Multipart with OpenSCAD?

Bambu Lab Software Bambu Studio
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Hello there!

I’m a brand-new A1 mini combo owner, but I have over 10 years of experience “drawing” for 3D printing with OpenSCAD. Until now, the only way I had to change colors was by pausing the print and swapping spools, so I’m absolutely loving my AMS Lite.

I was initially surprised by how Bambu Studio splits models into parts, but I think I get the logic behind it. Before long, I started designing my models in OpenSCAD with Bambu Studio’s part drop workflow in mind. In some cases, this is pretty straightforward:

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Others, not that easy :sweat_smile:

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I’m having fun but maybe I’m overcomplicating things? Am I missing some obvious way to achieve the same with less work?

Regards from Spain,

Antonio

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add the “dots” to the other part, not as a new object, right click on it. It should work fine :slight_smile:

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Sorry, I’m not sure I understand what you mean. Do you mean a “Merge” operation in Bambu Studio?

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no, you drag the cube.stl for example, and then right click it on the stl in Process/Objects and add modifier for the dots.stl, asign a different color to dots.stl

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Welcome to the forum.

I still consider my self new to 3D design, but have done quit some multi color design in OpenSCAD. So her is my workflow:

  • Design the colors as separate parts/objects in OpenSCAD and export each color as a separate file.
  • Import all stl files in one go in to Bambu Studio. Click yes to load the files as a single object with multiple parts. This retain the relative position of the different parts/colors as they have in OpenSCAD.
  • Then assign colors to the parts.

Hope this is helpful to you or others.

And if some one knows a more easy way, I am all ears :slight_smile: