What's your first CoreOne INDX print going to be?  

RE: What's your first CoreOne INDX print going to be?

Something functional.  

RE: What's your first 8 colour CoreOne INDX print going to be?

Interesting.  I do most of my functional prints single colour - but the most recent one I did that is CoreOne related is this one - the screw sorter for the CoreOne build.

https://www.printables.com/model/1708083-core-one-organiser-remix

RE: What's your first CoreOne INDX print going to be?

It's not necessarily about colors. My first prints on the H2D were PETG with PLA support structures, and caps for illuminated pushbuttons with inlaid translucent lettering. I want to try PETG parts with integrated TPU seals next.

RE: What's your first CoreOne INDX print going to be?

Agreed - I guess I should have titled the topic as What is your first CoreOne INDX 8 Nozzle print going to be - as I guess most of the functional printing - PLA / PETG support structure people will go for the 4 Nozzle version, or a U1.

Personally I have had IDEX's, multi gantry machines, H2D, H2C - but have never found I needed to do multi material support in the same print.  I've got loads of rolls of PVA  and PLA support material that I have never used.   The only one time I did multiple material support with TPU and PLA - on a single head printer.   I actually printed to support section first, then slotted it into the TPU print mid print.

I would like to try out the folded TPU approach done by Functional Print Friday at some point though.

RE: What's your first CoreOne INDX print going to be?

Right, I am definitely in the "multi material" camp, not "multi color". Had ordered the 4-tool INDX Founders Edition since I never expected to need 8, and then even fell back onto the H2D when I ran out of patience with Prusa and Bondtech.

Having an efficient way to print two materials should be enough for me most of the time -- although I can foresee some applications where I want three (two in the model, one for supports) and will end up with some wasteful AMS filament switching.

RE: What's your first CoreOne INDX print going to be?

I didn't order one but my first prints would be with a "buyoff" mindset:

That is, e.g. a 20x20x0.2 mm chip per extruder, adjacent on one edge to confirm Z layer offsets are consistent and also sanity-check XY offset. The print takes a minute or two and I wouldn't expect issues. But surprises happen and it's much faster to debug here than on a model print. 

Later, Orca's "volumetric flow rate test" with translucent PETG at high temperature: The surface finish shows when the material doesn't have enough time in the hot zone to melt completely, gives a ballpark number what the new hotend can manage.

Possibly also a tall "pie chart" with all colors and lowest layer height to check for issues with toolchanging. Much faster with a minimal print (toolchange time dominates) and obviously cheaper if something new is learned.

RE: What's your first CoreOne INDX print going to be?

Probably should do a few of those calibration prints myself too - but my genuine first print after doing my H2D -> H2C upgrade (which I suspect is more complicated than the C1 -> C1 INDX upgrade) - was this 17.5 hr 8 colour ship print.   And it worked pretty much perfectly first time - so hope the C1 INDX upgrade works as well out of the box.

RE: What's your first CoreOne INDX print going to be?

I print a lot of ABS and PET with TPU as either gaskets or flex joints.  That is probably my favorite use of multimaterials.  

Posted by: @jurgen-7

It's not necessarily about colors. My first prints on the H2D were PETG with PLA support structures, and caps for illuminated pushbuttons with inlaid translucent lettering. I want to try PETG parts with integrated TPU seals next.