Bambu Studio tips - KravitzLab/KreedLabWiki GitHub Wiki

Bambu Studio is the slicing software to prepare 3D designs (STL or 3MF files) for printing on the Bambu brand 3D printers (P1S, X1C, HD2). Some tips we've found helpful are listed below:

Try the default settings first.

The defaults in Bambu studio often really work well! Only change something when you have a specific reason to do so.

Think about the ideal orientation for printing your part.

The print will grow vertically as it prints, so rotate and position the part in the way that minimized overhangs or parts that will be difficult to print in this orientation.
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Use minimal supports.

Supports take a long time to print and can be hard to remove. So you want to minimize them as much as possible. We usually manually "paint" supports on manually as the auto-support generations tends to over do it. To manually paint support, click the "Support Painting" tool. There are a lot of options but generally using the "fill tool" only on overhangs works well:
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Then click on every surface you want to support (blue below). A good rule of thumb is to support surfaces with >10 degree angles. So if you have a 45 degree incline there's no need to support it!
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Use support filament for the support/raft interface.

This is only an option on the X1C (not the P1S) but it makes the supports much easier to remove if you have support filament loaded up.
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Un-click "enable" for prime tower.

We've not found this useful and it takes time and filament to print
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Use a "brim" if you're having trouble with bed adhesion where your prints aren't sticking well to the bed.

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