Color Selection for Multi-Filament Project
I have a project with 5 filament colors, but essentially the same filament (color variants of Generic PLA), which I am manually changing on a single-extruder MK4. The only way I can find to show the colors in PrusaSlicer is to save 5 different filament presets, one for each color. Thus, I end out with a bunch of one-off filament presets with the only difference being the color. Is there any way to use the same filament preset for all five extruders, but visually change only the color in PrusaSlicer?
Although originally for Mk3 the concept works on Mk4 (and later):
https://forum.prusa3d.com/forum/prusaslicer/manual-multicolor/
Later summary : https://forum.prusa3d.com/forum/prusaslicer/looking-for-help-in-a-file-on-the-slicer-anyone-have-the-knowledge-to-assist-me/#post-757940
Cheerio,
RE: Color Selection for Multi-Filament Project
Thanks for the info. I figured out the way to do what I wanted to do:
- In Printers / General: Set the number of extruders.
- In Printers / Custom G-code: Set Tool Change to "M600" (I like "M600 N").
- In Printers / Extruder <n>: Set the desired color for each extruder.
- In Plater, Print Settings on the right: Set the desired filament for each extruder.