Keeping track of filaments with single extruder multimaterial printing
I successfully printed some items using the single material and multimaterial printing options, but now I am looking at doing something a little more complex which requires 5 different colors. So far I only used 2 different colors. Question is how do people keep track of which color to insert at any given time since the printer only asks you to change filament?
RE: Keeping track of filaments with single extruder multimaterial printing
I did a 3 color print and just made an order list after confirming by moving the scroll bars around after slicing.
RE: Keeping track of filaments with single extruder multimaterial printing
I only do simple multi-color, and record the layer/color when setting the change filament entries. With the CoreOne, since it is hard to find what layer is printing when a change is applied, not sure at this point I'll even be doing that. But using five colors, stack the filament ahead of time, and each change should be easy to tell what color is next.
But then, if you are a masochist and are doing a 5 color variant ala MMU mimicry (swapping color within layers), my hat is off to you, but you're on your own for that complexity.