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Build your own sculpted globe with a 3D printer.

Print your own relief globe of the world showing land heights and ocean depths.
This 16” globe is made from 20 terrain tiles printed with two extruders on a 250 mm x 250 mm platen.

Download file package (1.6 GB)

The GCODE files are available as free download so you can print them directly if your printer supports two extruders and a large enough printing surface. Alternatively, the STL models files are available if you want to process and print your own. There is also a gallery of images illustrating how each tile can be painted.

The two filament colors (blue and white) differentiate land from water. This globe was subsequently painted with acrylic paints to highlight the shallow ocean. Painting the globe has many benefits, including covering partial color mixing, exposing printing artifacts and smoothing the printed surface.

Each print uses a two-part model, one for ocean and one for land. I used Repitier-Host to repair some minor manifold issues and CuraEngine to render the models for a Geetech A20M, which supports two extruders and the required print size. The resulting GCODE can be used directly by suitable printers.

Each tile requires a fair amount of time to print (about two days), as there are over 400 layers at 0.1 mm. When complete, the inner support material and any printing artifacts can be removed. Adjacent tiles can be held together with small binder clips or joined with glue.

After first coat of acrylic paint and assembly.
Land cover painting guide.

Please see Lessons & Activities for more downloadable curriculum activities and more.

The Coriolis Effect Lesson Activity
Authored by Will Robertson, Upper School Science Teacher at Stone Ridge School of the Sacred Heart, Bethesda, MD

In the southern hemisphere of a planet rotating from west to east (such as the Earth), the direction of the Coriolis force acts perpendicularly to the LEFT of the direction of fluid flow.

Download Coriolis Activity Sheet
Download Coriolis Answer Key

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