AI Anatomy · 3D prints

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   Tower Bridge, London sliced, not printed

   3D map · 120 × 120 × 25.2 mm

   A 120 × 120 mm square of London around Tower Bridge: buildings, roads, the Thames, rail and parks, raised in 3D.

   A test model while Anqi chooses the first place to print. Nothing prints until she picks.

   • Print time 2 h 7 min
   • Filament 55.62 g Bambu PLA Basic
   • Layers 126
   • Settings 0.4 mm nozzle, 0.20 mm Standard, 2 walls, 10 % honeycomb infill, no supports
   • Colour One colour as sliced

   Time, filament and layers are the slicer's estimate (Bambu Studio 02.08.02.61, command line), read from the sliced file.

   Printing it in colour

   The model file keeps 4 map colours (white base, terracotta buildings, blue water, grey roads). The command-line slicer ignores them. To print in colour, open the coloured 3MF in the Bambu Studio app, map the colours to 4 AMS slots and re-slice. Colour swaps add time and purge waste that has not been measured yet.

   Model (.3mf, with colours) · Ready to print on the X2D (.gcode.3mf)

   Made with PrintNexus 3D Map Maker. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Terrain: Mapzen / AWS Open Data. Licence

1. 01

   Pick the place and the size

   A street, a neighbourhood or a landmark. The X2D bed is 256 × 256 mm. 120 mm squares print in about two hours.

2. 02

   Make the model

   PrintNexus 3D Map Maker (free, no account) turns OpenStreetMap data into a 3D model: buildings, roads, water, rail and parks. Download the coloured 3MF.

3. 03

   Slice it for the X2D

   Bambu Studio, PLA, 0.20 mm layers, no supports. For colour, assign the map's colours to AMS slots in the app.

4. 04

   Print

   Hardware checks the printer is free first. Nothing prints without Anqi's go-ahead.

Send Hardware a place name or address. It makes the model, slices it and adds it here before anything is printed.