Updates & Patch Notes

V1.400 - October 24, 2026

MAJOR UPDATE

560 more landmarks, rally stages and airports to print, and Realistic lighting in the preview.

New places to print

• Added 560 more landmarks, mostly stadiums and towers, with 15 new countries.
• Added pages for 43 famous rally stages, each ready to print with its forest.
• Added pages for 68 airports, most with a picture of their print.
• Added every hole to the golf course pages, each ready to print.
• Added pages for 58 more golf courses, each with all 18 holes to print.
• Added Widzew Łódź Stadium to the landmarks, as asked for on Discord.
• Added Castles N' Coasters in Phoenix: its castle, coasters, log flume and rides.
• Added pages for 582 more landmarks, mostly the new stadiums and towers.

Making models

• Added Realistic lighting to the preview, on by default: sun and soft shadows.
• Added a Low and High quality switch to the preview; Low is faster on phones.
• Added Colors from satellite, coloring the ground from a satellite photo.
• Added a Golf flag marker to place on any green.
• Added Tee Boxes as their own golf course feature, printed as raised, level tees.
• Added a golf ball on a tee to every tee box, under Small details.
• Added a No ring choice for keychains, with no hole or loop.
• Added a One color or By type building colors choice to the Buildings tab.
• Added Type colors: a color each for homes, shops, industry and civic buildings.
• Added a Shortcuts button beside the light and dark switch on the map.
• Added a link to each landmark's page in the map's Landmarks list.
• Added a one-file-per-color export for any slicer, under File type.
• Added a Same color as the terrain choice for contour lines: no extra filament.
• Added hints that show what each click and key does in Edit model and on the map.
• Added moving cars, people and hikers to the 3D preview, on by default.
• Added a Photo switch to the preview that lays the satellite photo on the ground.
• Added a map view switch on every planet, like Photo, Detailed photo or Relief.
• Added the Colors tab on planets, to color the terrain by its height.
• Improved the preview's bottom bar to be slimmer, with more room for the model.
• Improved trail and GPX routes to cut a clear path through printed trees.
• Improved Colors from satellite to tint water toward the photo too.
• Improved Colors from satellite to use up to 12 colors, matched to filaments.
• Improved planet maps to show each one's sharpest picture, with Mars in color.
• Updated the Map view switch to show a small picture of Map and Satellite.
• Updated map search to show names in your language, like Munich, not München.
• Updated the keyboard shortcuts panel: click a key to change it.
• Updated Model info under the preview to always start minimized.

Pages and guides

• Added a slider comparing old and new prints to Updates & Patch Notes.
• Added a pixel-art timelapse of a city's history to Updates & Patch Notes.
• Added a gift ideas page: hearts, homes, trails, keychains and ornaments.
• Added a guide for makers switching from Map2Model.
• Added a moving pixel scene atop park, golf, airport and other place pages.
• Added a 3D view of the model you print to every landmark page.
• Updated Patch Notes to Updates & Patch Notes at /updates; old links still work.
• Updated Features, Tutorials and other pages to one look with a pixel scene.
• Updated every page to the same fonts, campus and landmark pages included.
• Updated the Desktop page with a pixel scene from download to finished print.
• Updated patch notes into sections, with pictures of new places to print.
• Updated the homepage with feature cards, real model pictures and our map data.

Around the site

• Added a Halloween look to the homepage and loading scene until November 1.
• Added the Map2Model guide to the menu, under Info.
• Added "Did you know?" tips about the map data to the loading screen.
• Improved race, airport and golf loading scenes to show at once and fade in.
• Improved how quickly pictures load on landmark and place pages.
• Improved how quickly park, golf, peak and other place pages open.
• Improved how quickly a missing or mistyped page shows Page not found.
• Updated the menu's version, help and shortcut buttons into one tidy row.
• Updated the privacy notice: supporter code emails are kept with the code.
• Removed Check for updates from the web menu; the site updates by itself.

Fixes

• Fixed the Italian label on the preview's Hide button.
• Fixed the 3D preview opening too far from the model at some window sizes.
• Fixed area selections jumping around on the tilted map when zoomed in.
• Fixed street circuits like Monaco opening on the wrong loading scene.
• Fixed the loading scene switching to another partway through making a model.
• Fixed some buildings beside towers printing as one tall block, as in Waikiki.
• Fixed cooling towers printing as plain cylinders; they now narrow at the waist.
• Fixed golf captions counting every course at a club, like Bethpage's 90 holes.
• Fixed government aerial photos not loading in Satellite view.
• Fixed boats moored in canals printing as buildings, as in Utrecht.
• Fixed lakes and ponds staying on the base when rivers print as separate pieces.
• Fixed Forest painted over built-up land growing no trees.
• Fixed the progress message looking stuck on road supports over water.
• Fixed Mars turning grey in Detailed photo and at the poles; it now stays red.

V1.300 - October 22, 2026

MAJOR UPDATE

• Added a Satellite map view with photos of the whole world.
• Added small details: pools, courts, helipads, solar panels, cars and ships.
• Added trail maps to 172 park and mountain pages, each ready to print.
• Added pages for 58 golf courses, each ready to print.
• Added pages for 21 university campuses.
• Added pages for 9 lakes, with the lake bed shaped from real depths.
• Added Brazilian Portuguese as a language for the app.
• Added ski lifts, and gave ski runs and lifts their own color and part.
• Added Fairways and Tees as their own golf course feature.
• Added an airfield and a golf course scene while those models build.
• Overhauled the settings into 12 tabs, with every setting in grouped rows.
• Updated every place page, from landmarks to golf, to one shared look.
• Improved road widths to match real streets in each country.
• Improved roads to sit on the real street, with cleaner splits and junctions.
• Improved the map to show 3D buildings from farther out.
• Improved drawn lines to ride on bridge decks instead of sinking under them.
• Updated Flat roads to lay footbridges over water on the ground too.
• Updated the supporter code entry to a clear button under the coffee receipt.
• Fixed the editor going blank when every feature was switched off.

V1.213 - October 21, 2026

MAJOR PATCH

• Added 183 stadiums and arenas as landmarks.
• Added pages for 169 racetracks, most with a picture of their print.
• Added keyboard shortcuts you can change; press ? to see them all.
• Added Import and Export menus to the File tab.
• Added GeoJSON files for routes and area outlines.
• Added hill shading to the Earth map, and real 3D terrain when you tilt it.
• Added Open settings and Turn off for anything you right-click in the preview.
• Added a Stadiums page with all 509 stadium and arena pages, by country.
• Added pages for 181 stadiums and arenas and 27 more cities.
• Added a quick draft model on screen while the printable one builds.
• Added picture previews to more settings across ten tabs.
• Added Click to edit text on the map frame, with a font for each side.
• Added a picture of the print to 77 park pages, cut to the park's border.
• Added Tianjin CTF Finance Centre and Changsha IFS Tower as landmarks.
• Added a close button to the desktop download link.
• Added supporter codes that hide the donation prompts after you donate.
• Added a Top-down view button that levels the map after you tilt it.
• Added the menu's bottom bar to every public page, pinned to the screen.
• Added a Patch notes link beside the version number in the menu.
• Improved exports so buildings, roads and more are one slicer part each.
• Improved model building, up to twice as fast in cities with lots of water.
• Improved how quickly Generate starts after you click it.
• Improved building speed in landmark-heavy cities such as New York.
• Improved map data loading so one slow download no longer stalls a build.
• Improved how soon the full model replaces the quick draft in big cities.
• Improved how soon Export is ready, especially in cities with many landmarks.
• Improved rebuild speed when you change a setting or generate an area again.
• Improved how quickly the map and 3D preview respond to clicks.
• Improved the Relief and Colors switches in the 3D preview to respond at once.
• Improved public pages so they download about half as much.
• Improved how fast the map editor opens.
• Improved memory use for big models, so phones run out of memory less often.
• Improved the loading animations so the page stays smooth while models build.
• Improved building and roof color modes to repaint the preview at once.
• Improved hover help so it names each control's keyboard shortcut.
• Improved greyed-out frame clip options so they say why.
• Improved keyboard shortcuts to work on German, Spanish and French keyboards.
• Improved the shortcuts panel to explain a clash beside the key you pressed.
• Improved the map bar to stay on one row on smaller desktop screens.
• Updated new models to print at true scale; Printable stays on the Model tab.
• Updated the Earth map to always show buildings in 3D; right-drag to tilt it.
• Updated the map to tilt when you drag up; Invert controls swaps it back.
• Updated map place names to use the site language, such as Mailand in German.
• Updated the City and Terrain tile choice on the map bar to a Map type menu.
• Updated the quick draft to open from its own Early preview tab.
• Updated public page headers to match the menu, with Help and Support.
• Updated shared links to the home and city pages to show a Manhattan print.
• Updated the comparison page with a fuller city.
• Updated the map page to show a simple loading screen while it starts.
• Updated the browser tab icon to the MS mark.
• Restored the planet picker to the ribbon: Earth, the Moon, Mars and more.
• Restored the Find, Select area, Map type and Build labels above the map bar.
• Fixed bays and straits covering islands and river deltas with water.
• Fixed about 60 places where panels, menus or notices hid, stuck or overlapped.
• Fixed canceling an export clearing the model you already had.
• Fixed rounded corners on an inside frame leaving the base square.
• Fixed very large selections at High detail crashing or failing to build.
• Fixed color pickers lagging behind while you drag.
• Fixed the planet surface color Reset rebuilding the whole model.
• Fixed drop-in water hanging on narrow canals.
• Fixed the map page jumping as it opens on tablets.
• Fixed Ctrl+Z area undo doing nothing in narrow windows.
• Fixed the selection highlight turning inside out on a tilted map.
• Fixed right-click Turn off removing the wrong feature or nothing at all.
• Fixed settings search for road width finding the sidewalk width.
• Fixed Ctrl+K and / not opening settings search on narrow screens.
• Fixed a long press not opening the preview's menu on iPhones.
• Fixed the home page taking on the phone map's look after leaving the map.
• Fixed the phone Landmarks button's icon sitting to one side.

V1.212.1 - October 20, 2026

HOTFIX

• Fixed GLB and OBJ exports downloading as the wrong file type.

V1.212 - October 19, 2026

MAJOR PATCH

• Added states and provinces as area shapes, such as Michigan and Colorado.
• Added frame face designs: raised corners and patterns cut into the frame.
• Added filament weight and print time estimates to Model info.
• Added GLB and OBJ exports, under File type in the export window.
• Added Mac and Linux versions of the desktop app.
• Added faceted and stepped frame edges, on the outer edge, inner edge or both.
• Added KML and KMZ files for routes and area outlines, also in the File tab.
• Added property lines: lot outlines from KML files print as raised lines.
• Added thirteen requested landmarks, including LEGO House and Markthal.
• Added a Rivers and streams switch to hide rivers but keep lakes and the sea.
• Added moving examples to the road, path, water and trail fin menus.
• Added a notice when a large area has to build at a lower quality.
• Improved how fast the first model appears when map data is slow.
• Improved how soon Export is ready after the model appears.
• Improved how fast the home, landmark and park pages load.
• Updated the support and download popups with Joey and his cats.
• Updated the Compare page header to print the city up in stages.
• Updated the home page to link the landmark, mountain and park pages.
• Fixed large Terrain tiles filling with small water spots.
• Fixed street circuits such as Monaco printing only part of the lap.
• Fixed Parliament House, Canberra printing half as a plain block.
• Fixed castle turrets and hollow towers showing rows of windows.
• Fixed edited roofs in Edit model showing a color they don't print in.
• Fixed drop-in water sitting above the shore at proper elevation.