Tutorials

Step-by-step guides with screenshots, from your first GPX upload to a multi-color 3D print. Every guide links straight to the control it explains.

• 3D printed map puzzle: turn any trail or place into a topographic jigsaw

  Make a 3D printed topographic map puzzle of your trail or any place. Cut the terrain into interlocking jigsaw pieces, set the fit, and download a 3MF with every piece ready to print.

• Strava flyover alternative: make a 3D flyover video of your GPX route

  Turn a GPX route into a 13-second 3D flyover video for Instagram Reels, TikTok and Shorts. A drone follows your trail across the real terrain, with your stats. MP4, no watermark.

• Vertical exaggeration for 3D printed terrain maps: height, base and resolution

  How to set vertical exaggeration, print size, base height and grid resolution for a 3D printed terrain map, with the formula for relief height and the same model at 1×, 2× and 4×.

• How to export a GPX file from Strava, Garmin Connect, Komoot, Wikiloc and 健行筆記

  Where the GPX export is in Strava, Garmin Connect, Komoot, Wikiloc and 健行筆記 (Hiking Biji), on the web and on your phone, and how to turn the file into a 3D printed trail map.

• GPX to 3D print: turn a Strava or Garmin route into a 3D printed map (STL or 3MF)

  Convert a GPX file from Strava, Garmin or Komoot into a 3D printable terrain map with your trail on it. Upload, pick the shape, generate and download STL or 3MF, free.

• STL vs 3MF for a 3D printed map: which file to download, and how to slice terrain

  STL or 3MF for your 3D printed trail map? What each TrailMark3D download holds, how the 3MF opens in color in Bambu Studio, OrcaSlicer and PrusaSlicer, and slicer settings for terrain.

• Trail settings: how to shape the trail on your 3D printed map

  Learn every TrailMark3D trail setting with screenshots. Choose a raised trail or a carved groove, set trail height and width, and print the trail as a separate slot-fit piece.