Stanford dragon

The Stanford dragon is a computer graphics 3D test model created with a Cyberware 3030 Model Shop (MS) Color 3D scanner at Stanford University.

The dragon consists of data describing 871,414 triangles[note 1][1] determined by 3D scanning a real figurine.

The data set is often used to test various graphics algorithms, including polygonal simplification, compression, and surface smoothing,[2] similar to the Stanford bunny (1993).

The model is available in different file formats (ply, vrml, vl, etc.)

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