Lake Tahoe depth topography

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Lake Tahoe depth topography

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0.16mm layer, 2 walls, 15% infill
0.16mm layer, 2 walls, 15% infill
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First try at printed color filament changes.

All bathymetry and elevation data downloaded from USGS and public domain sources.

Rendered in GIS and exported to mesh at 1:150,000 scale (if printed on 300x300 bed, if using profile is 80% so slightly less scale). And 2 x vertical exaggeration to highlight the mountainous topography.

 

For colors I use Polymaker polyterra series cappuccino Gradient for the bare rocks between trees and snow line. Any silk/glitter shiny for the light trees and a army green for the darker trees. Cold white makes great snow, pick something closer to blue hue than yellow. For water you can add another filament switch in to get the deep darker blue with the lighter blue. I recommend looking for a Gradient to simulate this effect, something like amolen offers one. Also I use Polymaker dual color blue it’s a coextrusion gives contrast to water details

 

I originally Printed on 300 x 300 if you are doing this print on 0.16 layer height and change filament at layer 74.

This will hopefully be the right elevation to change from lake blue to green or brown for land.

Good luck!

 

General User disclaimer: This is an artistic representation of a real place in the Earth, sourced from publicly available data. This is an artistic representation and may contain errors, inaccuracies, and in no way should be used for navigation. The designer is in no way liable for misuse of this model. Please print and enjoy this fantastic piece of art. Printed with multiple filaments and some details touched up with marker. Your product may vary slightly

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Scaled smaller and printed at 0.12 layer height. turned out great. I wiil pour some transparent blue resin where the lake is. Great file, thank you!
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YES! Resin goes great in these lakes. Thats why I put Bathymetry there not just topography. GO for it!
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So I went with a more traditional look…. with a bed of lava a charred landscape and mountains of fire.. I think it came out awesome! Thanks
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That’s awesome!
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Really beautiful print, I used light teal instead of white for the top and a darker brown and it’s one of my favourite prints, thank you for uploading!
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Nice! Thanks for printing!
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Replying to @paleojon :
I love the topographic prints but this really had great depth and you layered the colors so perfectly, so there wasn’t a huge waste of filament changing colors while not sacrificing the quality! it also printed perfectly with zero tweaking which is amazing! I wish it was a bit thinner on the bottom to make it easier to frame, but I don’t know if you could even do that without sacrificing the depth which is way more important! I will upload the picture soon. I hope you keep uploading more!
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this are great models please make more!
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Looks really good
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