List of common 3D test models
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, similarly to the way standard test images are used in image processing.
Models by year of creation
Preview | Model name | Year of creation | Creator | Origin | Model size (vertices or triangles) | Creation method | Inspiration (if any) | Link to model | Comments |
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VW Bug[1] | 1972 | Ivan Sutherland | University of Utah | Measured by hand | Volkswagen Beetle belonging to Ivan Sutherland's wife, Marsha | Real car, measured by hand using yardsticks | |||
Utah teapot, Newell teapot | 1975 | Martin Newell | University of Utah | Modeled | Melitta teapot | teaset.tgz and SPD | See also The History of The Teapot and History of the Teapot | ||
Cornell box | 1984 | Cindy M. Goral, Kenneth E. Torrance, Donald P. Greenberg, Bennett Battaile | Cornell University | Modeled | See Cornell Box Data | Many different versions of the Cornell Box exist, although one of them is considered the standard Cornell Box. See also History of the Cornell Box | |||
Stanford Bunny | 1993-94[2] | Greg Turk, Marc Levoy | Stanford University | 69,451 triangles[2] | Scanned | Clay bunny[3] | bunny.tar.gz | ||
Happy Buddha | 1996[4] | Brian Curless, Marc Levoy[4] | Stanford University | 1,087,474 triangles and 543,524 vertices | Scanned | Budai statuette[5] | happy_recon.tar.gz | ||
Stanford Dragon | 1996[2] | Stanford University | 1,132,830 triangles | Scanned | dragon_recon.tar.gz | Chinese dragon. | |||
Armadillo | 1996[2] | Stanford University | 345,944 triangles | Scanned | Armadillo.ply.gz | Armadillo toy. | |||
Suzanne | 2002 | Willem-Paul van Overbruggen | Blender (software) | 500 faces | Modeled | Orangutan from the movie Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back | See comment | Chimpanzee model; reached in blender by clicking Add → Mesh → Monkey. See also Unwrapping Suzanne | |
Phlegmatic Dragon[6] | 2007 | See comment | Eurographics 2007 conference | original: 667,214 faces; smoothed: 480,076 faces | Scanned | See comment | See also EG 2007 Phlegmatic Dragon | ||
Stanford Lucy | Stanford University | 14,027,872 vertices, 28,055,742 triangles | Scanned[7] | Stanford Computer Graphics Laboratory lucy.tar.gz | Scanned model of Christian angel. | ||||
Asian Dragon | Stanford University | 3,609,455 vertices, 7,218,906 triangles | Scanned | XYZ RGB dragon.ply.gz | A different Chinese dragon. | ||||
Thai Statue | Stanford University | Original model: 19,400,000 vertices (38,800,000 triangles); model provided: 5,000,000 vertices (10,000,000 triangles) | Scanned | XYZ RGB statuette.ply.gz | Scanned model of Thai statue | ||||
David[8][9] | Stanford University | About 1 billion polygons | Scanned[7] | Michelangelo's 5-meter statue of David | See comment | Only available to established scholars and for non-commercial use only.[9] | |||
Venus | |||||||||
Fertility | AIM@SHAPE Repository | 241,607 vertices, 483,226 triangles | Scanned | From the AIM@SHAPE Repository | Small statue with two joined figures. Laser scanned from a stone sculpture. | ||||
Spot | 2012 | Keenan Crane | The California Institute of Technology | 2,930 vertices, 5,856 triangles | Modeled | From Keenan's 3D Model Repository | A spotted cow homeomorphic to a sphere. Comes with Catmull-Clark control mesh, quadrangulation, triangulation, vector texture, and bitmap texture. All meshes are manifold, genus-0 embeddings. | ||
Wooden Elk Toy | 2000 | Hans-Peter Seidel | Max-Planck-Institut fuer Informatik, Computer Graphics Group | Photogrammetry | "Building a Photo Studio for Measurement Purposes" | Often used as an example of a non-trivial object with high genus. | |||
Bust of Max Planck | 2001 | Hans-Peter Seidel | Max-Planck-Institut fuer Informatik, Computer Graphics Group | Scanned | |||||
3DBenchy | 2015 | Creative Tools | Specifically designed for testing the accuracy and capabilities of 3D printers |
Gallery
See also
References
- ↑ Robert McDermot (2003). "Robert Remembers: the VW Bug" (PDF). Retrieved 17 Dec 2015.
- 1 2 3 4 "The Stanford 3D Scanning Repository". Stanford University. 22 Dec 2010. Retrieved 17 July 2011.
- ↑ Greg Turk (2000). "The Stanford Bunny". Retrieved 18 July 2011.
- 1 2 "Happy Buddha". Stanford University. Retrieved 17 July 2011.
- ↑ Brian Curless and Marc Levoy (February 10, 1997). "Computer model and 3D fax of Happy Buddha". Stanford University. Retrieved 17 July 2011.
- ↑ "EG 2007 Phlegmatic Dragon". Eurographics 2007. 12 May 2011. Retrieved 23 July 2011.
- 1 2 Levoy, Marc (November 27, 1998). "The Stanford Large Statue Scanner". Stanford University. Retrieved 22 September 2014.
- ↑ Levoy, Marc (August 11, 2009). "The Digital Michelangelo Project". Stanford University. Retrieved 22 September 2014.
- 1 2 Levoy, Marc (August 19, 2014). "The Digital Michelangelo Project Archive of 3D Models". Stanford University. Retrieved 22 September 2014.
External links
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- Standard test models
- The Stanford 3D Scanning Repository hosted by the Stanford University
- Large Geometric Models Archive hosted by the Georgia Institute of Technology
- 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
- Hum3D, 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
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