Charleston SC 3D Peninsula and Harbor (LaserCut)

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This project is something I've wanted to do for a while, a 3D hypsographic/topographic representation of the Charleston South Carolina peninsula and harbor. The end goal is to laser cut this and mount it in a shadowbox frame on the wall of my home here in Charleston. The files provided are intended to be first laser engraved then cut with the laser. The SVG file provided will most likely not be formatted for cutting or engraving, please use files provided in the ZIP archive. How I Designed This This is the result of a ton of work on the backend: I downloaded and processed raw elevation and bathymetry data in ArcGIS, generating and refining contours to represent the intervals to be cut out of 1/8" birch plywood. I was able to export from ArcGIS into XPS which can be read by Full Spectrum's RetinaEngrave software. The images were produced in SketchUp, using exported TIFs and DXF data from ArcGIS, stacked to represent the finished physical model.