Awesome FREE Terrain Files for CNC - Easily Download STL Topographical Maps

In this video I show you how to use Touch Terrain to get free STL terrain files showing the topography of anywhere on earth which you can then load into your CNC editing software to create your toolpaths.

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[hishamhamdan]

I always respect people who share their knowledge and experience.. Appreciate it man

[richardsandford]

Great video! Thank you! Looking forward to the next phase of these…

[NewmanSpecialsWoodwork]

Great Stuff James! Your videos are definitely some of my favorites for understanding how to setup and finesse Carveco!

[seanmcdonald]

Fantastic video as always. I can’t wait to see the rest of the series

[blakelibby]

May I suggest to do a CAM video of this file to complement it? It would be helpful to show users how to get to a final product now that we know how to get the file we need to produce it.

Love the channel so far! Please keep up the excellent work!

[HappyDaysNI]

When is the follow up coming out? Great video, thanks!

[jean-paulgedeon]

Amazing, I was looking for this exact topo map style

[ramaroodle]

Awesome as always! Also, pronounced like "Ray Near." I see it on the way to work most days. 🙂

[davidpowell]

Hi James great video when are you posting the 2nd part

[mstrivelli]

THANK YOU! Been killing myself trying to make these from data sources. Do you have a video on finishing these 3D carves?

[hansdegroot]

Great video and great possibilities with this program. I just ran in to this video, that is already 13 days old. I have to look if the next video has already been released.
I'm very curious what the execution times will be. Hours or even

[MH-mtno]

Awesome video, thanks. I did a trest run and my 3D preview image is a negative from what is expected. Valleys are raised and mountains are recessed

[okfranky]

I love your accent. What area of Britain are you from? Might be a silly question but I'm from Germany and not familiar with British accents.

[davidpowell]

Hi James when do we get the second part ?

[ZacharyQuinn-ks]

Cheap way to make this large scale for tables/huge game boards

Say you want to replicate your hometown:
1. file from touch terrain, choose the 300mm size.
2. Put the mesh into meshmaker, go to transform, and scale to the size you want.
3. Use the plane cut tool cut your map into pieces that fit on your print bed.
4. Print each piece on its side standing up. Use five bottom layers, no top layers, 1, wall loops, 1% linear aligned infill.
5. Print the piece out and pour plaster Paris on inside the piece through the open side.
6. Assemble all pieces on a wood board, glue pieces together. Oggle at your masterpiece of the most detailed map/game board you can make.👍

[benoit]

great tutorial, it comes at the right time for me. I program my cnc with fusion360 and for this kind of engraving fusion is very slow. I can't wait to see your trick for programming this type of engraving.
I hope your tutorial will be made with free software.

[PirateCecil]

Very cool, thanks for this. Would this work in an urban setting with buildings, by any chance?

[AlexanderSeipke]

I create high resolution elevation models, as low as 50cm grid!

[muhammadmohsinali]

Sir how can we convert this file as 3D step file for CFD purpose?

[ulyssesmonteiro]

how to create countours between states and crountries? ive seen a guy doing this and dont know how