This project provides a standard for creating, sharing, and printing modular 3D models of urban environments. It encompasses considerations of scale, physical connectors, and best practices.
- Build a platform, by facilitating reuse and interoperability in the design and printing of hobby kits.
- Nurture a community, by enabling collaboration and exchange among those interested in 3D printing cities.
- Craft cities, by using 3D technologies to bring concepts into reality.
The standard consists of printable connectors that are documented in the wiki knowledge base.
- Printable connectors can be found in /bases. Currently, these are the only files that are open-sourced. Other components may be released, once tolerances have been tested.
- The wiki knowledge base documents the standards project.
To use the standard, you need designs to print, as well as access to a 3D printer. You can either create your own files from scratch or use existing ones from public and/or private source. Given that you have a design on hand:
- Scale the design appropriately.
- From /bases, choose an appropriately-sized base for your scaled designs, and in your choice of 3d modeling software, merge the respective mesh underneath the design.
- Prepare the file for 3D printing using any 3D printing software.
- Print.
- Connect the printed product to an OC3D grid, using the appropriate OC3D adapter.
Detailed instructions can be found in the wiki.
This project is open-source and welcomes contributions from anyone who is interested in 3D printing cities. There are several ways you can contribute to the project:
- You can report issues or suggest enhancements on the GitHub issue tracker.
- You can join the community chat with feedback, questions, gallery submissions, printer configurations, &c. on the GitHub Discussions forum.
This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.