Im sure its been done many times but I wanted to start a thread where you can share some neat tricks with either the printers or software. Figured some newer people may find something that just makes their life easier or its just fun to do.
I’ll start. Found this out while trying to hurry up and paint a model. You can give your model a pretty cool effect using a couple solid color filaments. In the pictured example you first make the model solid blue. Open up the “Color Painting” and select the “Height Range” tool. This is a tool that paints an entire layer, or range of layers at a time (paints whole cross sections). This makes it easier to paint only the bottom half of a model, or add stripes to it.
I normally slide the “Height Range” all the way to the left to make it thin. Then hold left click down but instead of smoothly painting up or down to make sure you dont miss any layers, you quick jerk the mouse up moving the pen across the whole model quickly. Im guessing the lag causes a bunch of areas to be missed because it keep keep up quick enough, but it actually give it a pretty cool tie-dye or splattered look. Something cool to do if you only have solid colors at the time.
A thing only working good without the AMS is the good old marker trick.
Back in the back there were even models to hold several markers at once so you could have better control over how much colour you painted onto the filament.
I liked using fast drying fluoro markers on transparent filament.
Using a crappy white LED that had no blue filter or a dedicated UV one added to it gave vase mode laps and such a nice ghostly glow.
Great for clips on you fishing rod for night fishing as well.
You might be surprised how far a little UV LED with a lens goes when place on the ground below…
And while we can now use AMS systems I sometimes miss my fila-welder…
Join any colour you like to make you own rainbow filament…
For certain filaments, especially wood fill and silk ones you do a lot of magic by having several dedicated profiles.
Or by forcefully making the printer do ‘bad’ things…
For example by abusing wood fill filament.
Pick a simple and quick to print model.
Make sure that either the model itself allows for it or that you get all layer times and speeds for outer walls to match.
Now print this quick model.
Take it out, admire it for a while and get going again.
This time however play with the layer times and temperature.
Like by slicing it with different temps or speeds for some layers.
You will see that the surface changes.
Can be smoother or more matte looking but also go darker or lighter in colour
Similar for silk only that here you affect the shine.
Once you found setting that provide distinct differences whack up a multipart model.
Like a tiny chessboard pattern or such.
Use different print settings for the blocks to change how they look…
Only problem in the Bambu world is that it means a lot of manual labour or using two rolls, which defies the purpose a bit.
