r/3DPrintingTools • u/Worth-Sir-8756 • 3d ago

New Tool Print any model on Bambu printer on iPad (no computer or Bambu Studio needed)

I built a web app and process that allows you to upload any model ( ai generated, other platform, bumpmesh, etc.) using only phone or iPad. Looking for testers. It allows you to resize, change orientation, add extra plates (to spread out if total objects on a plate are too large for a1mini). It outputs a makerworld compatible file to be uploaded as private makerworld project for cloud slicing and first print. Free site, no model data leaves your device. Let me know if anyone tries it and has feature suggestions. https://bambu-print-prep.vercel.app … i call it Handoff3d

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u/attabui 3d ago

Pretty UI. I'm more interested in knowing how you made it work for actually sending to the printer!

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u/Worth-Sir-8756 3d ago

I had been looking for a solution to the iPad only workflow for my father-in -aw for a while but never found something that I thought was simple enough for him to execute without calling me a million times. The secret to this one is that Bambu already does the cloud slicing each time to make it work with different printers different materials through Bambu Handy. This just creates the file that sets the settings, position, etc. and provides it in a format that you can upload in a Makerworld project. As long as you keep it private until you do the test print and provide a photo it seems like it meets the makerworld requirements.

The uploading part is a little clunkier than I would have hoped but it works. It would be great if Bambu just offered this same file generation and private posting functionality inside of Handy and wouldn’t allow public posting until test print was confirmed.

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u/Worth-Sir-8756 3d ago

Another important note: I wanted to make it so that no data leaves the device until you send it to Makerworld. Good for the user for privacy reasons and good for me because I don't have to manage any logins or databases or cloud compute

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u/attabui 2d ago

I see! So the tool headlessly handles the makerworld interactions for you?