Mid print material change

[FinneganSwanson 0]

Hello,

 

I am wondering if it is possible to slice a print by layers and print one section in TPU and the remaining in PLA and have the S5 automatically switch materials with the dual extruder. 

 

For example the first 10 layers in TPU and the remaining 50 layers in PLA. 

[alkekmakerspace 5]

You could do this by using the support blocker in Cura to encase the volume that you want to print with another material. Set the support blocker to be a cutting mesh using per model settings and assign it to the second material.

 

You could do the same thing with a custom made object instead of the support blocker. If you wanted a sphere inside the model to be PLA and the exterior to be TPU, just put the 2nd STL sphere inside the model and make it a cutting mesh and assign each extruder respectively.

Edited September 10 by alkekmakerspace