PCX: Color Chip

Colour swatch chips to match into The Print Codex system. Make it your own by printing reference chips of additional filament you've purchased.

Features

1. Easily determine material and brand of your past prints. Each chip has the brand and material debossed onto the top face, or print a blank chip and label using Brother DK-11204 labels to match your existing Print Codex chips.
2. Each chip is 60mm x 48mm x 2mm. Large enough to measure using a spectrophotometer or Nix.
3. Each chip is 6g of material. Minimal material used and takes ~30min to print.
4. Two layers to showcase the opacity
5. 3.8mm hole to allow for a keyring

Frequently Asked Questions

Where can I find the label template?

We have added the template for the labels. They can be opened using the Brother P-Touch Software and will let you print matching labels for filaments we don't currently offer.

The templates can can be connected to a database (CSV) such as The Print Codex. To do so:

1. Download The Print Codex database from here. 
2. Open the desired template in P-Touch
3. Go to File → Database → Connect
4. Select the CSV previously downloaded
5. Map the label fields. From left to right it should be Manufacturer, Brand Name, Color Name, ID number

Why not use one of the dozens of material chips already on printables/thang/thingiverse?

These chips match into the sets available as part of The Print Codex. We sell complete sets of pre-printed chips at theprintcodex.com so that you can see colors up front and don't need to spend your hard earned money on filament you may not use. 

Which brands are included?

Check out the chiplist.txt file for a full list. 

You are missing Brand/Material X!

Leave us a comment and we'll add it! There are A LOT of materials and brands out there. We are always happy to add more.

Why don't the chips have the color debossed into them?

Ideally they would, but that would result in a magnitude more of files to manage and require scraping a lot more data. Probably best for you to add yourself!

How should I store my chips?

We have a variety of storage accessories including:

• Storage Box
• Gridfinity Storage Solution
• Skadis Storage Solution
• Labels & Display Stands

Or pop them on a keyring.

These seem very similar to the Filament Colour System?

That's because they are the spiritual successor. Ideally they would have stayed the same shape and been completely compatible. Unfortunately for the idea to scale into a viable business we had to increase the height of the chips to use an off the shelf label. Other dimensions are the same, so they should work in most of the old storage solutions. 

Link: Filament Color System

Print instructions

All models should be sliced with your preferred material settings, 0.2mm layers, 5 top layers, 5 bottom layers. no supports. This will ensure the chip is solid and no infill is visible with transparent filaments.
 

Change Log

See ChangeLog.txt for full list of changes.