3D print Todai-ji
A free, printable model of Todai-ji and its great tiered roof, with the lawns, streams, paths and roads around it, generated from real map data in your browser.
Free, in your browser. Exports a slicer-ready 3MF.
About Todai-ji
Todai-ji, also written Tōdai-ji, is a Buddhist temple complex in Nara, Japan, which was once counted among the powerful Seven Great Temples. Its name means 'Eastern Great Temple'. It was founded in 738 CE but not opened until 752 CE. Building it was an attempt to imitate the much-admired Chinese temples of the Tang dynasty. Kegon Buddhism has its Japanese headquarters at the temple.
Its Great Buddha Hall, the Daibutsuden, houses the Buddha Vairocana in bronze, a statue called Daibutsu in Japanese and described as the largest of its kind in the world. The hall dates from 1709 and measures 57 m (187 ft) long, 50 m (160 ft) wide and 49 m (161 ft) high, yet it is about 30% smaller than its predecessor. It held the title of the largest wooden building in the world until 1998. By the late 19th century the weight of its huge roof had brought the hall close to collapse, which restoration from 1904 to 1913 prevented.
The statue, 16 m (52 ft) high, was cast in eight stages over three years. The eye-opening ceremony in 752 drew 10,000 monks, along with 4,000 dancers, and 48 lacquered cinnabar pillars hold up the hall's blue tiled roof. It belongs to the UNESCO World Heritage listing named Historic Monuments of Ancient Nara, which covers seven other sites in the city.
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 | 13 mm | 1:3,750 |
| 200 mm | 16 mm | 1:3,000 |
| 256 mm | 21 mm | 1:2,344 |
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- A huge overhanging roof
- The wide, double-tiered roof overhangs the walls on every side. A larger print size keeps the eaves sharp, and layers of 0.12 to 0.16 mm help the curved roof lines.
- Slim pillars and ridge ornaments
- Rows of slim pillars line the front wall, and small curved ornaments sit at the ridge ends. Print friendly adapts them to the print scale; Full detail keeps them, which suits a larger print or a fine nozzle.
- 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. Todai-ji 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
Todai-ji 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 Todai-ji 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. Todai-ji grows with the print: about 13 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.
