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First Layer Color Technique - 0.2mm layer
First Layer Color Technique - 0.2mm layer
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Color Swap Technique – 0.2mm layer
Color Swap Technique – 0.2mm layer
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Introduction to Multicolor without AMS

There's no doubt that Bambu Lab's AMS (Automatic Material System) offers an incredibly streamlined approach to multicolor 3D printing. But if you're like me and haven't yet embraced the AMS, you'll be happy to know that multicolor printing is still available to you! 🙂

 

And I am not talking about multi-part models that you need to assemble after printing (although those are great too). I am talking about real multicolor in which different colors are fused together in a single print.

 

In this tutorial, I will walk you through a couple of practical techniques that allow you to do that. These are:

Color Swap Technique

It consists of swaping filaments mid-print.

Example models using this technique:

 

👉 Card Foldable Phone Stand (Customizable)

👉 Mario Kart Spinning Medals (No AMS)

👉 Paw Patrol Pup Tags (No AMS)

First Layer Coloring Technique

It consists of printing one-layer thick objects.

Example models using this technique:

 

👉 Monument Valley Totem (Multi-part, No AMS)

👉 Robot Edd-e (Print in place, No AMS)

Tutorial

You'll find the tutorial in the slides below.

If you prefer, you can also download it in PDF!

 

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Thanks for sharing this technique... it will help me a lot while waiting to afford an AMS
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Hi! I've discovered another way to print with multiple filaments without AMS. You can go to the printer settings (the printer icon in the top left corner of Bambu Studio), then "Machine gcode" tab, find "Change filament G-code" field, and replace all the code with "M400 U1". Then you can just set up filaments in the slicer and print the model with no extra effort. It automatically pauses the process and moves the hotend to the base, giving you time to load another filament manually. At least it worked for me. P.S. Don't turn off "Prime tower" unless you want ugly bumps like on my test prints 😅
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Excellent instructions
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Thanks for the boost!
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Thank you for the simple instructions. I've been trying to figure out a way to do this and this was the easiest to understand. I have an AMS and if I wanted more than 4 colors on the first layer I'm assuming I could do the same just swap the colors in the AMS after the pause.
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Thanks for the boost! ❤️
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Thank you for this very clear and easy to follow tutorial! I did my first multi-colour print following your instructions and it was easy and smooth.
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Huge help for the newbies like me, thank you !!! :-)
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Excellent instructions. Thank you!
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I need some help please. When my print got to the pause, it stopped, and the resume box popped up. I 'think' I hit the X to exit, but when I did, I couldn't find the unload option anywhere in the touch screen menu?
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Great Info!
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