Two-color print In 3DPrinterOS

Slicing the file in 3DPrinterOS

Starting from a Fusion 360 File

Slicing the file in 3DPrinterOS

For a two color print, you will need at least two STL files to convey each of the colors

Step 1:

Find your file!

You can find one on Thingiverse or design it yourself.

I am using this two color frog

Step 2:

Download the STLs for the different colors

For this part it was named solid and hollow for the different colors

Under the Files tab in 3DPrinterOS, you can make a new project (if you want) and upload those two files

Step 3:

Next to one of the files, click Layout

Step 4:

If your object is out of the printer box then click On bed to get it inside the print volume.

Step 5:

First, make sure you have selected the correct printer under the printers tab. Either the Ultimaker S3 or S5 depending on which one you want to use.

If you don’t have it under My Printers, just search the All Printers box

Step 6:

Next, under the Add File tab, you want to select the file for your other color.

Step 7:

Select your project, then the file of the other color and click Add

Step 8:

Now the file will be under the one you have now. You will then want to click On Bed.

Step 9:

On the right, the different files will be listed. Click on one and select the eye symbol to hide it

Step 10:

From there, click on the visible part in the middle of the bed.

Then select Extruder and select which extruder you will want to use.

Step 11:

If it is the second extruder, then click on it and hit Apply.

Whatever color is loaded in that extruder is what that color will be.

Step 12:

Make the other part visible again

Step 13:

If your two parts are not lining up exactly with each other, use the Center button on each of them. Your parts should have been designed to have the same origin.

Step 14:

Then click Slice & Toolpath Preview. It may take longer because it is more complex to slice.

Step 15:

From here you can click Slice and choose the profile for the printer you want. I am going to choose Leia because I want a green and white frog.

Step 16:

Then click Print and select the printer you want to send it to and click Print again

Starting from a Fusion 360 File

Step 1:

This will not go into the details about making the CAD, but the most important thing is that you make everything you want into different colors into different bodies

To make different bodies, when you extrude, select New Body under Operation

Step 2:

In this nameplate file, I have 17 different bodies, one for each of the letters, the outside plate and each of the middle of the letters

Step 3:

For every body that you want of one color, make those visible and the bodies of the other color invisible by clicking on the eye symbol next to the body name

Step 4:

Now right click on the top component and select save as mesh

Step 5:

Change Format to STL Binary and click Ok

Step 6:

Then save as an STL file and do the same thing with the other bodies

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