I just got a set of aftermarket PEO/PEI/H1H/ETC. build plates that the manufacturer suggest I set the Plate type in Bambu Studio as Smooth PEI, which I currently don’t own to test if the aftermarket plates work the same as the OEM plate. But I’ve seen many people tuning temperature and first layer speeds for 3rd party plates creating a bunch of new filament profiles.
I suggest we get to create new plate profiles that apply certain modifications to the filaments, or on the flip side, allow us to add 3rd party plates to our filament profiles, so we don’t end up with a never ending list of filament profiles that will make no sense to anyone but the creator like:
Generic PETG on Carbon Fiber PET Plate
Generic PETG on Triangles PEO Plate
Generic PETG on Wavy Silk Pattern Plate
Generic PETG on Sparkly PEY Plate
Generic PETG on Grid PES Plate
Etc.
I’ve seen people argue against this because they’ve gotten accustomed to the workaround, but it doesn’t mean there isn’t a better way for other people.
Even for the official Bambu Lab 3D Effects Plates I think it would be better to have a plate type specifically for them, because it makes it easier for the end user to know what plate to choose, and for advanced users maybe the behavior and settings of Smooth PEI and 3D Effects is not the same.
Do yourself a favor, don’t get caught in the overthinking trap that so many people do. Bed temps are just specs. Go by what is stated on the filament, not the bed plate. The only time this may and I mean “May” make a difference is if you crank up a PEI plate to 300c and do not wait for it to cool down sufficiently and then try to pry off with a knife before the object is ready.
I would very much like to create build plate profiles for the different build plates that I use, as I need to swap them for different projects. Some smooth, some with engraved logos etc.
You might not want to use this, but don’t disregard the use-cases of others.
It sounds to me like your use-case far excedes the slicer’s design objectives. Consider the “ask”. How many possible build surfaces are there? Ten’s? Hundreds? If four isn’t enough then how many is enough?
I don’t mean to denigrate the notion that this wouldn’t have a use, but for how many? There are far more things that are still broken in the slicer architecture that need addressing and this one fits in that “Quality of life” niche requirement.
Having said that. Bambu does not read these forums so all this discussion is academic anyway.
But it should be noted that the folks over at Orca Slicer do take requests. If the idea can’t get traction there, then it’s a likely conclusion that they don’t see enough utility in this tool either. But hey, the product is open source so any person can make the change themselves if they can find the motivation to do so. As an example, one of my desires has been that hotkeys are missing from most of the critical functions and also malfunction in many circumstances as does the middle mouse button. So I’ve started to look into how hard it will be to modify the slicer directly. So far, it has been a back-burner goal as my motivation and much more importantly, rusty coding skills, are lacking.
Oh… bed temperatures ABSOLUTELY matter… I have two of the BIQU CryoGrip Pro GLACIER (Glacier, not Frostbite… GLACIER)… it doesn’t stick worth a damn unless you run it about 10 degrees HOTTER than the PEI sheet… so it DOES matter.
You’re absolutely correct… We need the capability to add custom build plate types, the filament profile then could use the temp appropriate for the specific build plate especially with the host of aftermarket build plates out there…
I would propose that the build plate temp not be dictated by the filament profile, but by the filament type… i.e. setup a build plate profile for Panda CryoGrip Glacier… tell it for PLA use this temp, for PETG, use this temp for PA use this temp, for PC use this temp, for ABS/ASA use this temp… then whatever the base filament material type, that’s the temp it would use.
1000% agree with this. Even Bambu says their slicer settings need to be adjusted and to run the 3D effects plates at 60-65 but to select the Smooth PEI plate which has a default bed temp of 55… First print I made with my new plate wouldn’t stick even after cleaning well. So I went to the website to see what the recommended setting were and saw that I had to increase the bed temp. Once I learned I had to adjust this setting in all the filaments I pulled the plate and its been sitting. Unless I have something that really needs the effect it not worth the time to create a bunch of filaments just to increase the bed temp and defeats the purpose of the RFID tags on Bambu’s filaments. It clear the temp setting are reliant on the plate type and filament. They should create profiles for these plates and give us the ability to create plate profiles
As an example, one of my desires has been that hotkeys are missing from most of the critical functions and also malfunction in many circumstances as does the middle mouse button. So I’ve started to look into how hard it will be to modify the slicer directly. So far, it has been a back-burner goal as my motivation and much more importantly, rusty coding skills, are lacking.