Miraculous Ladybug - XL

A fun, well balanced model that prints well in the Prusa XL. I created a small army of Ladybugs trying to minimize the supports.  By printing her on her head at a 45 degree angle even the fingers printed without supports.

I've printed her in both PLA and PETG and both turned out very clean, no stringing.

GCode and .3MF

I've include gcode and projects for both PLA and PETG. 

STLs

There are ‘Parts’ and ‘Modifiers’, where the modifiers are clearly labeled.  Select all of the STL files and drag them into the Slicer.  When it prompts about changing units, answer NO.  After a couple prompts about changing units it will ask about loading as a single part.  Answer YES.

With all of the files loaded, select the Modifier files and Change Type to Modifier.

The Body part should be above the Head in the hierarchy (this improves the strength of the neck), and the Mod_SpotsMask_Black should be below the Mod_Mask_Red since the spots are on the mask.  If the order is wrong the spots on the mask won't show.

Set the colors and slice.

History

I've worked with the MMU, Bambu Carbon, and even a mixing head. The original MMU simply had too many issues during prints to make it viable and I finally gave up.  The Bambu was more reliable but the AMS units do have issues that require user attention and the printers are very loud.

I spent 3 months in Blender creating this model for the MMU, and then only printed about six of them.  On the MMU it took over 20 hours to print, with massive supports across her back because I had to keep her flat. 

Summary 

On the XL, because tool changes are not a big concern, I tipped her up on her head at a 45 degree angle and eliminated most of the supports. Using the PLA Input Shaper profile a single model print in under five hours, with 847 tool changes.

I've only had the XL for only a few days and I have already printed six Ladybug models from my experimentation with the supports.  I'm spending my time printing instead of trouble shooting the equipment.  There hasn't been a single issue!