For some printers, certain filament profiles may be unavailable in Bambu Studio, even though the same material is already available in Helio's database. This means the material can't yet be selected for simulation or optimisation.
Each printer's built-in material list in Bambu Studio is updated over time. When a new printer or material becomes available, it may take a little while before the profile appears in the slicer, even though it's already supported in Helio.
You can manually add a custom filament profile in Bambu Studio using Helio's naming convention and safe baseline parameters. Once created, the material will appear in the material picker and can be selected for slicing, simulation, and optimisation.
Confirm the material is actually supported by Helio, and use the official material name — Helio matches materials by name internally, so the name needs to match exactly to map correctly between Bambu Studio and Helio.
The material name before the @ must remain exactly the official name — adding anything before @ (like a color name) prevents Bambu Studio from recognizing the material. Text after @ is allowed for custom tags, colors, or notes.
⚠️ Ensure the name in Bambu Studio exactly matches Helio's internal material name — this is a critical requirement for simulation and optimisation to work correctly.
Bambu Studio does not use fuzzy matching — it requires an exact match on the base material name (the part before @). This was tightened at some point specifically to fix an issue where materials with closely-related base names were previously mapped incorrectly.
If your filament isn't natively in the Helio database, you can still run Assess or Enhance by referencing the closest supported material: