I’m new to filament printing but I was involved with the start of 3D printing with 3D Systems SLA resin machines in the early '90s. Back then you tried to fit as projects as you could on a single plate, assuming they all had the same slice parameters of course. When I look at many larger projects on Makerworld, they use multiple plates even though the profiles and colors are the same, and they would easily fit on a single plate, or at least, a lessor number of plates. Is there a reason for all the plates?
Thanks in advance for your replies!
FDM and SLA print quite a bit different in regards to how each layer is created. It’s easy for SLA to print multiple objects since the layer is created at the same time for all objects at once without adding to the print time. FDM has to print each layer for each object separately, which can effect print quality, increases the amount of time the print will take, and increases the potential for causing print failures.
It really comes down to user preference. You can still stuff a build plate with as many objects as you want or can can play it safe and only print only 1 to a few at a time. Bambu has helped mitigate a lot of the risk, so I’m more willing to print more objects at once, but my preference is to minimize how many objects I print at a time.
Mainly PTSD. Once you do a large multi-object print, and the tiniest of the parts fails and messes everything else up, you tend to be more cautious and split it up. Breaking it up ensures high quality and higher success rate.
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