If you haven’t tried Orca Slicer you’re missing out on the calibration features that are baked in as @SimEyeSee suggests.
Orca and Bambu Studio can coexist on the same machine so there is no downside to using both. If you know Bambu, you already know Orca, it is forked from Bambu so it has the identical interface and files are interchangeable. The key difference is in the many more features you get with Orca.
Bambu Studio
Orca Slicer
Don’t bother with the native Calibration function in Bambu. If you have a P1 series it only takes you to a lecture anyway. Use the Orca Calibration feature instead.
What you get.
The temp changes per level are baked into the model. No need to touch G-Code.
The tutorial page is also pretty handy in walking you through the different calibration features.
Bambu from time to time will borrow features from Orca but Orca is supported by fellow hobbyists with the creature comforts and quality of life enhancements that Bambu developers tend to leave as secondary. You won’t see a focus on Makerworld features since this is more something that promotes Bambu, the company rather than serving the user.
As an example of quality of life conveniences, Orca introduced two versions ago, an estimated time to completion which Bambu Studio still ignores. But there are many more features as well that are in some cases these are Prusa Slicer features that Bambu Studio decided to exclude that Orca put back in. You’ll have to go through the release notes to get a complete list of all the things they’ve added.
