The best tutorial for a beginner like me. Very thorough without unnecessary comments. I think I will revisit this tutorial many times whenever I have questions on settings. Thank you so much for your work.
Really glad it was helpful! That's my aim is to be a usful resourse. I'm currently working on the successor to this video which covers all the features unlocked with the 'Advanced' tab ticked on, but I've got lots of other shorter 'feature specific' videos coming out in the meantime. Happy printing!
You sir, are an excellent teacher! Your tutorial has helped me immensely. As others have commented, it's nice that you don't have any distracting background music.
Thank you very much Mark, I'm really glad you found it useful! I've got plenty more videos for you to move onto and lots more on the way. I'm a lways here if you have any problems! Happy printing.
I am absolutely amazed by your knowledge of the Bambu software. If I can make two suggestions because I found it difficult to follow your mouse; 1) Make your mouse pointer larger, and 2) change it's colour to "Inverted". I make these suggestions because, at 78y.o.a., I found it very hard to keep up with your movements on screen. I am awaiting the delivery of a "P1S Combo" and it is great to know that you know the printer, and its software, inside out. Having bought a second-hand printer a month ago, and having to go through "bed levelling" is what made me purchase the P1S Combo. As for the Bambu Software, I had no idea that there are SO MANY adjustments you have to make BEFORE starting the print, so I will be re-running your video MANY times, for it is a great reference. Thank you for producing it. Stay safe and my kind regards, Ron.
Hi Ron, I'll absolutely take your suggestions into consideration for future videos, thank you for taking the time to get in touch. Exciting news on your P1S Combo, you're going to love it! Let me know if I can ever help in the future. Happy printing!
Great tutorial, i'm 67 new to all this technical stuff and able to understand what you were talking about, there should be more like this for us older people that want to keep up with the times, thank you.
FANTASTIC tutorial!!!!! I’m fairly new to Bambu slicer and this cleared up so many questions that I had, and opened my eyes to all the new features that I haven’t been using yet. Well done!!!
3d printing newbie here, took advantage of Bambu's black Friday sale and have been having a whale of a time printing pre-made models via Handy. This was super helpful for getting me to the next level, thanks!
Thankyou, I had no initial knowledge of how to print, and have looked around for some educational videos, but until now no one has described the process like you have in this video. I have ordered my first Bambu P1S printer, and feel that you have given me the confidence needed to produce printed items successfully. Thank you once again.
I’m new to all this, I just bought the Bambu PS1 and I was getting headaches trying to figure this out until I found you on RUclips, thank you so much your awesome 👍🏻 best tutorial 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Thank you for your awesome tutorial. It is straight forward and easy to follow. I really like that you don't have annoying music and that your video is easy to hear. My A1 will be here in a couple of days, and I was needing to figure out Bambu Studio vs Cura. It was nice that you took the time to say how to print to non-bambo printer also!! Thank You!
Hey thanks for the comment, really glad you like the style of the video. I've got lots of new videos (both software and hardware tutorials), and also have an A1 arriving shortly myself so expect some A1 specific tutorials soon. Happy printing.
Thank you SO MUCH for this excellent video. I’m a complete noob so watching something like this was a life saver. I’ve subscribed and will watch more. Thank you again.
Welcome to 3D printing! Really glad you enjoyed it and hope it helps. Once you've got the hang of what I cover in this tutorial you may want to check out my Bambu Studio Advanced tutorial, before you move onto some of my more feature specific videos. Happy printing!
Got an X1C and Ive been watching video after video on everything related. This is great for the Studio. Hell Im at 21 minutes in and so many questions about stuff was answered about future prints I want to do. So I hit like and subscribed.
This video was amazing, thank you. I started watching a few others and gave up on them before I found yours. You explained it perfectly for this beginner.
Really glad it was helpful. I've got lots more to come including the Bambu Studio Advanced Tutorial which will cover all of the features unlocked by the Advanced toggle switch.
absolutely brilliant , the timing and the way you speak is spot on 👍 other RUclips videos just speak to quickly cannot take the information in. I do appreciate the time and effort you've put into this .I Look forward to watching more from you . great job 🏆
Really glad you enjoyed it, hope it helped. My sequel to his covering all the advanced features came out on Friday, and got tons more on the way. Happy printing!
Thank you for a very concise and easily understood tutorial. I have been printing (Crealty Ender 3) for a couple of years now, but I’m still a beginner. I use fusion 360 for drawing and CURA for my slicer. I purchased the Bambu Labs A-1 combo setup. I mostly print useful things I need for my other hobbies-model aircraft. You are a wonderful instructor. I was wishing for a video that that goes more into the nuts and bolts rather than just another review. Then I found you. Thanks.
You are so welcome! Really glad it could help. Plenty more videos already on my channel that may be of help to you and loads more on the way. Happy printing!
Absolutely one of the best tutorials I have every seen - everything explained so clearly even I could understand it and at 73 years old really found it excellent. Looking forward to more tutorials . Thank You
Just got an A1 mini for an early birthday gift and never had a printer before, you helped explain this in a way that not only helped me understand the software and how things work, but why I need to use certain features. 11/10 thank you
It's comments like this that absolutely make my day, thank you so much! I'm so glad you found the video useful and hopefully you'll continue to find other videos in my growing catalogue of tutorials and explorations useful and interesting. Welcome to the exciting world of 3D printing!
@@3DRevolution I’m definitely going to be going through your other videos, I did my first test with supports last night and found that they were impossible to take off, this was with a preset somebody posted so now gotta do research on how to make those easy to come off!
Great tutorial, thank you. I am coming over from a year of resin printing (smelly, toxic, messy cleanup but good prints if you get the settings right!) and have just bought myself a P1S. This slicer is sooo different to the slicer I used for the resin printer. So many more features and settings to get your head around. I am looking forward to the rest of the videos and the journey ahead.
Exciting times Bruce, and quite a rare path you're taking. I feel most people in the world of 3D printing venture into FDM first before SLA so I'm sure you'll be entering this district of the maker kingdom with some fascinating and different perspectives. Look forward to seing what you create. Glad you're finding my videos useful, got plenty more on the way. Thanks for commenting, stay in touch, and happy printing!
First time viewer and new subscriber here…I seriously appreciate how thorough your tutorial was and how professionally you presented the material. Your delivery was superb, and I look forward to viewing your other presentations! Thank you for putting in all the time and effort necessary to make such a high quality video.
Hey, really glad you liked the video and thanks for the sub, welcome to the 3D revolution! You're very welcome, it always makes me happy to see people find my presentation and teaching methods helpful. Always here to help if you have any questions. All the best, happy printing!
I am waiting on an X1C I just purchased and came across your video. Thank you for explaining everything in detail. It helps a lot. I will be watching all your videos on this slicer and the X1C.
Thank you for a very clear and precise tutorial 👍 it is so nice to be able to understand so clearly, it makes a change from trying to understand the chipmunk sounding presentations of some RUclips channels. Thank you again you have gained another subscriber 👍😊
i am an immediate subscriber, i have just ordered a Bambu PS1 and the information via the few videos i have watched on your channel have my mind racing in what i want to get printing, but baby steps. Your delivery is clear, not rushed, concise and easy to understand, even to a person who has only ever printed on paper. The X box scan, yep, already got one, AI, to make models, wow, Im not artistic in any way, but my mind is just buzzing with ideas, things that my wife, the very arty one has mentioned over the years. Please keep the content coming
Fantastic tutorial! I have lots of Cura experience but you're really helping me ramp up on Bambu Studio. You know the material inside out, and your explanations are crystal clear.
Hi. Want to say thank you for your very good tutorial video!! Just ordered my A1 printer. I'm a very beginner, first printer. Glad that i found your tutorial video. Many thanks from Hungary!!
Thank you so much for this. Just got an A1 mini a few days ago and this has been a massive help to me in understanding Bambu Studio. Excellent video and great presentation!
Coming from a Cura slicing background, the Bambu studio slicer felt totally foreign. I’m permanently saving this video till I get accustomed to using it. Your work on putting this together is amazing. Thanks so much for the very detailed guide.
Ive had really bad luck with 3d printing i have a ender 3 that needs an entirely new hotend and i have a shark v3 which tried to burn my house down I took them to a shop to get worked on and the guy there had 58 bambu a1s and i was shocked at how well the printers ran and had amazing quality so i just ordered one it got to my house yesterday ive got to get it setup the video has been super helpful i think i understand more about this slicer in 1 video than i could ever wrap my head around with cura after about a year and 100s of videos later you my friend are a great teacher and becauae of that you just got a new like and sub!
Oh wow, I'm sorry to hear about the fire incident, I hope you managed to extinguish it before it got too out of hand? Thank you so much for your comment, these honestly mean so much to me and are what keeps me going here. I'm really glad the video helped, and thanks for the sub. Happy printing!
Thé best starter tutorial i found by far. This Gen X man wasnt born with integrated wifi or 5G . we look things up and go from there :) the benchy was straight forward . the scraper to but then .... something from the world wide web to my printer ... well look over there ------> its printing . great tutorial! one happy subscriber
Really glad it was helpful, thanks so much for the comment and subscribing. Hope my other existing videos and those still to come will be useful and/or entertaining for you.
Excellent, thank you for doing this! I'm a long-time Ender 3 Pro/Cura user, but a Bambu X1-C is on the way and your video has helped me get an overview of Bambu Studio. I'll be using it in the meantime to produce gcode for a couple of files for the Ender 3 so that I get more familiar with Studio. Your video really helps.
Hey really glad it was helpful. Got lots more Bambu Studio tutorials on the way, including the sequel to this one going through all the advanced features. Thanks for commenting, and happy printing!
Thanks very much, looking forward to finishing it off and bringing it out. Got a few others already lined up but the advanced tutorial is well under production.
Just watched this great video. I have been a Cura user and while the slicers are very similar the interfaces are different enough that this detailed video was well worth watching. I look forward to upcoming releases for this series.
Man thankyou for showing me exactly what i was wondering how to do things! Im completely new to this hole 3d printing thing and not the best at computers bu i have alot of confidence now with this video. Ty so much!
You're very welcome Chris. Thanks very much, really glad it helped. I've got plenty of other tutorials already up, once you've finished with this one you may like to take a look at the Bambu Studio Advanced tutorial. Lot's more on the way. Thanks again, and happy printing!
Great tutorial my A1 arrives tomorrow I'm familiar with cura & other slicers but it's good to have a tutorial on Bambu studio, the slicer looks awesome they seem to have covered every aspect of model slicing I can't wait to get my Bambu printer!
Fantastic video, very good, very clear and concise, look forward to discovering what other info and tutorials you can do. Will share link to this in one of the bambu fb groups as I feel it was so useful for beginners like myself. Thanks, great video, do more please 😀
Thanks very much for the feedback, really glad you liked it. I'm working on the Bambu Studio Advanced tutorial (the sequel to this one) at this very moment and that'll be published in the next week or two, but I've already got a number of other Bambu Studios tutorials on the channel, and more coming out in the coming days. I've got very long list of content I'm working on so it's not going to stop coming, and always here to help if you ever have any questions. Thanks again, and happy printing!
@@3DRevolution appreciate that and you a lot. A very considered approach to content creation, and that's wonderful to see. My YT algo is now pointing to all your videos, or could just be me lol. Very much looking forward to your Advanced tutorial as the longer form content is my personal preference, funny enough they still get my repeat watches, especially when timestamped so brilliantly like in this one. Thanks again, happy creating! :)
Wow that's an awesome tutorial! I really love how you go through everything in detail and do a summery at the end. For setting up supports, I'd love to watch a breakdown / summery, too! (Will check, if you got desperate videos for that, too) Anyways: great work. Keep creating! ❤
Fantastic video, especially for someone who is jumping from the Cura/Ender 3 world to Bambu's ecosystem. Learned a LOT, thank you for your time and effort!
Fantastic! Welcome to the exciting world of 3D Printing! I'm always around if you need any help, have a ton of videos and tutorials all ready to work through, and plenty more on the way.
@3DRevolution I appreciate that. I was always asking a friend for stuff and decided to take the plunge. I have a 3yo obsessed with trains and my wife and I play and upgrade board games so I'll use it a bunch.
Excellent. Best one I've found - bookmarked and subscribed. Only thing I'm wondering is if there are some differences of options based on the printer type (ie - does it offer or lock out options based on the type of printer selected). Lots of other questions but on to more of your videos.
Actually Print via object is sometimes far better than layer, you could print the boat first and have a lot less waste in filament and time cause it won't change and dump anywhere near as much filament. (If on same plate).
Absolutely true. I actually recently published a video specifically covering print by object where I explain the advantages and limitations Thanks for posting here, the community offering help to each other is so important! Happy printing!
I bought my first 3D printer (P1S) a few weeks ago and was struggling to find a good video that covered all the bases of operating I felt needed covering. Then I found this video. Thank you so much, as I am watching it a second time to make sure I'm not missing anything. I did have a quick question; at 53:47, during the supports section, you mention that BBL Studio adds supports where it thinks you need supports with an overhang where the angle is ~below~ that of your threshold angle that you have set. Maybe I have misunderstood, but did you mean ~above~ the threshold that you have set? I would think that the overhangs on the benchy are close to 90. If I have misunderstood, please let me know so I don't make the mistake again!
Hey there. Thanks so much for getting in touch and I'm really glad you found the video useful. Regarding the support question, I did indeed mean 'below'. This angle is referring to the angle of a printed surface relative to a bed. So the side of a cube sat on the print bed would be 90°. If your Threshold angle is set to 30°, then it would not apply support material to any surface which had an angle above 30°, but would for example, provide support for a surface at a 20° angle from the bed (which would be quite a considerable overhang. Do let me know if you'd like me to explain this further.
@@3DRevolution This clears it up nicely! I think the key words I was missing were “relative to the bed”. After launching BBL Studio just now to see if I had missed that in the tool-tip while hovering over Threshold Angle, I noticed it wasn’t in the tool-tip, but clicking the link to the wiki does hint at that in the diagram. Still no mention of the bed, but does clear things up. Thanks!
Thank you this was very helpful, I was having trouble assigning the base color in the AMS I wanted to use without using the paint function. It seemed to have a mind of it's own.
Hey really glad you like the video, thanks. Regarding saving the file as gCode, if you select 'Export plate sliced file' from the dropdown menu in the top left (where you also get the options for print, send etc) then if you click the button it will let you export as gCode.
So looking forward to it. I started 3d printing about a year ago and bought a couple of ender-3v3se printers and have learned a lot from these printer’s including with your tutorials on the prusaslicer. Now looking to print in color with AMS without doing manual filament swaps. Again, thanks for all your tips!
Excellent video so thank you for making it! Question… seems like one can do multiple color printing without the ams since you said you sometimes use filament that is externally loaded. How would one do that exactly? Haven’t watched your advanced video yet so maybe you cover it there?
So glad you liked the video, thank you so much! Regarding multi-colour printing without an AMS, you can do that but you are pretty much limited to different colours on different layers rather than painting specific sections of the print different colours. I cover it in a recent video which you can see here: ruclips.net/video/thJERltpUZE/видео.htmlsi=IYs7aP0NOuNg3Rp_ Hope that helps.
This is so helpful. Thank you! One quick question regarding minimizing filament purging: In the example of the bench and the dragon where the dragon is green and the bench is almost completely orange, wouldn’t print by object vs layer significantly reduce the amount of purge required?
Hey, really glad you found the video helpful! You're absolutely right, printing by object with two objects each a different colour would massively reduce the purge required compared to printing them layer by layer. However, in cases like that I'd personally much prefer to just run them as completely separate prints (which is effectively the same thing, without risking a toolhead collision with other objects). If you do need to print multiple items at the same time though, each which are a a different colour, print by object will certainly both quicker and produce significantly less purge material than printing them all together by layer.
@@3DRevolution Good info- Thank you!! As a side note I have not printed my first print yet. My printer is waiting in the box at home as it arrived when I was out of town. Your video is giving me a great head start for when I finally get to print.
Really glad you found it helpful! If you fancy learning more, I've got plenty more for you to sink your teeth into already and lots of new ones on the way. Let me know if you're ever stuck. Thanks for watching, and happy printing!
Excellent video. Can you tell me please, is there a way to join 2 models together. I was thinking that, if i had a 2 colour model, I could design the two colour parts externally. Then import both parts into Studio, give them their colours and then join then together.
Thanks very much. There is absolutely a way to join 2 models together, check out my video on Mesh Boolean. The assembly system has been slightly changed since an update released 2 days ago but for the most part that video should cover it for you.
@@3DRevolution ah, so if, for instance, I had a head and a hat models, I could import both objects in, assign them different colours, put the hat on the head, combine them and print them as one?
Excellent video. If load a RC Car body that's: Length 475mm Width 235mm Height 118mm Wheelbase 260mm How would I break the body up into 3 pieces? Its to big for the print bed.
Hey thanks glad you liked it. Regarding cutting your part, you'll want to use the cut tool which I touch on briefly in this video at 12:20 However, the specific cuts you make will depend on the design of your part. Try to avoid excessive overhangs or particularly small isolated parts. Good luck, and happy printing.
Hello agian, your tutorial are great, thank you for answering my question. How can I print an original item? I have solidworks on my computer or do I need to download a different cad software? I need to start doing proto type devices cover. Again thank you
Hey there. SolidWorks is the industry leading CAD software, if you have that and you know how to use it, there is no better option. I personally use Fusion 360 but both are more than capable for 3D prints. I'm not personally super familiar with the SolidWorks (though I do plan to wrap my head around it at some point), but you basically just need to export your designs you've made in there as an STL, then import that into Bambu Studio (or whichever slicer you're using)
Great video, I'm like many other, this is totally new to me, now I may be missing something but how do you get the boat into the software so I can work along with the tutorial, I think I would find it better doing that way.
If specifically you wanted to work with the Benchy (the boat), in Bambu Studio, you can just right click on the build plate, go to 'Add Primative', and then select, '3DBenchy'. However, to import any 3D model (including the Benchy, if you downloaded it from a website such as Printables.com or MakerWorld.com), just go to File>Import, or click the import button (the cube with a + symbol) in the toolbar at the top, and navigate to the file and import it.
Amazing guide thank you 🙏 Can I ask please, how do I lift an object off the bed if for e.g I want to stack it onto another object? When I currently try and do this is locks to the bed!
Hey glad you like the video. Sure, you can do this but you need to do it slightly differently. Any models you import as separate items will be treated as such and so they will always snap down to the bed as you can't print something hovering in mid air. If you want to attach one file onto another one, import the first model into Bambu Studio (the one that will be sat on the print bed), then right click on that item, hover over 'Add Part', and select 'Load'. Then navigate to and select the next item you want to attach. Then just use the move tool to position it where you want. If when moving it around you find it's moving the original item as well, make sure you go to the 'Objects' settings rather than 'Global' settings at the top bar of the 'Process settings' section, and select the specific item you want to move. When adding something as a part, they are then seen as one object so if in global settings it would move them together. Let me know if you still have issues with this.
@@3DRevolution thank you I really appreciate you help! I had some experience with 3d printing about 5 years ago, I used to use tinkercad so still a lot of learning to do!
Thanks a lot for this fantastic and detailed beginner tutorial. I am (still) a noob in 3D printing and this tutorial really helped me on the way. I am not a native English speaker but your instructions were very clear to me.👍🏻
I'm really glad it was helpful, once you feel ready to progress, I've got lots more including the advanced sequel to this specific video. I'm glad to know my video was helpful to you even though English isn't your first language. May I ask what your native language is? It's good to know my audience outside of just Google analytics for making my content as accessible as possible in the future.
@@3DRevolution My native language is Dutch and though my English is not bad it is hard to follow all the technical things. You however speak very articulated and not to fast and that helps me understanding it. I certainly will progress with your other Bambu Studio video's. Once more, thank you for your work.
You're very welcome, hope it helped. I've got plenty more videos you may like to check out when you feel you've mastered what was covered here, including the sequel to this video, my Bambu Studio Advanced tutorial. Always here to help if you need it. Thanks, and happy printing!
I'm a noob. Hope you can help me. I need to know if I should leave my PLA filament loaded in the head, or should I remove the filament when I am finished 3d printing an object. Is it safe to finish printing and just leave the printer loaded with the filament. thank you for your help. BTW, what modeling program can a non-engineering type like me use that doesn't require years of training to use. Tony 😎
Hey Tony, welcome. Technically you're fine to leave the filament loaded and I'd say 90% of hobbyists do. The reason to unload it and pack it up when not in use is filament absorbs moisture from the air and over time this causes it to perform worse when printing. At that point you then want to 'dry' your filament using a filament dryer, mod for your heated printer bed, or a food dehydrator, but preventing is always best. So, if you're in a particularly humid part of the world, you may want to unload your filament between prints and store it in an airtight bag or box with some silica gell. If however you're in a dryer part of the world and it's not going to be weeks in between each print, then you'll likely be ok leaving the spool on there. In time you'll find you'll be swapping reels out anyway as you want to print in different colours and materials so the same reel is never loaded for long. There is a slight exception with the AMS (not the AMS lite) where it technically unloads the filament automatically at the end of a print, but it's housed within a fairly air tight container anyway, meaning you don't need to worry about filaments being left in the AMS enclosure as much. On a side note, an important thing after printing is to make sure you let the hot end cool down to ideally 35 or 40 degrees before you power it off. This is because it'll keep the fan running along the heat sync and prevent heat rising up the extruder too high. If you power it off too early it can result in clogs or other issues in future uses. As for a CAD programme, it really depends what sort of stuff you want to design. If you want to design more organic structures (busts, animals, trees etc) then use Blender, but if you want to design more functional or dimensionally accurate parts, then there is a range of choices out there. My advice would be Fusion 360. It isn't a quick and easy learn, and it has a lot of functions you'll never need. However, if you start out with something else, you will eventually want some of the functions of Fusion 360, at which point you'd be learning again from scratch, so you're best off just learning that from the get go. Also, there is a free version of Fusion 360 available, providing you're not earning more than £1000 directly from it's use (and some other caviats I think).
Great video, very help full. I am very greatful and thankful to you and have subscribed. Can someone help me to understand z offset for better squish? Or did I miss it in this video?
Hey James, really glad you liked the video and thanks for the sub. As for your question, could I better understand your goal with adjusting the z offset? Are you trying to improve bed adhesion or layer bonding etc? Z offset is generally used to correct for discrepancies in the build of the printer, or if you've made a change (such as using a different build plate with a different thickness). Though that is largely overcome using auto bed mesh levelling anyway now.
I had a print that I posted to a group and that was a recommendation by one of the members. I think it was because some of the layer lines were not really contacting right. I hope that makes sense, im not really sure. Thanks for your time.
@@jamesspielman1927 if your first layer is being applied to the bed fine then it definitely wouldn't be z offset, and to be honest, unless you modify the printer or are using a self build, z offset really isn't necessary. It's basically used to. Adjust the distance between the z axis end stop, and where the bed level is. Without seeing your photos I'm guessing a bit, but it sounds like some of your layers aren't bonding correctly. This is very possibly down to under extrusion or a partially clogged nozzle. You can try adjusting the extrusion multiplier slightly and if that doesn't help, try to rectify for a partial clog.
The best tutorial for a beginner like me. Very thorough without unnecessary comments. I think I will revisit this tutorial many times whenever I have questions on settings. Thank you so much for your work.
Really glad it was helpful! That's my aim is to be a usful resourse. I'm currently working on the successor to this video which covers all the features unlocked with the 'Advanced' tab ticked on, but I've got lots of other shorter 'feature specific' videos coming out in the meantime. Happy printing!
Why are you a beginner?
You sir, are an excellent teacher! Your tutorial has helped me immensely. As others have commented, it's nice that you don't have any distracting background music.
Thank you very much Mark, I'm really glad you found it useful! I've got plenty more videos for you to move onto and lots more on the way. I'm a lways here if you have any problems! Happy printing.
I am absolutely amazed by your knowledge of the Bambu software.
If I can make two suggestions because I found it difficult to follow your mouse;
1) Make your mouse pointer larger, and 2) change it's colour to "Inverted". I make these suggestions because, at 78y.o.a., I found it very hard to keep up with your movements on screen.
I am awaiting the delivery of a "P1S Combo" and it is great to know that you know the printer, and its software, inside out. Having bought a second-hand printer a month ago, and having to go through "bed levelling" is what made me purchase the P1S Combo. As for the Bambu Software, I had no idea that there are SO MANY adjustments you have to make BEFORE starting the print, so I will be re-running your video MANY times, for it is a great reference. Thank you for producing it.
Stay safe and my kind regards, Ron.
Hi Ron,
I'll absolutely take your suggestions into consideration for future videos, thank you for taking the time to get in touch.
Exciting news on your P1S Combo, you're going to love it!
Let me know if I can ever help in the future. Happy printing!
Encouraging to see another 78yo starting out … I hope all went well for your p1s …
I am way behind starting out with A1 mini .
Great tutorial, i'm 67 new to all this technical stuff and able to understand what you were talking about, there should be more like this for us older people that want to keep up with the times, thank you.
FANTASTIC tutorial!!!!! I’m fairly new to Bambu slicer and this cleared up so many questions that I had, and opened my eyes to all the new features that I haven’t been using yet. Well done!!!
Really glad it was helpful! Thanks for commenting, happy printing!
3d printing newbie here, took advantage of Bambu's black Friday sale and have been having a whale of a time printing pre-made models via Handy. This was super helpful for getting me to the next level, thanks!
Thankyou, I had no initial knowledge of how to print, and have looked around for some educational videos, but until now no one has described the process like you have in this video. I have ordered my first Bambu P1S printer, and feel that you have given me the confidence needed to produce printed items successfully. Thank you once again.
I’m new to all this, I just bought the Bambu PS1 and I was getting headaches trying to figure this out until I found you on RUclips, thank you so much your awesome 👍🏻 best tutorial 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Thank you for your awesome tutorial. It is straight forward and easy to follow. I really like that you don't have annoying music and that your video is easy to hear. My A1 will be here in a couple of days, and I was needing to figure out Bambu Studio vs Cura. It was nice that you took the time to say how to print to non-bambo printer also!! Thank You!
Hey thanks for the comment, really glad you like the style of the video.
I've got lots of new videos (both software and hardware tutorials), and also have an A1 arriving shortly myself so expect some A1 specific tutorials soon. Happy printing.
A masterclass in how to create a beginner tutorial. Clear, concise and easy to follow.
Thank you SO MUCH for this excellent video. I’m a complete noob so watching something like this was a life saver. I’ve subscribed and will watch more. Thank you again.
Absolute best Bambu tutorial for a newbie. Thanks
I learnt a lot of new things watching your video, thank you very much for the time you put on it, really covered well the whole software. Subscribed.
Just taken delivery pf A1, I am total newbie. Iwill definitely be watching this excellent tutorial again! (Probably several times). Thank you.
Welcome to 3D printing! Really glad you enjoyed it and hope it helps. Once you've got the hang of what I cover in this tutorial you may want to check out my Bambu Studio Advanced tutorial, before you move onto some of my more feature specific videos. Happy printing!
Got an X1C and Ive been watching video after video on everything related. This is great for the Studio. Hell Im at 21 minutes in and so many questions about stuff was answered about future prints I want to do. So I hit like and subscribed.
This video was amazing, thank you. I started watching a few others and gave up on them before I found yours. You explained it perfectly for this beginner.
Really glad it was helpful. I've got lots more to come including the Bambu Studio Advanced Tutorial which will cover all of the features unlocked by the Advanced toggle switch.
absolutely brilliant , the timing and the way you speak is spot on 👍 other RUclips videos just speak to quickly cannot take the information in. I do appreciate the time and effort you've put into this .I Look forward to watching more from you . great job 🏆
Really glad it was helpful, and thank you very much! I'm always here if you need help, happy printing!
Outstanding tutorial. I am a total beginner and was able to understand and follow along quite well. Thank you.
Really glad you enjoyed it, hope it helped. My sequel to his covering all the advanced features came out on Friday, and got tons more on the way.
Happy printing!
watching this as I wait for my P1S to be delivered. This is just awesome. kudos my friend.
Thanks very much, glad it's helpful. Plenty of other tutorials on my channel and plenty more to come. You'll love your P1S. Happy printing
Thank you for a very concise and easily understood tutorial. I have been printing (Crealty Ender 3) for a couple of years now, but I’m still a beginner. I use fusion 360 for drawing and CURA for my slicer. I purchased the Bambu Labs A-1 combo setup. I mostly print useful things I need for my other hobbies-model aircraft. You are a wonderful instructor. I was wishing for a video that that goes more into the nuts and bolts rather than just another review. Then I found you. Thanks.
I am new to 3d printing and everything you explained in this tutorial helped me out significantly! Thank you!
You are so welcome! Really glad it could help. Plenty more videos already on my channel that may be of help to you and loads more on the way.
Happy printing!
WOW - Just got a printer and this may be the best video I’ve seen. I learn SO MUCH so fast from it. Now to watch them all.
Thank you!
Glad it was helpful! Happy printing!
Thank you very much. I did not know anything about the software and was hesitant to purchase a printer. Now i feel more confident. Thank you.
Thank you very much for taking the time to put together this extremely informative tutorial video. Very helpful, and very much appreciated.
You're very welcome Steve, really glad it was helpful. Happy printing!
Absolutely one of the best tutorials I have every seen - everything explained so clearly even I could understand it and at 73 years old really found it excellent. Looking forward to more tutorials . Thank You
Just got an A1 mini for an early birthday gift and never had a printer before, you helped explain this in a way that not only helped me understand the software and how things work, but why I need to use certain features. 11/10 thank you
It's comments like this that absolutely make my day, thank you so much! I'm so glad you found the video useful and hopefully you'll continue to find other videos in my growing catalogue of tutorials and explorations useful and interesting. Welcome to the exciting world of 3D printing!
@@3DRevolution I’m definitely going to be going through your other videos, I did my first test with supports last night and found that they were impossible to take off, this was with a preset somebody posted so now gotta do research on how to make those easy to come off!
Excellent job in explaining every step of the process. Very well spoken. Look forward to watching your other videos.
Glad you enjoyed it, thanks very much!
Brand new to 3D design and printing and really enjoyed your instruction, thank you. Looking forward to reviewing the rest of your videos.
Welcome to the wonderful world of 3D printing! Good to hear it was helpful and glad to have you on board!
Great tutorial, thank you. I am coming over from a year of resin printing (smelly, toxic, messy cleanup but good prints if you get the settings right!) and have just bought myself a P1S. This slicer is sooo different to the slicer I used for the resin printer. So many more features and settings to get your head around. I am looking forward to the rest of the videos and the journey ahead.
Exciting times Bruce, and quite a rare path you're taking. I feel most people in the world of 3D printing venture into FDM first before SLA so I'm sure you'll be entering this district of the maker kingdom with some fascinating and different perspectives. Look forward to seing what you create. Glad you're finding my videos useful, got plenty more on the way. Thanks for commenting, stay in touch, and happy printing!
Thanks
Thank you very much! I hope it helped! I'm always here if you need any help. Happy printing!
First time viewer and new subscriber here…I seriously appreciate how thorough your tutorial was and how professionally you presented the material. Your delivery was superb, and I look forward to viewing your other presentations! Thank you for putting in all the time and effort necessary to make such a high quality video.
Hey, really glad you liked the video and thanks for the sub, welcome to the 3D revolution!
You're very welcome, it always makes me happy to see people find my presentation and teaching methods helpful. Always here to help if you have any questions. All the best, happy printing!
Fantastic tutorial for a newbie like me. Concise, clear, no fluff. Subscribed. Thank you!
I am waiting on an X1C I just purchased and came across your video. Thank you for explaining everything in detail. It helps a lot. I will be watching all your videos on this slicer and the X1C.
Thank you for a very clear and precise tutorial 👍 it is so nice to be able to understand so clearly, it makes a change from trying to understand the chipmunk sounding presentations of some RUclips channels. Thank you again you have gained another subscriber 👍😊
You're very welcome, really glad it was helpful! Thanks for the sub, and happy printing!
i am an immediate subscriber, i have just ordered a Bambu PS1 and the information via the few videos i have watched on your channel have my mind racing in what i want to get printing, but baby steps. Your delivery is clear, not rushed, concise and easy to understand, even to a person who has only ever printed on paper. The X box scan, yep, already got one, AI, to make models, wow, Im not artistic in any way, but my mind is just buzzing with ideas, things that my wife, the very arty one has mentioned over the years. Please keep the content coming
Fantastic tutorial! I have lots of Cura experience but you're really helping me ramp up on Bambu Studio. You know the material inside out, and your explanations are crystal clear.
Hi. Want to say thank you for your very good tutorial video!! Just ordered my A1 printer. I'm a very beginner, first printer. Glad that i found your tutorial video. Many thanks from Hungary!!
Thank you so much for this. Just got an A1 mini a few days ago and this has been a massive help to me in understanding Bambu Studio. Excellent video and great presentation!
Coming from a Cura slicing background, the Bambu studio slicer felt totally foreign. I’m permanently saving this video till I get accustomed to using it. Your work on putting this together is amazing. Thanks so much for the very detailed guide.
Ive had really bad luck with 3d printing i have a ender 3 that needs an entirely new hotend and i have a shark v3 which tried to burn my house down
I took them to a shop to get worked on and the guy there had 58 bambu a1s and i was shocked at how well the printers ran and had amazing quality so i just ordered one it got to my house yesterday ive got to get it setup
the video has been super helpful i think i understand more about this slicer in 1 video than i could ever wrap my head around with cura after about a year and 100s of videos later you my friend are a great teacher and becauae of that you just got a new like and sub!
Oh wow, I'm sorry to hear about the fire incident, I hope you managed to extinguish it before it got too out of hand?
Thank you so much for your comment, these honestly mean so much to me and are what keeps me going here. I'm really glad the video helped, and thanks for the sub. Happy printing!
Excellent tutorial. Very well laid out and clear explanations and demonstration of examples for the various options. New subscriber. Thanks.
Thé best starter tutorial i found by far. This Gen X man wasnt born with integrated wifi or 5G . we look things up and go from there :) the benchy was straight forward . the scraper to but then .... something from the world wide web to my printer ... well look over there ------> its printing . great tutorial! one happy subscriber
Really glad it was helpful, thanks so much for the comment and subscribing. Hope my other existing videos and those still to come will be useful and/or entertaining for you.
Thanks!
Huge thank you! Happy printing
Excellent, thank you for doing this! I'm a long-time Ender 3 Pro/Cura user, but a Bambu X1-C is on the way and your video has helped me get an overview of Bambu Studio. I'll be using it in the meantime to produce gcode for a couple of files for the Ender 3 so that I get more familiar with Studio. Your video really helps.
Hey really glad it was helpful. Got lots more Bambu Studio tutorials on the way, including the sequel to this one going through all the advanced features. Thanks for commenting, and happy printing!
Great video.. I am really looking forward to your advanced video!! Thank you for creating and sharing this video!!
Thanks very much, looking forward to finishing it off and bringing it out. Got a few others already lined up but the advanced tutorial is well under production.
Just watched this great video. I have been a Cura user and while the slicers are very similar the interfaces are different enough that this detailed video was well worth watching. I look forward to upcoming releases for this series.
This comment made my day, really glad it helped.
Thanks a lot for the feedback, plenty more on the way. Happy new years, and happy printing!
Beginner's ultimatum package from A to Z. GREAT THANKS!
Glad it was helpful, thanks for the comment, and happy printing!
@@3DRevolution Oh this is way beyond "helpful" very far!!! Your content is just another level. Thanks again!
@@tinygreenturtle thanks very much, really nice to hear. Let me know if you have any issues.
Fantastic tutorial! Now it's time to see the advanced one. Thanks a lot!
Really glad you liked it! Hope you like the advanced one. That and a whole load of others are already online and plenty more on the way!
I have a ton of experience with blender and maya but this stuff opens up a whole new world! Just got my p1s, excited to start!!
Welcome to the exciting world of 3D printint!
Time to take your creations and bring them into the real world!
Very nice tutorial for a beginner to 3D printing and bambu studio. Many many thanks.
Great video. My Bambu X1C comes this upcoming week
Fantastic! You'll love it!
All over this. Great video. I'll watch the rest later. Really good tutorial. Thanks!
Thanks and welcome!
Man thankyou for showing me exactly what i was wondering how to do things! Im completely new to this hole 3d printing thing and not the best at computers bu i have alot of confidence now with this video. Ty so much!
This was an AMAZING tutorial. Thank you. Liked/Subscribed.
You're very welcome Chris. Thanks very much, really glad it helped. I've got plenty of other tutorials already up, once you've finished with this one you may like to take a look at the Bambu Studio Advanced tutorial. Lot's more on the way. Thanks again, and happy printing!
Great tutorial. This is exactly what I need , because I'm getting a bambu printer and switching from Cura to Bambu slicer.
Really glad it was helpful!
Happy printing.
Great tutorial my A1 arrives tomorrow I'm familiar with cura & other slicers but it's good to have a tutorial on Bambu studio, the slicer looks awesome they seem to have covered every aspect of model slicing I can't wait to get my Bambu printer!
Brilliant tutorial. I have seen many reviews for the A1 with AMS, but not one showed the actual design and slice process. Many thanks
Fantastic video, very good, very clear and concise, look forward to discovering what other info and tutorials you can do.
Will share link to this in one of the bambu fb groups as I feel it was so useful for beginners like myself.
Thanks, great video, do more please 😀
Thanks very much for the feedback, really glad you liked it. I'm working on the Bambu Studio Advanced tutorial (the sequel to this one) at this very moment and that'll be published in the next week or two, but I've already got a number of other Bambu Studios tutorials on the channel, and more coming out in the coming days.
I've got very long list of content I'm working on so it's not going to stop coming, and always here to help if you ever have any questions.
Thanks again, and happy printing!
@@3DRevolution appreciate that and you a lot. A very considered approach to content creation, and that's wonderful to see. My YT algo is now pointing to all your videos, or could just be me lol. Very much looking forward to your Advanced tutorial as the longer form content is my personal preference, funny enough they still get my repeat watches, especially when timestamped so brilliantly like in this one.
Thanks again, happy creating! :)
Well thank you for the Tutorial it would be cool if you would show me how i create my own 3d model.
Wow that's an awesome tutorial! I really love how you go through everything in detail and do a summery at the end.
For setting up supports, I'd love to watch a breakdown / summery, too!
(Will check, if you got desperate videos for that, too)
Anyways: great work. Keep creating! ❤
Thank you for the excellent tutorial! Very easy to understand and I feel very confident using this utility now.
Fantastic video, especially for someone who is jumping from the Cura/Ender 3 world to Bambu's ecosystem. Learned a LOT, thank you for your time and effort!
Thank you for this! I have just started on my 3D printing journey and I picked up a lot of very useful info from this video :)
Great video, thanks so much for going through some of this stuff. Absolutely helped me start to understand the bambu studio as a new printer owner.
Just bought a P1P (my first 3d printer) and I should receive it next week. This has been a good primer!
Fantastic! Welcome to the exciting world of 3D Printing! I'm always around if you need any help, have a ton of videos and tutorials all ready to work through, and plenty more on the way.
@3DRevolution I appreciate that. I was always asking a friend for stuff and decided to take the plunge. I have a 3yo obsessed with trains and my wife and I play and upgrade board games so I'll use it a bunch.
@@joshuagregoire7410 I just got my p1p a fortnight ago. fantastic printer and this tutorial helped soo much. If you are like me you will not regret it
Excellent. Best one I've found - bookmarked and subscribed. Only thing I'm wondering is if there are some differences of options based on the printer type (ie - does it offer or lock out options based on the type of printer selected). Lots of other questions but on to more of your videos.
Actually Print via object is sometimes far better than layer, you could print the boat first and have a lot less waste in filament and time cause it won't change and dump anywhere near as much filament. (If on same plate).
Absolutely true. I actually recently published a video specifically covering print by object where I explain the advantages and limitations
Thanks for posting here, the community offering help to each other is so important! Happy printing!
I bought my first 3D printer (P1S) a few weeks ago and was struggling to find a good video that covered all the bases of operating I felt needed covering. Then I found this video. Thank you so much, as I am watching it a second time to make sure I'm not missing anything. I did have a quick question; at 53:47, during the supports section, you mention that BBL Studio adds supports where it thinks you need supports with an overhang where the angle is ~below~ that of your threshold angle that you have set. Maybe I have misunderstood, but did you mean ~above~ the threshold that you have set? I would think that the overhangs on the benchy are close to 90. If I have misunderstood, please let me know so I don't make the mistake again!
Hey there. Thanks so much for getting in touch and I'm really glad you found the video useful.
Regarding the support question, I did indeed mean 'below'.
This angle is referring to the angle of a printed surface relative to a bed. So the side of a cube sat on the print bed would be 90°. If your Threshold angle is set to 30°, then it would not apply support material to any surface which had an angle above 30°, but would for example, provide support for a surface at a 20° angle from the bed (which would be quite a considerable overhang.
Do let me know if you'd like me to explain this further.
@@3DRevolution This clears it up nicely! I think the key words I was missing were “relative to the bed”. After launching BBL Studio just now to see if I had missed that in the tool-tip while hovering over Threshold Angle, I noticed it wasn’t in the tool-tip, but clicking the link to the wiki does hint at that in the diagram. Still no mention of the bed, but does clear things up. Thanks!
Thank you. Your video is very helpful and easy to follow along. just purchased a P1s
awesome! great video, i just got myself a Bambu Lab A1-mini on the way cant wait to get started!!
very useful and well made tutorials. Your channel deserve much more subs.
Thanks very much! Much appreciated!
Very nice job. Excellent pacing and prioritizing! Thank you.
great video new to this 3d printing and your vodeo was excellent, no fluff gained a new subscriber here in county durham UK
Such a awesome into video! I will binge watching all the videos.
Haha glad you liked it. Plenty more to come!
Really good tutorial, I learn a lot that I have not undertand before
Thank you this was very helpful, I was having trouble assigning the base color in the AMS I wanted to use without using the paint function. It seemed to have a mind of it's own.
I'm really glad it was helpful. Did this help you solve the issue with assigning which filament you needed or do you still need some help?
Thanks for your hard work on making this tutorial!
3D revolution for president. You sir are awesome!
Haha glad it was helpful
Very nice video. It'll be useful when my P1S arrive. Thank you!
Hi love your video thank you. How do you save the file to a SD card with G code not 3MF
Hey really glad you like the video, thanks.
Regarding saving the file as gCode, if you select 'Export plate sliced file' from the dropdown menu in the top left (where you also get the options for print, send etc) then if you click the button it will let you export as gCode.
Great video!! Waiting for my P1S to arrive - thanks for sharing your knowledge.
Thanks very much, glad you liked it. Good luck with your P1S, you'll love it!
So looking forward to it. I started 3d printing about a year ago and bought a couple of ender-3v3se printers and have learned a lot from these printer’s including with your tutorials on the prusaslicer. Now looking to print in color with AMS without doing manual filament swaps. Again, thanks for all your tips!
Excellent video so thank you for making it! Question… seems like one can do multiple color printing without the ams since you said you sometimes use filament that is externally loaded. How would one do that exactly? Haven’t watched your advanced video yet so maybe you cover it there?
So glad you liked the video, thank you so much! Regarding multi-colour printing without an AMS, you can do that but you are pretty much limited to different colours on different layers rather than painting specific sections of the print different colours.
I cover it in a recent video which you can see here: ruclips.net/video/thJERltpUZE/видео.htmlsi=IYs7aP0NOuNg3Rp_
Hope that helps.
Such a clean tutorial, well done
This is so helpful. Thank you! One quick question regarding minimizing filament purging:
In the example of the bench and the dragon where the dragon is green and the bench is almost completely orange, wouldn’t print by object vs layer significantly reduce the amount of purge required?
Hey, really glad you found the video helpful!
You're absolutely right, printing by object with two objects each a different colour would massively reduce the purge required compared to printing them layer by layer.
However, in cases like that I'd personally much prefer to just run them as completely separate prints (which is effectively the same thing, without risking a toolhead collision with other objects).
If you do need to print multiple items at the same time though, each which are a a different colour, print by object will certainly both quicker and produce significantly less purge material than printing them all together by layer.
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Good info- Thank you!!
As a side note I have not printed my first print yet. My printer is waiting in the box at home as it arrived when I was out of town. Your video is giving me a great head start for when I finally get to print.
This was superb. I learnt so much and will definitely watch the others. Thanks.
Thx, you really made getting into this printer much easier!
Excellent Video, good pacing and clear and concise content. thank you.
Really glad you found it helpful! If you fancy learning more, I've got plenty more for you to sink your teeth into already and lots of new ones on the way. Let me know if you're ever stuck.
Thanks for watching, and happy printing!
Excellent video. Can you tell me please, is there a way to join 2 models together. I was thinking that, if i had a 2 colour model, I could design the two colour parts externally. Then import both parts into Studio, give them their colours and then join then together.
Thanks very much. There is absolutely a way to join 2 models together, check out my video on Mesh Boolean. The assembly system has been slightly changed since an update released 2 days ago but for the most part that video should cover it for you.
@@3DRevolution ah, so if, for instance, I had a head and a hat models, I could import both objects in, assign them different colours, put the hat on the head, combine them and print them as one?
Excellent video. If load a RC Car body that's:
Length 475mm
Width 235mm
Height 118mm
Wheelbase 260mm
How would I break the body up into 3 pieces? Its to big for the print bed.
Hey thanks glad you liked it.
Regarding cutting your part, you'll want to use the cut tool which I touch on briefly in this video at 12:20
However, the specific cuts you make will depend on the design of your part. Try to avoid excessive overhangs or particularly small isolated parts. Good luck, and happy printing.
Hello,may i ask when the series about "flishing volumes" will be released?
Superb tutorial!!!!! Best I have seen
Hello agian, your tutorial are great, thank you for answering my question. How can I print an original item? I have solidworks on my computer or do I need to download a different cad software? I need to start doing proto type devices cover. Again thank you
Hey there. SolidWorks is the industry leading CAD software, if you have that and you know how to use it, there is no better option. I personally use Fusion 360 but both are more than capable for 3D prints.
I'm not personally super familiar with the SolidWorks (though I do plan to wrap my head around it at some point), but you basically just need to export your designs you've made in there as an STL, then import that into Bambu Studio (or whichever slicer you're using)
Is there a way to position a part diagonally on the plate so it will fit? Thanks.
Great video, I'm like many other, this is totally new to me, now I may be missing something but how do you get the boat into the software so I can work along with the tutorial, I think I would find it better doing that way.
If specifically you wanted to work with the Benchy (the boat), in Bambu Studio, you can just right click on the build plate, go to 'Add Primative', and then select, '3DBenchy'.
However, to import any 3D model (including the Benchy, if you downloaded it from a website such as Printables.com or MakerWorld.com), just go to File>Import, or click the import button (the cube with a + symbol) in the toolbar at the top, and navigate to the file and import it.
Amazing guide thank you 🙏
Can I ask please, how do I lift an object off the bed if for e.g I want to stack it onto another object? When I currently try and do this is locks to the bed!
Hey glad you like the video.
Sure, you can do this but you need to do it slightly differently. Any models you import as separate items will be treated as such and so they will always snap down to the bed as you can't print something hovering in mid air.
If you want to attach one file onto another one, import the first model into Bambu Studio (the one that will be sat on the print bed), then right click on that item, hover over 'Add Part', and select 'Load'. Then navigate to and select the next item you want to attach.
Then just use the move tool to position it where you want. If when moving it around you find it's moving the original item as well, make sure you go to the 'Objects' settings rather than 'Global' settings at the top bar of the 'Process settings' section, and select the specific item you want to move. When adding something as a part, they are then seen as one object so if in global settings it would move them together. Let me know if you still have issues with this.
@@3DRevolution thank you I really appreciate you help! I had some experience with 3d printing about 5 years ago, I used to use tinkercad so still a lot of learning to do!
Thanks a lot for this fantastic and detailed beginner tutorial. I am (still) a noob in 3D printing and this tutorial really helped me on the way. I am not a native English speaker but your instructions were very clear to me.👍🏻
I'm really glad it was helpful, once you feel ready to progress, I've got lots more including the advanced sequel to this specific video.
I'm glad to know my video was helpful to you even though English isn't your first language.
May I ask what your native language is? It's good to know my audience outside of just Google analytics for making my content as accessible as possible in the future.
@@3DRevolution My native language is Dutch and though my English is not bad it is hard to follow all the technical things. You however speak very articulated and not to fast and that helps me understanding it. I certainly will progress with your other Bambu Studio video's. Once more, thank you for your work.
Excellent video and explained very well. Thank you.
You're very welcome, hope it helped. I've got plenty more videos you may like to check out when you feel you've mastered what was covered here, including the sequel to this video, my Bambu Studio Advanced tutorial.
Always here to help if you need it. Thanks, and happy printing!
I'm a noob. Hope you can help me. I need to know if I should leave my PLA filament loaded in the head, or should I remove the filament when I am finished 3d printing an object. Is it safe to finish printing and just leave the printer loaded with the filament. thank you for your help. BTW, what modeling program can a non-engineering type like me use that doesn't require years of training to use. Tony 😎
Hey Tony, welcome.
Technically you're fine to leave the filament loaded and I'd say 90% of hobbyists do.
The reason to unload it and pack it up when not in use is filament absorbs moisture from the air and over time this causes it to perform worse when printing. At that point you then want to 'dry' your filament using a filament dryer, mod for your heated printer bed, or a food dehydrator, but preventing is always best. So, if you're in a particularly humid part of the world, you may want to unload your filament between prints and store it in an airtight bag or box with some silica gell.
If however you're in a dryer part of the world and it's not going to be weeks in between each print, then you'll likely be ok leaving the spool on there. In time you'll find you'll be swapping reels out anyway as you want to print in different colours and materials so the same reel is never loaded for long.
There is a slight exception with the AMS (not the AMS lite) where it technically unloads the filament automatically at the end of a print, but it's housed within a fairly air tight container anyway, meaning you don't need to worry about filaments being left in the AMS enclosure as much.
On a side note, an important thing after printing is to make sure you let the hot end cool down to ideally 35 or 40 degrees before you power it off. This is because it'll keep the fan running along the heat sync and prevent heat rising up the extruder too high. If you power it off too early it can result in clogs or other issues in future uses.
As for a CAD programme, it really depends what sort of stuff you want to design. If you want to design more organic structures (busts, animals, trees etc) then use Blender, but if you want to design more functional or dimensionally accurate parts, then there is a range of choices out there. My advice would be Fusion 360. It isn't a quick and easy learn, and it has a lot of functions you'll never need. However, if you start out with something else, you will eventually want some of the functions of Fusion 360, at which point you'd be learning again from scratch, so you're best off just learning that from the get go.
Also, there is a free version of Fusion 360 available, providing you're not earning more than £1000 directly from it's use (and some other caviats I think).
Great video, very help full. I am very greatful and thankful to you and have subscribed. Can someone help me to understand z offset for better squish? Or did I miss it in this video?
Hey James, really glad you liked the video and thanks for the sub.
As for your question, could I better understand your goal with adjusting the z offset?
Are you trying to improve bed adhesion or layer bonding etc?
Z offset is generally used to correct for discrepancies in the build of the printer, or if you've made a change (such as using a different build plate with a different thickness).
Though that is largely overcome using auto bed mesh levelling anyway now.
I had a print that I posted to a group and that was a recommendation by one of the members. I think it was because some of the layer lines were not really contacting right. I hope that makes sense, im not really sure.
Thanks for your time.
@@jamesspielman1927 if your first layer is being applied to the bed fine then it definitely wouldn't be z offset, and to be honest, unless you modify the printer or are using a self build, z offset really isn't necessary.
It's basically used to. Adjust the distance between the z axis end stop, and where the bed level is.
Without seeing your photos I'm guessing a bit, but it sounds like some of your layers aren't bonding correctly.
This is very possibly down to under extrusion or a partially clogged nozzle.
You can try adjusting the extrusion multiplier slightly and if that doesn't help, try to rectify for a partial clog.
Very usefull video. Great work and i love it. It makes me more experience with the software on my A1 with ams lite.
Glad you liked it and found it useful! Happy printing!