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Systems Engineer by day, amateur 3D modeler by night. Mostly design and print functional things for organizing around the house, especially the garage. Hoping to one day branch into printing for model trains. 3D printing is one of my many hobbies.
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Lesson Learned: First layer print order matters
IntroductionRecently I printed a little two-color sign and was underwhelmed by the result. The text was very fuzzy and uneven. The ReasonThe tan color was printed first, which was an outline of each letter. As the outline was printed, there was a small elephant foot effect, creating a bit of a lip around the outlines. When the black was printed second, the edges actually went on top of the tan outline. This order was chosen by Bambu Studio because it minimized the filament swaps, but came at the cost of quality. The FixFortunately Bambu Studio provides a quick and easy fix to change the first layer print order, which in my case was to print the black letters first. To right of the build plate, click on the plate settings button, it looks like a nut: Change the first layer sequence to Customize and then drag the filaments to your desired order: The ResultsThe results speak for themselves. The black text is extremely crisp and way more readable.So I learned my lesson to consider the first layer print order before sending the print to the printer. Hopefully you can learn from my mistake and save yourself some time and filament. Happy printing!
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