How To Create a 3d Printed Jigsaw Puzzle

I wanted to make a 3d printed jigsaw puzzle as a gift for my Mom who’s both a puzzle and map lover but it ended up being a little bit harder than I was expecting so here’s how I ended up doing it which hopefully will save you some trouble if you want to make one too! There’s lots of different sites and ways to download map data into a model but the best one I found that lets you customize colors, details, and a whole lot more is Mini Skyline. It does even have a “project mode” that theoretically lets you subdivide the model into the puzzle pieces but as of the time of writing it’s still bugged out as far as I can tell (and with all the combinations of parameters I’ve tried) and won’t let you export. It also has a limit of 20 x 20 pieces which my method doesn’t have. So to get started, the first step is to select the area you’re interested in, customize the colors to something close to what you can print, make sure to set the intended model longest side length (which informs the scale…

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