PA12 CF

MatterHackers · PA12 · NylonX Carbon Fiber

PA12

1.01 g/cm³ · ±0.02 mm · OFD 2026-08-25

Nozzle

255 °C

240°tune within range270°

Bed

90 °C

80°tune within range100°

Before you print

3 things to know about this spool

Fit a hardened-steel nozzle
The stuff mixed into this filament (fiber or glow pigment) grinds down a soft brass nozzle fast. A hardened-steel one stands up to it.
Dry it before you print
It quietly soaks up moisture from the air, which leaves prints rough, weak and stringy. Dry it at 70-90°C for about 12-16 hours first, then keep it sealed.
70-90 °C~12-16 h
Print inside an enclosure
It cools too fast in open air and can warp or crack. A closed-in printer holds the heat around the print.

New here? Nozzle = printing temperature in your slicer, bed = build plate. Start at the big number.

Nozzle is the hot-end temperature: enter it as the printing temperature in your slicer. Start at the big number; the range is the safe window to tune within.
Bed is the heated build plate: your slicer calls it bed temperature. It helps prints stick.
OFD is the Open Filament Database, the community-maintained database this catalog is built on.

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Print profile

Free downloadable print profile

Sets this spool's temperatures, material and specs in your slicer. Everything else stays at your slicer's own defaults.

Bambu Studio.json OrcaSlicer.json Cura.xml.fdm_material

How do I install this? 3 steps per slicer

Bambu Studio / OrcaSlicer

Download the file above.
Open the slicer, click the filament dropdown, choose Import (or drag the file into the window).
Pick the “(SpoolBites)” entry from your filament list.

PrusaSlicer

Download the .ini file.
File → Import → Import Config Bundle.
Select the filament preset it adds.

Cura

Download the material file.
Preferences → Materials → Import.
Choose it as your material.

Temperatures from the Open Filament Database, baked into the file with a source note.

Bambu Studio and OrcaSlicer store a separate bed temperature for each build plate. This profile sets the Textured PEI and High Temp plates; on a Cool Plate, Cool Plate SuperTack or Engineering Plate your slicer keeps its own built-in value.