City3DPrint
Pick a city block, preview it in 3D, then buy STL, 3MF and OBJ files
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About City3DPrint
City3DPrint turns any neighbourhood with OpenStreetMap building data into a framed city model. You search for a city, draw a box up to about 3 km across, and it builds the streets and buildings with mapped heights where available and realistic estimates elsewhere.
Every model comes with a decorative frame and an engraved label of up to 40 characters, such as a city name or date. You get STL, 3MF and OBJ files, and the city, streets, water, frame and label are separate parts, which makes colour changes easy. You can inspect the full interactive 3D preview before paying, and there are curated collections such as famous skylines and historic old towns. A sister site, Terrain3DPrint, does the same for mountains and landscapes.
Files are paid per model through Stripe and delivered without a sign-up. It suits gift makers who want a finished looking city piece without tuning many settings.
What you can make
- Framed city models
- Hometown gift maps
- Skyline collections
- Neighbourhood models with labels
How to use it
- Search for a city or district
- Draw a box around the streets you want
- Add a label and check the 3D preview
- Pay and download the files
Good
- Frame and engraved label included
- Separate parts for easy multicolour printing
- Full 3D preview before you buy
Not so good
- Every download is paid
- Area limited to about 3 km
- Building heights are estimated where OSM has no data
What you'll need to print it
Materials and parts that give the best results with City3DPrint.
Multicolour PLA for keychains and HueForge
Dual- and tri-colour silks give a single-nozzle printer colour shifts with no extra hardware, and a matched colour set is what lets HueForge and colour lithophanes blend thin layers into a full image.
- Bambu Lab PLA Silk Multi-ColorCo-extruded dual and tri colours that shift with the viewing angle; great for keychains and name tags.
- SUNLU Multi-Color Silk PLA (dual/tri/four-colour)Budget dual-, tri- and four-colour silk for colourful prints without an AMS.
- Bambu Lab PLA CMYK Lithophane BundleFour 1 kg spools (cyan, magenta, yellow, white) made for colour lithophanes and handy for HueForge-style layering.
Multicolour filament systems
An automatic filament changer prints multi-colour signs, keychains and HueForge pieces without you standing by to swap filament at every colour layer.
- Bambu Lab AMS liteFour-spool open unit for the A1 series; the cheapest way into Bambu multicolour.
- Bambu Lab AMS 2 ProEnclosed four-spool unit with built-in filament drying for Bambu's enclosed printers.
- Creality CFS (Creality Filament System)Creality's multicolour unit for K2-series printers; expands to 16 colours with RFID and moisture-proof storage.
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