Smithsonian Trilobite Wall Art
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Scan of a trilobite fossil from the Smithsonian made into wall art.
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Model information
- Source
- Printables
- Category
- Wall-mounted
- License
- Creative Commons — Public Domain
Based on Poliella prima 3d scan from the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History:
https://3d.si.edu/object/3d/poliella-prima-walcott:fcec58e8-ac1f-425d-9d83-8b16ca72b60c
I turned it into wall art and added built-in supports to aid printability. Specifically:
Took a negative impression of the original fossil
Cropped it to a thin square plate
Added custom supports and a wider base to print it at an angle for better surface resolution while maintaining bed adhesion, and adding an inset to support interfaces so even if there's a ragged edge it'll still sit flush against a wall
Recommended to print version 2; I'm keeping version 1 for legacy reasons.
I made this model partly to practice making things more printable, so it should be pretty agnostic to printer settings. No supports required (ie, all necessary supports are already part of the model). Recommended 15% infill.
There's no mounting hardware but it should sit flush against a wall with pretty much any adhesive since it's so light.