Autodesk and creative agency Steelblue have demonstrated just how small the world can be with the largest 3D printed scale model of San Francisco to date. The model, fabricated on two Objet Connex500 3D printers at Autodesk’s Pier 9 workshop, replicates more than 115 blocks of the City by the Bay, covering the Financial and the South of Market districts.
The task of recreating the city in 3D printed form was commissioned by real-estate developer, Tishman Speyer, which needed a visual aid to tell the story of urban development in SF’s South of Market (SoMa) neighborhood, a large section of the city that includes lots of warehouses, shops, lofts and condos and is home to some big names in tech, like Twitter, Foursquare, Dropbox, Wired, Yelp, Zynga, and BitTorrent Inc.…
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