This video has very good ideas that all can use right now - however it also suggests a slicer development that is logical.
There is a clear weakness of the AMS system in the changing of colors, and the poop function - there should be a 3rd option in the slicer that is between print by object and by layer.
If you could print multiple layers per color (object/color/Area/layer) you would reduce AMS changes by the number of lines - 2 lines would cut things in half and would likely work on 90% of prints, and for many prints the colors are separated enough that you might not have to change filament more often than any 10 lines
@NoahKatz I think this is already implemented as Print per Object option.
@user_2438169925 This is an underestimated idea, this has great potential halving filament & time waste!
Would love to see this implemented by the BambuLab devs, this could be another game-changing step to their AMS, fixing the only big issue there is left with this printer.
The print by object is what is shown in the video, but if you print one object (or multiple) with color changes then you change color for each layer, whereas you should be able to get away with printing multiple layers between color shifts by zoning the print.
I’ve watched the extruder during a purge, It currently does zero retraction before it does the cut.
I think without any changes to slicing or hardware, they could retract “X” mm of cold filament from the heatbreak before they cut which would dramatically reduce the waste.
If they worked with E3D to make a revo Nozzle+Heater for it they could achieve the same heat transfer in half the volume.
One other thing I have learned since my original suggestion and that I think should be possible is to only use the break away filament on horizontal layers, as it is time consuming and expensive to use the inter-phase filaments on verticals and it brings very limited benefit on mist prints
Wouldn’t work the long hot end is to increase the speed available if you retract before cutting you risk putting softened filament into the PTFE tube causing clogs eventually. the shorter hot end would limit the speed the machine could extrude material. If you want to save material go into purge setting cut ALL the numbers in half then incrementally until you see color bleed then back off a step. Even black to white can be cut in half without bleed as long as you use a tower or purge into fill.
Thanks - thinking about it there is actually no reason that you should ever switch filament for each layer. Lets imagine printing the stars ans stripes. You would print layer 1’s white in one go, then print layer 1+2 of the red and 1+2 of the blue, then 2+3 of the white, 3+4 blue and red…
That should cut poop and changes in half
