Eiffel Tower Laser Cut Project

Eiffel Tower Laser Cut Project

update July 2023. SketchUp is no longe free, and way too expensive.

so, I have no choce but to move things to Blender.

https://youtu.be/Bu0S_8SITSU

I'm making this, because all freely available Eiffel Tower laser cut or 3d print models out there are not accurate to the real thing.
They may kinda look like Eiffel Tower to casual observers, but they are all grossly inaccurate in proportions.

based mostly on "zdujmo"'s Eiffel Tower model available at SketchUp 3D Warehouse for Free. Probably the best Free 3D Model of Eiffel Tower out there, but it is incomplete.

1/400th scale for 1.5mm thick material.

or, can be scaled up 2 times, to make it 1/200th scale for 3mm thick material.

Eiffel Tower is 300m tall, so 1/400 scale would be about 75cm tall or 2.5 feet
1/200 scale would be 1.5meter or 5 feet tall.

red lines can be cut out, if the print is big enough, but probably should be just engraved if it's smaller.

thickness of material in mm / 1.5 mm = scale factor

for 2 mm material

2 mm / 1.5 mm = 1.3333333

increase the size by 133.33%

for 3D Printing version https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:5855849

I have added alternate base stl file for 3D printer.
laser cut foundation is kinda ridiculous.