The beta

Thanks for testing CommunityCAD for Klipper. While we finish the plugin and make sure it works on more printers than ours, linking a printer needs a place in the beta: ask on the Klipper beta page, and we let people in a small group at a time.

What's in the beta#

Everything in these docs is in the beta unless it's marked as planned:

• browsing and searching CommunityCAD, filtered to your printer;
• sending files to the printer, with printer matching, confirmation and queueing;
• one install for everything, with a compatibility check first;
• on-printer slicing with OrcaSlicer: quick print, projects, materials and print profiles, and Orca import and export;
• sharing print profiles and print posts, with private posts and automatic sharing;
• Mainsail and Fluidd, several printers per Pi.

Still being worked on#

• polish across the interface;
• end-to-end testing of sharing;
• sending a model to your printer from the CommunityCAD website (planned);
• keeping a print profile private until you publish it (planned);
• slicing while a print is running (planned).

Known issues#

• Fluidd has no dashboard panel yet.
• Delta printers aren't filtered by size.
• Prints from before the plugin was installed can't be shared.
• Reinstalling or repairing Mainsail with KIAUH removes the plugin from the page; re-run the installer (see Troubleshooting).
• Printers with locked-down vendor firmware haven't been tested.
• There are no public releases yet, so updates come as a new download: see Updating during the beta.
• A Raspberry Pi 5 hasn't been tested yet.

Giving feedback#

We want to hear about anything confusing, broken or missing, including in these docs and in the Terms of Service.

• Email contact@communitycad.dev, or use the beta channel you were invited through.
• For a bug, include what you did, what happened, which download you installed, Mainsail or Fluidd, and, if it wouldn't load, the communitycad lines from ~/printer_data/logs/moonraker.log. See Reporting a problem.
• Never send your credentials.json or anything from ~/printer_data/communitycad.

Your account during the beta#

The beta uses the real CommunityCAD site and your real account. Downloads count toward your download limits, and anything you share is public, as described in Sharing prints.