It would be really handy to be able to hide other plates when viewing any particular plate. When rotating objects, the objects on other plates always get in the way of what you’re looking at
I just zoom in so I can’t see them
that might work in some instances, but I invariably find that other objects just pass in front of the camera when panning from a low down point of view
This is the correct answer.
Until.
He said that.
The problem Bambu Lab has is that the Slicer is focused on sharing files and not making MY workflow easier.
I can’t:
- Do what you’re asking for.
- I can’t manage or organise filaments in the prepare tab.
- I can’t have one nozzle size for one build plate and a different one for the other build plates.
- I can’t set build plate 1 to A1 mini, build plates 2-6 & 8 for the P1S and 7 for the A2L.
- I can’t set different build plate types to the build plates in the project.
- I can’t set incoming colours of a model when importing, it just uses their index position within the current project.
The list goes on.
Those are a few headline features that would make my mice easier, but confuse uploading projects.
This needs to be a feature, especially when you are mass printing parts.
Completely agree. It feels like there’s so many QOL changes they haven’t implemented that would be so trivial to add.
One of my biggest issues is not being able to skip specific parts in an object group. I want to print multiple items in different colors on the same plate and can do this by merging them but then if one of parts of that group doesn’t print you have to skip the entire batch. It would be such a trivial change to let you skip parts that are in a group.
Are they separate from each other on the plate? I guess you could separate before printing?
If your combined objects are in close proximity or overlap/intersect it might be non trivial to skip parts. But yeah would be handy
This one is not as simple as you think, due to what is sent to the printer.
If you will let me explain, it may help understand why.
If you have five separate objects on the build plate, the slicer send the combined GCODE with the equivalent of ‘if’ statements wrapping each separate object. The if statement facilitates the ability to filter them out because you skipped one or more.
Essentially…
If Object1Skip == false then
Object1
End if
…
If Object5Skip == false then
Object5
End if
Not real code, designed to be logic most will understand
Remember any GCODE that isn’t logic, is simply instructions to hear a nozzle or bed, then move in x,y and z while extruding n amount of filament at a speed. With AMS instructions being part of logic.
If we merge objects the above code becomes…
If MergedObjectSkip == false then
MergedObject
End if
You can’t skip it anymore as it is now a single block of movement, extrudes and AMS swaps rather than five sets of those.
This is also why the idiotic new American laws requiring printers to scan the model being printed for gun parts, block the print and inform the authorities.
Your printer has no idea what is printing nor understand any shapes the GCODE will form as it has no more information about the shape as the early educational language “Turtle” does.
This is me ranting about stuff, feel free to ignore.
Forward 100
Right 90
Forward 100
Right 90
Forward 100
Right 90
Forward 100
Right 90
That draws a square of 100 units each side and turning 90° degrees after each line, returning to the starting point.
Except, it isn’t a square as no pen colour was selected!
The slicer is the only part in the printing process that knows a shape is a shape, yet the law targets the printer. Dumb politicians who are so old they were there when the Declaration of Independence was signed. Which wasn’t on the 4th of July as most have been told, many signed it on the 2nd of August 2, 1776, with several signing weeks after that.
One quality of life feature I want is the Bambu Handy app to be able to scan the FRID tag on a spool and tell me the type, sub type and colour.
Which light beige colour is it, it could be one of four, which near identical red is in my hand?
Bambu Handy doesn’t bother telling what is specifically in the AMS when you are about to print and choosing colours.
I run 6 printers and 8 AMS units, I have over 200 filaments open, 150+ are Bambu Lab.
This one is easy to add as every new phone (sans some Androids) has and RFID reader (most can also write, irrelevant for this), trivial to add the feature.