Salt Lake City Mormon Temple

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Summary This revised model has changed the corner columns from 6 sides to 8 sides. Designed from actual photos, this Salt Lake City Mormon Temple model features more detail at the top of the columns and accurate window counts. Due to its size - 185 x 128 x 188mm High - it's impossible to include every detail. Mormons took 40 years to build this temple. Since there's no rear picture, I couldn't verify if steps led up to doors like they do at the front. So I replicated the same design as the front. Print Settings Printer: Lyman V2 Rafts: No Supports: No Resolution: 0.25mm Infill: 8% Notes: I used a 0.40 nozzle with a 0.25 layer height, which wasn't ideal - a smaller nozzle and layer height would produce a better model. The print took over 20 hours at 50 mm/sec filament speed. The 8% infill provided good roof support, but I added a 4-layer top horizontal for extra solidity. To light the inside with LEDs, print it with 4 perimeters, no bottom layers, 5 top layers, and 0 infill. I've scaled this model down to 120mm long and printed over 50 using Simplified3D software. Print the Angel Moroni separately and scale as needed - then attach it to the front center column with gold spray paint and CA glue. The front features 5 windows on corner columns, while the rear has only 4, visible in side view. Post-Printing All I had to do was paint and glue on the Angel and clean a few threads of the top spires. My model weighs 17 oz. Designing This Model I designed this building with AutoCAD 11 as a solid model. Custom Section Drawing buildings as solid models has its advantages - you can scale them up or down without affecting shell thickness, which is always beneficial. I use infill for support from 3 to 10% depending on the design.