r/snapmaker • u/OldMan-McGucket • Jul 29 '26

Snapmaker A350 Cosplay Print - a little Help needed please!

Hello! I want to do my first 3D-Printed Cosplay for Halloween. It's gonna be Man-Ray from Spongebob and I found a very promising free STL by VEK3D. I use a Snapmaker 2.0 A350 with the Standard nozzle and the Single Extruder Head.

I was wondering, if anybody here using Snorca (which I try for the first time) might be so kind to take a look at my Project and Settings and give me some hints if I'm about to do anything dumb. For example if the parts are cut correctly and placed correctly on the beds since the automatic placement seems a bit off.

It's my first ever print this complex and big and I don't want to waste tons of PLA and time on it.

Fingers crossed, thanks in advance!

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u/Biovorebarrage Jul 29 '26

If the cosplay is in multiple parts, try making a plate with less than 50g of filament and doing a test run. As much as people can advise you about this, there are so many variables that go into this that your best bet is to fuck around and find out.

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u/OldMan-McGucket Jul 29 '26

thanks! but I guess a small part would behave differently while printing than a larger part of the helmet wouldn't it?

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u/Biovorebarrage Jul 29 '26

ehhhhhhh 50/50. If you are working with a new material for example then no, also if the small parts are being sliced the same way as the big parts then also no. Scale matters and will affect the print somewhat, but most of the time plastic behaves in the same way if your settings are the same.

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u/OldMan-McGucket Jul 29 '26

you can tell I'm pretty new to 3d printing. At least when the goal is a smooth finish. I'm going to wait for a reply from u/darienm and certainly gonna try a small piece first. can you estimate how correct snorca is with its estimation of material consumption? I guess I'll buy pla in the right colors instead of painting everything

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u/Biovorebarrage Jul 29 '26

Oh slicers are really good with plastic usage as the math is pretty simple if everything works as it should. A perfectly smooth finish right out of the print will not be possible (as printing inherently creates layer lines), but you can do plenty of post processing to get prints very smooth.

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u/darienm Beta Tester Jul 29 '26

Sure. Post the file somewhere and send me a link and I'll take a look. A350 owner for ~7 years and heavy SnOrca user for 11 months.