Queensland

This print was contracted by the Australian Institute of Marine Science. It's a map of Queensland, Australia. The map was created using the bathymetry data from DeepReef.

Map to scale:

• Horizontal = From West to East, the map is approximately 1900km.
• Vertical = From the deepest ocean to the tallest mountain, this map is only 8km tall.

Greyscale image scale:

• Black = -6000m
• White = 2000m

The coastline is exactly at 2/3 of the total height.

Source:

• Bathymetry: https://eatlas.org.au/data/uuid/200aba6b-6fb6-443e-b84b-86b0bbdb53ac
• png23d: http://kyllikki.github.io/png23d/
• Blender: https://www.blender.org/

Print Settings

Printer Brand:

Prusa

Printer:

Rafts:

No

Supports:

Resolution:

0.1mm

Infill:

Notes:

This print is quite large (155mm x 156mm). I recommend cranking up the bed temperature and using brim for printing, to avoid warping.

Be ready to wait for a very long time! This print took 31 hours 24 minutes to complete on my 3D printer.

If you want to do a multi-colours print like mine, try to calculate a proper Z scale / layer height which will put the 0 (coastline) between 2 layers. The settings I used for my print:

• Z scale: 87.64940239%
• Z height of the first blue layer: 6.7mm
• Z height of the first sky blue layer: 16.6mm
• Z height of the first orange layer (coastline): 19.9mm

Please share your results!

How I Designed This

1. I created a greyscale image from the Bathymetry, using GeoServer. This step can also be done using QGis or ArcMap.
2. I created a STL file from the greyscale image using the png23d library.
3. I engrave the client logos under the map using Blender.

Note: Blender is a free CAD program. It's very powerful but it can be hard to use at first. I strongly recommend learning and using Blender for your 3D projects since it produce error free STL files, ready for 3D printing.

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