Example models with texture coordinates? - graphics

I'm writing a small OpenGL demo and I would really like to show some example models with textures. The trouble is I have a really tough time finding such models.
There are tons of repositories of 3D models in various formats but it seems that only a small fraction of them have texture coordinates. I'm looking for find some well known stuff like the stanford bunny or the teapot, with texture coordinates.
Anybody know where I can find these?

GLUT has a function for generating the teapot model with texture coordinates:
void glutSolidTeapot(GLdouble size);

You can use any DCC app ( e.g. the free, and only slightly annoying Blender ) to create UV coordinates for a model, assuming it reads/writes the formats you're interested in.

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Silhouette below 3D model

There are some 3D applications which can cast shadow or silhouette below 3D models. They render pretty fast and smooth. I wonder what kind of technology is the standard procedure to get 3D model shadow/silhouette.
For example is there any C++ library like libigl or CGAL to get shadow/silhouette pretty fast? Or maybe GLSL shading is used? Any hint would be appreciated on the standard technology stack.
For rendering, it's trivial. Just project the vertices to the surface (for the case of the XY plane, this just entails setting the Z coordinate to 0) and render the triangles. There'll be a lot of overlap, but since you're just rendering that won't matter.
If you're trying to build a set of polygons representing the silhouette shape, you'll need to instead union the projected triangles using something like the Vatti clipping algorithm.
Computing shadows is a vast and uneasy topic. In the real world, light sources are extended and the shadow edges are not sharp (there is penumbra). Then there are cast shadows, and even self-shadows.
If you limit yourself to punctual light sources (hence sharp shadows), there is a simple principle: if you place an observer at the light source, the faces he will see are illuminated by that light source. Conversely, the hidden surfaces are in the shadow.
For correct rendering, the shadowed areas should be back-projected to the scene and painted black.
By nature, the ray-tracing techniques make this process easy to implement.

How do CAD programs display parametric models?

Softwares like Catia, SolidWorks or the like all can visualize complex models while designing.
Exporting such models to raster triangle meshes yields huge files that later need to be greatly simplified to be imported into 3D engines like Unreal Engine or equivalent.
My question is: how do they visualize such complex geometries without rasterization? How do they do it that fast?
GPUs can only deal with triangles, therefore they tessellate geometry exactly as for STL export. Tessellation tolerance may vary from display to STL export affecting the time required to compute it.
Exporting such models to raster triangle meshes yields huge files
Not entirely correct. When you ask solidworks for the mesh you also provide quality that will influence number of triangles you receive - can be millions, can be just a dozen.
CAD packages operate with most bodies/shapes analytically - they have a formula. My guess is any other 3D engine does the same, the thing is format of the analytical data that different engines use is not the same. So you need to convert from one to another using triangles, format that everybody understands.

Converting vertex colors to UV texture in meshlab

I am trying to write a script that converts the vertex colors of a scanned .ply model to a good UV texture map so that it can be 3D painted as well as re-sculpted in another program like Mudbox.
Right now I am unwrapping the model using smart projection in Blender, and then using Meshlab to convert the vertex colors to a texture. My approach is mostly working, and at first the texture seems to be converted with no issues, but when I try to use the smooth brush in Mudbox/Blender to smooth out some areas of the model after the texture conversion, small polygons rise to the surface that are untextured. Here is an image of the problem: https://www.dropbox.com/s/pmekzxvvi44umce/Image.png?dl=0
All of these small polygons seem to have their own UV shells separate from the rest of the mesh, they all seem to be invisible from the surface of the model before smoothing, and they are difficult or impossible to repaint in Mudbox/Blender.
I tried baking the texture in Blender as well but experienced similar problems. I'm pretty stumped so any solutions or suggestions would be greatly appreciated!
Doing some basic mesh cleanup in Meshlab (merging close vertices in particular) seems to have mostly solved the problem.

Blender to Unity, vertex smoothing

I have an object in blender that has sharp corners, and easily distinguishable faces, exactly what I want. However, when I place it in Unity all of the vertices smooth out, and it is impossible to see what you are looking at. How do I get the same object that I have in Blender to show up in unity?
This is tackled here
blender-normal-smoothing-import-problem
Also you can calculate the normals on import via 'Smoothing angle' which will edge break/phong break based on the angles

Easiest way to create and render 3D model by rotating a 2D silhouette

I have a black and white 2D drawing of a silhouette (say, a chess piece) that I would like to rotate around an axis to create a 3D object.
Then I want to render that 3D object from multiple angles using some sort of raytracing software, saving each angle into a separate file.
What would be the easiest way to automatically (repeatedly) 1. get a vector path from the 2d drawing 2. create the 3D model by rotating it 3. import it into the raytracer.
I haven't chosen a specific raytracer yet, but Sunflow has caught my eye.
Texturing/bump mapping would be nice but non-essential
The modeling feature you're looking for is a Lathe.
Sunflow can import 3ds files and blender files.
I've never used blender, but here's a tutorial for using the lathe to make a wine glass. You'd replace the silhouette of the wine glass with your shape:
http://www.blendermagz.com/2009/04/14/blender-3d-lathe-modeling-wine-glass/
Blender is FOSS, you can down load it here:
www.blender.org/download/get-blender/ (can't post more than one link, so you'll have to type this one in yourself :-)
I found a pretty cool site where you can do this online, interactively:
http://www.fi.uu.nl/toepassingen/00182/toepassing_wisweb.en.html
No great detail revolution but maybe you can find the code and extend it to your needs.

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