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
Model name
Year of creation
Creator
Origin
Model size (vertices or triangles)
Creation method
Inspiration (if any)
Link to model
Comments
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
1,087,716 triangles[2]
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]
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.
Gallery
See also
References
External links
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
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