Who can give me advice?
I want to print a box with 2 different materials.
I want to use PETG and TPU.
In the slicer I set the layer height where the lower part becomes PETG and the upper part becomes TPU.
How can I set in the slicer that I have to use the AMS for the lower part and the external coil for the upper part, after a pause to change.
I can’t find a good setting for this to tell the AMS that the 2nd layer should be an external coil.
I’ve read a bit on using TPU in the AMS after some modifications, but have not looked into it too closely. I’d be afraid to try it, though.
There is no “automatic” way to switch between AMS and external.
I only know how to do it manually, I don’t have an ams. insert pause at layer and change using printer screen.
maybe its a easy way to do the thing. You know switch between different filaments is clearly not ready in bamboo studio
yes, it is not ready from software which is sadness.
It is not (just) a software issue, more a physical impossibility. There is no way for the printer to self-load the external spool, so AFAIK the only way to load it is the way mentioned here Filament change with different filaments - #2 by Jeff_S_NYC … put a pause in, and use the printer controls to switch filaments… having said that, you do also want the different filament properties taken into account, but I don’t know how you do in bambu studio yet… I’ve not played with multi-flament stuff. It does have the concept of modifiers and such at different layers, so perhaps it can be configured through that.
The others have said the logical part.
It is worth remembering there is now a TPU for AMS that would let you achieve your goal.
It isn’t a perfect solution though as reports are the two do not fuse as well as would be liked.
An upcoming (fingers crossed) feature is designed to mesh different materials across multiple layers by using little bits of one in the other kind of like the parts of Velcro.
Yes exactly, as far as the TPU for AMS is concerned, then you are talking about a different hardness than TPU95A which can be printed with PETG. The hardness measured in Shore to be used for the AMS is in the D class.
Let’s see what kind of developments are still to come.
Thanks and greetings
You can mitigate some of the decreased flexibility by reducing infill and wall counts.