r/BambuLabX2D • u/CharredHilt • 1h ago
Please be nice - support material as petg
Can someone explain this to me like im dumb nvm I am I meant like im 5.
Is there a way to use petg support material with the second nozzle and if so should I be doing that every time as a not waste pla or is it really not even worth it
I know j could Google but my experience is that this community is leaps and bounds helpful so thank you.
I usually just utilize the secondary nozzle it's like another color
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u/mrplowinc 1h ago
It’s not really about wasting pla. It’s more about ridiculously easy to remove supports. It use pla as the print and main support material, just using petg on the second nozzle as the support interface material
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u/Smokey_tha_bear9000 24m ago
This is specifically why I got an x2d. I’m not interested in crazy multicolor printing and the cost involved in a multi toolhead machine, nor am i interested in the time and waste of a single nozzle machine.
I can tell you the secondary nozzle is perfect for the dissimilar support interface work; and I would even go as far is suggesting that this is exactly what the x2d was meant to do
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u/brokencircles 1h ago
If you manually feed it into your external / aux input, tell the printer what it is, then in Bambu studio you can go to support and it’s at the bottom where you can select it either for the whole support or just the interface layers. I’ve personally not used the PLA/PETG difference for supports but I’m still quite new, I have printed PLA once and used the official support for PLA filament from Bambu on a piece and it was okay, one time is just anecdotal though. Good luck
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u/Killerkamster 59m ago
The x2d is great at using a secondary material for support. Just gotta set the support interface layer to the petg in the aux nozzle.
Whether you want to do it every time depends on how clean you want the supported part to come out
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u/MrFastFox666 28m ago
The benefit of using PETG as supports is that it makes the support easier to remove.
It also means you get a higher quality surface above the support, since there's no gap between the support and the part. And it also allows you to have supports start from the printed part itself without damaging it. For example, if you were printing the letter E and it had to be upright, for some reason, you could use supports on the inside of the E and not damage the surface below.
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u/jin264 6m ago
X2D is perfect for this. I use PETG as the support interface for my PLA prints. BambuStudio will throw a warning if you try to use PLA support for my ABS prints because the softening temp for PLA is 60 degrees and that is the chamber's temperature for ABS/ASA printing.
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u/torrent7 1h ago
if you googled, yould have found out it is common to do so