The latest Bambu Studio 2.5.3 now allows the same process. I tried it on a small test cube yesterday. It works well and is easy to use, but it’s quite wasteful and slow.
And there are limitations in use. It does not do sloped surfaces well at all. The stair stepping shows too much the individual layers to give you an even color blend. Remember: this technique doesn’t actually “blend the colors”. But rather it fools your eyes into thinking you see one color instead to different colored layers.
I seldom keep transparent filament around, but I believe you. And everything about multicolor is better with a tool changer. :) The only thing I really like my ams for is auto switching spools when the filament runs out.
That said, I’m going back to single filament machine for my next printer. I’m considering getting a Qidi Q2 sometime this summer.
yeah the ams is not a solution for multimaterial prints. there’s so much that can go wrong with mixing filaments in the same nozzle. i’m really happy with my snapmaker though, it can do the material switch as well if you mount two spools with the same material. the only thing i’m missing is being able to tell it “switch to this head” if there is no matching spool mounted, and getting it to notice new spools being loaded during a print.
The latest Bambu Studio 2.5.3 now allows the same process. I tried it on a small test cube yesterday. It works well and is easy to use, but it’s quite wasteful and slow.
And there are limitations in use. It does not do sloped surfaces well at all. The stair stepping shows too much the individual layers to give you an even color blend. Remember: this technique doesn’t actually “blend the colors”. But rather it fools your eyes into thinking you see one color instead to different colored layers.
The juice ain’t worth the squeeze IMO.
on a toolchanger it probably makes a lot more sense. i’ve also seen that transparent filaments “bleed” a lot more for a better effect.
I seldom keep transparent filament around, but I believe you. And everything about multicolor is better with a tool changer. :) The only thing I really like my ams for is auto switching spools when the filament runs out.
That said, I’m going back to single filament machine for my next printer. I’m considering getting a Qidi Q2 sometime this summer.
yeah the ams is not a solution for multimaterial prints. there’s so much that can go wrong with mixing filaments in the same nozzle. i’m really happy with my snapmaker though, it can do the material switch as well if you mount two spools with the same material. the only thing i’m missing is being able to tell it “switch to this head” if there is no matching spool mounted, and getting it to notice new spools being loaded during a print.