3D print Christchurch Cathedral
A free, printable model of Christchurch Cathedral and the large buildings, roads and open ground around it, generated from real map data in your browser.
Free, in your browser. Exports a slicer-ready 3MF.
About Christchurch Cathedral
Christchurch Cathedral, formally Christ Church Cathedral, is a deconsecrated Anglican cathedral in central Christchurch, New Zealand. Its name was previously spelled ChristChurch Cathedral. Construction took 40 years, from 1864 to 1904, and was paused at times because funding ran short. The building stands in Cathedral Square and became the seat of the Bishop of Christchurch. It was registered in 1983 as a Category I historic place, and it is the only church that George Gilbert Scott designed in New Zealand.
The diocese approved the project in 1858 and commissioned a preliminary design from Scott, a British architect who was known for designing Gothic Revival churches. Scott never visited Christchurch. The cornerstone was laid on December 16, 1864, but work stopped soon afterward for lack of funds, and in 1873 the New Zealand architect Benjamin Mountfort took over. He adapted Scott's design, giving the tower balconies and pinnacles and adding porches on the north and west sides. The nave and tower were consecrated on November 1, 1881, and the chancel, transept and apse were finished by 1904.
A spire on the tower reached 63 meters (207 feet) above Cathedral Square, and public access gave a good viewpoint over the city center. Earthquakes damaged the building repeatedly, mostly the spire. In February 2011 an earthquake in Christchurch destroyed the spire and the tower's upper portion, and the rest of the building was badly damaged. The tower was later demolished, with the last of it removed in March 2012.
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 | 17 mm | 1:3,750 |
| 200 mm | 21 mm | 1:3,000 |
| 256 mm | 27 mm | 1:2,344 |
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- Tall slim spire
- A slender spire rises from the tower. Layers of 0.12 to 0.16 mm keep its tip crisp, and printing slowly helps this tall, thin part.
- Pointed windows and pinnacles
- Pointed windows, small pinnacles and a round window mark the walls and tower. Print friendly adapts them to the print scale; Full detail keeps them, which suits a larger print.
- One piece with the ground
- Christchurch Cathedral 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. Christchurch Cathedral 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
Christchurch Cathedral 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 Christchurch Cathedral 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. Christchurch Cathedral grows with the print: about 17 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.
