Question about MMU painting in the Prusa Slicer
I was wondering if it is possible to paint individual parts and save them as a painted model. The reason for this is so that I would be able to have a folder of painted parts for my MK4S with my MMU3 and my XL.
For this current use case, I am multi material printing a large ship with a lot of parts. However in some cases, I am unable to print everything I want in one go and need to print things individually. Some of these things take a really long time to paint with all of the different colors. It would save me a lot of time to just have the part painted once and be able to add it to a build plate when I need it.
Best Answer by Neophyl:
There is a difference between Open project and load. A project is a collection of objects/parts as well as settings. When you select Open you are loading in everything including all the settings. Of course it replaces everything. It the equivalent of loading in a word document into office.
Use Load, just like you would to load an stl or Obj file but select your previously saved project 3mf file with the painted parts. The parts you have in there will be loaded into your current project. Everything in there like existing parts as well as your current settings will be preserved. It will just load the contents of the 3mf, that included the painting map you have on the objects.
Saving Projects is usually the way to go. Its just that a lot of people don't understand how they work in Prusa Slicer. Make saving a project part of your normal workflow and save them for everything.
btw nothing attached. You have to ZIP up any files to attach them to the forum otherwise it just silently drops them..
File > Save Project
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RE: Question about MMU painting in the Prusa Slicer
I tried that but it saves the entire bed, not just the part. If I paint each part, save them as their own project, then try to "open project" it removes the current part and replaces it with the second. This will prevent me from printing multiple parts at once.
RE: Question about MMU painting in the Prusa Slicer
Delete everything off of the plate except the item you want to save, highlight it, go to File/Export/Export Plate as STL/OBJ.
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RE: Question about MMU painting in the Prusa Slicer
That just saves the part as a blank .stl or .obj (I just tried both). It does not save the multi-material painting that I am trying to save.
RE: Question about MMU painting in the Prusa Slicer
Did you select/highlight the item first? If not, it will do what you said.
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Modify my response: If nothing is selected, then that option is not available. If you were able to access the option, then something WAS selected. Check "Downloads" folder for it.
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Are you getting an unpainted item on export? Maybe try repainting it before exporting? Not sure what you mean by a "blank STL"
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RE: Question about MMU painting in the Prusa Slicer
Yes I did. Just to double check I did a round of highlighting it by clicking on it on the build plate, exporting it as a .stl then as a .obj and did it all over by highlighting it via the side menu. All four produced parts are blank parts (without the mm painting).
I included the saved project if you want to try.
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There is a difference between Open project and load. A project is a collection of objects/parts as well as settings. When you select Open you are loading in everything including all the settings. Of course it replaces everything. It the equivalent of loading in a word document into office.
Use Load, just like you would to load an stl or Obj file but select your previously saved project 3mf file with the painted parts. The parts you have in there will be loaded into your current project. Everything in there like existing parts as well as your current settings will be preserved. It will just load the contents of the 3mf, that included the painting map you have on the objects.
Saving Projects is usually the way to go. Its just that a lot of people don't understand how they work in Prusa Slicer. Make saving a project part of your normal workflow and save them for everything.
btw nothing attached. You have to ZIP up any files to attach them to the forum otherwise it just silently drops them..
RE: Question about MMU painting in the Prusa Slicer
Save each part separately as a 3mf. Then when you want to add it an existing set of objects on the print bed either File => Import or drag and drop from file explorer
RE: Question about MMU painting in the Prusa Slicer
That worked! Thank you!
I didn't realize there were different ways to open it. 90% of the time I print anything, I open a blank bed then drag and drop the .stl onto it.
You guys have helped a LOT. Thanks again!