What is the property for "shrinkage factor"?

Hello. I am new to Bambu Lab, and this is my first post in the Maker World forums.

I searched for the property, but I only found several mentions of “shrinkage factor”. Exactly, which property name am I looking for, and in what section of Bambu Studio does it exist?

I have been looking at a bunch of filament technical datasheets, and they all mention typical expected shrinkage as a percentage. I thought to place that important bit somewhere in the print profiles.

Thank you.

Shrinkage Compensation [in the filament profiles] applies a multiplier to X+Y distances. it’s a complex topic to get something scaled exact, bambu has a wiki 3D Prints Shrinkage: Causes and Solutions | Bambu Lab Wiki
Your values likely will be between 98 - 100%, and almost always above 99.5% and if you get something too far out of band, it might mean other problems. ASA/ABS shrink more than PLA/PETG. etc.

I never bother with this tuning unless I am 1) using ABS 2) the part is also very large and must fit close

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It is part of the filament profiles. Selecting the edit icon next to a filament pops-up filament specific settings.
Setting Guide of Slicing Parameters | Bambu Lab Wiki.

:crossed_fingers: & :four_leaf_clover:

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Eno, I think I found it. It is in the Filament profile, as you said. It is under “Basic Information”, and it is simply called, “Shrinkage”. Am I correct?

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Thank you for all replies.

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Yes :+1: :heart:

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