1. Basic installation (only one of them required)

   1. as AppImage:

      1. download appimage from https://github.com/Ultimaker/Cura/releases (we assume here that it is cura 5.9) and save it as ~/cura

      2. mark the appimage as executable (chmod +x ~/cura)

      3. start cura once via ~/cura and just close it again

      4. Install printer definitions in ~/.local/share/cura/5.9:

         curl -L https://github.com/ecsv/Qidi-Printer-Definitions/archive/refs/heads/xmax_icarus.tar.gz |tar -C ~/.local/share/cura/5.9/ -xzv --strip-components=1
         rm -rf ~/.cache/cura/
         

   2. via flatpak

      1. Install from flathub:

         flatpak --user remote-add --if-not-exists flathub https://dl.flathub.org/repo/flathub.flatpakrepo
         flatpak --user config --set languages ""
         flatpak --user install com.ultimaker.cura
         

      2. start cura once via flatpak run com.ultimaker.cura

      3. Install printer definitions:

         curl -L https://github.com/ecsv/Qidi-Printer-Definitions/archive/refs/heads/xmax_icarus.tar.gz |tar -C ~/.var/app/com.ultimaker.cura/data/cura/5.9/ -xzv --strip-components=1
         rm -rf ~/.var/app/com.ultimaker.cura/cache
         

2. start cura again

   1. agree to user license agreement
   2. ignore changelog
   3. skip creation of "Ultimaker Account"
   4. "Add a non-networked printer" -> Qidi -> X-Max
   5. Accept machine settings

3. Go to Marketplace to install "OctoPrint Connection" (Green Octo symbol on top of a blue connector)

4. Restart Cura

5. Go to Preferences -> Printers -> Connect Moonraker

   1. Address http://$IP/
   2. Format "UFP with Thumbnail"

   c. Press Save e. Close dialogs

This repository contains experimental configurations for Qidi X-Max with Icarus 2.1 (Orbiter 2.0 + Dragon Hotend). Changes will not be done in a backward or forward compatible way. So when in doubt, please clear the cura state:

rm -rf ~/.cache/Ultimaker\ B.V. ~/.cache/cura/ ~/.config/cura ~/.local/share/cura