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This is a list of
models and
meshes commonly used in
3D computer graphics for testing and demonstrating
rendering algorithms and
visual effects . Their use is important for comparing results, similar to the way
standard test images are used in
image processing .
Designed using CAD software; sorted by year of
modelling .
Name and viewer
Render
Year of creation
Person/organisation that did the modelling
Description of source object
Model size
License
Comments
Utah teapot
1975
Martin Newell at
University of Utah
Melitta teapot
28
Bézier patches (32 with the bottom)
[1]
Also called the "Newell teapot". One of the first models not to be measured.
Cornell box
1984
Cindy M. Goral ,
Kenneth E. Torrance ,
Donald P. Greenberg ,
Bennett Battaile at
Cornell University
Originally meant to be compared to real-life setup to test physicality of simulated optics
5 quads, 1 light source
Scene includes multiple models and light source. Many versions exist, but only one of them is considered the standard Cornell box; the color of the left and right walls is important.
Suzanne
2002
Willem-Paul van Overbruggen for
Blender
Chimpanzee head, based on an
orangutan from the movie
Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back
500 faces
GNU GPL 2+ (inherited from Blender as a whole)
Mascot for
Blender
[2]
Crytek Sponza
2010
Frank Meinl at
Crytek
The
colonnaded atrium of the
Sponza Palace in
Dubrovnik
[3]
262,267 triangles 184,330 vertices
[3]
Used for demonstrating
global illumination techniques.
[4]
[5]
[6]
[7] The Crytek version is based on a model created by Marko Dabrović in early 2001 while he was at RNA studio, and donated to a radiosity competition held by CGTechniques.com in early 2002.
[8]
[9]
Spot
2012
Keenan Crane at
Caltech
cartoon cow
2,930 vertices 5,856 triangles
Catmull-Clark control mesh, quadrangulation, triangulation, vector texture, and bitmap texture. All meshes are manifold, genus-0 embeddings.
3DBenchy
2015
Creative Tools
cartoon boat
112,569 verts (225,154 tris)
CC By ND 4.0
[10]
Specifically designed for testing the accuracy and capabilities of 3D printers
Includes photogrammetric methods; sorted by year of scanning.
Name and viewer
Render
Year of creation
Person/organisation responsible for the scan
Description of source object
Model size
License
Comments
Stanford bunny
1993-94
[11]
Greg Turk ,
Marc Levoy at
Stanford University
Ceramic rabbit
[12]
69,451 triangles
[11]
Figurine of unknown authorship and licensing status, scan itself released under a two-clause
BSD license .
A test of range scanning physical objects. Originally .
ply file .
Stanford dragon
1996
[11]
Stanford University
Chinese dragon
1,132,830 triangles
Wooden Elk Toy
2000
[13]
Hans-Peter Seidel at
Max-Planck-Institut für Informatik
Often used as an
example of a non-trivial object with high
genus .
Phlegmatic Dragon
[14]
Phlegmatic Dragon
2007
Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Czech Technical University in Prague
Eurographics 2007 conference
667,214 faces (original) 480,076 faces (smoothed)
Sticker on the bottom says "GRUNCH © PANTON '88 MADE IN ENGLAND"
Smoothed and nonsmoothed
David
[15]
[16]
2009
Stanford University
Michelangelo 's 5-meter statue
David
[15]
~1 billion polygons
[17]
Only available to established scholars and for non-commercial use only.
[16]
range data
[16]
Fertility
2009
AIM@SHAPE Repository (scanned at
Utrecht University )
Small stone statue with two joined figures.
241,607 vertices 483,226 triangles
Laser scan.
Nefertiti
2015
Nora Al-Badri and Jan Nikolai Nelles
A stoneworked
bust of the Egyptian queen
Nefertiti was created in 1345 BC by
Thutmose
~2 million triangles
CC By SA 4.0
Surreptitiously scanned by Nora Al-Badri and Jan Nikolai Nelles, and subsequently separately by
Scan the World with permission of the
Neues Museum .
Standard test models
Other repositories
The Utah 3D Animation Repository , a small collection of animated 3D models
scene collection , by Physically Based Rendering Toolkit: a number of interesting scenes to render with
global illumination
MGF Example Scenes , a small collection of some indoor 3D scenes
archive3D , a collection of 3D models
3DModels , a collection of vehicle 3D models
3DBar , a collection of free 3D models
NASA 3D Models ,
NASA 3D models to use for educational or informational purposes
VRML Models from ORC Incorporated, 3D models in
VRML format
3dRender.com: Lighting Challenges , regularly held lighting challenges, complete with scene and models for each challenge
MPI Informatics Building Model , a virtual reconstruction of the
Max Planck Institute for Informatics building in
Saarbrücken
Princeton shape-based 3D model search engine
Keenan's 3D Model Repository hosted by the
Carnegie Mellon University
HeiCuBeDa Hilprecht – Heidelberg Cuneiform Benchmark Dataset for the Hilprecht Collection a collection of almost 2.000
cuneiform tablets for bulk-download acquired with a high-resolution 3D-scanner. Available under a
CC BY license and quotable by
digital object identifiers . Datasets cleaned using the
GigaMesh Software Framework .
HeiCu3Da Hilprecht – Heidelberg Cuneiform 3D Database - Hilprecht Collection browsable version of HeiCuBeDa allowing to download and quote single 3D models.