Desk City
Router, mini PC and switch move into town. The cables take the streets.
Designed and checked in CAD. Not built in real life yet.
€16.90
STL files to download. Price includes VAT.
In the plan
What you print
A city block in the style of old Vienna and Paris, built over the three boxes on your desk. The router stands in an open market square with arcades and no roof, the mini PC lives under a corner house with a dome, the switch under a house with a clock tower. The streets are cable channels with lids. About two windows in three are lit, the domes and the tower are floodlit, and four street lamps line the front.
- Market square for the router, built from 72 mm arcade modules
- Corner house with a dome for the mini PC, a house with a clock tower for the switch
- Streets with lids and manhole covers, a park with a fountain, four street lamps
- Light cells, diffusers and blind plugs for every window
The front street
Fit
What it fits
- Router
- AVM FRITZ!Box 7590 AX, 254 × 63 × 191 mm, or TP-Link Archer AX55, 261 × 135 × 41 mm source
- Mini PC
- Mac mini M4, 127 × 127 × 50 mm, or Beelink SER8, 135 × 135 × 44.7 mm source
- Switch
- TP-Link TL-SG108, 158 × 101 × 25 mm, or TL-SG105, 100 × 98 × 25 mm source
- Air and WiFi
- Nothing covers the router: AVM says never cover it. Every building is open at the back for cables and air.
Shopping list
What you add
| Item | What for | Price | Where |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lights4fun 100 warm-white micro LED USB string | Houses, arcade and street, 1.35 W | £11.99 | Shop |
| Lights4fun 50 warm-white micro LED USB string | The rest of the block, 0.9 W | £5.99 | Shop |
| USB charger, 50 W, 5 ports | Feeds both strings; one bare USB 2.0 port would be at its limit | €9.52 | Shop Ad, affiliate link |
The block in the picture, 110 pieces: 2,147 g of PETG, about 143 h with a 0.4 mm nozzle, 86 h with a 0.6 mm one.
All in, plan + PETG (at €13.99–18.99 per kg) + the parts above: about €56–67 + £17.98.
Prices as shown on each shop's own page on 21 Oct 2026. Print times are estimates; nothing is printed yet.
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Worth knowing
- The clock tower is 207 mm tall, so your printer needs at least 210 mm of height.
- It is a big print: 2.1 kg of PETG and about 143 hours with a 0.4 mm nozzle, 86 with a 0.6 mm one.
- Both light strings together are rated 2.25 W, right at the limit of one USB 2.0 port. Run them from a USB charger. Not measured yet.
- The light is a soft evening glow, not something you see in daylight. Lights4fun prices are in pounds; shipping to the EU not checked.
- Print it in plain PETG or PLA. Metal-, carbon- or graphite-filled filament next to the router detunes its antennas.
- Another router: the square is built from 72 mm arcade modules. Take enough to leave 10 mm free on each side.