Summary

3D print your own Kolihapeltis Trilobite Fossil
Find out more about this particular extinct trilobite species at:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kolihapeltis

Original image courtesy of Peter Halasz and Wikipedia:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kolihapeltis_01_Pengo.jpg

Print Settings

Rafts:

Doesn't Matter

                                            <p class="detail-setting supports"><strong>Supports: </strong>                     <div><p>No</p></div></p>                                                                                <p class="detail-setting resolution"><strong>Resolution: </strong>                     <div><p>0.1mm</p></div></p>                                                        <br>                        <p class="detail-setting notes"><strong>Notes: </strong>                    </p><div><p>Printed successfully on Flashforge Creator I and Afinia H800 at full and half sizes and at 10% and 100% infill.</p><p>This part also does well with a mid-print filament color change.</p></div>

How I Designed This

I started off by using 3DRocks' lithophane generator (http://3dp.rocks/lithophane/) on an inverted color version of Pengo's photograph from Wikipedia (included in images). Based upon the original image, I gave more depth to the specimen via Autodesk's MeshMixer.

Trilobite More-Than-a-Lithophane