10 MB STL sample

An STL file of exactly 10,485,760 bytes. It is a valid STL 3D model (stereolithography) file, generated by this site. Compare its checksum and test it with the parser used by your application. Use it wherever you need a 10 MB sample, test or dummy STL file.

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sample-stl-10mb.stl

10 MB10,485,760 bytes

Download 10 MB STL

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Type
model/stl
SHA-256
68622f84791fac6cec5114e911d51304b9fa3669841fab631823e7b37d682dd5
Delivery
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What is in this file

An ASCII STL solid, "terrain", of 57,528 triangular facets with unit normals, forming a height field 142 vertices wide. Lines of spaces before the endsolid line, which STL readers skip, bring the file to the exact size.

Facets57,528
EncodingASCII STL
UnitsNot specified (model units)
Solids1

How the file begins

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

00000000  73 6f 6c 69 64 20 74 65  72 72 61 69 6e 0a 20 20 |solid terrain.  |
00000010  66 61 63 65 74 20 6e 6f  72 6d 61 6c 20 2d 30 2e |facet normal -0.|
00000020  34 34 32 37 20 30 2e 38  30 31 33 20 2d 30 2e 34 |4427 0.8013 -0.4|
00000030  30 32 34 0a 20 20 20 20  6f 75 74 65 72 20 6c 6f |024.    outer lo|

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Where 10 MB matters

A 10,485,760-byte file: over the default limits of PHP, API Gateway and Spring Boot requests. These are the default limits a file of this size is useful for testing:

SystemLimitNote
Amazon API Gateway10 MB payloadA 10 MB file in a multipart or base64 body is over the limit.
Spring Boot multipart10 MB per request by default (max-request-size)Exceeded once form overhead is added.
PHP8 MB POST body by default (post_max_size)Rejected before the script runs.
Amazon S3 multipart upload5 MiB minimum part sizeThis file splits into exactly two minimum-sized parts.
Email attachmentsCommonly 20 to 25 MB per message10 MB fits, at about 13.3 MB once encoded.

All 10 MB sample files

Use this file for

  • Finding the first upload limit in a new stack
  • Testing 3D model upload for print services
  • Checking detection of ASCII and binary files

Testing notes for STL

  • The .stl extension is also used for Windows certificate trust lists, which is why some servers label a 3D model application/vnd.ms-pki.stl.
  • A binary file may start with the word "solid" in its free-text header, and many do. Detection has to test whether the file length equals 84 plus 50 bytes for each triangle, not just read the first five bytes.

STL format reference

Technical details

File namesample-stl-10mb.stl
FormatSTL (STL 3D model (stereolithography))
Extension.stl
MIME typemodel/stl
Size10,485,760 bytes (10 MB)
KindText
Signature73 6F 6C 69 64
SHA-25668622f84791fac6cec5114e911d51304b9fa3669841fab631823e7b37d682dd5
Created2026-10-23
ValidationSee 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.
PreviewAvailable on this page
SourceGenerated in your browser by this site's generator; not copied from elsewhere
LicenceFree to use, modify and redistribute (terms)
Category3D Models

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Questions about this file

Is this file exactly 10 MB?
Yes. It is 10,485,760 bytes, which is 10 MB in the binary units that operating systems and server limits use (1 KB = 1,024 bytes).
What is inside the 10 MB STL file?
An ASCII STL solid, "terrain", of 57,528 triangular facets with unit normals, forming a height field 142 vertices wide. Lines of spaces before the endsolid line, which STL readers skip, bring the file to the exact size.
Are the STL samples ASCII or binary?
The sized samples are ASCII STL, which can be padded to an exact byte count with blank lines. The curated library adds a binary STL file, a unit cube of 12 triangles.