How to access Bambu Studio.
Bambu Studio can be downloaded from the internet to be used on your own device. We recommend slicing your models ready for printing on your own computer.
Bambu Studio is also downloaded on all computers within the makerspace. You will need to use one of these computers to send your file to print. See the Bambu Lab workflow for more information.
Print settings.
The settings you want to use for your 3D print will partly depend on what it is you are printing. In general, the default settings on Bambu Studio work well. However, below are details of settings that must always stay the same, and ones you might want to change.
Always check your settings and the preview before sending a file to print, multiple users slice files on the same account.
When opening a new project in Bambu Studio, you are able to reset the print settings to their default values.
Required settings:
Printer: Bambu Lab X1 Carbon 0.4 nozzle
Plate type: Textured PEI Plate
Filament: Your filaments must be set to Bambu PLA. Remember that Bambu Lab printers can only take 1.75mm filament. If you are doing multi-colour prints, it is helpful to set the filament colours correctly. For more information on multi-colour printing, see our multi-coloured printing knowledge base page.
Recommended preset: 0.20mm Standard @BBL X1C
When changing settings, you are able to choose whether to change them globally or for an individual object. Globally changes the setting for all objects in the project file, rather than the single object selected.
When in global view, you are able to select a system preset, we recommend 0.20mm Standard @BBL X1C.
Please do NOT adjust speed settings within Bambu Studio.
Settings you might want to adjust and why:
Quality > Layer height: 0.2mm. This is standard for Bambu printers, only reduce layer height for high detail prints.
Quality > Ironing type: Top surfaces. Ironing is used to give a smooth finish to the top of 3D prints.
Strength > Wall loops: 1. Reducing wall loops to 1 is useful for transparent prints.
Strength > Sparse infill density: 5 - 50%. Infill density required will depend on the size of your print and how strong you need your print to be.
Supports > Enable supports > Type: tree or normal (auto). If you have a model with overhangs, it will probably require supports. We recommend normal supports for large, flat surfaces needing support, otherwise we recommend tree supports.
Supports > Enable supports > Threshold angle: 50. The default value for the threshold angle is 30, however, this can be increased, your model will still be supported but you will have less supports to remove.
Others > Bed adhesion > Brim type: Outer brim only. Bambu Studio does not automatically add a brim and it is not usually needed. However, if your print does not have a lot of surface areas touching the build plate, a brim may help it to adhere.
Others > Flush options: To save waste filament, we always recommend flushing into infill, supports or an additional object when multi-colour printing. See the reducing Bambu Lab filament waste knowledge base page for more information.
A video walkthrough of Bambu Studio is coming soon!
Top tips for slicing in Bambu Studio.
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Multi-coloured printing with Bambu Lab printers can cause a lot of waste.
Consider reducing your flushing volumes or flushing into another object when slicing your print in Bambu Studio to waste less.
Print with larger layer height
Bambu Lab printers give great quality prints, even with large layer heights. We recommend 0.2mm.
These two prints were both printed with 0.2mm layer height, if your object is larger, increasing your layer height won't compromise your final print quality and will save you time.
Where can I find more information about slicing on Bambu Studios?
Our multi-colour printing knowledge base page explains how to set up multi-colour prints in Bambu Studio and reducing Bambu Lab waste filament knowledge base page explains how to slice your files to waste as little filament as possible when multi-colour printing. .
The Bambu Lab Wiki also has lots of information about using Bambu Studio.
Users are always welcome to speak to uCreate staff for support, either pop into the makerspace during our opening times, or send us an email at ucreate.makerspace@ed.ac.uk.
