the differents Towers.

These scripts can be copied into the scripts directory via the function Copy Scripts. After you have copied these scripts, you must restart Cura to see the scripts in the postprocessing scripts list.

Note : Since Cura 4.9 you don't need to copy the scripts in the scripts directory anymore. This function have been removed from the menu.

Standard test part

  • A cube
  • A cylinder
  • A sphere
  • A tube

Simple shapes

Define default size

The function Define default size gives you the possibility to change the default size for the standard primitives (cube/cylinder/tube).

define default size

Using Trimesh function for simple shapes creation.

Add Mark

New Function to add a mark in front of each part to identify every part. Before to use this function you must select every model on the build plate. The selecting order will also give the number used to identify the Model.

Add Mark

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