# how to auto assign colors to bodies

**URL:** <https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/how-to-auto-assign-colors-to-bodies/31014>\
**Category:** Modeling Questions\
**Created:** [March 27, 2024, 4:18pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/how-to-auto-assign-colors-to-bodies/31014 "2024-03-27T16:18:02Z")\
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**Author:** ![boatieboatie](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/boatieboatie/32/25483_2.png) [@boatieboatie](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/boatieboatie)\
**Post date:** [March 27, 2024, 4:18pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/how-to-auto-assign-colors-to-bodies/31014/1 "2024-03-27T16:18:02Z")

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Hello, I’m testing different CAD software and was recently on Fusion 360. They have a button that can auto assign colors to bodies. This is quick and easy, since I don’t care about the actual colors, I just want to quickly visualize the product. How can I do this in Shapr3d?

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**Author:** ![Oregonerd](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/oregonerd/32/8012_2.png) [@Oregonerd](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Oregonerd)\
**Post date:** [March 27, 2024, 5:28pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/how-to-auto-assign-colors-to-bodies/31014/2 "2024-03-27T17:28:56Z")

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The only way is through the visualization. It’s not automatic but is not really that time consuming either.

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**Author:** ![BKE](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/bke/32/31690_2.png) [@BKE](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/BKE)\
**Post date:** [March 27, 2024, 9:59pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/how-to-auto-assign-colors-to-bodies/31014/3 "2024-03-27T21:59:40Z")

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Nag, nag…

> [@Shapr3D is a modeling app stop making fancy functions](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/shapr3d-is-a-modeling-app-stop-making-fancy-functions/27907/7):
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> Every day I miss my old good (almost perfect) Shapr3D (ca 14.12.2). Easy and fast! [e71256500f8f0bdc11ebbbddb1a1207aa71fc821\_2\_669x500] Transparency and color was instant. No needless, endless and cumbersome roundtrips to visualization. (And if you need the visualization you are forced to keep two ‘tracks’ in sync by duplicate workspaces, one colorized and one visualized). /BK

I _do_ think it time (to) consuming…  
For me, still one of the most irritating functional downgrade I encountered.

(Last week I tried to make some enhancement to my working environment by making material by default transparent (in visualization) but that failed.)

/BK

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**Author:** ![Oregonerd](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/oregonerd/32/8012_2.png) [@Oregonerd](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Oregonerd)\
**Post date:** [March 28, 2024, 12:08am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/how-to-auto-assign-colors-to-bodies/31014/4 "2024-03-28T00:08:09Z")

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Yes, however some of the functionality you gain with Shapr… don’t throw the baby out with the bath water. 😆