My Varioshore TPU settings on the H2D

Hey all. I spent the better part of 2 days tuning Varioshore (foaming variable shore hardness TPU) on the H2D and wanted to share both my results and the settings I used to create the prints.

Varioshore 92A H2D 0.4mm Std
Copied profile from ‘Bambu Lab TPU’
Flow ratio - 1.14
Nozzle temp - 190c (foaming starts around 200c)
Max volumetric speed - 2.8 mm3/s
Bed temps 65c first layer/55c
Cooling Min 40% 30s layer time
Cooling Max 90% 12s layer time
Aux fan 100%
Cooling overhang threshold 10%
Fan prestart time 2s

Retraction
Length - 4mm (I think less was also okay…)
Retraction speed 50mm/s
De-retraction speed 20mm/s
Travel distance threshold - 1mm
Wipe while retracting - Checked
Wipe distance - 2mm

Varioshore 65A H2D 0.4mm Std
Note: I still haven’t completed dialing in the flow ratio on this one. Also the 65A is just an estimate based on Youtube videos/posts I’ve seen.

Changes from Varioshore 92A profile
Min fan speed - 20%
Max fan speed - 60%
Flow ratio - 0.51
Nozzle temp - 230c
Retract when changing layer - checked
Retraction length - 2.4mm


The benchy boat was printed before I tuned my retraction settings so its using the 92A retraction settings. I am also using slower acceleration and speeds but I haven’t played but these are mostly limited by volumetric limits anyways.

Hope it helps!

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This is great! Thank you! Is there anywhere you can upload .bbscfg and .bbsflmt files?

In my experience, the tip appears to be deformed due to excessive heat. While this may reduce stringing, it comes at the cost of overall print quality and model integrity.