Reports the BambuStudio data directory, whether the slicer executable is available, preset counts, the machine and filaments currently selected in Studio, the allowed model directories, and the integration level of each model platform. Use it first to see what this server can do on this machine. No side effects.

Lists machine, process or filament presets. By default only presets selectable in the UI are returned; intermediate presets that exist only to be inherited from (e.g. fdm_process_common) are filtered out. Names listed here do not show real setting values; use bambu_resolve_preset for that. No side effects.

Flattens a preset's inherits chain into the complete settings and records which level each value comes from. A BambuStudio leaf preset usually declares only a few dozen keys and inherits everything else from its parents, so to know the real value of any parameter you must look at the flattened result, not the leaf preset file. Use this whenever you need an actual setting value. No side effects.

Flattens two presets of the same kind and lists the settings that differ. Use it to answer questions like "what exactly is the difference between 0.20 Standard and 0.20 Strength" without reading four levels of JSON by hand. No side effects.

Explains what a parameter does, its unit, its typical range, the cost of raising or lowering it, and related parameters. Call this before changing any parameter, instead of tuning by what merely sounds reasonable. No side effects.

Takes an observed symptom (warping, stringing, layer separation, elephant's foot, holes in the top surface, ...) and returns an ordered list of remedies, each with its mechanism, a suggested value and its cost. Use it when the user describes what went wrong rather than which parameter to change; apply one remedy at a time. If no known symptom matches, it says so instead of guessing. It also points out problems that no parameter can fix. No side effects.

Given what you want (safe and failure-free / fast / strong under load / good surface / economical), returns ordered parameter adjustments grouped by what they counter: adhesion and warping, nozzle collisions, surface quality, structural strength, time, filament. Each move includes its mechanism, a suggested value, its cost, and the actual value in the current preset and its shape (per-extruder parameters must be overridden with an array; a scalar is silently not applied). If modelPath is given, a printability analysis runs first and conditional adjustments are added based on the geometry. This is for planning before a print; to work back from a print that already failed, use bambu_diagnose. It only returns a plan and changes nothing. No side effects.

Creates an auto-stabilised copy of the given (or currently selected) process preset that can be used directly in Bambu Studio. Use it when small print-in-place parts detach from the bed or get dragged off by the nozzle. It applies exactly: first-layer outer wall 20 mm/s, first-layer infill 30 mm/s, outer wall capped at 60 mm/s, slowdown for overhangs, avoid crossing printed walls, Monotonic line, and ironing and Fuzzy Skin turned off. If the source is an existing user preset, its leaf-level calibrations (dimensions, elephant's foot, etc.) are kept, but the new file still inherits directly from the system preset. By default Auto Brim is explicitly turned off so the brim does not fuse gear clearances; Brim Ears can be requested explicitly, and you will still be reminded to check the first layer. It does not change filament temperature, cooling or flow, because regular PLA and Silk PLA must be calibrated separately. Writes a file to the user profile directory; takes effect after Bambu Studio is restarted.

Creates a custom preset that inherits from a system preset, in the BambuStudio user profile directory; it appears in the dropdown after Bambu Studio is restarted. BambuStudio has no plugin API (see bambulab/BambuStudio#9614), so this is the only way to get parameters tuned by an AI into the GUI. Writes a file; an existing preset with the same name is never silently overwritten.

Slices with the BambuStudio CLI and reports real statistics: layer count, print time, filament weight. Presets are flattened before they are passed to the CLI; feeding the raw presets to the CLI makes every inherited parameter fall back to the built-in default (BambuStudio#1704), so do not call the CLI directly. After slicing, it reads the settings that actually took effect back from the output and audits each override you requested; an overrideAudit entry with honoured = false was not applied. Starts a child process and writes a .gcode.3mf to the configured output directory. It does not send anything to a printer or start a print.

Parses an STL (binary or ASCII), 3MF or OBJ and reports triangle count, bounding box, volume, surface area, and whether the mesh is closed. The format is detected from the file content, not the extension. For 3MF and OBJ it also reports the part count and part list (3MF coordinates have the placement transform applied; OBJ is split into parts by o / g, and Tinkercad's colour export is OBJ). Reads only files inside the allowed directories. No side effects.

Finds problems visible before slicing: exceeding the build volume, floating bodies that do not touch the plate, an unclosed mesh, the share of steep overhangs, too small a base area, too high an aspect ratio, features that are too thin, and warping risk on large bottom surfaces. Each finding lists the related parameters. Floating detection splits the mesh into shells, merges shells that touch or intersect into bodies, merges shells fully enclosed by another body into it, then checks whether each body reaches the plate and measures the gap to the nearest body: a narrow gap means the parts were not joined in the model (turning on support would make them print as separate pieces); only a wide gap really needs support. Accepts STL, 3MF and OBJ. This is geometric analysis, not a slicing simulation; thin walls inside the model only show up when actually sliced. No side effects.

Measures the smallest clearance between the parts in a 3MF or OBJ, to judge whether a print-in-place mechanism will fuse when printed. Parts that touch each other are first merged into rigid bodies before comparing, because Bambu also stores the colour-change segments of a single solid as separate parts; without merging, one piece would be reported as "clearance 0". When the clearance is too small it suggests compensation, distinguishing outer contours from holes (the enclosed side is a hole to the slicer and is controlled by a different parameter). STL has no part boundaries, so it cannot be measured. No side effects.

Builds a Bambu project 3MF from a base body STL plus extra parts. A negative part (negative_part) cuts away where it overlaps, a modifier (modifier_part) applies different settings to its region, and support_blocker / support_enforcer control support. In a Bambu model each of these is just one more part with a label, so no geometry (boolean) engine is needed. The output can be read back item by item with bambu_inspect_project, or passed straight to bambu_slice. Writes a file to the output directory.

Reads the objects and parts from a Bambu project 3MF, including each part's subtype and per-part settings. Use it to verify that what was written is really in the file; this is the key advantage of working with files over the GUI: you can compare item by item instead of only looking at the screen. It also flags subtypes that BambuStudio does not recognise. No side effects.

Searches for models across platforms. Thingiverse uses its official API (requires THINGIVERSE_TOKEN). MakerWorld and Printables have no official public API, so for them only a search link is returned for a person to open; this is a deliberate downgrade: no scraping or private endpoints pretending to be an API. Do not claim to have searched or downloaded models from those platforms. Does not download any model. Accesses the internet.