Prepare – Print & Filament Settings (Concepts)
What overrides mean (orange arrows), and how cooling thresholds behave.
Bambu Studio: 2.4.0.70 Verified on: 2025-11-28 Profile: A1 · No AMS
Orange reset arrow (what it really means)
  • The arrow is informational — it does not mean you permanently changed global defaults.
  • Clicking the arrow resets to the current baseline (profile or designer project), not “whatever you remember.”
Key rule (locked)

Designer settings only exist when you open a 3MF and allow settings to be imported. Everything else is geometry + your active profiles.

Baselines
  • 3MF (settings included): baseline = designer project overrides
  • STL: baseline = your active profiles
  • 3MF (geometry only): baseline = your active profiles
Comparison tables: arrow meaning by file action
3MF opened with settings
ActionArrow meansReset does
Change a print settingDiverged from designer project valueReverts to designer value
Change a filament settingDiverged from designer overrideReverts to designer override
STL or 3MF imported as geometry only
ActionArrow meansReset does
Change a print settingDiverged from your print profileReverts to profile default
Change a filament settingDiverged from your filament profileReverts to filament default
Cooling thresholds (fan settings) in plain English
Min fan speed threshold (often irrelevant)

Example: Fan 100% at 100s. This only applies if a layer takes 100 seconds or longer. Many real layers won’t be that long.

Max fan speed threshold (usually the one that matters)

Example: Fan capped at 30% at 8s. If a layer prints in 8 seconds or less, the fan won’t exceed 30%.

Screenshots (filament settings):
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