A laser-cut map of Lower Manhattan on a stand on a walnut credenza

Cut your town this weekend

Draw a box on a map, get an SVG and DXF with cut and engrave already on separate layers. Open it in LightBurn and run it.

3 free credits when you sign in. Previews cost nothing.

Lower Manhattan · basswood on blue acrylic · 6″

Three steps, about ten minutes

1

Find the place

Draw a box on the map, or paste a Google Maps link and press enter.

2

Turn layers on and off

Buildings, roads, water, parks, rail. Preview as many times as you like — previews are free.

3

Generate and cut

One credit when you hit generate. Download the files as often as you want after that.

Made with it

Wooden coastal map with blue acrylic water in a black printed frame

Dillon Res, Silverthorne CO

Birch on blue basswood · 7″ · contour engrave

3D-printed multi-colour city model with terrain and water in a black frame

Upper Manhattan

Four-colour PLA · 7″ · terrain on

Four framed wooden maps stacked on a workshop shelf beside a printed model

A Saturday's run

Four 5″ blanks, one sheet of ply

Built for the maker.

Most map generators hand you a mesh and call it done. Everything here is worked backwards from a cut file.

Cut and engrave on separate named layers
Passes are already assigned when the file opens
Lake islands stay hollow
Instead of filling solid black in LightBurn
DXF colours mapped for xTool Creative Space
Cut, score and engrave land in the right slots
The same box also exports a 3MF
Multi-material, if you have a printer too
The studio's free 2D preview showing a Lower Manhattan map in laser-cut mode
The free preview: exactly what the laser will see.

No Subscriptions

$10 buys 50 credits and they don't expire. A credit is spent when you hit generate — terrain elevation costs three because it chews through satellite data. You can sell everything you make.

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Pick a place you know

Your street, the lake house, the block you grew up on.