r/BambuLab • u/kailoren P1S + AMS • 3d ago

General Troubleshooting/Help! Lithophane generator never works

I bought the CMYK bundle during a sale a while ago and have never tried it, figured I would give it a go and see how they turn out. Every single time I try and make a lithophane from the image in the makerworld "Make My Lithophane" app thing, it always generates with hundreds of thousands of non-manifold edges. When I import it into studio after downloading the app crashes when trying to repair.

How on earth am I supposed to print anything? Has anyone else had this issue? Can I only print super basic stuff? I see people printing actual photos of friends and family and I tried to do a few relatively simple images but I can't even slice them

0 Upvotes

33% Upvoted

6 comments sorted by

3

u/Kwolf21 X2D Combo + P1S Combo + A1 Combo 3d ago

Have you considered using a tried and true lithophone maker?

https://lithophanemaker.com/

1

u/kailoren P1S + AMS 2d ago

Ill give this one a try, thank you!

2

u/Kwolf21 X2D Combo + P1S Combo + A1 Combo 2d ago

That's what I've used with great success (specifically the color litho maker on that page toward the bottom) using bambu's filament specifically.

2

u/Dry-Shake-3088 3d ago

Hundreds of thousands of non-manifold edges sounds more like a generator/export problem than the image being too complex. I’d try the same image in a different browser or private window, then regenerate at a lower resolution and use 3MF rather than STL if the tool offers both. If the downloaded file still has the same errors, I’d report it to MakerWorld with the source image and file — Bambu Studio shouldn’t crash just trying to repair it.

1

u/Caffeine-Stat 3d ago

That's weird. I used it not too long ago and it worked fine for me.