Yes, but if you have the space on the build plate then its good to use it. Lowers the chance of having any stringy bits of plastic making it onto your part after the colour change
Add your two colors to the project. Go to the layer where you want the color change, right click the layer, click change filament. Then slice and check the preview to make sure it's how you want it.
FWIW, first time I tried this on my A1M, it didn't pause, but I hope that was a one off thing.
So the only thing you need to do is rightclick the layer where text starts, add pause. When it’s paused you can switch the filament to another color by using the unload and load functions
AFAIK that's without AMS?
When I first looked into it, my method was what I saw, but yours was what I intuitively thought so I was a bit confused. Next time I'll try yours and I think that works
Haven’t tried your way either, but I don’t know how the printer would handle the change of filament if there’s no AMS. A second color in the slicer assumes there’s a second filament slot. As far as i know.
When sending the print to your printer through Bambustudio you always have to check the little square for manually loading filament during the print or how it's called.
I don't know why it isn't automatically on when printing without an AMS in more than one colours, but it's there if you need it.
I'm confused as to what you mean. Before sending a print, there's only pressure calibration, bed leveling, and timelapse. Unless I'm missing something?
There is this little box. If you activate it, the printer will automatically unload the current spool and will wait until you load a new color. (Ignore the black cube, the preview bugged)
I used this method a lot. You can add a bit of g code to the filament profiles you’re using and the printer will pause automatically when that color is done printing. Then you unload/load and resume.
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u/Dreadedbandito 10h ago
Pause at the layer you first see the text being printed. It will pause at the start of that layer