Cura setup guide for Mac by Wayne Knight

So assuming you have your printer up and running and you've managed to print some test prints off the 101hero site using the SD, you want to move on to printing files from other sites like Thingiverse, or make your own models.

Setting up Cura on the a Mac is similar to that on a Windows based system.

Cura step by step For Macs ...

Make sure you've downloaded the correct version of Cura (15.02.1) or 15.4 also works so either one can be installed https://ultimaker.com/en/products/cura-software/list (be sure to scroll down to the macOS section of the download page).  Also download the Mac “Driver” file from 101hero, the official download page.

Install the “Driver” file then then install the Cura program.

(Please note that since my Cura program is already set up for the 101Hero, your initial set-up may look a little different from my accompanying screen shots.)

Start Cura: this is basically what you start screen should look like.

From here, move the mouse pointer to the top of the screen to show the Cura “Top Menu”:

Click on “Machine” select “Add New Machine” and the following screen should open:

Select “Next”

Select “Other”

Then enter the following data into the chart:

Click “Finish” and it should take you back to the Cura “Start Page” move the mouse to open the “Top Home Menu” again and move to “Machine” again and scroll down and click on “Machine Settings” to open the following screen. You should now see 101 Hero listed as a selection in the “Machine Settings”

Enter the data below in the “Machine Settings” table as shown below.

NOTE: Under “Communications settings” for the “Serial Port” click on the selection arrow. You should see “/dev/cu.SLAB_USBtoUART” as an option. Select it, set the

Baudrate to 115200 and click “OK”.

You need to be aware that the machine settings of width 105 and length 105 set the diameter of the round virtual print bed in Cura, but the effective print size of the 101Hero is only about 100mm or so. This means that wide objects that fit on the virtual print bed may not actually print properly.

That should return you to the Cura “Start Menu” where you can enter the information for the:

Basic settings tab:

and the advanced settings tab:

I have not made any changes to Plugins or Start/End GCode

An additional change you may want to make is to configure the printer interface from basic to Pronterface - this gives you some additional information and controls.

Go to “File”- “Preferences” on the Cura “Top Menu”

Now change the interface to Pronterface UI

That's it.  Now you can load a model from Thingiverse or any other stl file and print over USB or save it to SD and print.