New York City 3D Model

Bring New York into your home in 3D. A relief map of Lower Manhattan — every street, block and building footprint — printed as a single piece to stand on a shelf or hang on a wall. A good gift for New Yorkers, former New Yorkers, and anyone who left a bit of themselves there.

WHAT'S INCLUDED - new-york.3mf — Lower Manhattan at 200 mm, 1:5000 scale - Colours separated as individual objects, so it prints in one colour or up to five - Real terrain relief under the streets, not a flat plate - Individual trees and street planting - Building heights scaled 2x so the skyline reads at this size

HOW TO PRINT IT 1. Import the 3MF into your slicer — objects and colours come through already separated 2. To change size, scale uniformly with 'Uniform scale' checked 3. Print as a single piece. Above about 250 mm, split into tiles in the slicer 4. No supports needed 5. Stand it on a shelf, or hang it with mounting strips 6. Optional: add a frame or a backing mat

RECOMMENDED SETTINGS - Size: 200 mm as supplied. Below 150 mm the street detail closes up - Layer height: 0.16–0.20 mm - Nozzle: 0.4 mm - Infill: 15% gyroid - Supports: none - Filament: matte PLA throughout

SUGGESTED COLOURS - Buildings — bone white - Civic and non-residential buildings — terracotta - Ground, roads and paths — warm stone - Water — blue - Parks, forest and trees — green

Single-colour in matte white works well too. Light it from the side and the shadows do the work.

ABOUT THESE MODELS Built from open map data and USGS elevation data, then tuned for printing rather than for the screen. Water, parks and roads are separated so the street plan still reads at small sizes.

Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database Licence (ODbL). Generated with Mini Skyline.