Filament Colors as Appearances

See your prints in the right color before you slice. Adds real filament colors from Bambu Lab, Polymaker, and Prusa directly into your Fusion 360 design.

What it does

This tool loads filament color palettes and turns them into appearances you can apply to any body in your design. Instead of guessing what "Bambu PLA Basic - Jade White" looks like, you see it on your model.

Colors show up under Modify → Appearance → In This Design, ready to drag onto parts.

Where to find it

Design → Modify → PrintBusters Toolkit → Filament Colors

How to use it

1. Open your design in Fusion 360
2. Go to Modify → PrintBusters Toolkit
3. Click Filament Colors
4. Wait a few seconds for the import to finish
5. Open Modify → Appearance, switch to In This Design, and drag colors onto your parts

How colors are named

Each appearance follows a consistent naming pattern:

Bambu Lab - PLA Basic - Jade White

This makes it easy to search by brand, material, or color name.

Add your own filament colors

Got a brand we don't cover yet? Drop a JSON file into:

PrintBusters/scripts/filament_colors/

Then run the tool again. Your new colors will be added alongside the built-in ones.

Example JSON format

{
  "manufacturer": "Example Brand",
  "source": "https://example.com",
  "filaments": [
    {
      "product": "PLA Basic",
      "color": "Fire Red",
      "hex": "#C62828"
    }
  ]
}

Good to know

• Running it again won't create duplicates. New colors are added, existing ones are updated.
• You need an open design for it to work.
• Colors are stored in your design file, so they travel with it.

Troubleshooting