Hi Al… I’ve devoted time trying to learn how to paint on 4-5 colors using our new Snapmaker U1 with the Snapmaker Orca slicer on W11. I’m trying to gather or create a step by step with screenshots how to kick start the creation. After importing the 3MF file, I select the “Color Painting” (next to the “T” = emboss) and it loses the grid behind the object on the bed. Wiki instructs that you then use the painting tools (circle, sphere,triangle) to paint each area. It’s not self-evident how one “chooses” each area of an object in conjunction with each Filament, namely 1, 2,3,4 to paint each color? Ex. I want the hat to be green. How does one “designate” the hat area to be green using the Filament 1,2,3,4. I clicked on the Number 1 which allows me to choose colors in color array but how do I then assign the color I want to select the correct Filament Reel for the hat and not choose the face, body, etc.for the green color? Snapmaker seems to resort to Wiki for a lot of instructions but Wiki seems short on these kinds of stepped details. I’m a noobie in multi-color printing and the Snapmaker Orca slicer so I appreciate your patience and help. Thank you.
Hi Zoe,
I very much appreciate your help.
I’ve attached the only way in my gmail I can save your PNG (screenshot?) with your text and hopefully you can see how tien the textis in that screenshot?
Even with a magnifying glass it’s very tiny to read.
I teach 3D modeling with Tinkercad and how to slice with the Prusa Slicer.
The Snapmaker Orca slicer is way different than the Prusa Slicer and then add in in color selecting/painting and it makes the task when you doing that for the first time *as I’m trying to do) very challenging.
Has anyone with Snapamker or on the forum created a step by step with screenshots with enlarged text so you can read it for beginning coloring?
I’ve had 2 co-workers in their 20s with 20/20 vision who can;t read the text either and that link to the Wiki loses everyone in the 1st few steps.
This was also the case for GIMP for decades until this brilliant and kind person created easily readable text with screenshots so you could follow along so easily in performing a GIMP task.
I’ve posted a couple of questions the Snapmaker found and typically with any forum there’s 1-2 posters who tell you that you must just devote hours watching tons of YT to master tasks.
That’s really old school as we work warp-speed on the run with people expecting us to teach that expertise in minutes to them.
I’m lost right at the beginning so is there any discussion re: creating a sub-forum on Snapmaker for “Absolute Noobies Who Can Barely Fog a Mirror”? 
Serialosy, this is my job on the line. I’ve tried to glean the steps by step with screenshots using YT and chatpgtp so I could look at my “cheatsheet” then look at the screen and press the correct areas/tabs/feature keys to proceed from importing an .stl into Snapmaker Orca to then “painting on” each color int the correct Filament Reel (1,2,3,4) but this has proven to be a daunting task.
Are there any Snapmaker Moderts with the patience of a saint who could help?
I’ve tried to PM a couple (ColdCoffee seems like a really good person) but I just get that message that they are not accepting messages at this time.
We bought the Snapmaker U1 specifically for multicolor printing but we;re stuck.
Thank you so much for your understanding, patience and continued help.
Charles.