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Utah VW Bug
3D model of a Utah VW Bug
Details
The Utah VW Bug 3D Model is a copy of the model of the first real object ever 3D scanned, which was a VW Beetle car by University of Utah’s Computer Science department.
Additional content elements include:
| “Description" | description |
| “LongDescription" | long description |
| “Name" | English name |
| “StandardName" | standard English name |
| "MeshRegion" | mesh region representation |
| "Region" | region representation |
| "PolygonCount" | number of polygons |
| "VertexCount" | number of vertices |
| "ConnectedComponents" | number of connected components |
| "BoundingBox" | bounding box |
| "Summary" | summary information |
Examples
Basic Examples (2)
Retrieve the model:
| In[1]:= | ![ResourceData[\!\(\*
TagBox["\"\<Utah VW Bug\>\"",
#& ,
BoxID -> "ResourceTag-Utah VW Bug-Input",
AutoDelete->True]\)]](https://www.wolframcloud.com/obj/resourcesystem/images/392/39264520-aff9-4158-b57a-26fbb5ff30db/22882eacecfe4622.png){kind=small} |
| Out[1]= |  |
Summary properties:
| In[2]:= | ![ResourceData[\!\(\*
TagBox["\"\<Utah VW Bug\>\"",
#& ,
BoxID -> "ResourceTag-Utah VW Bug-Input",
AutoDelete->True]\), "Summary"]](https://www.wolframcloud.com/obj/resourcesystem/images/392/39264520-aff9-4158-b57a-26fbb5ff30db/623a1eb341ecaf8d.png){kind=small} |
| Out[2]= |  |
Scope & Additional Elements (2)
Find the minimum volume ball that encapsulates the mesh:
| In[3]:= | ![bound = BoundingRegion[ResourceData[\!\(\*
TagBox["\"\<Utah VW Bug\>\"",
#& ,
BoxID -> "ResourceTag-Utah VW Bug-Input",
AutoDelete->True]\)], "MinBall"]](https://www.wolframcloud.com/obj/resourcesystem/images/392/39264520-aff9-4158-b57a-26fbb5ff30db/7c40aca7dac87f47.png){kind=small} |
| Out[3]= |  |
| In[4]:= | ![Show[{ResourceData[\!\(\*
TagBox["\"\<Utah VW Bug\>\"",
#& ,
BoxID -> "ResourceTag-Utah VW Bug-Input",
AutoDelete->True]\)], Graphics3D[{Opacity[0.5], bound}]}]](https://www.wolframcloud.com/obj/resourcesystem/images/392/39264520-aff9-4158-b57a-26fbb5ff30db/3ecc72eba0568bea.png){kind=small} |
| Out[4]= |  |
View the model with roll, pitch, and yaw rotations:
| In[5]:= | ![Multicolumn[Table[TransformedRegion[ResourceData[\!\(\*
TagBox["\"\<Utah VW Bug\>\"",
#& ,
BoxID -> "ResourceTag-Utah VW Bug-Input",
AutoDelete->True]\)], AffineTransform@RollPitchYawMatrix[{r, 0, 0}, {1, 2, 3}]], {r, 0, 2 Pi, 2 Pi/8}], 3]](https://www.wolframcloud.com/obj/resourcesystem/images/392/39264520-aff9-4158-b57a-26fbb5ff30db/1f3282def4331d29.png) |
| Out[5]= |  |
Bibliographic Citation
Wolfram Research, "Utah VW Bug" from the Wolfram Data Repository (2022)