Most of it has been answered but there are now ways of using open source. But as Landy says it might be an advantage.
My issue is the selecting of the filament and colour is not working for me 100%
It's very flaky and unpredictable sadly.
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My issue is the selecting of the filament and colour is not working for me 100%
It's very flaky and unpredictable sadly.
I am posting this here to see if anyone can understand what my problem is.
I spent 4 hours today fixing my garage door and I jumped the computer to chill out but....its really doing my head in now.
I don't suppose you know a decent tutorial on creating filament presets and allocating colours and type of filament.
I am literally crawling up my own backside trying to get my head round things.
The main thing I am having problems with is even if I do manage to copy and save a preset under the vendors name and type of filament , it does not show in the list to choose from when mapping the AMS.
I spent 4 hours today fixing my garage door and I jumped the computer to chill out but....its really doing my head in now.
I don't suppose you know a decent tutorial on creating filament presets and allocating colours and type of filament.
I am literally crawling up my own backside trying to get my head round things.
The main thing I am having problems with is even if I do manage to copy and save a preset under the vendors name and type of filament , it does not show in the list to choose from when mapping the AMS.
I only ever use Generic for the filament that's loaded into the AMS, select the type, and colour (on the printer itself).
Then in Bambu studio, click the Syncronise filament from AMS -
(second from right at the top).
Then using the model, right click it, and allocate filament to the object (or section if you're using the multi-colour paint option).
If I want to set specific filament options, I just do it in Bambu studio, using the edit filament (button on the right of the filaments in the list).
I'm not even sure you can create Custom filaments in the AMS itself.
Then in Bambu studio, click the Syncronise filament from AMS -
(second from right at the top).
Then using the model, right click it, and allocate filament to the object (or section if you're using the multi-colour paint option).
If I want to set specific filament options, I just do it in Bambu studio, using the edit filament (button on the right of the filaments in the list).
I'm not even sure you can create Custom filaments in the AMS itself.
It would appear you cant. Although I have stumbled across doing it previously I could not get back there. (I think its been deliberately designed to be hard to find sadly)
But I just found this
I think I was choosing user not printer but I will test it more in the morning now..
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Maybe this tutorial will help?
https://all3dp.com/2/bambu-lab-multicolor-prints-ams/
https://all3dp.com/2/bambu-lab-multicolor-prints-ams/
I will watch it now but its getting close to sledge hammer time. Its a seriously ****e piece of software. I never read manuals but I have even resorted to doing so this time but its doing my head in sadly. It prints great but altering filaments and that damn AMS it must have been designed by Ai as no human could come up with that garbage,
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I am really sorry to hear you are struggling. I have put nearly 900 hours on mine without problems. I have my own profiles I use as I said before. I think you may be trying to do something that it's not designed to do. If you go with the flow, it is a great bit of kit.
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With the greatest respect, they will be far more useful than "TV STAR Wannabees" looking for clicks. That is why my research would ALWAYS be the inverse of yours.
Sadly I only learn from seeing or doing not reading. To be honest the videos I have watched seem to say the same as the wiki. Its just that things happen that I dont expect.
1 specific instance of this is I set up two custom profiles. BUT only 1 appears when mapping the AMS.
The thing is I am not actually trying to do anything. Colour printing wise. The one thing I really cant get my head round is creating custom profiles. I created two and only one shows when mapping the AMS. They have just updated the software so I have even tried it on the PC and the laptop. I will record the screen but I am not sure how much clarification it will provide,
Another Eureka moment. I started to record what I was doing to show you and I suddenly thought BOOM I had not checked the two ways of saving the preset. ! way it only shows when you have the same printer you save it as. I had saved it as an A1. BUT when I was checking it I could hardly see the text and did not notice until I recorded what I was doing.....
There is another way of saving a custom preset and I thought that was the way I was doing it.... I will now go and check..........
The other thing is saving a preset with a colour confuses things. Well it does me..
The last screen shot shows a preset called 3QDF PetG but I cant create another preset without using basic or another description. In other words you cant leave that box empty.
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Ok I will be in bed shortly. I have been ill today with a stomach upset and splitting headache so I cant use screen for long to educate myself.
As above I found out what my AMS mapping problem was.
I still have a small problem. Hopefully I can sort it tomorrow but it might be a simple solution. I have 4 filaments loaded into my AMS I sync these in the prepare tab.. 3 is Blue 4 is white.
It all prints fine as that is blue first then white.
Both PetG.
I did not want to use first two.slots ( so that was all ok) but I did not tell the slicer that I wanted to use 3 and 4.
If for example I wanted to use slots 1 and 2 or indeed 2 first and 1 second how do I allocate that to the model??
It's not bambu filament....
As above I found out what my AMS mapping problem was.
I still have a small problem. Hopefully I can sort it tomorrow but it might be a simple solution. I have 4 filaments loaded into my AMS I sync these in the prepare tab.. 3 is Blue 4 is white.
It all prints fine as that is blue first then white.
Both PetG.
I did not want to use first two.slots ( so that was all ok) but I did not tell the slicer that I wanted to use 3 and 4.
If for example I wanted to use slots 1 and 2 or indeed 2 first and 1 second how do I allocate that to the model??
It's not bambu filament....
Resync the AMS in Bambu Studio, then re-select the correct colours/positions on the model.
I think there is a way whereby you can set the colours for the model, and Bambu Studio (or the printer) will select the nearest match, but I've never bothered.
For all the time it takes, I prefer doing it manually so that I know what colours will get used.
I think there is a way whereby you can set the colours for the model, and Bambu Studio (or the printer) will select the nearest match, but I've never bothered.
For all the time it takes, I prefer doing it manually so that I know what colours will get used.
That's what has been confusing me. I am now able to populate the AMS with the correct filament and colour.
But choosing the correct AMS slot for the model colours is not so straight for ward, hence why you do it manually. But even then I can't see how you know which number slot is mapped to the AMS.
I managed to watch a video last night and when I get on the PC I can see if I understood it correctly.
If I had loaded the AMS with Blue and White PetG in slots 1 and 2 and the slots 3 and 4 with grey and white PLA how does the printer know which slot to use?
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You tell it on the prepare tab. There are two ways. Right click the part and choose the slot or use the objects tab and change it there.
These screen shots may help:
Thanks for that chap.
I will get time over the weekend to go through in the actual program altering colours.
I just decided to print this.
But as you can see although I changed colours easy enough, once it sliced I thoughts oops...its going to print a layer at a time in blue then white as it says its a 5 hour + print.
But checking whilst printing it's not. It's doing one at a time. So how does it still Take 5 hours?
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I think it is probably because the 3mf profile that has been uploaded is quite conservative in it's settings. The times could be reduced if you run it through the PC. I tend to stick with the uploaded profile on the first go just to ensure a successful print.
I did try it on the fast setting and it eventually completed. But I was not able to see how it came out as my son took it off the plate for me and added a new plate.
For now I will use the right click option. THe objects seem like a bit more intelligence is needed.
