How to 3D Print your own Cityscapes and Terrains (FREE Method)

[@0ver1de89]

for blender. Instead of having to fix each of the cut off faces manually, you can just turn on a pre-installed add-on in blender called “3d print tool box” it has an option to repair models the same way as fusion 360, in that case it would automatically fix those faces. and of course it can be used in any of the other steps to fix the model instead of using fusion. Though sometimes it doesn’t always work perfectly so always check the result and redo it or manually do some of it and it will complete the rest etc.

[@Lukis3D]

wow thanks for that great tip! that'll save so much time

[@spacehunter2018]

Yup yup, blender is the GOAT, and u can just model ur own landscaped using ANT landscape generator

[@mithileshpakala9793]

Could you please explain how to do that. I never used Blender before, I am trying to learn.

[@moisted]

There is no “3d print tool box” addon

[@spacehunter2018]

@@moisted haven’t checked blender 4.2 however in 4.1 there was an addon called 3d print toolbox

[@Chris-1974]

I live in the Netherlands so I can just print out a flat square and be done with it.

[@Lukis3D]

😂😂

[@infinityviews433]

Frfr we don’t have any mountains very bad 😢 I want those big high mountains

[@dcmol83]

no it has to be below sealevel so you can actually just not print anything

[@ducomaritiem7160]

I tried, but livingin the Netherlands so only errors... and trying print a city: only queries errors from Google... 1 hour of trying down the drain

[@HBslotcarBench]

same here, only flat in Holland , you waisted my time

[@Ollie9T7]

printing the model in its "standard orientation" rather than on its side makes the layer lines look like contour lines, a pretty cool feature.

[@Lukis3D]

yeah it is! it depends on what kind of finish you‘re looking for

[@antongoulko6641]

This was the most straightforward and clear tutorial that I've seen in a long time!

[@Lukis3D]

thanks! i tried not to make the video too long

[@cesarramirez7316]

Found this through Reddit. Bro, this is amazing. I just paid someone to make me one of a city for 12 dollars. Oh well, we live and learn. Thank you !

[@Lukis3D]

your welcome! The methods i shown here are free and more for beginners, so they‘re gonna be less detailed than paid ones.

[@ADR69]

what a great idea. never in my life would i have thought of that. going to boot my printers back up now

[@Lukis3D]

haha yeah, and time to dry those filments too!😄

[@sverkersvensjo9306]

Wow. If only all other KZbin tutorials had been as clear and useful as yours. Great Work! Thanks!

[@Lukis3D]

your welcome! glad you liked it!

[@amaterasu6888]

Hey Lukis , I normally don't comment on youtube videos , but this time I just wanted to thank you for all of your videos especially the drawing ones on the Lukischannel , your drawings have impacted my childhood, and right now I want to start drawing again after years of neglect, and i just happen to remember you and your channels, Thanks again for all the memories !

[@Lukis3D]

Hi there Amaterasu6888! I’m glad that i could inspire you and many other young artists back in the day! Comment like this makes me whole, and motivates me to keep doing what I do. In fact, i wanna thank YOU for watching my videos and for taking the time to write this comment. It’s just mindblowing to think that my viewers are now young adults. Thank u so much for checking out my channel again and have fun getting into drawing again!

[@elongated_muskrat_is_my_name]

A few years back, the English Environment Agency made its lidar data open-access so for a lot of the country you can get heightmap data down to the nearest 1m or less, which is cool. Like I can see my house and the particular shape of its roof.

[@rcbodyshopfr]

In France you have the same with impressive resolution 👍🏼

[@johnnyjobert9921]

@@rcbodyshopfr Hello ! On a accès à ça dans Blender ?

[@rcbodyshopfr]

​@@johnnyjobert9921les scans hd de terrain ign sont accessibles gratuitement .pour le modèle d'élévation avec les bâtiments il faut un abonnement il le semble . Après il peut s'importer dans blender ou autre

[@kehao890]

Omg man I finally find this video for a newbie of blender and 3d printing!!! Thank you very much!!!

[@Lukis3D]

haha your welcome man, have fun printing!💪🏼

[@mike1261]

I've manually modeled a number of topographical areas, some with buildings, in AutoCAD. Some models took several days to complete. I must say these methods are many times faster and easier, however they don't have the same level of detail. These tools are most definitely worth it for most folks. Thanks for the information!

[@ForgeCoreCo]

Yeah the details on these are super basic. Paid versions are 100x better

[@andrikurniawan531]

@@ForgeCoreCo where to get paid version?

[@FounderOf4]

​@@andrikurniawan531 maybe watch the video and see about the paid version

[@TheOfficialOriginalChad]

When printing terrain, print it on its side. Nature does a great job at preventing overhangs! *particularly steep mountains MAY have you trouble, but zooming out will get you more mountains and no problems 😉

[@ultraolfahd5366]

Really love the video. I searched much online but only found paid content or confusing tutorials. Your explanation is pretty straight forward and clear to follow

[@Lukis3D]

thanks man, glad that it helped!

[@mrfoameruk]

it might be cooler if every 10th layer had a different colour (if printed flat) , so when looking from above you would get contour lines.

[@SinanAkkoyun]

Buy some gradient PLA (gradient along length of filament) and you got an extremely smooth gradient!

[@dmiller7758]

Funny you should mention that I developed a terrain model for my students doing that just a couple of weeks before your comment. I found it better to determine heights and layers to make the contours useful increments, but for purely a demonstration of contours, every 10 layers would work.

[@fight2flyphoto]

My dude. You are a life saver! This tutorial is *fantastic* and the fact you included those other 2 resources makes it even better. I've been trying to do this for the last 3 weeks and all the other tutorials I could find absolutely sucked. THANK YOU!

[@Lukis3D]

your welcome! Hope that it works out for you, and happy printing💪🏼!

[@martingerken7094]

this video killed it - Google Maps API is beyond limit

[@fight2flyphoto]

Right? Grrr!

[@coreymartin9630]

In most slicers you can add geomerty to parts, there's a bunch of primatives that can be added and combined with models easily so you don't have to use a CAD program to add a base to your model

[@Lukis3D]

surely, but using CAD is helpful if you want that flexibity to create any type of base you like. Of course, i made a basic base here as an example

[@philippl3989]

Very cool, tried the Blender method about a year ago, but fail due to my unfamiliarity with the software at the post-processing step. That solves that 👍

[@wannehaves]

I haven't tried it yet, but I like how you explained it in your video. 👍

[@Lukis3D]

thank u! the first 2 methods are super easy and it would make a great gift👍🏼

[@rb5029-h1i]

I agree. This is one of the best simple/fast tutorials I’ve seen in a while. I had a rough model in blender in less than 10 minutes.

[@andyspoo2]

A really good tutorial. The only thing I'd add is selecting 'variable layer height' in your slicer will produce a better quality print when it comes to curved surfaces like the terrain.

[@ausderluft4850]

Tolles Video. Auch wenn ich jetzt traurig bin das GIS auch deine Methode ist. Hatte gehofft was neues zu finden ^^. Grüße aus der Nähe von Heidelberg

[@Lukis3D]

Sorry 😅, aber trotzdem danke für deinen Kommentar!

[@ausderluft4850]

@@Lukis3D es ist doch auch etwas positives, das man die beste Methode schon verwendet. Kommst du auch aus der Ecke oder Heidelberg weil es schön findest?

[@texas18201]

I love your videos m8! Straight forward and d9nt waste time installing the software XD quick note on blender. There is a 3d print tool in blender you can use to fix errors. There is a 'Make manifold' option that will fix errors and show you some stats on your model. Saves you a hop to fusion. Keep up the great work!

[@Lukis3D]

thanks, I’m glad you liked it! and thanks for the tips, that will surely save alot of time😁!

[@Iskelderon]

Thanks for that tutorial! It's perfect for a project I was planning to make for next year, where I'd need rectangular city layouts for population sections inside a large space station (elements inside a large transparent plastic tube).

[@Lukis3D]

your welcome man, and Good luck with your project!💪🏼

[@MrYabbie]

Awesome video - have wanted to reproduce my local mountains. Thanks for the video!!

[@Lukis3D]

your welcome and good luck!👍🏼

[@mimaresrazeynepcayli]

Thank you so much. So clear tutorial

[@Lukis3D]

your welcome! Glad that it helped😊

[@treidprint]

Very good tutorial. Thanks for the information.

[@Lukis3D]

your welcome!

[@flippy9133]

Super cool, wish my home town was 3D on google maps

[@christophschwienbacher3137]

That's the greatest video, and I've seen a lot of them in the last few days... I only have the problem, that I can't switch between map and satellite, and the site gives the error that Google Maps can't get loaded, tried with Chrome, Firefox and Edge but the export works very well anyway, though. Any idea?

[@vCtrlAltDelv]

Love that multicolored terrain print!

[@matthewprice5749]

Amazing tutorial, thank you!

[@Lukis3D]

your welcome!

[@loopymind]

Finally! I've been looking for this for quite a while

[@lutfijd]

this is very nice, thumb up and will be doing this, looks really nice.

[@Lukis3D]

thank you very much!

[@giovanbattistacastiglione529]

Woww non conoscevo questa possibilità. Grazie! 😊

[@Lukis3D]

Your welcome!

[@cryban7011]

​@@Lukis3D you're *

[@Doyle69]

Some reason any browser I use it says Google maps cant be loaded correctly, do I own the website 😐

[@alissonfranco]

here as well

[@JonMurray]

Awesome man! New subscriber ✌🏻

[@Lukis3D]

thanks for subscribing!

[@andrescortes7269]

You said this is for beginners. Do you have a video or plan on making one that is more advanced, so we could achieve higher levels of detail? This is still a great video and very helpful!

[@Lukis3D]

currently not yet, and the better / detailed ones can usually be achieved by using paid softwares, unfortunately. And thanks for your kind comment!

[@FounderOf4]

If you are advanced, then you should not need a tutorial beyond beginner

[@twiddledup3d]

This is so great! Different options, software, love it! … also, how do you get such beautiful Timelapse with your A1 printer. I’ve always wanted to make cool Timelapse with my A1 mini! Thanks!

[@Lukis3D]

thanks so much! ive made a video about how i made the timelapse, you can check it out🙏🏼 Although now i’m experimenting with a new method so maybe i’ll make an update about that too

[@twiddledup3d]

@@Lukis3D Cool! Will check it out… but yes, let us know about newer, cooler, better, ways of doing things too! :)

[@Akki_Ke]

Nice video and thanks for linking the pages. Unfortunately touch-mapper only says „search failed: OVER_QUERY_LIMIT“. Seems like the page is not allowed to use the source anymore.

[@Geeksmithing]

I am also finding this

[@rayman301030]

Lukis so goated for this. Thank you sir

[@Lukis3D]

your welcome man! And good luck

[@davidhackl1230]

Hi, first of all thank you for this tutorial! I've some troubles printing the roads. Actually I can see them in the preview of the model in the Bambu Lab Studio, however the slicer get rid off them during the slicing process. Do you have any idea how to avoid this? Thank you!

[@Lukis3D]

hi there, your welcome! Do you get the notification error about the model? Make sure to fix it using Fusion360 or in Blender itself. If its not the problem, then maybe try to make the road thicker and see if that helps?

[@davidhackl1230]

@@Lukis3D Making the road thicker was the solution. Thank you very much! 🙏

[@alienw99]

best on the web!!!

[@Lukis3D]

thanks man! Have fun printing your own map!

[@Reglaized]

Thank you for sharing! Does anyone know how to cut out the waterways? I was thinking that I could select the waterways and extrude them downward. However, the waterways are shown in the format of lines. Solidifying them and extruding downward does not capture the coastline clearly.

[@SgtMajor82]

Great video! Thanks... How long does the larger cityscape take to print on the A1 please?

[@Lukis3D]

thanks man, glad u liked it! I would say around 3 hours

[@rocken8899]

Great video. I am looking on how to do this for lakes showing the depth of lakes. Do you know if this can be done? Thank you

[@medtuning]

thx so much! amazing tutorial!

[@Lukis3D]

your welcome! Glad u liked it

[@jimsalabim22]

Je nach Stadt ist es auch möglich auf das 3D Gebäudemodell in Lod2 oder höher, sowie das DGM (digitale Geländemodell) als Ausgangsdaten zurückzugreifen. Ich tendiere zur Bearbeitung derzeit zu Rhino 3D.

[@fight2flyphoto]

I'm trying this now, step by step, but when I switch to edit mode, the map image, drops to the flat plane below, making the buildings and other elements float. Any idea what I'm doing wrong?

[@ralfcronenberg2181]

Hi, I've got the same problem. Can't figure out, what causes this or what I am doing wrong. Any ideas how to fix this?

[@davidhackl1230]

Have you applied the modifiers as explained in 8:55?

[@YouTubeGoody]

Thanks for the tutorial. Is there any way to get the roof details?

[@Lukis3D]

your welcome man! You can check out another blender plugin "BLOSM". You can set different type of rooftops using that plugin. It‘s not my favorite and not straightforward as BlenderGIS, thats why i didnt include it in this tutorial, but you can check it out if thats something you‘re looking for.

[@Gixxerfool1]

Is there a reason it would only elevate some buildings and not others in Blender? The one building I need is still flat while others around it are elevated. Thanks for the great tutorial.

[@pyrhockz]

Great stuff thanks for sharing !

[@fardouk]

Instead of cutting, make a boolean operation with a cube you don't have to close your buildings ;) And extrude on Z, just type E and then Z and you can move your mouse, it only extrude on Z.

[@Lukis3D]

thank you for the tips!

[@23-Petr-23]

Thanks man for amassing guide

[@Lukis3D]

ur welcome! glad you liked it💪🏼

[@holdupmaster]

is there coverage for other parts of the world? only seems to support USA?

[@Al3eRtO10]

Nice vid! If i want put led?with fusion how could I empty the mountain in the first example?

[@petermcandrew7787]

Matterhorn is no longer on Toblerone packaging. Because Toblerone have moved their production outside of Switzerland, they can no longer use Swiss iconography or terminology. They also no longer mark the packaging as "Swiss milk chocolate" for the same reason.

[@Lukis3D]

oh thats good to know, thanks for telling us this!

[@dialectstat3377]

Thanks for video. Don't get what is benefit to print on its side?

[@Lukis3D]

your welcome! the print quality is way better and you don‘t get the stepped look.

[@dialectstat3377]

@@Lukis3D could you share a link on high res photo of the print on its side?

[@danh6720]

Using that touch terrain, do you know of a way to add overlays? Specifically I'd love to add ski trails that are present in google maps.

[@jaydeevanhattem6906]

Is it true you can only download parts of the US? I'm from the Netherlands and the site gives me a message that Google Maps isnt able to load...? Very cool video tho! Would love tot try this with the city I live in :)

[@Lukis3D]

which one did u try? i used places in Europe in this tutorial (Venice, Prague, Germany, Switzerland) so its possible outside of US too. But its possible that the data is not going to be available everywhere. But i can’t imagine that it doesnt work for Netherlands.

[@DJJuxtapose]

Same here from Australia. Google Maps isn't able to load.

[@heitooooor]

You have to select another Elevation Data Source (the second one should have the entire world), and navigate manually through the map with your cursor to get where you want.

[@JThemelis]

Omg i cant thank you enough for this

[@Lukis3D]

ur welcome, glad u liked it!

[@JThemelis]

@@Lukis3D “like” is an understatement! I’ve been trying to do this for a month and thought i was failing! I have SO many of these id love to do for my family, of our hometown villages and Greek islands!

[@chrisepps3032]

I keep getting "search failed: OVER_QUERY_LIMIT" error when trying to use touch mapper. Anyone know how to fix this?

[@cincinatti6969]

Yep same here! Google says it means you send too many requests to google maps, didnt even use google maps today lol

[@ArisMelachroinos]

Your video markers are wrong, but thank you for the tutorial, it was helpful!

[@jpegcoma]

Very cool! Would you do a tutorial on how to make it multicolor?

[@Lukis3D]

thank you! thats a great suggestion, i’ll try my best💪🏼

[@jonathanakaplan]

@@Lukis3D This would be awesome! Maybe something simple like colors for highway, buildings, water, and nature? Thanks for doing this!

[@David.P.]

I seem to have a problem with roads, they are basically rectangles but unfilled and I am not sure how to fix it

[@vices1g]

Hello! for some reason when selecting the plane, then going to Edit, then A then E, it copies the plane instead of extruding... how can I solve?

[@k_DEDb07]

super cool video. thanks :)

[@Lukis3D]

Glad you liked it!

[@PillsOfSafety]

THANK YOU DUDE!!!

[@Lukis3D]

your very welcome!

[@mtd87]

Very nice tutorial! Sadly, the interesting monuments like cologne cathedral are just a monstrous cube - the data imported into blender as well as used by touch mapper are not detailed enough...

[@Lukis3D]

thank you! yeah. Better ones are usually not free, and can be quite expensive too.

[@quadaiiRobinson]

can you do the call of duty MW3 Rebirth Resurgence map ?

[@mikekiske]

Thanks for the video.

[@Lukis3D]

your welcome🫶🏻

[@carmen110hk]

The site kept showing "This page can't load google maps correctly."

[@salemcripple]

No mater what i do, the model isn't manifold. Even with the "make manifold" add on in blender it shows all the building bases as non-manifold

[@Valuiskihh]

For cities i know xgis, so it has whole city 3d models :)

[@gunracksonline]

Thanks or the video . Using touch mapper. I get a cone that shows the location i searched for. Is there anyway to delete it before printing map?

[@Lukis3D]

yeah unfortunately it genereates that cone automatically. you can cut off the top part of that cone by right clicking the model, then select add negative part > cube. Resize and position the cube on top of that cone.

[@gunracksonline]

@@Lukis3D Thanks for the reply, That is what I did. I was hoping that i was overlooking someway to delete it.

[@heitooooor]

@@gunracksonline, in "Show advanced options" you can edit the coordinates (which I think sets the cone location) and then recenter the map using "X offset" and "Y offset" to your liking. I haven't tried it, but it should work.

[@thekiwo_60]

There is an easy fix in PrusaSlicer: You can click the stl file in the slicer, then go to "Split to objects" in the upper toolbar, click on the cone, remove it. Then select all of the splitted parts and rightclick --> "merge".

[@panjiputradwiaryaarianto1463]

how about the file from drone mapping, can be print like this to? i want print like this but from my drone mapping rendering from agisoft, ihope u will give us tutorial, ty

[@lafayettehighball106]

When using Touch map I keep getting "OVER_QUERY_LIMIT" errors

[@Bozzzbozzz]

WOW! nice Video!

[@IMChrisThom]

I just tried TouchTerrain and it told me "This page can't load Google Maps correctly." Then I tried to search for my town and it says "No results for Orlando Florida, please try a different search (be more specific?)"

[@Lukis3D]

alot of people report that same problem too, i assume that the websites receive too many traffics currently. Try at a later time and see if that works. For towns, i wouldnt use TouchTerrain though, you wanna visit Touchmapper for that.

[@heitooooor]

You have to navigate manually through the map with your cursor to get where you want.

[@23moneymakermj8]

¡Gracias!

[@Lukis3D]

¡De nada y gracias por los SuperThanks!

[@GARBO96]

The catch is that your city either scanned in or publish their 3-D data I tried to locate my city and my hometown but they could only give me the 2-D data

[@ForestRangerFletcher]

What kind of extrude are you doing for the roads? When I do it it just allows me to drag the road layers around or up along the Z axis but I don't see any extrusion appearing underneath.

[@ForestRangerFletcher]

nvm, I had the selection on faces by mistake

[@renx99]

This is very cool but I'm not sure what I would use these for. Suggestions?

[@teriyakipuppy]

The site is a bit janky. It didn't support some locations. also had trouble loading the maps.

[@abbieweaver3316]

Does anyone know how to make it proportional to the elevation? Like if I made two models of mountains at different elevations, I'd want them to be proportional to each other in terms of height.

[@themrchappi1]

Is there any way to generate a 3d map of 2d fantasy map? without having google maps for it

[@michaelhofler3518]

Hi, I tried to open touch terrain, after clicking on the home screen, the message was shown "Google Maps cannot be loaded correctly on this page." Does anyone have any idea how I should deal with this?

[@bpugsy719]

So im trying to do this atm, but the buildings in my area dont actually show up... like the image of them do, but only one of the buildings expand up. anyone have any idea how to fix this? or how to extrude the buildings maybe?

[@matthewthompson7012]

Unfortunately Google doesn't support 3D buildings in my area. 😢

[@cesarramirez7316]

If possible, if anybody has any tips to make these models with higher quality, please comment below

[@ottomuller4948]

Error: All(!) elevation values are 0.0! This may happen if the DEM source does not cover the selected area.

[@nicogautier8748]

Hi, why when I open the stl file with fusion360 the body is invisible and I can't make it appear

[@Lukis3D]

perhalps your STL file is broken?

[@raphaelambrosiuscosteau965]

cool~!!!!

[@yowaldo5212]

I'd love to know if anyone has a good way to utilize this to make a DND map. Like a 3d map of Faerun would be so cool to make and my players would go nuts for it!

[@enrikouji87]

what is the paid method? just curious.

[@Lukis3D]

Cadmapper + Sketchup, both are good tools to create cityscapes👍🏼

[@IchMagNutellaSehr]

I have an error on the touch-mapper "search failed: OVER_QUERY_LIMIT"

[@abruschini]

Same here.

[@philcarpenter]

Same here, looks like it's broken...

[@cryban7011]

do mac users not have a mouse wheel?

[@Lukis3D]

the magic mouse doesn‘t have one😅

[@inkman2k2]

error loading MAP getting a message from Google indicating This page can't load Google Maps correctly. Do you own this website? how do you fix this issue

[@Lukis3D]

no i dont own these websites, but my best guess is that they’re having problems since alot of people visit them at the same time. There’s a tip from another user that you could just paste in the coordinate or browse the map manually.

[@phgi3593]

so.detail

[@ForestRangerFletcher]

My STL does not appear in Fusion and appears as an elongated grey rectangle in Cura. It loads, appears as a listed object but nothing to show on the work surface. Has anyone else got stuck on this?

[@ForestRangerFletcher]

Ok, I figured out it's better to export from Blender as an object file to open it in Fusion 360 then export in fusion as an STl file, now my roads don't appear in CURA though for some reason and the contours seem excessive.

[@ForestRangerFletcher]

I've figures that out too, need to enable 'thin walls' in CURA settings otherwise they are lost due to downscaling

[@Lukis3D]

Im glad that you figured it out!

[@serhatkocaefe]

unfortunately the plugin does not work on mac, it closes the program

[@Lukis3D]

it does that sometimes, so just try again

[@dosdont]

Maybe a video of how you clean and lube your z lead screw next? Everyone shows how to lube the xyz rails but nobody shows the lead screw.

[@Lukis3D]

hi there, i showed how i lube the lead screw briefly in my other video (MUST-HAVE 3D printing tools, at 03:30). I hope that helps!