The invention provides a pattern generation method for a three-dimensional model, which comprises the following steps: original precise three-dimensional model data is obtained, and the three-dimensional model data comprises polygon mesh vertex data which indicates a three-dimensional object; the three-dimensional model data is compressed, and redundant data of the three-dimensional model is reduced; a user request is received, the compressed three-dimensional model data is downloaded, and a three-dimensional model pattern is generated through rendering. Through the pattern generation method,the model complexity is reduced, the number of the polygons which need to be processed in an image system is reduced, the data size which needs to be transmitted is reduced, more particularly, the data size which is needed for the pattern generation in a rendering manner is reduced, the rendering speed is increased, and the real-time rendering request of the user can be satisfied. A pattern generation device for the three-dimensional model is also provided.