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How do you tell the M2 which color to use for a part?
Posted: Tue Nov 03, 2015 4:07 pm
by Wjdoy
Rookie question. I have been printing with one extruder for 7 months and would like to upgrade to dual extruders. My question is very basic. If I create a part, let's say a whiffle ball to be printed white and in side I want a red cube, How do I tell the M2 to do this? I'm using AutoCAD Fusion 360 and Simplify3D. Another example would be a Zebra, is it possible to make something as complex as a zebra?
Thanks.
Re: How do you tell the M2 which color to use for a part?
Posted: Wed Nov 04, 2015 2:15 pm
by Jules
To do a dual color print, you actually create two files. One for the red cube and one for the white whiffle ball. You place the orientation of the colored parts the way you want them and then save them individually.
Example of the technique:
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:28202
Then you bring them into S3D at the same time, and group them and tell the software that you want the cube to be Color 1, which is the left extruder and the ball to be Color 2 which is the right extruder. (Or vice-versa.)
Once you install the dual upgrade, you change the configuration of the S3D to the dual, which gives you a lot more options. It has a Dual Extrusion Wizard that pretty much sets everything up the way you need it.
