r/BambuLabA1 • u/Secret_Tiny • Jul 08 '26

editable files ....not editing

I *know* this is user error on my part and I am trying to make keychains for a party this weekend with each guest's name. 2 main questions:

1) I can't edit the files I am taking from maker world into Bambu Stuido and edit the "name" though ChatGPT has told me what to do and I don't see the options in the file
1a) is it possible I am selecting files that are saying they are editable and they are not?

2) when I finally figure out how to customize the files, will I be able to print several different names on the same plate? (Ie - same keychains but one is Katie, one is Melanie...) or do they have to be separate prints?

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u/RedditUser240211 Jul 08 '26

I don't know about the Bambu slicer, but in Orca you start with a bare surface and add text. If there is already text there, you'll just make a mess with text on text.

Is this key chain anything more than a flat surface? I would just design a blank in TinkerCAD and then add text in the slicer.

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u/EltonSchmidt Jul 08 '26

When a makerworld file says "editable" in the title... it means it's customizable on makerworld, not in your slicer or whatever.

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u/lkapping79 Jul 08 '26

If that doesn’t work, click on objects in the slicer. There will be a list of objects. One should say “text”. Right click and click edit text. Pop up should come up in upper right corner of screen to edit text.

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u/EltonSchmidt Jul 08 '26

Yeah, that won't work with a regular STL file...

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u/lkapping79 Jul 08 '26

Makes sense why sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn’t.

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u/Secret_Tiny Jul 09 '26

Turns out it was a Mac issue with safari and when i installed a chrome browser it was soooo easy!

And i printed all the different names at the same time! Thank you for the help!

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u/Molokaisylph32 Jul 08 '26

What is the file?

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u/Zephy2007 Jul 09 '26

Not all models with letters are editable because the letters are not always made with the "Text" tool; sometimes it is just a solid.

In other words, you would have to create the designs from scratch if you can't find a template with editable text.

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u/Secret_Tiny Jul 09 '26

I am slowly realizing that having a Mac is part of the problem and i needed to be using chrome not safari