Are there going to be any updates on the forums in relation to the dual extruder? There’s no documentation anywhere on this site except for people posting their experiences with it. Would be super helpful to have a video, documentation (other than the quick guide), or a FAQ in regards to this new product that it seems a lot of people are having issues with.
I’m with you on this. I’ve found that my experience with the dual extruder has been severely lackluster so far. Looking at the very images Snapmaker has decided to advertise on their store listing of the dual extruder reveals high quality, near perfect bi-color printing. I have yet to see a print so far that is not messy, muddled, or stringing in one fashion or another.
Paying the price for a 3d printer for a part such as this, I would expect to get the quality of the prints advertised on their store page, whether that is through pre-made printer profiles hat they include, or documentation to show how to take advantage of the hardware in tandem with their software. The printing profiles I’ve used so far in Luban make scarred top surfaces and do not create clear distinctions between the black, and white filament.
I’ve attempted to use this in Cura’s Christmas Beta, which resulted in the inability to get the printer to parse any file I give it. I’d really like to start using this, but I see no directions beyond getting the thing calibrated. I’ve been waiting so long for this sleek, seemingly well designed piece of hardware. I hope to see some official support in some capacity soon…
Edit: Playing around with gcode since there seems to be no support for basic nozzle changes at layer height… Are there? Am I just missing it? Either way, I can confirm that T0; and T1; switch between the nozzles if entered into the gcode. The only issue is I’m not sure if temperature is automatically accounted for when manually entering a simple T# command. Both my nozzles were automatically heated to 200 for the entire print even though the original file only used the first extruder. It wasn’t a clean switch though, as oozing was creating quite a bit of material.
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