How to 3D print your CITY using Blender and Google Maps

How to 3D print your CITY using Blender and Google Maps
!!!! you don't need to use Renderdoc anymore. There are add-ons that will import Google Maps information from Google's API !

thx, I'm a beginner in the blender and open to any advice

[andrewsponer]

Hey, I will try to briefly explain why it might not work for you. The main issue is that the 3d file you get from google maps doesn’t have manifold geometry, which means it won’t work in your 3d slicer. So to make manifold - 3d printer friendly - I extrude the bottom, add a cube, and most importantly use a remash modifier. However, with such highly dense geometry, it might fail. I'm aware that this solution is quite unreliable but I haven’t found any better yet.

[tttimster]

Great video mate thanks for spending the time on this. For anyone having issues with the extrude to create a base:

You will need to bisect the floor of the city and add a bisect in the cube (same cube added in the tutorial). move the new vertices in the middle of the cube created by the bisect to where you want the floor and right click to add a face which will create your floor.

[acid.j]

THANK YOU MR BRO! DID IT WORKS FOR ME! AFTER 7 HOURS OF TRY. REALLY, THANK YOU.

[ForestRangerFletcher]

I'm getting stuck creating the base. The extrusion just drags the faces of the floor down and leaves lots of cavities. I can't figure out how to do the bisect which is suggested below.

[petelindstrom]

I couldn't get RenderDoc to work reliably (Chrome kept changing GPU processes every time I hooked one) but Google recently released 3d Tiles so it is very easy to use BLOSM add-on for Blender to bring in the data. I've been trying to perform the steps that you show but have been having problems. First is Blender 3.6 vs yours. Second may the resolution/complexity of the objects. Any ideas or help are greatly appreciated! Your video is currently the best one out there that describes how to take data from GMAPS through Blender to 3d Print. Thanks!

[saelbalandrano]

Hello Andrew! Great tutorial so far, one quick question at 6:38 you did something to add the cube to the city, I'm stuck on that part so I can remesh it, if I just click remesh to the cube it doesn't do anything. Thanks for the help in advance!

[Michalium]

When I extrude towards the bottom, there is no volume generated the layer just shifts downwards and im left with a hollow model. What am i doing wrong?

[fernandomallo]

Hello, excellent video, could you help me, every time I want to make the surface flat, when I do the extrusion, I have gaps between all the vertices. what am I doing wrong?

[emelpolat]

Love it when you follow a guide exactly and feck all works like it does in the video 😂

[therealscarhomie]

Just a heads up but renderdoc still has a far higher quality in the detail of capture than the maps addon for blender.

[WrongAcrocrab]

Hey just wanted to let you know when using google api for the 3d tiles, its against their TOS to 3d print it

[pierreleduc]

merci pour cette belle vidéo, qu'utilisez vous comme plugin ou logiciel pour enregistrer la souris et les touches du clavier sur votre vidéo de présentation ? bonne année 2023

[Geness-Edits]

Is there a way to get color on the mesh?

[Taco]

super video, however when i extrude the city i get holes all the way down to the bottom of the extrusion, any tips?

[trottola]

when I import the .rdc file into blender 3.1 it says me error and it doesn’t import the google maps file. I followed exactly the tutorial with the same versions. Can someone help me?

[unviewerpascommelesautres]

Hello, at 6:40 when i press remesh, the software crashes and infinitely loads. However, I did the test by taking just a section of the Map, but the problem remains the same. Anyone have the same problem or the solution ?? Thanks !

[marcoantoniocontrerasramir]

Really great tutorial but I have the same problem as below, when I extrude the floor is going down and appears gap between the vertex. Please help! 😅

[tskuhac]

When I increase the voxel resolution to 2 certain buildings go missing. Is this because of internal geometry or gaps in the model?

[SumNumber]

Interesting but even better if the textures could be done as well . :O)

[Tyler-qzuc]

New version doesnt have the inject into process button on render doc. I am not sure how to get around this.