Is there a way to filter search results from MakerWorld so that only true multicolor prints come up? I haven’t invested thousands of dollars to print and paint models. Also why do they allow full-color, deceptive thumbnails on MakerWorld when the attached file is single-color? One last pet peeve. Why do so many listed prints highlight “No AMS required” when the whole Bambu ecosystem is centered around AMS???
- Yes, you can filter results.
- They aren’t allowed, the model image must include one picture of an actual print of the actual part that matches the print profile.
If you see models breaking the rules, report them, and optionally, block the uploader (I do this often)
You can also use the paint tool in Bambu Studio to turn any model you find on Makerworld multicolor.
- Bambu isn’t the one uploading models to Makerworld, it’s just users of the site. People uploading models want their prints to be popular, and they’ve found that prints that don’t require the AMS are how they can achieve that. That tells me that that the majority of Bambu printers out there don’t have AMS units.
You might enjoy this hobby more if you mentally distinguish between your printer, which you bought from Bambu, and Makerworld, which is free and contains content made by fellow enthusiasts.
What, should Bambu delete models because they’re only single color? Or models that are made for anyone to print on a single color printer?
Yes, MakerWorld is owned and operated by Bambu Lab. It functions as their official community-driven 3D model-sharing library, tightly integrated with Bambu Studio software and the Bambu Handy app to allow direct one-step printing, though the site also hosts standard files usable on other printers
Since MakerWorld is owned and operated by Bambu, it seems obvious to me that they would post a majority of Bambu centered files.
Also I beg to differ on the AMS comment since I’d be willing to bet that an overwhelming majority of Bambu printers out there use at least one AMS, otherwise users would be unable to print multi color, which is the main reason for owning a Bambu printer.
I’m at least like…87% sure models on MakerWorld are uploaded by users.
I distinctly remember designing and uploading all of my MakerWorld models myself, and last I checked, I don’t work for Bambu Lab…in fact, it seems I’m the one paying them. A disturbing amount of money.
I don’t even know what you’re trying to prove right now. This is how it is.
“They” is doing a lot of heavy lifting there.
If you mean they = Bambu Lab, then nope. They do upload a few things, mostly to serve their own products, like the device specific housing for the TPU feed assist product to name one.
If you mean they = users, that wasn’t as clear as you may have hoped due to Bambu Lab being your subject.
Users upload 99.9% of the models on MakerWorld.com.
I have to caution such assumptions. While I have at least one AMS on every printer, that is not solely so I can print multiple colour models.
There are three general categories of models.
- Single colour
- Multi colour requiring an AMS
- Multi colour not requiring an AMS
As a designer, I like many aim to provide models where possible that can be printed without an AMS, the vast majority of mine are provided with both profiles.
Point 3 falls into two camps.
- Uses the Pause command as any colour changes are one per layer at most.
- The models are in parts and can be assembled with the coloured parts becoming a multi colour model when assembled.
This takes additional effort sometimes, but I find many designers aim to achieve this.
The Chinese uses seem not to have taken up the AMS as much as everyone else. That may be a reflection I see in my model specifically, I have no other data.
The AMS is an excellent tool beyond the multi colour features. Load up two or more identical filaments and it will fail over (one spool is empty, the next begins automatically and doesn’t bother the user or affects the quality). Hold multiple colours at once without having to manually load and unload each time you want a different coloured, single colour model.
To your point, all three of my Bambu printers have AMSes…and honestly, I print multi material perhaps 15% of the time. I use the AMS units so that my frequently used filaments are loaded and ready to go, so I can print remotely.
Most of my “dual filament” prints aren’t even multicolor, they’re multi material, and typically it’s interfacing material on supports, not even two materials that end up on the final part.
A lot of models can be made in parts, each of which is a single colour. So there is some genuine stuff that will be missed if “ams only” is filtered for,
Example:
That is a “no ams” model, and you do not want to use an AMS on that. (edit because it is jointed and posable, which means it needs to be in parts, and since it’s parts, you might as well colour each part differently)
Things like this (especially models from 3DToyMaker) are exactly what I thought of yesterday when I saw this thread. I like multi-coloured prints as much as the next guy, but I do find that there is a certain amount of “blurring” when you attempt to print models that need sharp distinction between the colours using an AMS type system. Having said that, having an AMS makes prints like this just a little bit easier when you can print by object on one plate.
Side note, I look forward to the distant future when I can afford to by a multi-tooled machine with which I could print the joints in something like TPU and have them melded to the awesome coloured selection I have in PLA.
But yeah, having an AMS is perfect but don’t let yourself be fooled into thinking there are models not worth printing if they don’t need it.
OK I see the advantages of ‘No AMS’ multipart prints as far as speed and color separation. Thanks