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steve-9
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Multiple wipe towers?

Have been working with PLA and PETG on my recently received XL5. Both PLA supports for PETG print and vice-cersa seem to work fine. PETG interface for PLA supports on PLA are OK too. The problem that I have is not with the part, but with the wipe tower. Since the materials do not stick to each other well, the wipe tower rapidly becomes a globby mess that can occasionally transfer to the part. This could be easily solved if there was an option to have a wipe tower per extruder. That would use a bit more material, but make a range of mixed materials possible. Am I missing the way to do this, or is it something that should be an enhancement to the slicer?

Publié : 31/12/2023 1:46 am
BaconFase
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RE: Multiple wipe towers?

No multiple towers, but you can set one tool that doesn't stick to others as the shell of the prime tower to make it work.

https://forum.prusa3d.com/forum/original-prusa-xl-tool-changer-hardware-firmware-and-software-help/prusaslicer-does-not-generate-a-prime-tower-for-multi-materials/#post-687120

 

Or just don't use a tower since 20mm retracts on park are default settings now. If you do this method instead you probably want to enable "infill before perimeters."

 

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Publié : 31/12/2023 7:03 am
steve-9
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Topic starter answered:
RE: Multiple wipe towers?

Thanks for the suggestion -- I will give it a try. I am certainly looking forward to improvements in Prusa Slicer as they get the time to address more multi-material issues. What it can do now is really great. But what it _could_ do will be amazing.

Publié : 01/01/2024 2:43 pm
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