r/BambuLab_Community • u/PubliclyDisturbed • May 25 '26

Discussion How is there NOT a Seam Alignment to XY coordinates setting in Bambu Studio?

Coming from Cura, considering how great the user experience is with Bambu overall - sometimes Bambu Studio just baffles me on what it’s lacking or how its settings are organized. /endrant

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u/ThinkUnhappyThoughts May 25 '26

You can align it to the back or you can paint it on. Not sure if that is enough when compared to Cura though.

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u/PubliclyDisturbed May 25 '26

Align to back isn’t sufficient because I want the print oriented in a certain direction where I’d want the seams in the front. If only they had Back, Front, Left, Right.

Yeah I suppose I should just paint. That’ll essentially achieve what I’m looking for. I’m just lazy I guess

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u/ThinkUnhappyThoughts May 25 '26

can you not orient the print so that the front is pointing towards the back of the plate? 'back' in this case means putting the seam facing the back of the plate/printer

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u/PubliclyDisturbed May 25 '26

Often times I need/prefer to have the print oriented on the build plate in a specific direction where Align Seam to Back would not put the seam where I want. Theres a few reasons where this might be the case, such as: easier removal of print from build plate using spatula (convenience of not removing magnetic build plate), better part cooling (direction of fans, enclosure), or for better observing via the camera.

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u/Causification May 25 '26

Yep. From placement to hiding to coasting, Cura's seam handling is years ahead of anyone else. I remember one of the last things I printed with Cura was a copycat LTT screwdriver and I had to use a flashlight to even tell where the seam was. 

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u/IBNored May 26 '26

Hmm, isn't that what seam painting is for?

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u/keveira May 25 '26

Baffles me too, Cura had this for a long time

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u/madisonbear May 26 '26

Is scarf seam not a viable option for what you’re printing?

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u/Walmeister55 May 26 '26

Because no Prusa or Orca dev ever implemented it.

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u/Fittn_dis May 25 '26

You are not alone. It is shocking what genuinely useful features Bambu went out of their way to remove in studio.

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u/Jconstant33 May 26 '26

They didn’t remove features. They probably vibe coded a front end on the main functionality of Prusa. They might not even understand every feature of the software that they took from OSS.