3D print the Biodesign Institute
A free, printable model of the Biodesign Institute building and the Tempe campus around it, generated from real map data in your browser.
Free, in your browser. Exports a slicer-ready 3MF.
About the Biodesign Institute
The Biodesign Institute is a research center at Arizona State University, on its Tempe campus. The institute is known for solutions inspired by nature to global health, sustainability, and security problems. Scientists from varied disciplines work in collaborative research centers and laboratories, and the labs are spread across several buildings that cover nearly 540,000 sqft.
When COVID-19 struck, the institute established a clinical testing laboratory that handled over one million tests. It also developed a saliva-based test that received emergency approval from the FDA, and the Governor's Celebration of Innovation named it one of its Innovators of the Year.
Ten Eyck Landscape Architects planned the 4-acre site as a "green gateway" for the research facility in the desert. Harvested stormwater and condensate feed the landscape so that it works as a riparian area. In 2009 it earned an Honor Award from the ASLA in the General Design Category.
How it prints
Make this print opens the generator on a 600 m square around the landmark. Buildings print at close to true scale, so the landmark grows with the print size.
| Print size | Landmark height | Scale |
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| 160 mm default | 7 mm | 1:3,750 |
| 200 mm | 9 mm | 1:3,000 |
| 256 mm | 12 mm | 1:2,344 |
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- Louvers and roof equipment
- The facade has fine louvers and the roofs carry small equipment boxes. Print friendly adapts these small details to the print scale; Full detail with a larger size keeps them all.
- One piece with the ground
- The Biodesign Institute is joined to the ground in the exported file, and the four-side check found no floating parts, so nothing needs gluing.
- Pick the detail for your nozzle
- In the Buildings settings, set Landmark detail to Print friendly to adapt thin parts and small details to the print scale. Full detail keeps every modeled feature, for larger prints or a finer nozzle.
- Colors
- Buildings, roads, water and ground arrive as separate filament slots in the 3MF. The Biodesign Institute takes the building color.
- File format
- You get a 3MF for Bambu Studio, OrcaSlicer or PrusaSlicer. Any of them can save it as STL if you need one.
About this model
The Biodesign Institute is one of more than 2,300 landmark models in Mini Skyline. They are made with AI, and each one is checked from four sides in its real surroundings before release. Everything around it is built from OpenStreetMap and Overture map data. If you would rather print the shape from map data, turn off Landmark models in the Buildings settings.
Common questions
Is there a Biodesign Institute STL I can download?
Mini Skyline builds the file for you in your browser and exports 3MF, which every major slicer opens. If you need an STL, open the 3MF in your slicer and export it from there.
How big can I print it?
Any print size from 40 mm across. The Biodesign Institute grows with the print: about 7 mm tall on the default 160 mm print. For a model larger than your printer bed, Project Mode splits the area into tiles.
Is it free?
Yes. Generation runs in your browser, with no account and nothing behind a paywall.
