When you input a filament type. You should be able to put in additional details including the estimated amount (1kg, 250g, etc) and the software can then keep track of it as long as you don’t say you changed it to something else. Would allow better accuracy knowing if you have enough filament left to print a certain part. Might be off. But you won’t be mid print when it runs out because you over estimated how much you had left.
in addition the user could check how much the software says was left in the filiment before removal, so they can mark it down once removed and packaged up to make room for more filiment!
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The slicer tells you how much filament you’re going to use, weight and distance. So if you record that data, you can track how much filament you’ve used off a given roll.
This is something the printer could easily do if BBL was willing to code it. A field in the filament profile maybe, where the slicer sums in the amount each print has used. Go to the profile, see how much you’ve used, or clear it out because you’re starting a new roll…
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100% thought you where telling me to manually document it every time. I print a lot when I’m not even home, using Bambu handy. And having wife remove print once done. Manual tracking is def not a good idea.
But def would be very easy for them to just add it to the filiment in app as a setting.
would be a nice feature. But how much would you be willing to leave as a cushion. Yes it accurately dispenses the filament. But there is an inaccuracy in how much it measures is “used” off the spool. Even if the software projected only 95% and said maybe after that. It would be a big help. Or if it estimated you are likely to run out, you might be warned to preload a spare for that filament.
The slicer does a perfect job estimating filament usage for a print. The printer does a good enough job of estimating remaining filament based on the RFID tag revolutions versus length of filament dispensed. Bambu printers intelligently switch to another roll of the same filament once the current roll runs out.
I don’t want to waste single moment of my life “inputting” anything. The idea of keeping a “fuel gauge” of every roll of filament seems overly complicated and of limited benefit.
…and from Bambu’s perspective, imagine alllllll the complaining they’ll get every time one roll happens to be 2 meters shorter than another and someone’s print can’t quite get finished even when the printer figured it would be.
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Alas, that doesn’t do any good for people who aren’t running Bambu filament. People like me.
An open RFID standard would be really nice, and I think it’s going to be an inevitability.
If they don’t want to do that, Bambu could make a lot of money selling a pack of add-on RFID stickers that could be stuck on any spool. Scan it with your phone, assign the filament type via an app, stick it on the spool.
If you have certain types of AMS (I know the 2.0 and HT does it, unsure about V1), attach a bambu rfid tag to the filament spool - ideally with similar print settings
The reason is the printer/AMS combo can roll the filament around until it sees the tag, then by either timing or measuring the number of rotations, the machine can count the time or distance to the extuder, and then estimates the amount remaining,
yes the AMS shows a present left. But I wish it would estimate how likely it will run out for a file printed. I know there is a tolerance problem. What I want is lets say I am printing a .5kg print
if the estimate remaining is .6kg or above it prints with no question.
If the estimate is .6 to .4 it warns me that there may or may not have sufficient before it starts. maybe with the extra check for a backup filament.
If the estimate is Less than .4 it says probably not enough, do you want to override.
obviously the estimate tolerance in this example is .1
I know you can add a spare spool. But you can’t set that up while a print is running. It works as long as you define while not printing. Can you pause the print then define the spare, and continue printing.
Firstly. That’s very lazy of you. Like seriously. You don’t want to type in 1 extra number. Wow.
Secondly. It could 100% be an optimal feature so you could turn it off if it actually bothers you that much.
thirdly, it’s an estimate. It’s obvious it won’t be accurate. But it will be close enough. You could as the user set the tolerance too. So you can have it trigger if it’s .5 grams short. Or 20 grams short. Whatever you want.
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