3D print the Shwedagon Pagoda
A free, printable model of the Shwedagon Pagoda and the platform, low buildings and green ground around it, generated from real map data in your browser.
Free, in your browser. Exports a slicer-ready 3MF.
About the Shwedagon Pagoda
The Shwedagon Pagoda is a gilded stupa in Yangon, Myanmar. Its official name is Shwedagon Zedi Daw, meaning "Golden Dagon Pagoda", and it is also called the Great Dagon Pagoda or the Golden Pagoda. Believed to enshrine relics of the four earlier Buddhas of the present kalpa, it is described as Myanmar's most sacred Buddhist pagoda. The 112 m (367 ft) pagoda crowns Singuttara Hill, which is 51 m (167 ft) high, and reaches an altitude of 170 m (560 ft). Zoning rules cap Yangon's buildings at 127 m (417 feet) above sea level, or 75% of the pagoda's height above sea level.
According to legend, the pagoda was built more than 2,500 years ago, in the Buddha's lifetime, which would make it the world's oldest Buddhist stupa. The royal chronicles mention it first in 1362/63 CE, when King Binnya U raised it to 18 m (59 ft); Queen Shin Saw Pu later brought it to 40 m (130 ft), gilding it too. A 1768 earthquake toppled the top, and in 1775 King Hsinbyushin rebuilt it to 99 m (325 ft), not counting the hti, or crown umbrella. A new hti came from King Mindon in 1871.
Gold plates cover the bricks of the stupa's plinth. Above the base come terraces, the bell-shaped part, the turban, an inverted almsbowl, lotus petals, a banana bud, and finally the umbrella crown, set with 5,448 diamonds as well as 2,317 rubies. A 76 carat (15 g) diamond sits on the diamond bud at the very top. Each of the four entrances has a flight of steps up to the platform and is watched over by a pair of giant leogryphs.
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 | 30 mm | 1:3,750 |
| 200 mm | 38 mm | 1:3,000 |
| 256 mm | 48 mm | 1:2,344 |
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- A fine open crown
- The top ends in a slender, open crown. Print friendly adapts it to the print scale; Full detail keeps it on a larger print, ideally with 0.12–0.16 mm layers. Print slowly with good cooling.
- Rings and a stepped base
- Many thin rings band the upper stupa, and the base has a stepped, serrated edge. A bigger print size keeps these ridges distinct.
- One piece with the ground
- The Shwedagon Pagoda 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 Shwedagon Pagoda 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 Shwedagon Pagoda 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 Shwedagon Pagoda 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 Shwedagon Pagoda grows with the print: about 30 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.
