CUSTOM · TOPOGRAPHIC · 3D-PRINTED

◭ CAIRN

Turn your hike photos into a
3D-printed topographic memento.

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Drag your hike photos or folder here

JPG · HEIC · PNG · DNG · ARW · CR2 · NEF

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Configure your print

Defaults work for most treks. Tune to taste.

PRINT SETTINGS

Track name

Print width

mm

Z exaggeration

×

Base thickness

mm

DEM source

TRAIL

Tube radius

mm

Trail Z-offset

mm

EXTRAS

Water features Lakes & rivers from OpenStreetMap

Scale bar Miles legend, extruded onto surface

Picture frame Raised border with optional title

Frame thickness

mm

Frame height

mm

Frame title

YOUR MAP WILL INCLUDE

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Terrain mesh

30 m global elevation data
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Trail ribbon

Hiking path from photo GPS
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Water features

Lakes & rivers from OpenStreetMap
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Scale bar

Distance legend in miles
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Picture frame

Custom title text, 5 paintable regions

Print size 170 × ? mm

Paintable regions 5

Aspect ratio is computed from the GPS bounding box after upload.

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Building your model

Each step runs the real cairn pipeline. ~30 seconds to 2 min.

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Interactive preview

Drag to rotate · scroll to zoom · double-click to reset

LOADING MESH

CLICK & DRAG TO EXPLORE

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Your model is ready

Download the STL and print it on any FDM or resin printer.

MODEL DETAILS

PRINT DIMENSIONS

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Download 3MF Pre-colored

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Download STL

The 3MF opens in Bambu Studio with each region as a separately-selectable body — one click per region to assign a filament. The STL is a single fused mesh you'd have to paint by hand.

PRINT GUIDE

Printer Bambu A1 Mini or similar

Layer height 0.16 mm

Infill 10 % gyroid

Supports None needed

PAINTABLE REGIONS

Terrain tan / stone
Trail orange / red
Water glacier blue
Frame dark brown
Title text gold / white