3D

Content definition: Tools that support the preservation of 3D data.

Tools for this content type

		Access, Use and Reuse	Create or Receive (Acquire)	Cross-Lifecycle Functions	Dispose	Ingest	Preservation Action	Preservation Planning	Store
3DHOP (3D Heritage Online Presenter)	3DHOP is an open-source JavaScript framework for the visualization of 3D models in a standard web page.	X
ALTAG3D	An open source archive software			X		X	X		X
CND3D	Store, Preserve and publish 3D objects produced in Digital Humanities Research		X						X
CloudCompare	CloudCompare is a tool for editing and processing 3D point clouds and triangular meshes.			X		X	X
Filestar	Universal file converter for 900+ file types.			X		X	X
MeshLab	A tool for editing, cleaning, healing, inspecting, rendering, texturing, converting, and editing 3D triangular meshes.						X
Potree	A free open-source WebGL based point cloud renderer for large point clouds.	X					X
Smithsonian Cook	Processing of 3D model, mesh, and texture data including the option to define custom processing workflows, where a set of files is processed by multiple tools.			X		X	X
Smithsonian Voyager	Open source 3D explorer and authoring tool suite with a 3D viewer web component to be used for dissemination of 3D data.	X

Available best practice guides

• Artefactual Systems and the Digital Preservation Coalition - Preserving 3D. Data Types Series: http://doi.org/10.7207/twgn21-14
• Archaeology Data Service / Digital Antiquity - Guides to Good Practice, 3D Models in Archaeology: A Guide to Good Practice: https://guides.archaeologydataservice.ac.uk/g2gp/3d_Toc
• IANUS - IT-Empfehlungen, 3D und Virtual Reality (German only, but with further sources linked): https://ianus-fdz.de/it-empfehlungen/3d
• Jennifer Moore, Adam Rountrey, and Hannah Scates Keetler - 3D Data Creation to Curation: Community Standards for 3D Data Preservation, 2022: https://bit.ly/ACRL3Ddata

Good overview of current practice and open issues

• Juliet L. Hardesty, Jennifer Johnson, Jamie Wittenberg, Nathan Hall, Matt Cook, Zack Lischer-Katz, Zhiwu Xie, and Robert McDonald - 3D Data Repository Features, Best Practices, and Implications for Preservation Models: Findings from a National Forum: https://crl.acrl.org/index.php/crl/article/view/24512/32346