3DPrinting
3DPrinting is a place where makers of all skill levels and walks of life can learn about and discuss 3D printing and development of 3D printed parts and devices.
The r/functionalprint community is now located at: or !functionalprint@fedia.io
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I've got a Bambu A1 mini that I'm quite happy with. Bambu studio works perfectly fine on Linux, and I can import lots of different kinds of designs from anywhere, but I think you do really need Bambu Studio to prepare the print for this specific printer. I have no idea if there's any way around that, but is that necessary?
The a1 mini is very good at small details. The main downside is of course that it's not very big, so not suitable for large prints. It calibrates automatically and is very low maintenance.
They blocked third-party slicers for printers with a firmware update. I personally use OrcaSlicer (a fork of Bambu Studio with additional features, and Bambu Studio is itself a fork of PrusaSlicer…), so I had to set mine to LAN only mode to continue using it. That also means I can’t use their mobile app (it doesn’t work with LAN only mode, almost certainly to push people into their ecosystem of software) but I wasn’t really using it anyways.
I don’t like that Bambu are locking down on their ecosystem like this. Hopefully they don’t get any ideas from the 2D printer industry and make it required that you use their own brand of filament…
That's indeed a bad development I wasn't aware of. Even more so if they base their own software on others, and then block others from their platform.