# Cura profile for Ender 3V2

**URL:** <https://forum.makewithtech.com/t/cura-profile-for-ender-3v2/6867>\
**Category:** 3d Printing / Slicers / Setup / Problems\
**Created:** [January 12, 2023, 10:08pm UTC](https://forum.makewithtech.com/t/cura-profile-for-ender-3v2/6867 "2023-01-12T22:08:19Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![makermo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ea5d25/32.png) [@makermo](https://forum.makewithtech.com/u/makermo)\
**Post date:** [January 12, 2023, 10:08pm UTC](https://forum.makewithtech.com/t/cura-profile-for-ender-3v2/6867/1 "2023-01-12T22:08:19Z")

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A novice here - assembled my first 3D printer (Ender 3 V2) I got for Christmas.

I downloaded the Cura 5 from Ultimaker site.

I just want to start with basic standard profile.

The printer list shows “Ender 3/Ender 3 V2” as a same profile whereas it shows a separate profile for “Ender 3 Pro”. I am under the impression that E3V2 is an improved version of E3 Pro.

Which profile is a better option to start with?

Thanks for your help  
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**Author:** ![Ender5r](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Ender5r](https://forum.makewithtech.com/u/Ender5r)\
**Post date:** [January 12, 2023, 10:10pm UTC](https://forum.makewithtech.com/t/cura-profile-for-ender-3v2/6867/2 "2023-01-12T22:10:20Z")

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Before you get too far down the road with Cura, I would like to suggest you try SuperSlicer. I went the Cura route for over a year, then tried SuperSlicer. I won’t go back to Cura now.

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**Author:** ![makermo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ea5d25/32.png) [@makermo](https://forum.makewithtech.com/u/makermo)\
**Post date:** [January 12, 2023, 10:52pm UTC](https://forum.makewithtech.com/t/cura-profile-for-ender-3v2/6867/3 "2023-01-12T22:52:25Z")

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Oh Ok - I will take a look.  
As a noob the most I heard recommended were Cura & Prusa Slicer.

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**Author:** ![Ender5r](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Ender5r](https://forum.makewithtech.com/u/Ender5r)\
**Post date:** [January 12, 2023, 10:57pm UTC](https://forum.makewithtech.com/t/cura-profile-for-ender-3v2/6867/4 "2023-01-12T22:57:43Z")

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Prusa Slicer is based on Slic3r. Super Slicer is based on Prusa Slicer.

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**Author:** ![Alan](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/forum.makewithtech.com/alan/32/26_2.png) [@Alan](https://forum.makewithtech.com/u/Alan)\
**Post date:** [January 15, 2023, 4:20pm UTC](https://forum.makewithtech.com/t/cura-profile-for-ender-3v2/6867/5 "2023-01-15T16:20:24Z")

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Check out CHEP’s YouTube channel. He has a lot of information about using Creality machines and often posts printer profiles for Cura. I think there are a number of interesting slicer options out there (Cura, PrusaSlicer, SuperSlicer, Ideamaker, Mattercontrol, Simplify3D[paid]), I stuck with Cura as I like the tree supports and already have well-tuned profiles. Although PrusaSlicer will be coming out with somewhat similar “organic” supports, the Christmas release of Cura 5.3.0alpha has new user-contributed supports that are impressive.

Cheers