Working on a 3d model of Rome with a primary focus to create a 3d printable maquette. My current approach has some severe limits, so allow me to start roasting myself: City plan is based on Paul Bigots attempt (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dessin\_de\_la\_Rome\_impériale\_au\_IVe\_siècle\_ap.\_J.-C.\_par\_Paul\_Bigot.jpg). This is about the only publicly available copy of a large part of rome that attempts to create a streetplan. But the drawing is a century old, and inaccurate. Plus the city blocks of generic buildings are completely made up by Paul and my model reflects that. I would like to have a "accurate" heightmap for 4th century rome but I can't find any sources so the height of the ground level is completely made up. Domus and Insulae are placed together without any thoughts. Have code running that attempts to place a somewhat convincing combination of buildings in generic city blocks. If anybody has any research into actual rome block layouts that would be awesome. The landmarks are constructed from basic shapes (cause I suck at modelling) and look derpy. Probably fine for small scale printing, but not ideal. Scale and accuracy is also all over the place. If anyone has tips how to improve historic accuracy or just how to make it prettier I am happy to hear it.   submitted by   /u/3BPrinting   to   r/ancientrome [link]   [comments]