USA Topography Puzzle

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This is a topographical map puzzle of the USA (minus Alaska and Hawaii). I thought it would be fun for school / educational use. The main model is from https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:634007. I added a base-plate in SuperSlicer and some text I exported from Tinkercad. I then used the processes described in this [Prusa article](https://blog.prusaprinters.org/print-your-own-3d-puzzles_29817/) to get a puzzle shape I could use to cut the pieces apart. I decided I did not want to completely follow the instructions as written however since I wanted to be able to print individual pieces which meant I needed the STL file to have the gaps before it came into the slicer. To do this I used Blender to take the difference between the model and the puzzle pieces.