Nobody likes reading the fine print, least of all when you’re just downloading some 3D model. While printing a copy for personal use this is rarely an issue, things can get a lot more complic…
I always wondered why someone from Utah would model a teapot. After all, it’s not very American. But now that I’ve just done some digging…
Martin Edward Newell is a British-born computer scientist specializing in computer graphics who is perhaps best known as the creator of the Utah teapot computer model.
It would be nice for the teapot to make a comeback, since it used to be used to benchmark 3d computer graphics
The Utah Teapot.
I always wondered why someone from Utah would model a teapot. After all, it’s not very American. But now that I’ve just done some digging…
Everything is clear to me now lol
Yeah, if it was a Utahn, it would probably be a soda cup.
It doesn’t have enough sharp edges, overhangs, etc that make the benchy useful to tuning and evaluating a 3D printer
Those could be added.