Find out which filaments your printer can actually run, and which one suits the part you want to print. Choose your printer and this Excel tool rates 16 materials against your machine’s hardware, then recommends the best fit for your job.
Key Features
- Filament Selector: choose your make and model and see its max hotend and bed temperature, enclosure, all-metal hotend, stock hardened nozzle, extruder type and AMS/MMU support
- 16 materials rated Compatible, Caution or Not Compatible for your printer, with the reason (for example, needs an enclosure or a hardened nozzle)
- Per-material nozzle and bed temperatures, difficulty, drying guidance, ventilation needs and typical use
- Use Case Finder: answer four questions (what is it, indoor or outdoor, will it see heat, will it carry load) and get a best match, a runner-up and a third choice, filtered to what your printer can run
- 41 printer profiles across 11 makes, plus a Custom row and a Printer Profiles tab where you can add your own machine
- Editable Material Database tab if you have better data for a specific spool
What’s Inside
Four tabs of reference data and logic: Filament Selector, Use Case Finder, Material Database and Printer Profiles, plus a Guide Notes & Sources tab. Materials covered: PLA / PLA+ / Matte / Silk, PETG, ABS, ASA, TPU 95A, TPU 85A, Nylon, PA-CF / PAHT-CF, Polycarbonate, PC Blend CF, PVA, HIPS, PP, PLA-CF, PETG-CF and specialty fills (wood, metal, glow, marble, sparkle). Printer specs come from OrcaSlicer’s bundled profiles, cross-checked against manufacturer specs, and are typical stock values: confirm against your printer’s manual. Heat and strength figures are simplified relative rankings, not lab specs, so check the filament’s data sheet before a critical print.
Who It’s For
Anyone choosing filament for a new printer, wondering whether an enclosure or hardened nozzle is needed for ABS, nylon or carbon-fibre filaments, or trying to match a material to a specific part.
Why Vexil 3D Labs
Vexil 3D Labs is a South African 3D printing filament retailer and an authorised ERYONE distributor.
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