So this last month I did a bunch of printing for family and friends and for the first time in the 4 years I’ve owned a printer I actually gave gifts that were really good. Anyway after all the printing I ran across 2 print profiles that really made printing a fun experience.
Fluffy Bird
This one printed multiple colors one plate but one object at a time. It look 2 hours total. I knew you could print multiple objects on the same plate one after the other ,but I had never really tried it myself. And this was a really good use of it. Anyway it really got me thinking about my own designs and how to incorporate this style of print profile.
This thing was a project and had a ton of pieces that needed to be in different colors. If I saw this on thingiverse I would have skipped right by it because the amount of work it would take just to print it and in the right colors. I would undoubtedly forget to print parts of it for sure. This profile made the printing part of the process super easy. There is even one part on one of the plates that had fuzzy skin and the other 7 parts were normal.
I think I’m pretty talented as a designer but realized I can definitely improve on the Bambu studio side of things. Anyway these profiles had me questioning myself on how I set up the people printing my files.
Please share your favorite profiles(not just models) so we can all learn a thing or two. Also I really need help with a modular listing and how to set up the print profiles so if you have a favorite modular profile I’d love to see how they set it up.
Be aware that print profile will not work on the A series printers. As the designer has needed to create two profiles, one for the P & X series and a different one for the A series.
The P & X series can include much taller models when using “print by object” than the A series which has a much lower threshold.
The automatic slicing for different prints after using my advice has an unpublished limitation. Any profile created with Print by Object will not automatically slice for other printers with different plate sizes.
If you target the A1, only the A1 will be created.
If you target P or X, the A1, P & X will be targeted, not the A1 mini.
If you target the A1 mini, all printers will be targeted, but, you can’t benefit from the increased height available to the P & X series.
You will need to create multiple profiles in each of these scenarios.
I thought this worth noting as you are promoting good examples and many may not know how best to use the Print by Object option.
I will share two, I created both, nit an ego thing, just two techniques many are not aware they can achieve.
Pride Coaster (model me, profile me)
It uses a single 4-colour AMS to generate all the colours you see and you do not swap any out during printing. It uses layer heights and translucency to create blended colours.
Teddy Bear (profile me, model someone else)
This uses a technique I figured out when I first got my A1 mini. I use this as an example to those who ask can you use more than 4 colours from an AMS in a single model. By using careful colour selection and swapping out spools during prints, it is possible.
The designer of the model had the bear coloured with more than 4 colours, but, didn’t prove a solution, so I did.
It is achieved by making sure no single layer has more than four colours and then ‘painting’ the model using the starting colours intelligently, but, swapping the filaments out for alternatives as planned.
This model has red painted eyes, for convenience I added a PAUSE after the red bow tie has printed so you can swap the red spool for white which the printer still thinks is red and uses the white for the eyes.
The PAUSE isn’t required, it simply means you don’t forget to swap the spools before it is too late.
This process can easily be extended to have a 60 or more colour model with a single four colour AMS, provided no single layer has more than four colours.