I have read all the posts on this topic I could find but I’m still confused so please bear with me. I’ve had my U1 for about 2 weeks and I love it. I seem to have a mental block regarding tge filament syncing with Snorca. I’m using the snapmaker filament with rfid tags and the machine correctly identifies them. However, I can’t see how Snorca uses this information. For example, I imported a multi color model from makerworld that was for BL ams system. Naturally the colors didn’t match up to my spool arrangement. When I changed the colors of the spools in Snorca to correspond to what was loaded in the printer, it changed the colors on the model preview. So I guess I actually have 2 questions. How can I get the filaments in Snorca to reflect what’s on the printer? If I have to manually tell it which filament is on which toolhead, what’s the point of the rfid tags? And second, why did Snorca change the colors on the model? I would have expected that when I told it which filament was where, it would have just used the correct toolhead for the color on the model. Sorry if this post is confusing but I guess that’s because I am confused. Lol. Thanks for reading.
I’ll give it a shot and hope its helpful.
- Change the colors to correspond with the model not the printer. Hit the drop down in the upper left to select the spools loaded, then adjust the numbers to match the model colors that you want.
- The point on RFID tags is to auto load the filament type and profile onto the printer itself, not necessarily Snorca.
- Your not telling Snorca what is on the toolhead, you are telling it which colors are on which part of the model.
- Snorca already knows which color is on the toolhead. You just have to:
- Make sure the printer filament is recognized and selected in Snorca, which typically happens when you are connected and binded to the printer.
- Color your model. .3mf are a pain… Its like an Apple Vs. Android type of thing.
Hi Cylonmode,
Thanks for your quick reply. Perhaps an example will show my ignorance on this topic. I have my U1 connected (through cloud mode). It contains Snapspeed on reals 1 and (black and white respectively, Generic PLA on reel 3 (yellow), and black PETG on 4 for supports. I have entered the filament types and colors for the non Snapmaker filaments on the printer screen. When I start Snorca, it looks like this:
So these are the filaments from the last time I closed Snorca. If I dropdown the filament which currently contains Generic PLA, that choice is not in the Machine Filaments even though I told the machine that was what was there when I loaded it. But it is there lower in the list so I can select it.
Now I import my cute bee model.
It naturally changed the spool colors to what was in the .3mf file. So now I change the filaments to what’s on the printer:
But look what it did to my models:
Clearly, I don’t understand the proper workflow for this process. How should I go about this? Do I have to physically change the spools to match the model? That would seem to be the tail wagging the dog. Any help will be greatly appreciated.
Ken Kayser
Tobaccoville, NC
They do not have to match the order they are on the printer, after slicing you select the mapping of filaments to the printer.
So if the model is
1.Black PLA - 2. Yellow PLA - 3. White PLA - 4 Rainbow Silk PLA
The printer is
1.Yellow PLA - 2. White PLA - 3. Rainbow Silk PLA - 4. Black PLA
When you slice and send the file to the printer, it will usually select the mapping correctly. You can override it as well if it is incorrect. This is on the screen where you choose Filament Calibration, Timelapse and Bed Leveling.
Hi. Thanks very much for your response. It worked as you suggested. I had not been printing directly from Snorka. Based on my previous experience using Creality printers with Octoprint, I always save the gcode files and upload them to print. I was doing this with the U1 and Fluidd. However, based on your suggestion, I printed directly from Snorca and I see that the printer will use the correct filaments. Thanks again for helping my learning curve.
Ken Kayser
Tobaccoville, NC
Not a problem. I have learned a lot with the users on this forum, so I like to give back when I can.
There has been a lot for me to learn and stumble through now that multicolour is a much more viable option where printing a single model. I am still trying to wrap my head around this idea of it not needing to be 1:1 mapping for the colours.
The next tip I have found is when you have connected to the printer in the device tab, the filaments are available in the drop downs in the screenshots you posted above. That way you can map the colours/filaments to the model that are on the printer before slicing.
Lastly you can map the colours on the printer from the loaded gcode file on the touchscreen after selecting the file to print.
Yep, this is what I meant. @gnubie explained it better than I did loool!
Thanks for all your help.
Implementation of manual sync button, we’re optimizing this feature, and you’ll see changes in the next 1-3 version updates（As soon as early April, or by June at the latest.）.
That’s great and thanks for being responsive to the user community.
Ken Kayser
Tobaccoville, NC
That’s good to hear. I wouldn’t think it would be that hard orca already has this feature for Bambu printers with AMS. Syncs what’s in the printer with Orca.
Thank the developers for working on this.