Hi,
On the SD card that comes with A10T there is a vase and dog model.
Is there an explanation / information on how it is made / sliced?
That would be great to understand the mixer.
Thanks
Vase model example
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Re: Vase model example
The dog is 215c/50c for head and bed temp.
The dog looks like it is highlighted with a colored light on one side, because the 2 filaments don't blend, bit instead produce a “toothpaste effect,” similar to striped toothpaste. So the side with more of 1 color has that side of the two colors closer to the edge. So the real cool effect, is actually just a 50/50 mix, that hasn't blended.
I use simplify3d for slicing, so I had to setup a new printer model for the A10T, which creates 3 tools (T0, T1, T2), which are set with S0, S1, S2, so to create a blend in the startup script the M163 S0 P0.9 sets 90% of tool 0 to mix with 10% of tool 1, then defines tool 3 to be the 90/10 mix of tool 0 and 1, so then tool 3 can be set for as the extruder and it will produce the dual color and add in a third M163 line and mix all 3 colors.
Then in theory a script could be put onto the layer to increment the blend. (I believe) 16 tools can be defined.
My biggest problem is how much material must be used to swap between colors. It takes quite a large primer pillar from when the color is changed, till that color cleanly comes out the nozzle and even with the blend of 90/10, there is the directional glow from the toothpaste effect, along with some inconsistency layer to layer.
The dog looks like it is highlighted with a colored light on one side, because the 2 filaments don't blend, bit instead produce a “toothpaste effect,” similar to striped toothpaste. So the side with more of 1 color has that side of the two colors closer to the edge. So the real cool effect, is actually just a 50/50 mix, that hasn't blended.
I use simplify3d for slicing, so I had to setup a new printer model for the A10T, which creates 3 tools (T0, T1, T2), which are set with S0, S1, S2, so to create a blend in the startup script the M163 S0 P0.9 sets 90% of tool 0 to mix with 10% of tool 1, then defines tool 3 to be the 90/10 mix of tool 0 and 1, so then tool 3 can be set for as the extruder and it will produce the dual color and add in a third M163 line and mix all 3 colors.
Then in theory a script could be put onto the layer to increment the blend. (I believe) 16 tools can be defined.
My biggest problem is how much material must be used to swap between colors. It takes quite a large primer pillar from when the color is changed, till that color cleanly comes out the nozzle and even with the blend of 90/10, there is the directional glow from the toothpaste effect, along with some inconsistency layer to layer.
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G28 ; home all axes
M205 X10 Y10 ; set XY jerk to 10
M163 S0 P0.9
M163 S1 P0.1
M164 S3 ; set T3 mixing ratio to even mix
T3 ; select extruder
G1 X15 Y10 Z0.3 F3000 ; avoid binder clips
G1 X195 E15 F500 ; prime line
G1 X205 F100 ; slow wipe