Using Bambu CMY, Red, and Jade White. Model from makerworld:
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Thanks sprior.
I think my model was just too small for it to change colors. Would be nice if the slicer can determine the model size and adjust accordingly.
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CMYKW - would be even better than CMY or CMYK I think.
Using 5 colours could also be a good differentiator for the H2C over a U1.
Personally though in practice I think an H2C with lots of AMS with pre mixed colours in them is going to be far quicker in most instances.
But for the occasional model with 8 colours or more I can see some benefits - especially if it is possible to limit the smaller layer heights needed just to the sections of the model with the mixed colours.
i’ve got a few 9 or 10 colour models with grey and orange mostly in distinct vertical sections - so I think I will give it a try on one of those.
For horizontal sections I think a pre mixed colour is still going to be needed though - so its probably still going to end up a lot quicker to do a slow pre mixed colour swap.
Mixed nozzle size prints though could get quite interesting (when/if they implement it) where for example you have only got 4 x 0.4 and 3 x 0.2 nozzles available - and already need very low layer heights due to the 0.2mm nozzles.
Really cool feature, what sort of percentage time is it adding?
That’s the idea, H2C can fully take advantage of this with multiple nozzles and add some grey filament and one transparent. I wish we have transparent PLA; is that a thing?
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It’s a thing. I’ve posted samples of parts with three different transparent filaments in this thread. Polymaker makes Translucent PLA.
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Its open source technology and Bambu have looked at it and thought lets add it to our slicer too.
Credited it to the maker too.
Going to be interesting - though standard printer build times are going to rocket lol
You will get better color results if you change the layer height from 0.16 to 0.08.
Well sure, but life’s too short for 0.08.
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The point being that the human eye has a hard time discerning things at 0.08 so you won’t see the stripes in the color combinations. But if you don’t care about it that’s fine. Whatever prints your Benchy.
This update has been a lot of fun to play with and has worked surprisingly well even on my single nozzle printer. I have a quick question regarding this update and the latest version though:
Has anyone experienced issues with uploading .3mf files to MakerWorld that contain and use “Mixed Filaments”? I keep receiving the error “Did not pass the slicing test. Please make sure the model is sliced normally on Bambu Studio before uploading.” I can’t tell if it’s something I’m doing on my end or something with their backend. Uploading non-mixed files works fine.
This is a six color print using this method, but 4 of the colors are blended. .12 layers
Red Yellow Blue and Gray translucent PETG.
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I love it!!! (25 characterssss)
Awesome print…
What printer, how many nozzles, how big is it and how long did it take?
U1, 4 nozzles, 6” tall, reported 17 hours, but I don’t think it took that long. It started early last night and it mid this morning.
@user_194329822 The Filamentmixing feature is not the same as gradient filament. The way Bambu achieves this is an illusion by changing colors per layer. This is not a tru gradient and can change depending on how you look at it. If you want true seemless gradients, your filament is still the best choice.
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I wish we could at least edit the percentages ourselves and not depend on a slider.