How to determine the print order?
My daughter makes key rings in different colors, to ensure that the filament change goes smoothly, she adds a block to ensure that the filament flows through properly. Previously, she could put this block at the top of the list and Prusa then neatly copied this print order. Unfortunately, this is no longer the case and with no modeling skills we get the print order as desired.
Does anyone have the golden tip? Then of course we would like to hear it.
And to be clear, I don't mean Sequential printing 😉
RE: How to determine the print order?
and this thread: https://forum.prusa3d.com/forum/prusaslicer/print-order/
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RE: How to determine the print order?
If you press 'E' then the slicer will label each object with its name and the sequence of printing of the object. You can then, as shown in the video above, drag and drop the objects in the object list to change the printing order.
Hope this helps!
Thomas
RE: How to determine the print order?
OP said he didn't mean sequential printing.
Without sequential printing, moving parts around in the parts list seems hit or miss in order of affecting print order, at least in my hands. I generally use try and error. But with recent firmware upgrades they fixed the annoying issue that after a color change the nozzle would return to the old spot and leave a drop of filament there before moving to the new spot. Now it goes directly to where the new color starts, and I have stopped using extra wipe blocks.
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OP said he didn't mean sequential printing.
Without sequential printing, moving parts around in the parts list seems hit or miss in order of affecting print order, at least in my hands. I generally use try and error.
You are right. So I did some trials and errors tests. And maybe this works (at least I could succesfully do it a couple of times.
- Place the object + small wipe block on plate. The wipe block upperleft. Export plate as stl
- same with other objects.
- Then import these files. Slicer will ask if you want to open them as objects or not (I tried both, with no significant difference)
And slice them. Each time it started with the small wipeblock first.
More evidence is needed to proof if this is a solid approach.
PS: I think this works, because the slicer seems to have an internal numbering system for objects (not related to name or whatever) and sticks to the order of that internal list. So moving around and trying again, as you mentioned, did in my case gave the same result each time.
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