3D printing a raised circuit plaque with the 3D Printed Racing Circuit preset

Difficulty: Easy. Time: a 1.5–3 hour print plus one filament swap. Intended method: 3D printing (FDM) - export 3MF for a two-color red/black plaque, or STL for a single color. It also laser-cuts cleanly if you want a flat acrylic build.

This is the 3D-print sibling of the Race Track plaque. Instead of cutting black acrylic and gluing it to a red backplate, you print a single stacked relief: a solid racing-red disc with the circuit standing proud on top as a continuous raised ridge. It ships set up on Silverstone at zoom 14.2 and works for any circuit on the map - F1, MotoGP, your local kart track.

The track is built as a Solid body, not a laser Score line. A scored centerline has no width and nothing to print; here the raceway is a real filled ribbon (width 9) that becomes a chunky, continuous ridge - and because it's one closed loop, there are no fragile loose strands to worry about on the bed.

Open the 3D Printed Racing Circuit preset

What You'll Need

3D printing (intended)

Any FDM printer; PLA or PETG
Two filament colors: racing red for the backplate (the preset's #C0181F) and black (or white) for the raised track ridge - or a single color if you'll paint
A slicer that accepts 3MF (Bambu Studio, PrusaSlicer, OrcaSlicer)
Optional: keyhole-hanger insert or a small printed easel stand

Optional flat laser version

3 mm red acrylic backplate and 3 mm black acrylic for the track ribbon
Laser cutter, acrylic adhesive or 3M tape

Step 1 - Start from the preset

Open the 3D Printed Racing Circuit preset. It loads on Silverstone Circuit at zoom 14.2 in a circle frame with a black border ring. Search for any other circuit - Spa, Suzuka, Monza, Laguna Seca, or the local kart track all resolve from the raceway map data.

Zoom so the full circuit fits inside the circle with breathing room - 13.8–14.5 covers most grand prix tracks; small karting circuits may need 15+.
Compose around the track's iconic corner - put Eau Rouge or the Suzuka esses where the eye lands first.
Some venues have multiple layouts (historic + modern); zoom in to confirm which raceway segments are present before committing.

Step 2 - Tune the layers

Two layers, top to bottom:

Track - Solid body, a single feature: raceway at width 9, black. Because it's a solid line feature with width > 0, it exports as a real filled ribbon - a continuous closed loop. On the print it stands proud of the backplate as a raised ridge. Width 9 is tuned so the ridge is chunky enough to print cleanly at plaque size; nudge it up for small kart tracks that need visual weight.
Backplate - a solid racing-red (#C0181F) disc, the physical bottom of the print. The black border ring from the 10-unit global border frames it with a matching raised lip.

Note there are no thin access-road layers here - the laser version engraves those, but at width 2 they are too fine to print as ridges, so the 3D preset drops them for a clean, logo-like silhouette.

Step 3 - Export

3D printing (two-color): export the 3MF - the red backplate and the dark track come through as separate objects you assign filaments to in the slicer.
3D printing (single color or two-piece): export the STL to print in one filament and paint, or to print the track and backplate as separate parts in different materials and bond them.
Small-polygon cleanup on, just to tidy any stray fragments from the raceway data.

Choose Your Build Method

Print the track as a raised circuit

Export the 3MF and open it in your slicer - the racing-red backplate and the dark track ridge come through as separate filament colors.
Check the scale: 180–250 mm across keeps the width-9 track ridge chunky and continuous. A 250 mm disc is a strong wall size.
Assign filaments: red for the backplate, black or white for the Track layer. With an STL you print in one color and paint, or set a manual filament change at the height where the track ridge begins.
Print flat on a smooth plate with 0.2 mm layers, no supports - the track simply steps up off the disc like a real circuit map.
For a two-piece look, print the track and backplate separately from STL in different materials, then bond them with 3M tape 467 transfer tape.
Add a keyhole-hanger insert or a printed easel stand.

The closed track ridge means there are no fragile loose strands on the bed - it prints reliably and makes a great gift paired with race-day photos.

Make It Yours

Engrave or emboss the circuit name, country, and lap record along the border ring before exporting.
Print the track ridge in white or a livery color - papaya, rosso, silver - over the red plate for a driver tribute.
Start/finish detail: mark the start line with a small raised dash in a contrasting filament.
Home-circuit pairing: this preset for the track, the City Map preset for the host town, printed side by side.
Mini fobs: a 50 mm version with just the Track layer plus a hanger hole, finished with snap clips - batch a whole season calendar of circuits.
Swap the circle for the hexagon export shape and build a wall of hex plaques, one per circuit visited.
Print at chunky scale and use the raised ridge as a tactile track for a desk toy.

Open the 3D Printed Racing Circuit preset

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