Does anyone know of a quick/easy file converter to get from a .TIFF to a .STL file? I’ve got a rather large watershed map in TIFF format I’d like to print.
You can try using Bambu’s tools - they offer a wide range of options for converting images into 3D models.
…or you can first convert your image to black and white, then to a vector graphic (SVG). There are quite a few online converters you can use, and then import it into Bambu Studio.
…or you can use tools like this:
one problem with your question is TIFF defines a wide range of formats. Most of the time TIFF is a raster format (a collection of dots). But the format could also be a vector format (collection of Lines). Vector is uncommon but that defines how it is translated.
The first challenge is that .TIFF is a pixel-based format, whereas to get into STL it needs to be vector - based, there are a lot of programs that can do autotrace or other conversion into a vector image, the quality of the result depends on the source file.
The second issue is .TIFF was traditionally a 2D image format, so no depth data is present - but sometimes in some cases certain survey programs would use multiple TIFF images in “layers” to create stacked depth.
The short answer is this may be quite complicated, and there’s no single answer.