<s>
Cura	B-Device
is	O
an	O
open	B-Application
source	I-Application
slicing	O
application	O
for	O
3D	O
printers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
created	O
by	O
David	O
Braam	O
who	O
was	O
later	O
employed	O
by	O
Ultimaker	B-Device
,	O
a	O
3D	O
printer	O
manufacturing	O
company	O
,	O
to	O
maintain	O
the	O
software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Cura	B-Device
is	O
available	O
under	O
LGPLv3	B-Application
license	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Cura	B-Device
was	O
initially	O
released	O
under	O
the	O
open	B-Application
source	I-Application
Affero	O
General	O
Public	O
License	O
version	O
3	O
,	O
but	O
on	O
28	O
September	O
2017	O
the	O
license	O
was	O
changed	O
to	O
LGPLv3	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Development	O
is	O
hosted	O
on	O
GitHub	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ultimaker	B-Device
Cura	B-Device
is	O
used	O
by	O
over	O
one	O
million	O
users	O
worldwide	O
and	O
handles	O
1.4	O
million	O
print	O
jobs	O
per	O
week	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
the	O
preferred	O
3D	O
printing	O
software	O
for	O
Ultimaker	B-Device
3D	O
printers	O
,	O
but	O
it	O
can	O
be	O
used	O
with	O
other	O
printers	O
as	O
well	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ultimaker	B-Device
Cura	B-Device
works	O
by	O
slicing	O
the	O
user	O
’s	O
model	O
file	O
into	O
layers	O
and	O
generating	O
a	O
printer-specific	O
g-code	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
open	B-Application
source	I-Application
software	I-Application
,	O
compatible	O
with	O
most	O
desktop	O
3D	O
printers	O
,	O
can	O
work	O
with	O
files	O
in	O
the	O
most	O
common	O
3D	O
formats	O
such	O
as	O
STL	O
,	O
OBJ	O
,	O
X3D	B-Application
,	O
3MF	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
image	O
file	O
formats	O
such	O
as	O
BMP	B-Device
,	O
GIF	O
,	O
JPG	O
,	O
and	O
PNG	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
7	O
June	O
2016	O
:	O
Ultimaker	B-Device
announced	O
the	O
new	O
Cura	B-Device
major	O
release	O
2.1.2	O
,	O
superseding	O
the	O
previous	O
15.04.6	O
version	O
(	O
note	O
the	O
non-sequentiality	O
in	O
the	O
major	O
version	O
numbers	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
also	O
supported	O
the	O
dual	O
extrusion	O
possible	O
with	O
the	O
Ultimaker	B-Device
3	O
model	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
November	O
2017	O
:	O
Cura	B-Device
Connect	O
was	O
released	O
to	O
enable	O
users	O
to	O
control	O
,	O
monitor	O
,	O
and	O
configure	O
a	O
group	O
of	O
network-enabled	O
3D	O
printers	O
from	O
a	O
single	O
interface	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
21	O
April	O
2022	O
:	O
Release	O
of	O
Ultimaker	B-Device
Cura	B-Device
5.0	O
beta	O
,	O
which	O
introduced	O
a	O
rebuilt	O
slicer	O
engine	O
that	O
allowed	O
for	O
much	O
finer	O
details	O
,	O
stronger	O
prints	O
,	O
faster	O
print	O
profiles	O
,	O
support	O
for	O
Apple	O
M1	O
chips	O
,	O
and	O
an	O
improved	O
UI	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
August	O
31	O
,	O
2014	O
Cura	B-Device
was	O
included	O
in	O
a	O
review	O
of	O
3D	O
slicing	O
software	O
by	O
Think3DPrint3D	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
summer	O
of	O
2015	O
,	O
Ultimaker	B-Device
released	O
Cura	B-Device
2.0	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
January	O
1	O
,	O
2018	O
,	O
All3DP	O
named	O
Cura	B-Device
one	O
of	O
the	O
best	O
3D	O
slicer	O
software	O
tools	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2019	O
,	O
Cura	B-Device
was	O
named	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
top	O
free	O
3D	O
printing	O
tools	O
by	O
the	O
industry	O
blog	O
,	O
G2	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Cura	B-Device
was	O
named	O
Software	O
Tool	O
of	O
the	O
Year	O
at	O
the	O
international	O
2019	O
3D	O
Printing	O
Industry	O
Awards	O
ceremony	O
in	O
London	O
.	O
</s>
