TouchTerrain: Easily Create 3D-Printable Terrain Models (ver. 0619)
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Terrain Settings:
Elevation Data source:
(DEM Info)
USGS/3DEP/10m (10m resolution, US only)
AW3D30 (30m resolution, worldwide, good quality)
NRCan/CDEM (20+m resolution, Canada only)
AU/GA/AUSTRALIA_5M_DEM (parts of Australia only)
SRTM GL1 (30m resolution, worldwide-ish, less good)
MERIT (90m resolution, no offshore, worldwide)
GMTED2010 (230m resolution, worldwide)
GTOPO30 (1000m resolution, worldwide, no bathymetry)
ANTARCTICA_DEM (1000m resolution, Antarctica only)
ETOPO1 (2000m resolution, worldwide, with bathymetry)
Transparency:
Gamma:
Sun direction:
West (270 degr.)
North-West (315 degr.)
North (0 degr.)
North-East (45 degr.)
East (90 degr.)
South (180 degr.)
Sun angle:
steep (55 degr.)
normal (45 degr.)
kinda flat (35 degr.)
flat (25 degr.)
very flat (10 degr.)
extremely flat (5 degr.)
Area Selection Box:
N
E (Top right corner)
N
E (Lower left corner)
Optional Polygon KML file:
Scale Box around center
3D Printer Options:
CNC
CNC large size
CNC medium size
CNC small size
20 mm
30 mm
40 mm
50 mm
60 mm
70 mm
80 mm
90 mm
100 mm
110 mm
120 mm
140 mm
160 mm
180 mm
200 mm
225 mm
250 mm
275 mm
300 mm
Width,
Height
CNC high detail
CNC medium detail
CNC low detail
0.2 mm
0.25 mm
0.3 mm
0.35 mm
0.4 mm
0.45 mm
0.6 mm
0.8 mm
1.0 mm
Nozzle diameter
1 by
2 by
3 by
4 by
5 by
6 by
7 by
8 by
9 by
10 by
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Tiles to print (X by Y)
Effective DEM resolution:
m, (source DEM is:
)
0 mm
0.5 mm
1 mm
2 mm
3 mm
4 mm
5 mm
10 mm
20 mm
30 mm
40 mm
50 mm
Model Base thickness
30 mm tall
1 inch tall
20 mm tall
15 mm tall
1/2 inch tall
x 1.0 (none)
x 1.25
x 1.5
x 2
x 2.5
x 3
x 3.5
x 4
x 4.5
x 5
x 7.5
x 10
x 15
x 20
x 30
x 40
x 50
x 65
x 80
x 100
Vertical Exaggeration (Z-scale)
Obj
STL binary
STL ascii
GeoTiff
File format
Export Selected Area and Download File
Developed by Chris Harding
Dept. of Geological and Atmospheric Sciences, Iowa State University
and Franek Hasiuk,
Kansas Geological Survey.
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How to cite this work
More details in:
ESRI Story map
;
TouchTerrain - 3D Printable Terrain Models
, Intern. Journal of Geo-Information, Feb. 2021 ;
AGU 2020 conference poster
;
TouchTerrain: A simple web-tool for creating 3D-printable topographic models
, Computers & Geosciences, Volume 109, Dec. 2017, Pages 25-31