3D print the National Congress of Brazil
A free, printable model of the National Congress of Brazil and the lawns, pools and roads around it, generated from real map data in your browser.
Free, in your browser. Exports a slicer-ready 3MF.
About the National Congress of Brazil
Brazil's federal legislature is the National Congress, which has two chambers. The Federal Senate is the upper chamber, while the Chamber of Deputies is the lower one, and the state assemblies and city chambers are not bicameral in this way. The Congress meets each year in Brasília. The Senate was established by the 1824 constitution of the Brazilian Empire, the country's first.
The Congress has been based in Brasília since the 1960s, in a building designed by Oscar Niemeyer, who also designed most of the government buildings in the city. The building has two semi-spheres, one the Senate's seat and the other the Chamber of Deputies' seat, with two vertical office towers between them. It stands at the center of the Monumental Axis, the city's main street. A large lawn lies in front of it, and the Praça dos Três Poderes lies behind it, home to the Supreme Federal Court and the Palácio do Planalto.
On December 6, 2007, Brazil's heritage institute declared the building part of the Brazilian people's historical heritage. It has also been on the UNESCO World Heritage list since 1987, among the original urban buildings of Brasília. Every one of Brazil's 26 states, together with the Federal District, sends three senators, who serve eight-year terms. The Chamber of Deputies has 513 members, elected for four-year terms by proportional representation.
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 | 28 mm | 1:3,750 |
| 200 mm | 35 mm | 1:3,000 |
| 256 mm | 45 mm | 1:2,344 |
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- A dome and a bowl
- One smooth dome and one wide bowl sit on the flat roof slab. Layer lines can show on curves, so a layer height of 0.12 to 0.16 mm gives smoother surfaces.
- Thin columns under the slab
- Rows of slim columns run beneath the edges of the broad slab. Print friendly adapts them to the print scale; Full detail keeps every column, which suits a larger print.
- One piece with the ground
- The National Congress of Brazil 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 National Congress of Brazil 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 National Congress of Brazil 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 National Congress of Brazil 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 National Congress of Brazil grows with the print: about 28 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.
