50 KB glTF sample

A glTF file of exactly 51,200 bytes. It is a valid GL Transmission Format file, generated by this site. Compare its checksum and test it with the parser used by your application. Use it wherever you need a 50 KB sample, test or dummy glTF file.

sample-gltf-50kb.gltf

50 KB51,200 bytes

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Type: model/gltf+json
SHA-256: cdae2ffe8283761e9bd9d9e668ffed54a313baf6d4c99d699608dcaa81c540db
Delivery: Created in your browser from static generator assets (how it works).

What is in this file

A glTF 2.0 scene with one mesh: a height-field terrain of 1,089 vertices and 2,048 triangles, stored in a base64 buffer inside the JSON. A padding string in the top-level "extras" member brings the file to the exact size.

Vertices	1,089
Triangles	2,048
glTF version	2.0
Buffers	1 (embedded, base64)
Materials	None (default)

How the file begins

The opening lines of sample-gltf-50kb.gltf, exactly as they appear in the file.

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00000010  6f 6e 22 3a 22 32 2e 30  22 2c 22 67 65 6e 65 72 |on":"2.0","gener|
00000020  61 74 6f 72 22 3a 22 53  61 6d 70 6c 65 54 65 73 |ator":"SampleTes|
00000030  74 46 69 6c 65 73 20 73  61 6d 70 6c 65 20 66 69 |tFiles sample fi|

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Where 50 KB matters

A 51,200-byte file, half of the default body limit in several web frameworks. These are the default limits a file of this size is useful for testing:

System	Limit	Note
Express body parsers	100 KB by default	50 KB is accepted; 500 KB is rejected with 413 unless the limit is raised.
Base64 encoding	Adds 33 percent	50 KB becomes about 67 KB when embedded in JSON.

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Use this file for

Checking thumbnail and icon handling
Verifying axis and unit conversion from other formats
Load-testing rendering with large meshes

Testing notes for glTF

A file can declare extensions it requires, such as Draco mesh compression. A loader without that extension has to refuse the file.
A .gltf file often refers to separate .bin and texture files. Uploading the JSON alone gives a model with no geometry. The samples here embed their data, so one file is enough.

glTF format reference

Technical details

File name	sample-gltf-50kb.gltf
Format	glTF (GL Transmission Format)
Extension	.gltf
MIME type	model/gltf+json
Size	51,200 bytes (50 KB)
Kind	Text
SHA-256	cdae2ffe8283761e9bd9d9e668ffed54a313baf6d4c99d699608dcaa81c540db
Created	2026-10-23
Validation	See the listed size and SHA-256. Small downloads are checked in the browser; verify streamed downloads manually. A hash match does not prove parser compatibility.
Preview	Available on this page
Source	Generated in your browser by this site's generator; not copied from elsewhere
Licence	Free to use, modify and redistribute (terms)
Category	3D Models

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Questions about this file

Is this file exactly 50 KB?: Yes. It is 51,200 bytes, which is 50 KB in the binary units that operating systems and server limits use (1 KB = 1,024 bytes).
What is inside the 50 KB glTF file?: A glTF 2.0 scene with one mesh: a height-field terrain of 1,089 vertices and 2,048 triangles, stored in a base64 buffer inside the JSON. A padding string in the top-level "extras" member brings the file to the exact size.
Do the glTF samples need a separate .bin file?: No. The vertex and index data are embedded in the JSON as a base64 data URI, so each sample is a single self-contained file.

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