Hello. I am completely new to 3D Printing. I am attempting to do a 2 color Benchy. My issue is that it says I am using about 11g of filament for the item and 130g of filament for flushing. That’s ridiculous. I wouldnt really have an issue with that if it would let me do something usefull with the waste. Like instead of printing a tower… why can I print another object? Is that a possibility and I am just stupid and completely missing that option. Any help would be great
I am new to multi-color printing as well and I’m amazed at the amount of purged filament that is wasted. I’ve been digging into the settings but I have really found a way to reduce the amount that is purged in the “poop”.
A couple of setting you can change in the “Flush Options” section. You can flush into supports and/or into the infill.
Neither of those address the amount of poop that is generated, if there is a way to reduce that I would love to find that setting.
Ya I definitely should have done more research on the CFS and how it functions doing multicolor prints. I had in my mind that it would gauge how much I needs of one color and then switch on the fly. Needing 100+ color changes to do a Benchy creates a LOT of waste. I ended up printing a tower with my 2 color version that I had modified and it is such a waste. Use half as much filament to print a tower to save on poops but still end up with a waste. I have seen in a few videos where people with other brands are able to print a second object and have all the waste printed into it instead of towers or poops.
Should probably have just not bought it or tried to save up for a multi-hotend printer instead.