Tells you: What temperature your filament melts well at.
Calibration menu › Temperature · It works the same on any FDM printer. The menu is Bambu Studio's; Orca Slicer has a very similar one, and in other slicers you print the same test with a downloadable model. Can't see the menu?
How
- Pick the filament type: the program suggests the range (for PLA, 230 °C down to 190 °C).
- Print a tower of 10 mm floors, one every 5 °C, with the hottest at the bottom: if the base came out cold, it would come loose and knock the tower over.
How to read it
Keep the floor that comes out best: clean overhangs, no strings, good surface. A filament that should be glossy but comes out matte is asking for more heat. In PLA the difference is subtle; in PETG, TPU or fiber-filled filaments it's very clear.
During the test, turn on “Don't slow down outer walls” (Filament › Cooling): otherwise the floors print at different speeds and can't be compared.
What you read on the piece
Enter it in “Initial layer” and “Other layers”. Between two good floors, keep the cooler one.
Where the value goes: Filament › Filament › Print temperature (initial layer and other layers).
Helps with:Bands of shine on the wallsStrings or cobwebs between partsOverhangs droop or look rough underneathThe part breaks or the layers split
Nozzle temperatureNozzle temperature, initial layerDon't slow down outer walls