Print in place 2 parts in 2 colours

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Hi,

How can I print in place 2 parts in 2 colours on the X1C? As it is print in place with hinges that interlock, I cannot print both parts separately.

Kind regards
Proape

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Do you have an AMS?

If you do, set each side of the box to a different colour of filament and the slicer will take care of the rest.

3

Yes, I have.

I donā€™t know how to set each side of the box to a different colour. Both are imported as one piece.

4

Right click the model, Split, To objects

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That or use the paint tool.

5

Hi,

Itā€™s actually quite easy to separate the two parts. Thank you.
But I donā€™t understand what you mean by ā€˜That orā€™. Thatā€™ should mean what you see in the picture, but I canā€™t find a way to colour it, only to split it.
Itā€™s very easy with the paint tool.

Salve
Proape

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Once you have split them into two objects, you select/highlight the object you want to set the colour for and then either press (on your keyboard) the number that represents the AMS slot you want to be usedā€¦ i.e I would press 2 for the orange ā€¦

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or use the ā€œChange filament optionā€

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Ok, all right.
However, I have to think twice if I want to print something like this in 2 colours, no problem for the box halves themselves, but for the tiny hinges I have to change the filament for each layer, which means a lot of waste and time delay. Do I see that correctly?

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Exactly. Since this is a print in place hinge, the only way to have two colours is to change the filament every other layerā€¦ practical if you have an AMS, not so much if doing it manually. And either way, you will have filament purges/prime tower to accommodate the changes on every layer.

i.e. for this case Iā€™ll be printing tomorrow with three colours, there will be some orange, white and yellow changes early on
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but once the orange is finished with, the prime tower is just alternating white and yellow

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Your print will probably last a long time. Will you show the result and inform how long it took?

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Itā€™s printing now, but Bambu Studio tells you everything :wink: Thereā€™s going to be about 41g of ā€œwasteā€ (near 1/3rd of the total filament used for this print) due to purging and prime tower and 80 filament changes (thank you, AMS lite!) and will be a roughly 6-hour print job. If I had only done two colours instead of 3, it would have been 5h50m, and 6 less colour changes (as the logo only goes for a couple of layers). So be it for this print.

Just to put that into perspective, it would have been 3h13m if it was a single colour print.

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