Really? You know the Waterman? Have you seen the 1909 Cahill map it's based - You have a framed reproduction at home?! Well I have a 3D printed version at home.
Inspired by Randall Munroe's xkcd What Your Favorite Map Projection Says About You webcomic http://xkcd.com/977/
~ Thank you Randall for introducing me to the Butterfly projection ~
More information on this really awesome projection of our world here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waterman_butterfly_projection
Unfortunately this 3D printed version can't be folded back into the globe... yet
InstructionsThis piece was designed to have different colors at each of the three layers
WeeksB_ButterflyMap.stlSize: ~200mm x 120mm x 4mm
Pause at:
1.5mm Z height to change to 2nd color
2.9mm Z height to change to 3rd color
This is the gcode used to print the pieces shown - Requires Sailfish firmware - created with Simplify3D
Layer height 0.1
Left Extruder 200?C
3 shells
20% infill
Pause at:
Layer 15 / Z 1.5mm
Layer 29 / Z 2.9mm
Total Time: ~3 hours
This is the .x3g created from the gcode listed above
Use if it you have a MakerBot (or offshoot) running Sailfish
This is actually the original size file. Use it if you want to cut it up into pieces or have one of those huge printers.
Size: ~900mm x 550mm x 15mm
The Solidworks part file used to create the .STLs