10 KB OBJ sample file

An OBJ file of exactly 10,240 bytes. It is a valid Wavefront OBJ 3D model file, generated for this site and checked with an independent parser.

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sample-obj-10kb.obj

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Type
model/obj
SHA-256
f367ef4d74c95caf68f69ebdf63e5c2a74d02ecb849d9253d88b4942bc2ed4fe
Direct URL
https://sampletestfiles.com/downloads/obj/sample-obj-10kb.obj

What is in this file

A height-field mesh with 231 vertices and 400 triangular faces, written as "v" and "f" statements with no materials. Comment lines at the end bring the file to the exact size.

Vertices231
Faces400 triangles
Objects1 (terrain)
Normals and UVsNone
EncodingUTF-8 (ASCII characters only)

How the file begins

The opening lines of sample-obj-10kb.obj, exactly as they appear in the file.

# SampleTestFiles sample OBJ file (10 KB)
# A triangulated height-field surface, 11 vertices wide.
o terrain
v 0.000 0.0000 0.000
v 0.500 0.1197 0.000
v 1.000 0.2377 0.000
v 1.500 0.3523 0.000
v 2.000 0.4618 0.000
v 2.500 0.5646 0.000
v 3.000 0.6594 0.000
v 3.500 0.7446 0.000
v 4.000 0.8192 0.000
v 4.500 0.8820 0.000
v 5.000 0.9320 0.000

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Where 10 KB matters

A 10,240-byte file that still arrives in the first round trip of a new connection. These are the default limits a file of this size is useful for testing:

SystemLimitNote
TCP initial congestion windowAbout 14.6 KB (10 segments)A 10 KB response fits in the first flight of packets; the 25 KB sample does not.
nginx and Apache request headers8 KB per header line by defaultData this large must go in the request body.
webpack asset modules8 KB by defaultAssets over the threshold are emitted as files instead of data URIs.

All 10 KB sample files

Use this file for

  • Checking thumbnail and icon handling
  • Load-testing viewers with large meshes
  • Testing 3D model upload and preview

Testing notes for OBJ

  • Face indices are one-based and can be negative, meaning relative to the end of the vertex list; importers written for zero-based arrays are off by one.
  • OBJ has no unit of measurement, so the same file can appear at wildly different scales in different tools.

OBJ format reference

Technical details

File namesample-obj-10kb.obj
FormatOBJ (Wavefront OBJ 3D model)
Extension.obj
MIME typemodel/obj
Size10,240 bytes (10 KB)
KindText
SHA-256f367ef4d74c95caf68f69ebdf63e5c2a74d02ecb849d9253d88b4942bc2ed4fe
Created2026-10-10
ValidationExact size, signature bytes and structure checked when the file was generated
PreviewAvailable on this page
SourceGenerated for this site; not copied from elsewhere
LicenceFree to use, modify and redistribute (terms)
Category3D Models

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Fetch the file with curl, then compare its checksum with the SHA-256 value above.

curl -o sample-obj-10kb.obj 'https://sampletestfiles.com/downloads/obj/sample-obj-10kb.obj'
sha256sum sample-obj-10kb.obj     # Linux
shasum -a 256 sample-obj-10kb.obj # macOS

On Windows, run Get-FileHash sample-obj-10kb.obj -Algorithm SHA256 in PowerShell. A matching value proves that the download is complete and unaltered.

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Questions about this file

Is this file exactly 10 KB?
Yes. It is 10,240 bytes, which is 10 KB in the binary units that operating systems and server limits use (1 KB = 1,024 bytes).
What is inside the 10 KB OBJ file?
A height-field mesh with 231 vertices and 400 triangular faces, written as "v" and "f" statements with no materials. Comment lines at the end bring the file to the exact size.
What does the sample model look like?
A gently rolling surface, like a patch of terrain, built from triangles. It has no materials or textures.