12. How to Compare Cura Profiles?

As described in my previous post, there were profiles that worked and did not work for my very first original print. When I made it work using a particular option, I was more than curious to know the difference in the profiles.

Unfortunately, there are no plugins to compare two or more profiles. However, with the help of any worksheet applications such as MS Excel, google sheet, etc., you can compare it.

This technique was described in detail in this video by Jeff Haas. However, it looks like Cura settings have been changed in the latest version(4.6.1). There are no ‘current settings’ in the code file. Instead of that, I see a section at the bottom with a different format like below:

What is the Solution?

After some research, and tinkering with Excel, I found a solution. Please note that the approach will work any other worksheet application like with Google sheets.

1. Install a plugin to export the current settings to an HTML
2. Copy and paste the settings from the HTML page to a text editor.
3. Copy the text editor content to an excel sheet.
4. Apply the formula and see the differences.

Install a plugin to export the current settings to an HTML

There is a plugin that exports current settings of Cura as an HTML. Please refer to this link for more details if you have not installed a plugin before. Once installed, export the settings to an HTML page.

Copy and paste the settings from the HTML page to a text editor

The HTML contains tables and rows. Copy the table and paste it to any text editor (Sublime Text).

Copy the text editor content to an excel sheet

Now copy and paste the content of the text editor to a new worksheet. Repeat the above steps once more assuming that you are comparing between two profile settings. You should be getting something like below:

Apply the formula and see the differences

Delete columns C, D, and F as they are repetitive.

Select the first cell under K and add the below formula:

=IF(B2=E2,"YES","NO")

Now drag the column such that the formula is applied to all the cells below. As of today, there are 570 rows of settings.

Select column K, go to the ‘Data’ menu and apply ‘Filter’. Select ‘NO’ from the dropdown. You would see the rows which are not the same.

I had 85 differences between CHEPV4.5_0.12(Best) and Ender-3 1.16mm ChazMeister profiles. Now, I have 85 topics to learn.

I hope this helps!

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