My Top 10 Free 3D Model Databases

There are plenty of websites or repositories for 3D models. In practice I’ve often found myself searching through a lot of them when looking for a particular model. In my opinion, there isn’t a one stop shop solution. Instead, there are several really good websites that are worth to check out. In this post I’ll present my favorite 10 3D model databases divided into these four categories:

• CAD models: If you are a mechanical engineer and are looking for models to re-use in your own design, then these repositories are for you.

• Academic: There are some great repositories that are maintained by researchers (e.g. for machine learning purposes) to which I’d like to give some credit in this blog entry.

• 3D-printing: In this category I’ll rank the best websites that specifically offer printable 3D models.

• Computer graphics: You need models that are not necessarily accurate, but look awesome? Then this is your category.

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