3D print the Texas State Capitol
A free, printable model of the Texas State Capitol's ribbed dome, columned portico and corner wings, with the lawns, curving drives and downtown buildings around it, generated from real map data in your browser.
Free, in your browser. Exports a slicer-ready 3MF.
About the Texas State Capitol
The Texas State Capitol is the seat of government of Texas, in downtown Austin. Both the Texas Legislature and the Governor have their chambers and offices inside. Architect Elijah E. Myers designed it in 1881, and civil engineer Reuben Lindsay Walker directed construction from 1882 to 1888. It stands 92.24 m (302.64 ft) tall and is in the Italian Renaissance Revival style. The National Register of Historic Places listed it in 1970, and in 1986 it received National Historic Landmark status.
A state constitutional article authorized the sale of public lands to pay for the building. It was paid for in one of the biggest barter deals on record: the builders, Charles B. Farwell and John V. Farwell, known as the Capitol Syndicate, received public land in the Texas Panhandle, 12,000 km2 (more than three million acres). That land later became the XIT Ranch, which grew to be the world's largest cattle ranch. The designers first planned limestone cladding, but its high iron content caused rust stains, so the owners of Granite Mountain offered to donate sunset red (also called pink) granite to sheathe the building.
The cornerstone went in on March 2, 1885, which was Texas Independence Day. The building opened to visitors on April 21, 1888, which was San Jacinto Day, although it was not yet complete. It was dedicated on May 18, 1888, during a weeklong celebration. In 1993 a four-story underground extension, costing $75 million, was completed to the north. It has 62,000 m2 (667,000 square feet) of space, close to double the original building's floor space.
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 | 25 mm | 1:3,750 |
| 200 mm | 31 mm | 1:3,000 |
| 256 mm | 39 mm | 1:2,344 |
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- Ribbed dome and slim spire
- A ribbed dome carries a small lantern and a slim spire. Layers of 0.12 to 0.16 mm keep the curve smooth and the tip crisp, and printing slowly helps the spire.
- Columns and window rows
- The portico has a row of slim columns, and the wings carry many small windows. Print friendly adapts these thin parts; a larger print or Full detail keeps more of them.
- 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 Texas State Capitol 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 Texas State Capitol 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 Texas State Capitol 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 Texas State Capitol grows with the print: about 25 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.
