3D Catan Development Cards

🃏 3D Catan Development Cards

You’ve gone all-in on a 3D-printed Catan set, here are the development cards to match. 
These 3D-printed Development Cards are designed to complement a fully printed game, offering a tactile, durable, and cohesive look for your tabletop.

These are 44x68mm (6th Edition standard) and a razor-thin 0.25mm, ensuring they fit perfectly into the The "Rotate-to-Play" Catan Card Organizer & Stand or other Catan card organizers.

🔗 Related Models

• 3D Catan Resource Cards
• 3D Catan C&K Commodity Cards
• 3D Catan C&K Progress Cards
• 3D Catan Victory Token Cards
• 3D Catan "Big Three" Organizer & Carrying Case
• The "Rotate-to-Play" Catan Card Organizer & Stand

⚠️ IMPORTANT: This is a challenging print!

This is not a "plug and play" print. These cards are designed for a 0.2mm nozzle to capture the necessary detail at such a low profile. Please read the following before starting:

• Filament Choice: Only use Matte Black PLA for the base. The pigment saturation in standard/glossy PLA is often not high enough, which can cause the resource symbols to bleed through and be visible from the back of the card when held up to the light.
• Precision Calibration: This profile is optimized for my specific printer and filament. You must expect to make adjustments (flow rate, ironing, etc.) to suit your specific setup.
• To get the best possible results, follow these steps to calibrate your setup:
  1. Print just the black base without ironing and with a pause after the first layer, ensuring that you have a perfect foundation. Calibrate your filament or settings if the result isn't good enough.
  2. Print a version with all colors, but ironing only enabled on the black base and ensure that you still have a good result
  3. Print a version with all colors and ironing enabled to verify the final result before you print more than one card
      
• Zero Tolerance for Dirt: A completely clean build plate is mandatory. Even a small amount of oil or dust can cause a 0.25mm print to lift or warp.
• Ironing Artifacts: I have enabled ironing to get a smooth finish, but this WILL leave small, raised artifacts or "burrs" on the surface. These are easily removed by very carefully using a sharp scraper as a knife to shave them flat. If you skip this step, the cards will build more than 0.25mm and may not fit your card organizer.
• Expect Some Failures: This is a high-precision print. Do not be discouraged if your first few attempts don't work.

• Quality over Quantity: Do not fill the bed. I strongly recommend printing only 3–5 cards at a time. Lowering the card count per plate significantly increases the success rate and surface quality.

   

Changelog:

• V1.2
  • Increased thickness to 0.35mm to prevent see-through motif with low-saturation filaments
  • Added a colored border on the back side to make them easier to distinguish from progress card decks when face down.