Although it would increase filament usage slightly I would request the option for separate prime towers, making it a lot easier when using mixed filaments in 1 print
The obvious example being PLA & PETG
Voted for this also as per the example, having PETG and PLA supports would be better served with seperate towers.
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The biggest problem I’m having at the moment (Snapmaker Orca 2.3.6) is wipe tower instability when (deliberately) printing in multiple incompatible filament types.
It seems to me the wipe tower is designed for multi-colour, not multi-material. The tower is built up in layers, with the different filaments overlaid on each other, but they don’t stick properly and the tower gets ruined, potentially ruining the whole print.
Instead of separate towers (each one having to be big enough not to fall over), it might be satisfactory to have interlocking (but separate) regions of the different materials so there is still only one tower, occupying one footprint on the build plate.
I note there are more wipe tower settings in vanilla Orca than are currently implemented in SnOrca, but even those are not sufficient (but better).
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