List of common 3D test models

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

Contents 1 Models by year of creation 2 Gallery 3 References 4 External links 5 See also

Models by year of creation

Model name	Year of creation	Creator	Origin	Resolution	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	See also The 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 exists, 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	Buddha 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

Gallery

The Utah teapot   The Cornell Box   The Stanford Bunny   A reproduction of the Stanford Dragon   Suzanne

References

External links

Models

• The Stanford 3D Scanning Repository hosted by Stanford University
• Large Geometric Models Archive hosted by Georgia Institute of Technology
• archive3D, a collection of 26,804 (as of July 23, 2011) 3D models
• 3DBar, a collection of free 3D models
• NASA 3D Models, NASA 3D models to use for educational or informational purposes
• CGI @ Chrysler Educational Toolkit, examples of Chrysler 3D vehicle data sets
• VRML Models from ORC Incorporated, 3D models in VRML format

Scenes

• Physically Based Rendering Toolkit's scene collection, a number of interesting scenes to render with global illumination
• 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 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

See also

• Standard test image