3D Repository for
Computer-based Visualization of Architectural Cultural Heritage

Supporting digital capabilities of the higher education sector and stimulating innovative learning and teaching practices

3D Repository

What is
CoVHer?

CoVHer stands for Computer-based Visualization of Architectural Cultural Heritage. We want to support digital capabilities of the higher education sector and stimulate innovative learning and teaching practices. The main specific objective of the project is to define applicative/practical guidelines and operational methodologies aimed at the study, the implementation, the visualization (including access), and the critical evaluation of the 3D models of artefacts that no longer exist or have never been built, in accordance with the Charter on the Preservation of Digital Heritage. The aim is to define a clear methodology for the creation and documentation of the Computer Visualisation of Cultural Heritage (CVCH) model.


About repository

The repository was created within the scope of the European project, CoVHer, aimed at defining applicable standards (documentation) and methods for 3D models of hypothetical virtual reconstructions.

This platform is the result of combined efforts with the DFG 3D-Viewer project and currently takes over the role of the previous repository for cultural heritage models, developed by the Institute of Architecture at Hochschule Mainz - University of Applied Sciences (AI MAINZ) in collaboration with Interessengemeinschaft für Semantische Datenverarbeitung e.V. (IGSD).

Supported 3D formats

Our repository utilizes a custom 3D viewer based on the three.js framework. This viewer enables the display of 3D models created through reality capture as well as those crafted manually.It supports complex models with up to 2 million vertices and file sizes of nearly 2 GB! But remember that uploading large files to web viewer can badly affect their performance. environments. Currently, the viewer supports up to 12 different 3D file formats, listed below:

FBX
OBJ
DAE
PLY
3DS
IFC
STL
GLB
glTF
X3D
JSON
XYZ
Getting started

You can browse through the uploaded 3D models and check functionalities of the viewer without registration.

If you wish to upload to the repository your own 3D content, please register using ORCID. If you don't have an ORCID account, it's free and allows for authentication. For manual registration, please send an account activation request to igorpiotr.bajena@unibo.it.

Before uploading the model, please read the Guidelines, which help prepare your model for upload. You can also follow a video tutorial explaining the upload process step by step.

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