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Large Language Models (LLMs) have demonstrated impressive capabilities in a wide range of code generation tasks. However, generating code for certain domains remains challenging. One such domain is Computer-Aided Design (CAD) program, where…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-03-10 Yan-Ying Chen , Dule Shu , Matthew Hong , Andrew Taber , Jonathan Li , Matthew Klenk

Machine learning has enabled significant benefits in diverse fields, but, with a few exceptions, has had limited impact on computer architecture. Recent work, however, has explored broader applicability for design, optimization, and…

Hardware Architecture · Computer Science 2019-09-30 Drew D. Penney , Lizhong Chen

This paper introduces CADgpt, an innovative plugin integrating Natural Language Processing (NLP) with Rhino3D for enhancing 3D modelling in computer-aided design (CAD) environments. Leveraging OpenAI's GPT-4, CADgpt simplifies the CAD…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2024-01-12 Timo Kapsalis

We introduce CADFS, a data-centric framework that enables large vision-language models to generate complex CAD design histories. Existing generative CAD systems are restricted to sketch-extrude operations due to simplified representations…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-05-05 Vladislav Pyatov , Gleb Bobrovskikh , Saveliy Galochkin , Nikita Boldyrev , Oleg Voynov , Alexander Filippov , Gonzalo Ferrer , Peter Wonka , Evgeny Burnaev

Machine learning has made tremendous progress in recent years and received large amounts of public attention. Though we are still far from designing a full artificially intelligent agent, machine learning has brought us many applications in…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2019-08-29 Steven Abreu

Computer-Aided Design (CAD) model reconstruction from point clouds is an important problem at the intersection of computer vision, graphics, and machine learning; it saves the designer significant time when iterating on in-the-wild objects.…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-12-11 Yujia Liu , Anton Obukhov , Jan Dirk Wegner , Konrad Schindler

Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to present a CAD-based human-robot interface that allows non-expert users to teach a robot in a manner similar to that used by human beings to teach each other. Design/methodology/approach - Intuitive…

Robotics · Computer Science 2013-09-10 Pedro Neto , Nuno Mendes , Ricardo Araújo , J. Norberto Pires , A. Paulo Moreira

Recently, Large Language Models (LLMs) have achieved significant success, prompting increased interest in expanding their generative capabilities beyond general text into domain-specific areas. This study investigates the generation of…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-06-11 Jiahao Li , Weijian Ma , Xueyang Li , Yunzhong Lou , Guichun Zhou , Xiangdong Zhou

Efficient creation of accurate and editable 3D CAD models is critical in engineering design, significantly impacting cost and time-to-market in product innovation. Current manual workflows remain highly time-consuming and demand extensive…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-05-21 Anna C. Doris , Md Ferdous Alam , Amin Heyrani Nobari , Faez Ahmed

Computer-aided design (CAD) tools empower designers to design and modify 3D models through a series of CAD operations, commonly referred to as a CAD sequence. In scenarios where digital CAD files are not accessible, reverse engineering (RE)…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-01-10 Xingang Li , Zhenghui Sha

Computer-aided design (CAD) is crucial in prototyping 3D objects through geometric instructions (i.e., CAD programs). In practical design workflows, designers often engage in time-consuming reviews and refinements of these prototypes by…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-10-08 Jiali Chen , Xusen Hei , HongFei Liu , Yuancheng Wei , Zikun Deng , Jiayuan Xie , Yi Cai , Li Qing

We introduce the concept of "Design Agents" for engineering applications, particularly focusing on the automotive design process, while emphasizing that our approach can be readily extended to other engineering and design domains. Our…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2025-12-04 Mohamed Elrefaie , Janet Qian , Raina Wu , Qian Chen , Angela Dai , Faez Ahmed

Visual design relies on seeing things in different ways, acting on them, and seeing results to act again. Parametric design tools are often not robust to design changes that result from sketching over the visualization of their output. We…

Graphics · Computer Science 2023-12-20 Demircan Tas

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 design patterns or reconstruct CAD shapes that are not easily…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-03-21 Pu Li , Jianwei Guo , Xiaopeng Zhang , Dong-ming Yan

Generative artificial intelligence attracts significant attention, especially with the introduction of large language models. Its capabilities are being exploited to solve various software engineering tasks. Thanks to their ability to…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2026-02-06 Lukas Radosky , Ivan Polasek

In the manufacturing industry, computer vision systems based on artificial intelligence (AI) are widely used to reduce costs and increase production. Training these AI models requires a large amount of training data that is costly to…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-01-08 Steven Moonen , Rob Salaets , Kenneth Batstone , Abdellatif Bey-Temsamani , Nick Michiels

From a set of technical drawings and expert knowledge, we automatically learn a parser to interpret such a drawing. This enables automatic reasoning and learning on top of a large database of technical drawings. In this work, we develop a…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2019-09-19 Dries Van Daele , Nicholas Decleyre , Herman Dubois , Wannes Meert

Recently, the development of large-scale models has paved the way for various interdisciplinary research, including architecture. By using generative AI, we present a novel workflow that utilizes AI models to generate conceptual floorplans…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-04-01 Pengzhi Li , Baijuan Li , Zhiheng Li

Local geometry-controllable computer-aided design (CAD) generation aims to modify local parts of CAD models automatically, enhancing design efficiency. It also ensures that the shapes of newly generated local parts follow user-specific…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-10-21 Zhanwei Zhang , Kaiyuan Liu , Junjie Liu , Wenxiao Wang , Binbin Lin , Liang Xie , Chen Shen , Deng Cai

The integration of deep generative networks into generating Computer-Aided Design (CAD) models has garnered increasing attention over recent years. Traditional methods often rely on discrete sequences of parametric line/curve segments to…

Graphics · Computer Science 2025-03-04 Pu Li , Wenhao Zhang , Jianwei Guo , Jinglu Chen , Dong-Ming Yan