25 MB STL sample

An STL file of exactly 26,214,400 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 25 MB sample, test or dummy STL file.

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sample-stl-25mb.stl

25 MB26,214,400 bytes

Download 25 MB STL

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Type
model/stl
SHA-256
057dae880307577253f5f55ac3460d243c9535cb60c00ff4e97d71b379cb7662
Delivery
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What is in this file

An ASCII STL solid, "terrain", of 142,274 triangular facets with unit normals, forming a height field 224 vertices wide. Lines of spaces before the endsolid line, which STL readers skip, bring the file to the exact size.

Facets142,274
EncodingASCII STL
UnitsNot specified (model units)
Solids1

How the file begins

The opening lines of sample-stl-25mb.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 25 MB matters

A 26,214,400-byte file, 25 MB in the binary units that operating systems and upload limits use. It is useful wherever a form, an API gateway, a storage quota or a mail server is configured with a limit of about this size.

All 25 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-25mb.stl
FormatSTL (STL 3D model (stereolithography))
Extension.stl
MIME typemodel/stl
Size26,214,400 bytes (25 MB)
KindText
Signature73 6F 6C 69 64
SHA-256057dae880307577253f5f55ac3460d243c9535cb60c00ff4e97d71b379cb7662
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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This file is created in your browser, so it has no direct URL for curl or wget. The generator is designed to produce reproducible bytes. After saving, compare the checksum with the SHA-256 value above.

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Questions about this file

Is this file exactly 25 MB?
Yes. It is 26,214,400 bytes, which is 25 MB in the binary units that operating systems and server limits use (1 KB = 1,024 bytes).
What is inside the 25 MB STL file?
An ASCII STL solid, "terrain", of 142,274 triangular facets with unit normals, forming a height field 224 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.