Script to generate texture via temperature gradients to get horizontal stripes that "look like wood". The last and only updated source code is now on github at https://github.com/MoonCactus/gcode_postprocessors/tree/master/woodThe owl is Cushwa's popular design at http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:18218 It was printed here with LAYWOO-D3 wood filament http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:30552 It works also somehow with some other filament (just tweak the temperature), with a less drastic effect. This is a piece of source code of mine, originally made for Skeinforge within Cura 12.08, now part of the official releases, and is now also an independent standalone Python script.Download the python script from https://github.com/MoonCactus/gcode_postprocessors/tree/master/wood This script was designed and works with Python 2.X, it may have some issues with Unicode and Python 3.Installation: move the .py file to the plugin folder in Cura (like /usr/share/cura/plugins or ~/.cura/plugins/). The Ultimaker website does not tell which one really, but look with your file manager for a folder named "plugins", or better, for a plugin which is shipped by default (e.g. TweakAtZ.py). Then simply copy/paste this file alongside, and restart Cura.This is the code of my post here: http://betterprinter.blogspot.fr/2012/10/shades-of-brown-with-wood-filament-via.html Last updates: Wed Mar 29 18:53:31 CEST 2017 Moved to github! This is the terminal update that will appear here! Wed Sep 28 12:41:55 CEST 2016 Instructions cleanup and cosmetic fix to the python script Fri Jan 10 14:32:52 CET 2014 wood31 Fixed obsolete syntax that made Python3 fail (thanks @Mysli) wood32 is for Python3, should work also on Python2 but untested by me! Thu Jan 9 23:10:51 CET 2014 Added some more options, and a Windows-friendly zipped version with windows line ends and zipped so that it does not get corrupted when downloaded or opened (this OS sucks so much that you have to pay for it, and you get a notepad as useful as an ashtray on a motorbike, so ridiculous!) Sun Jul 7 21:43:12 UTC 2013 This script was an official plugin in Cura (version 12.11+). But the support for Cura at Ultimaker is gone for years now (why?).After multiple requests and at last, I finally converted it to a standalone Python script that no more needs Cura nor Skeinforge. I documented the process here by the way: http://betterprinter.blogspot.fr/2013/02/how-tun-run-python-cura-plugin-without.html You'll need Python 2.7 on your computer. Then run the wood.py script as follows: python wood.py --min minTemp --max maxTemp --grain grainSize --file gcodeFile or in brief mode: python wood.py -i minTemp -a maxTemp -g grainSize -f gcodeFile This will "patch" your gcode file in place (it will be modified), so keep a backup if you need one. The gcodeFile is the only compulsory parameter. Check the source code for more information.Initial temperature settings will be overridden by the varying pattern that is generated by this script (a variant of recursive Perlin noise). You can run it multiple times to test different values and generated temperature curve until you like it. Default values are minTemp=190, maxTemp=240 and grainSize=3. Higher themperature give darker bands (due to the wood being burnt). Do not let the wood stay too long in your nozzle else you will most probably clog it with carbon! Finally, to run it on windows you may want to check the FAQ here: http://docs.python.org/2/faq/windows.html