This bloody cutter module wants to be released soon lol
I too want the cutter module and donât need the laser module.
Since the machine has a camera it can do print then cut really well!
Do you mean that your non laser printer has already a Birds Eye camera installed?
Mine def doesnât
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Same here, I installed it already but 100% did not came with it installed. And for sure I did pay the ~ 50âŹ
Did you install it preemptively, counting on the sale of the cutter kit?
Yes I did install it, not sure I think last weekend. 100% Counting for the sale of the kit and I like or share the idea of having the camera and the kind of precise alignment of the materials on the heatbed/cutting platform.
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The first time the laser is installed, the printer asks you to calibrate the birds eye camera.
I heard people mention that the laser is initially required to do this calibration. Unfortunately I canât confirm that because I used the laser first.
If so, just buying a cutting module might be an issue then, unless they update the firmware to allow it for the cutting module also.
I donât see any reason why the laser is required.
I can ensure that the printer did not ask for it after I installed the camera. I pluged it in or installed it, nothing happend.
I guess that would be a standard protocol. Since you canât use the camera for anything else, itâs no use to check for the existence and calibration until itâs actually needed.
It uses the QR-codes on the bed (under the build plate) to calibrate the birds eye camera. So in that sense it would not need the laser unless it uses the camera on the laser to validate that position.
To be honest, I didnât follow the entire calibration procedure, so itâs an educated guess.
The cutting module lacks that camera, so that might be the requirement for calibration.
Yes, I am totally with you. I would love the calibration feature coming together with module and camera. So I can make use of the material detection so the printer knows what kind of material is on top and you can use specific parameters to make it much easier for the general use as well as making the process much more simple.
It only gets asked when you plug the laser module on.
What do you expect of the material detection?
It does a fairly simple job in lasering and cutting.
It needs additional height info to align the image with the process you will put on top of that.
I know that the laser can measure the height. But the cutter cannot, unless itâs capable to measure it differently.
Just like that you layed down a piece of PU lether it does it with the QR code on the piece of PU. Or on the other hand if you lay down a piece of cardboard the camera does see the piece and the QR code on the material so the machine knows the parameters on how to cut (like pressure depth etc.) or is this only with wood and the laser?
But then as well I think the accurecy of the camera and the positioning of your design on the captured photo will be a brise as well. Since you just simply drag and drop where it needs to be.
+1 here. Donât have the laser combo but would love a cutter upgrade kit.
I donât think it reads a qr-code from the material, the camera is however capable of detecting that there is material present. I have engraved material that was not sourced from Bambu.
You simply tell Bambu Suite what material you are going to cut. Software advises the settings based on that and a manual or measured thickness.
If you have an image placed on a part then with batch mode, it can recognize similar shapes randomly on the bed and place the same image on each object in the correct orientation.