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, similar to the way standard test images are used in image processing.

Designed using CAD software; sorted by year of modeling.

Includes photogrammetric methods; sorted by year of scanning.

• Standard test image – Digital image used to test image algorithms
• A Computer Animated Hand – 1972 film by Edwin CatmullPages displaying wikidata descriptions as a fallback
• Sutherland's Volkswagen – 3D test model

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
• 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.