Differentiable visual computing for inverse problems and machine learning

A Spielberg, F Zhong, K Rematas… - Nature Machine …, 2023 - nature.com
Modern 3D computer graphics technologies are able to reproduce the dynamics and
appearance of real-world environments and phenomena, building on theoretical models in …

Complexgen: Cad reconstruction by b-rep chain complex generation

H Guo, S Liu, H Pan, Y Liu, X Tong, B Guo - ACM Transactions on …, 2022 - dl.acm.org
We view the reconstruction of CAD models in the boundary representation (B-Rep) as the
detection of geometric primitives of different orders, ie, vertices, edges and surface patches …

Secad-net: Self-supervised cad reconstruction by learning sketch-extrude operations

P Li, J Guo, X Zhang, DM Yan - Proceedings of the IEEE …, 2023 - openaccess.thecvf.com
Reverse engineering CAD models from raw geometry is a classic but strenuous research
problem. Previous learning-based methods rely heavily on labels due to the supervised …

Neurosymbolic models for computer graphics

D Ritchie, P Guerrero, RK Jones, NJ Mitra… - Computer graphics …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Procedural models (ie symbolic programs that output visual data) are a historically‐popular
method for representing graphics content: vegetation, buildings, textures, etc. They offer …

DCSG: Unsupervised Learning of Compact CSG Trees with Dual Complements and Dropouts

F Yu, Q Chen, M Tanveer… - Advances in Neural …, 2023 - proceedings.neurips.cc
Abstract We present D $^ 2$ CSG, a neural model composed of two dual and
complementary network branches, with dropouts, for unsupervised learning of compact …

Interactive reverse engineering of CAD models

Z Zhang, M Zhao, Z Shen, Y Wang, X Jia… - … Aided Geometric Design, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract Reverse engineering Computer-Aided Design (CAD) models based on the original
geometry is a valuable and challenging research problem that has numerous applications …

Differentiable rendering of parametric geometry

M Worchel, M Alexa - ACM Transactions on Graphics (TOG), 2023 - dl.acm.org
We propose an efficient method for differentiable rendering of parametric surfaces and
curves, which enables their use in inverse graphics problems. Our central observation is that …

Tandem: Reproducible Digital Fabrication Workflows as Multimodal Programs

J Tran O'Leary, T Ramesh, O Zhang… - Proceedings of the 2024 …, 2024 - dl.acm.org
Experimental digital fabrication workflows are increasingly common in human-computer
interaction research, but are difficult to reproduce. We present Tandem, a software library …

Cadtalk: An algorithm and benchmark for semantic commenting of cad programs

H Yuan, J Xu, H Pan, A Bousseau… - Proceedings of the …, 2024 - openaccess.thecvf.com
CAD programs are a popular way to compactly encode shapes as a sequence of operations
that are easy to parametrically modify. However without sufficient semantic comments and …

Introducing bidirectional programming in constructive solid geometry-based CAD

JF Gonzalez, D Kieken, T Pietrzak, A Girouard… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - dl.acm.org
3D Computer-Aided Design (CAD) users need to overcome several obstacles to benefit from
the flexibility of programmatic interface tools. Besides the barriers of any programming …