# Making an openwork street ornament with the Stylish Outline preset > a minimal line-art street outline for modern decor This preset is a single-layer showpiece: a tight, close-up circle of streets rendered in Cut mode, so the whole road network becomes one connected, lace-like piece you can cut from a single sheet. No backplate, no stack - the negative space is the design. Perfect for ornaments, suncatchers, and minimalist wall pieces. ## What you need ### Laser cutting - One sheet of 3 mm [laser-grade plywood](https://yxecreations.com/collections/laser-grade-plywood), bamboo, or [acrylic](https://yxecreations.com/pages/acrylic-sheets) (clear acrylic makes a great suncatcher) - Laser cutter, light sandpaper, a ribbon or cord if hanging ### 3D printing - Any FDM printer, one color of PLA ### UV print / sublimation - High-res PNG (transparent background) and a blank - the design doubles as a bold one-color graphic ## Step 1 - Start from the preset Open [the Stylish Outline preset](/map-designer?preset=stylish-outline). It loads on a London intersection at zoom ~17.2 - much closer than other presets, just a few blocks. That's intentional: at this scale each street is wide enough to survive as a physical strut. Search your place, then pick the *exact* corner: an interesting junction, a roundabout, the block with your front door. Stay in the 16.5–17.5 zoom range; zooming out too far makes the lattice too fine to cut. ## Step 2 - Tune the layers One layer does everything: - **Layer 1** - Cut mode (outline on) with padding 20, which becomes the solid ring frame around the circle. Inside it: motorways and motorway links at width 5, primary at 3, secondary/secondary links/tertiary at 2 - all black. There's also a hidden `land` feature (white) you can switch on to preview the piece against a background. Every road is buffered into a contour and merged with the ring, so the export is one connected piece. Tuning tips: if your area has no motorways, the width-5 anchors disappear - bump `roadsPrimary` to 4–5 so the lattice keeps some heft. If thin width-2 struts look risky, raise them to 3 or toggle off `roadsTertiary`. ## Step 3 - Export - **Laser:** single combined SVG - it's one layer, one cut file. Small-polygon cleanup on to drop enclosed slivers. Add the Hanger hole ring mounting option for an ornament loop. - **3D printing:** STL (one color, one piece). - **UV print:** high-res PNG with Background off - since there's no backplate and land is hidden, you get the pure black lattice on transparency, ready to print on anything. ## Laser Cutting & Engraving ### Laser cutting 1. Import the SVG into your laser software and scale: 90–120 mm for ornaments, 200–300 mm for wall pieces. Don't go below ~80 mm at these street widths or interior struts get matchstick-thin. 2. Cut everything as vector cut lines - interior street contours and the outer ring in one job. Use enough passes for clean release; openwork pieces snag if half-cut. 3. Push out the waste pieces gently from the back; tweezers for the small windows. 4. Light sanding both faces; ease any charred strut edges by hand. 5. Thread a ribbon through (or through the hanger ring if you added one; a [snap clip](https://yxecreations.com/products/keychain-snap-clips-multiple-colours) turns it into a bag charm). For wall pieces, two pin nails through street junctions disappear completely. ## 3D Printing ### 3D printing 1. Slice the STL flat on the bed - a one-piece openwork coaster/ornament. 3–4 mm thick prints rigid. 2. No supports needed. At 100 mm, a 0.4 mm nozzle handles the buffered street walls fine. 3. Print two and glue back-to-back with a coin inside for a weighted coaster. ## UV & Sublimation Printing ### UV print / sublimation 1. Export the high-res PNG with the Background toggle off - a transparent-background black street lattice. 2. Print it on tote bags, shirts (sublimation on poly), glass, or a wood coaster - it behaves like a custom street-stencil graphic. ## Make it yours - Junction-rich spots shine: London roundabouts, Paris étoiles, Barcelona chamfered corners, your own five-way intersection. - Clear or colored acrylic + a window hook = street-map suncatcher. - Switch the hidden `land` feature on and recolor it (`#F5EFE0` cream) for the print version with a solid disc behind the lattice. - Bump all widths up one step and cut from 5 mm walnut for a chunky trivet. - Set padding higher (30+) for a wider ring frame you can engrave a name and coordinates into. - Swap `exportShape` to hexagon for a honeycomb ornament series of your city's landmarks. - Earring-scale dare: 50 mm, motorway-only (toggle the rest off), 3 mm acrylic. --- Open the tool: https://www.mylasertools.com/learn/guides/stylish-outline Read online: https://www.mylasertools.com/learn/guides/stylish-outline