You can also see that two processes have been created, one for each color, and they’ve even been grouped to make them easier to work with. When we click OK, you’ll see that the wizard has aligned and grouped the two parts so they act as one model.Īs we’ve discussed in a previous video, if I move, scale, or rotate grouped models, they stay locked together. We’ve talked about grouping and aligning models in previous videos, but this little checkbox makes it even easier. There’s one other aspect of the wizard I want to point out because it has some powerful functionality. But, if I wanted to print part 1 of my vase with the left extruder, I could easily change that. Here is where the wizard has automatically chosen which part will print with which extruder. But we’ll cover that in a different video. If you have some other combination of materials that you want to use, for example, red ABS with blue PLA, you would first have to add that into your profile’s material configuration, similar to what we’ve done here with PLA for the right and PVA for the left. This will heat both my extruders to the proper temperature for ABS. I have two spools of ABS loaded on my machine, so I’ll need to change the material configuration. Although I have many other printer profiles loaded into the software, only my dual extrusion printers are showing up in this list. Today I’m using the FlashForge Creator Dual. If you don’t have any profiles loaded that are capable of dual extrusion, you will receive a warning message while trying to open the wizard, so make sure to use the Configuration Assistant to load a dual extrusion profile. Here is where we can see the printer we’re using. This window will help us configure the basic settings for this print. So, let’s open the Wizard by going to Tools, then Dual Extrusion Wizard. With my vase, which has vertical stripes, you can see that there are two distinct parts that will fit together, and as I walk through the Wizard, you’ll see how it all happens. If you’re new to dual extrusion, let me point out that you’ll need to have two separate STL files, one for each color. I’ve imported this dual color vase model. Today, we’re exploring the Dual Extrusion Wizard in Simplif圓D, which will help you create high quality dual color prints.

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