Or do I have to physically demount and remount the spools to get the ordering that I want? Consider the case where I have three spools of the same filament in the AMS, and two are almost empty. I can set the printer to start with one of the nearly empty spools, but if the full spool happens to be next in the sequence, it will switch to that when empty rather than the other nearly empty one. I can force the outcome I want by physically rearranging the spools to conform to the above change sequence, but I may sometimes want to just change it in software. Can it be done?
Three? do you not fear the bambu spool’s tape-monster?
it lurks at the bottom of spools, destroyer of PTFE, disassembler of AMSes, harbringer of HMS
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Not currently using Bambu filament, so there is no monster to avoid. Instead, I painstakingly dialed in the filaments from scratch, but that’s a story for a different thread. I’m getting a beautiful perfect first layer though. I finally nailed how to do it exactly right every time. Not even the Bambu profiles will give you that.
Short answer: No.
Longer answer:
You can up to a point.
It uses numerical order to determine the next one. Based on the slots you chose and the slot you start with.
You have noted:
- A2
- A3
- A4
If you choose A3 to start with, the next one is A4, A2 and back to A3 and will continue until the model is completed.
If you have a nearly empty spool, half empty and a full spool, you can affect the order by placing them in slots accordingly.
Putting nearly empty first in A1, half empty in A2 and full in A3, or A2, A3 & A4 or A3, B2 & D4.
If each case start with the first letter and number combo. A1, A2 or A3 for each of the three examples above.
You could also do this.
- A2 Full
- A3 nearly empty
- A4 half empty
Then select A3 when you are on the print dialog as A4 and then A2 will be used in that order.
Personally, I would have designed a simple drag and drop interface to let the user select their own choices amongst compatible filaments, even choosing different colours.
I would also have added a “use in order of remaining filament, smallest to biggest or biggest to smallest” as an option.
But, what do I know, I only wrote software for 35 years commercially and owned software companies for 27 years.
I don’t think anyone writing the software uses it as we do, so they do not appreciate how small changes can drastically increase workflows.
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In order to mitigate issues from the black tape I use Snag Cutters on A1 and A2 and fill them with mostly used spools and the full one on A3 as it refills in numerical order.
I start the print on A1.