3D-printable city model (STL)

Turn any neighbourhood into a printable model: a solid terrain base with buildings and trees, scaled to fit a printer bed.

Open urban:EXPORT — free No sign-up · 3 areas a day up to 5 km² free · up to 100 km²

How to get it

  1. Open urban:EXPORT and find the place: search by city, address or coordinates, or drag the map.
  2. Choose the area shape — square, circle or a free rectangle — and its size (up to 100 km²).
  3. Pick the layers: buildings, roads, bridges, terrain, contours, water and green areas, trees.
  4. Press Create model. In about a minute you get a 3D preview, a drawing and the satellite image.
  5. Click 3D print (.stl). The note under the button shows the print scale and the model size in millimetres.

What you get

Tips

Questions

Is the STL watertight?

Yes, the terrain becomes a closed slab and buildings sit on it, so slicers accept it without repair in most cases.

Open urban:EXPORT — free No sign-up · 3 areas a day up to 5 km² free · up to 100 km²

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