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Large models on several plates

Split a model too big for the printer into sections that fit together.

When a model is larger than the bed, Size says so and offers to split it. Each section prints on its own plate, and the printed pieces fit together.

Pick the Printer under Size.
Turn on Multi-plate export under Export, or press Turn on multi-plate export in the Size card.
Leave Section size at Fit the bed for the fewest sections, or pick Custom size to set the largest a section can be. Section size is under Multi-plate export, and the Export link in the Size card goes there.
Download. The Size card says how many sections and files the download has.

Plates and files

Plates are named like Plate 3 (R1 C3). R is the row, counted from the back, and C is the column, counted from the left.
A Bambu Studio project holds up to 36 plates. With more, the download is a .zip of several projects, with a map of where each plate goes.
PrusaSlicer gets one file per section, in a .zip with the same map.
STL downloads of sections include the map too. A .glb is always the whole model in one piece.

With Fit the bed, each section leaves room for the prime tower. The sections are cut along straight lines, so a building on a cut is split between two plates and lines up again once the pieces are put together.

Up to 400 sections are possible. For a very large print, a smaller scale needs far fewer plates.