American/US/USA Flag - Paper thin/with color/wallet size - Print In Place

American/US/USA Flag - Paper thin/with color/wallet size - Print In Place
Happy 4th of July! I wanted to create something for the upcoming holiday. I spent weeks trying to figure out the best way to accomplish creating this flag with colors right on the build plate. It is a 3 part z-hop method. It was designed so you don't have to remove the parts from the build plate so you have one solid flag when you are finished.
It is EXTREMELY important to check the settings on your own printer to accomplish this. Mine has a BL touch that forced me to make some GCODE changes to accomplish the multi-color effects. I only have a single extruder, so you may need to change your settings according to what your printer can do. Check the 3d Print Settings section for instructions and printer settings. Please enjoy :)

Filament Brand = SUNLU (requires 210*C temperature)
Ender 3 V2 Neo with BL touch

Cura Slicer
Super Quality 0.12 Default With the following modifications:
Skirt/Brim/Supports = Disabled
Enable Ironing = True
Printing Temp = 210*C
Z Hop = True
Z Hop Height = 0.5 mm (Specific to the height of this design)
Minimum Layer Time = 15s
Minimum Speed = 5.0 mm/s

Start GCode for 1stflagblue (use blue filament)

M104 S180 ; Start pre-heating the nozzle to a safe temperature where the filament won't ooze to save time
M190 S{material_bed_temperature_layer_0} ; Start heating the bed to the target temperature specified in Print Settings and wait until the temperature is reached
G92 E0 ; Reset extruder
G28 ; Auto Home all axes
G29 ; ABL
M420 S1 ; Automatic bed leveling with saved mesh
M104 S{material_print_temperature_layer_0} ; Start heating the nozzle to the target temperature specified in Print Settings
G1 Z2.0 F3000 ; Move Z Axis up
G1 X0.1 Y20 Z0.3 F5000.0 ; Move to start position
M109 S{material_print_temperature_layer_0} ; Wait until the nozzle is heated to the target temperature specified in Print Settings
G1 X0.1 Y200.0 Z0.3 F1500.0 E15 ; Draw the first line
G1 X0.4 Y200.0 Z0.3 F5000.0 ; Move to the side
G1 X0.4 Y20 Z0.3 F1500.0 E30 ; Draw the second line
G92 E0 ; Reset extruder
G1 Z2.0 F3000 ; Move Z Axis up
G1 X5 Y20 Z0.3 F5000.0 ; Move over to prevent blob squish

Start GCode for 2ndflagred and 3rdflagwhite (change filament in-between prints WITHOUT removing the previous print from the build-plate)

M104 S180 ; Start pre-heating the nozzle to a safe temperature where the filament won't ooze to save time
M190 S{material_bed_temperature_layer_0} ; Start heating the bed to the target temperature specified in Print Settings and wait until the temperature is reached
G92 E0 ; Reset extruder
G28 ; Home axis
M420 S1 ; Automatic bed leveling with saved mesh
M104 S{material_print_temperature_layer_0} ; Start heating the nozzle to the target temperature specified in Print Settings
G1 Z2.0 F3000 ; Move Z Axis up
G1 X0.1 Y20 Z0.3 F5000.0 ; Move to start position
G0 Z-0.5 ; Move to adjusted height specifically for this print
G92 Z0 ; Treat this new height as the new zero point
M109 S{material_print_temperature_layer_0} ; Wait until the nozzle is heated to the target temperature specified in Print Settings
G1 X0.1 Y200.0 Z0.3 F1500.0 E15 ; Draw the first line
G1 X0.4 Y200.0 Z0.3 F5000.0 ; Move to the side
G1 X0.4 Y20 Z0.3 F1500.0 E30 ; Draw the second line
G92 E0 ; Reset extruder
G1 Z2.0 F3000 ; Move Z Axis up
G1 X5 Y20 Z0.3 F5000.0 ; Move over to prevent blob squish

Remember to change your GCode back to the original when you are finished so your nozzle doesn't dig into the build plate on future prints.