Viewpoints selection is a key part in 3D object recognition since 3D object can be represented by a set of 2D projections.In this paper,we discuss a new method to select viewpoints of 3D object recognition.Based on manifold topological multi-resolution analysis method(MMA),manifold information which represents the intrinsic feature of 3D objects is used,thus the viewpoints selected are more distinctive.We compared with “7 viewpoints method” which provides us a simple and effective way to select viewpoints.Experiments demonstrate that the method based on MMA is effective and performances better than “7 viewpoints method” in 3D object recognition.