free nasa models

[johnl3d]

http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/3d_resources/index.html

[Rodney]

Nice find John!

 

Now that's what governments should be doing... creating 3D models for it's citizenry.

Gonna have to make a tshirt now that says, "Make 3D... not war."

 

The model I happened to download and test took between 5 - 10 minutes to get through the OBJ converter but it came through nicely.

A bit dense to animate but never-the-less... nice! All the Groups/colors came through beautifully.

 

Please do not ask why he is hovering over a 100% reflective black ground... it seemed like a good idea at the time.

ACES.mdl

[Rodney]

It might be good to note NASA's terms of usage:

 

Still Images, Audio Recordings, Video, and Related Computer Files

 

NASA still images; audio files; video; and computer files used in the rendition of 3-dimensional models, such as texture maps and polygon data in any format, generally are not copyrighted. You may use NASA imagery, video, audio, and data files used for the rendition of 3-dimensional models for educational or informational purposes, including photo collections, textbooks, public exhibits, computer graphical simulations and Internet Web pages. This general permission extends to personal Web pages.

 

This general permission does not extend to use of the NASA insignia logo (the blue "meatball" insignia), the retired NASA logotype (the red "worm" logo) and the NASA seal. These images may not be used by persons who are not NASA employees or on products (including Web pages) that are not NASA-sponsored.

 

NASA should be acknowledged as the source of the material except in cases of advertising. See NASA Advertising Guidelines.

 

If the NASA material is to be used for commercial purposes, especially including advertisements, it must not explicitly or implicitly convey NASA's endorsement of commercial goods or services. If a NASA image includes an identifiable person, using the image for commercial purposes may infringe that person's right of privacy or publicity, and permission should be obtained from the person. Any questions regarding application of any NASA image or emblem should be directed to:

 

Photo Department

NASA Headquarters

300 E St. SW

Washington, DC 20546

Tel: 202-358-1900

Fax: 202-358-4333

[johnl3d]

Grabbed one and put in a prop without the decals but did quick background in photoshop

 

[Rodney]

Nice one!

 

I grabbed the Global Hawk as my test for 3DS prop import.

It looked to me like a few images needed to be renamed but otherwise it worked well.

It imported almost instantaneously.

[John Bigboote]

Interesting! No offense to your image, Rodney... but- we have better modelers here on this forum than they do at NASA! This is a great find!

[Rodney]

we have better modelers here on this forum than they do at NASA!

 

I agree!

 

The thought also occurred to me that some of these models (or others not included on the site) might have started life as spline based A:M models.

The reason I thought of that... we use to have someone in the A:M Community that created models/animation at NASA. I seem to recall they last posted NASA related work around the time of the first Mars landing.