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# Understanding Cura

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## Little tutorial of how to use Cura with Fusion 360

You open Cura and will get this zero state screen.&#x20;

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Upload a stl file of your 3D shape you made in Fusion360.

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Your shapes will appear with the size you gave them while making them in Fusion 360.

On the left you can see a side menu with different options. With there are a lot of options, but the most important ones are these:

* Move your design

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* Re-scale your design

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* Rotate your design&#x20;

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You also have different pre-installations for the 3D machine you can adjust. Often when you let the settings on standard PLA it will be alright, but if you have really high designs or complex designs you can adjust the print settings in this menu.&#x20;

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If you click on the button slice Cura will calculate the estimated time. This is often the truth. If it takes too long you can check the settings again and maybe change the thickness or the time it takes.&#x20;

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If you want to now how your design will be printed you can slide the slides

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Now save the Gcode file for the printer.
