List of common 3D test models - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

This is a list of some of the most common 3D models that are in 3D graphics, usually for testing a rendering algorithm

Rendering (computer graphics)

Rendering is the process of generating an image from a model , by means of computer programs. A scene file contains objects in a strictly defined language or data structure; it would contain geometry, viewpoint, texture, lighting, and shading information as a description of the virtual scene...

or some other visual effect.

Models by year of creation

Model name	Year of creation	Creator	Origin	Resolution	Creation method	Inspiration (if any)	Link to model	Comments
VW Bug	1972	Ivan Sutherland Ivan Sutherland Ivan Edward Sutherland is an American computer scientist and Internet pioneer. He received the Turing Award from the Association for Computing Machinery in 1988 for the invention of Sketchpad, an early predecessor to the sort of graphical user interface that has become ubiquitous in personal...	University of Utah University of Utah The University of Utah, also known as the U or the U of U, is a public, coeducational research university in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States. The university was established in 1850 as the University of Deseret by the General Assembly of the provisional State of Deseret, making it Utah's oldest...		Measured by hand	Volkswagen Beetle Volkswagen Beetle The Volkswagen Type 1, widely known as the Volkswagen Beetle or Volkswagen Bug, is an economy car produced by the German auto maker Volkswagen from 1938 until 2003... belonging to Ivan Sutherland's wife, Marsha		Real car, measured by hand using yardstick Yardstick A yardstick is a straightedge used to physically measure lengths of up to a yard high. Yardsticks are flat wooden boards with markings at regular intervals.-Construction:... s
Utah teapot Utah teapot The Utah teapot or Newell teapot is a 3D computer model which has become a standard reference object in the computer graphics community. It is a mathematical model of an ordinary teapot of fairly simple shape, which appears solid, cylindrical and partially convex... , Newell teapot	1975	Martin Newell Martin Newell Martin Newell may refer to:Martin Newell , British computer scientist, creator of the Utah teapotMartin Newell , British rock musician, poet and author, known as "the Wild Man of Wivenhoe"...	University of Utah University of Utah The University of Utah, also known as the U or the U of U, is a public, coeducational research university in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States. The university was established in 1850 as the University of Deseret by the General Assembly of the provisional State of Deseret, making it Utah's oldest...		Modeled 3D modeling In 3D computer graphics, 3D modeling is the process of developing a mathematical representation of any three-dimensional surface of object via specialized software. The product is called a 3D model...	Melitta Melitta Melitta is a Germany-based company selling coffee, paper coffee filters, and coffee makers, part of the Melitta Group, which also has Melitta branches in other countries world-wide... teapot	teaset.tgz	See also The History of The Teapot
Cornell Box Cornell Box The Cornell Box is a test aimed at determining the accuracy of rendering software by comparing the rendered scene with an actual photograph of the same scene. It was created by Cindy M. Goral, Kenneth E. Torrance, Donald P...	1984	Cindy M. Goral, Kenneth E. Torrance, Donald P. Greenberg Donald P. Greenberg Donald Peter Greenberg is the Jacob Gould Schurman Professor of Computer Graphics at Cornell University.Greenberg earned his undergraduate and Ph.D. degrees from Cornell University, where he played on the tennis and soccer teams and was a member of Tau Delta Phi and the Quill and Dagger society... , Bennett Battaile	Cornell University Cornell University Cornell University is an Ivy League university located in Ithaca, New York, United States. It is a private land-grant university, receiving annual funding from the State of New York for certain educational missions...		Modeled 3D modeling In 3D computer graphics, 3D modeling is the process of developing a mathematical representation of any three-dimensional surface of object via specialized software. The product is called a 3D model...		See Cornell Box Data	Many different versions of the Cornell Box exists, although one of them is considered the standard Cornell Box. See also History of the Cornell Box
Stanford Bunny Stanford Bunny The Stanford Bunny is a computer graphics 3D test model developed by Greg Turk and Marc Levoy in 1994 at Stanford University.The Bunny consists of data describing 69,451 triangles determined by 3D scanning a ceramic figurine of a rabbit. The data can be used to test various graphics algorithms;...	1993-94	Greg Turk Greg Turk Greg Turk is an American-born researcher in the field of computer graphics and a Professor at the School of Interactive Computing in the College of Computing at the Georgia Institute of Technology... , Marc Levoy Marc Levoy Marc Levoy is a computer graphics researcher and Professor of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering at Stanford University. He is noted for pioneering work in volume rendering....	Stanford University Stanford University The Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University or Stanford, is a private research university on an campus located near Palo Alto, California. It is situated in the northwestern Santa Clara Valley on the San Francisco Peninsula, approximately northwest of San...	69,451 triangles	Scanned	Clay Clay Clay is a general term including many combinations of one or more clay minerals with traces of metal oxides and organic matter. Geologic clay deposits are mostly composed of phyllosilicate minerals containing variable amounts of water trapped in the mineral structure.- Formation :Clay minerals... bunny	[ftp://graphics.stanford.edu/pub/3Dscanrep/bunny.tar.gz bunny.tar.gz]
Happy Buddha	1996	Brian Curless, Marc Levoy Marc Levoy Marc Levoy is a computer graphics researcher and Professor of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering at Stanford University. He is noted for pioneering work in volume rendering....	Stanford University Stanford University The Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University or Stanford, is a private research university on an campus located near Palo Alto, California. It is situated in the northwestern Santa Clara Valley on the San Francisco Peninsula, approximately northwest of San...	1,087,716 triangles	Scanned	Buddha Buddha In Buddhism, buddhahood is the state of perfect enlightenment attained by a buddha .In Buddhism, the term buddha usually refers to one who has become enlightened... statuette	[ftp://graphics.stanford.edu/pub/3Dscanrep/happy/happy_recon.tar.gz happy_recon.tar.gz]
Stanford Dragon Stanford Dragon The Stanford Dragon is a computer graphics test model created with a Cyberware 3030 Model Shop Color 3D Scanner at Stanford University.The Dragon consists of data describing 871,414 trianglesAlthough the Stanford web page says that it has 1,132,830 triangles, the actual face count is 871,414 in...	1996		Stanford University Stanford University The Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University or Stanford, is a private research university on an campus located near Palo Alto, California. It is situated in the northwestern Santa Clara Valley on the San Francisco Peninsula, approximately northwest of San...	1,132,830 triangles	Scanned		[ftp://graphics.stanford.edu/pub/3Dscanrep/dragon/dragon_recon.tar.gz dragon_recon.tar.gz]	Chinese dragon Chinese dragon Chinese dragons are legendary creatures in Chinese mythology and folklore, with mythic counterparts among Japanese, Korean, Vietnamese, Bhutanese, Western and Turkic dragons. In Chinese art, dragons are typically portrayed as long, scaled, serpentine creatures with four legs... .
Armadillo	1996		Stanford University Stanford University The Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University or Stanford, is a private research university on an campus located near Palo Alto, California. It is situated in the northwestern Santa Clara Valley on the San Francisco Peninsula, approximately northwest of San...	345,944 triangles	Scanned		[ftp://graphics.stanford.edu/pub/3Dscanrep/armadillo/Armadillo.ply.gz Armadillo.ply.gz]	Armadillo Armadillo Armadillos are New World placental mammals, known for having a leathery armor shell. Dasypodidae is the only surviving family in the order Cingulata, part of the superorder Xenarthra along with the anteaters and sloths. The word armadillo is Spanish for "little armored one"... toy Toy A toy is any object that can be used for play. Toys are associated commonly with children and pets. Playing with toys is often thought to be an enjoyable means of training the young for life in human society. Different materials are used to make toys enjoyable and cuddly to both young and old... .
Suzanne	2002	Willem-Paul van Overbruggen	Blender (software) Blender (software) Blender is a free and open-source 3D computer graphics software product used for creating animated films, visual effects, interactive 3D applications or video games. The current release version is 2.60, and was released on October 19, 2011...	500 faces	Modeled 3D modeling In 3D computer graphics, 3D modeling is the process of developing a mathematical representation of any three-dimensional surface of object via specialized software. The product is called a 3D model...	Orangutan Orangutan Orangutans are the only exclusively Asian genus of extant great ape. The largest living arboreal animals, they have proportionally longer arms than the other, more terrestrial, great apes. They are among the most intelligent primates and use a variety of sophisticated tools, also making sleeping... from the movie Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back is a 2001 American action adventure comedy film written, directed by, and starring Kevin Smith as Silent Bob, the fifth to be set in his View Askewniverse, a growing collection of characters and settings that developed out of his cult favorite Clerks...	See comment	Chimpanzee model; reached in blender Blender (software) Blender is a free and open-source 3D computer graphics software product used for creating animated films, visual effects, interactive 3D applications or video games. The current release version is 2.60, and was released on October 19, 2011... by clicking Add → Mesh → Monkey. See also Unwrapping Suzanne
Phlegmatic Dragon	2007	See comment	Eurographics Eurographics Eurographics is a Europe-wide professional Computer Graphics association. The association supports its members in advancing the state of the art in Computer Graphics and related fields such as Multimedia, Scientific Visualization and Human-Computer Interaction.... 2007 conference	original: 667,214 faces; smoothed: 480,076 faces	Scanned		See comment	See also EG 2007 Phlegmatic Dragon

Gallery

External links

Models

The Stanford 3D Scanning Repository hosted by Stanford University
Stanford University
The Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University or Stanford, is a private research university on an campus located near Palo Alto, California. It is situated in the northwestern Santa Clara Valley on the San Francisco Peninsula, approximately northwest of San...
Large Geometric Models Archive hosted by Georgia Institute of Technology
Georgia Institute of Technology
The Georgia Institute of Technology is a public research university in Atlanta, Georgia, in the United States...
archive3D, a collection of 26,804 (as of July 23, 2011) 3D models
3DBar, a collection of free 3D models
NASA 3D Models, NASA
NASA
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration is the agency of the United States government that is responsible for the nation's civilian space program and for aeronautics and aerospace research...

3D models to use for educational or informational purposes
CGI
Computer-generated imagery
Computer-generated imagery is the application of the field of computer graphics or, more specifically, 3D computer graphics to special effects in art, video games, films, television programs, commercials, simulators and simulation generally, and printed media...

@ Chrysler
Chrysler
Chrysler Group LLC is a multinational automaker headquartered in Auburn Hills, Michigan, USA. Chrysler was first organized as the Chrysler Corporation in 1925....

Educational Toolkit, examples of Chrysler 3D vehicle
Vehicle
A vehicle is a device that is designed or used to transport people or cargo. Most often vehicles are manufactured, such as bicycles, cars, motorcycles, trains, ships, boats, and aircraft....

data sets
VRML Models from ORC Incorporated, 3D models in VRML
VRML
VRML is a standard file format for representing 3-dimensional interactive vector graphics, designed particularly with the World Wide Web in mind...

format

Scenes

Physically Based Rendering Toolkit's scene collection, a number of interesting scenes to render with global illumination
Global illumination
Global illumination is a general name for a group of algorithms used in 3D computer graphics that are meant to add more realistic lighting to 3D scenes...
3dRender.com: Lighting Challenges, regularly held lighting challenges, complete with scene and models for each challenge
MPI Informatics Building Model as Data for Your Research Version 1.0, a virtual reconstruction of the Max-Planck-Institute for Informatics in Saarbrücken
Saarbrücken
Saarbrücken is the capital of the state of Saarland in Germany. The city is situated at the heart of a metropolitan area that borders on the west on Dillingen and to the north-east on Neunkirchen, where most of the people of the Saarland live....

building, done between 2003 and 2009
MGF Example Scenes, a small collection of some indoor 3D scenes

Animated models

The Utah 3D Animation Repository, a small collection of animated 3D models

Miscellaneous

Princeton shape-based 3D model search engine

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