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Parametric computer-aided design (CAD) tools are the predominant way that engineers specify physical structures, from bicycle pedals to airplanes to printed circuit boards. The key characteristic of parametric CAD is that design intent is…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2022-04-29 Ari Seff , Wenda Zhou , Nick Richardson , Ryan P. Adams

Recent deep learning approaches seek to automate CAD creation by representing a model as a sequence of discrete commands and parameters, and then generating them using autoregressive models or continuous diffusion operating in Euclidean…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-05-07 Honghu Pan , Xiaoling Luo , Yongyong Chen , Zhenyu He , Pengyang Wang

We introduce the vine copula autoencoder (VCAE), a flexible generative model for high-dimensional distributions built in a straightforward three-step procedure. First, an autoencoder (AE) compresses the data into a lower dimensional…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2019-11-28 Natasa Tagasovska , Damien Ackerer , Thibault Vatter

Although various structural optimization techniques have a sound mathematical basis, the practical constructability of optimal designs poses a great challenge in the manufacturing stage. Currently, there is only a limited number of unified…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-07-19 Lowhikan Sivanantha Sarma , Chinthaka Mallikarachchi , Sumudu Herath

Generative modeling and clustering are conventionally distinct tasks in machine learning. Variational Autoencoders (VAEs) have been widely explored for their ability to integrate both, providing a framework for generative clustering.…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-10-15 Jorge da Silva Gonçalves , Laura Manduchi , Moritz Vandenhirtz , Julia E. Vogt

In this study, we propose a method to model the local and global features of the drawing/grinding trajectory with hierarchical Variational Autoencoders (VAEs). By combining two separately trained VAE models in a hierarchical structure, it…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2021-11-25 Masahiro Aita , Keito Sugawara , Sho Sakaino , Toshiaki Tsuji

Computer-Aided Design (CAD) applications are used in manufacturing to model everything from coffee mugs to sports cars. These programs are complex and require years of training and experience to master. A component of all CAD models…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2021-05-07 Yaroslav Ganin , Sergey Bartunov , Yujia Li , Ethan Keller , Stefano Saliceti

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

We propose a data-driven 3D shape design method that can learn a generative model from a corpus of existing designs, and use this model to produce a wide range of new designs. The approach learns an encoding of the samples in the training…

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

The generation of industrial Computer-Aided Design (CAD) models from user requests and specifications is crucial to enhancing efficiency in modern manufacturing. Traditional methods of CAD generation rely heavily on manual inputs and…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-11-12 Mohsen Yavartanoo , Sangmin Hong , Reyhaneh Neshatavar , Kyoung Mu Lee

We introduce a new method of generating Computer Aided Design (CAD) profiles via a sequence of simple geometric constructions including curve offsetting, rotations and intersections. These sequences start with geometry provided by a…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-01-15 Siyi Li , Joseph G. Lambourne , Longfei Zhang , Pradeep Kumar Jayaraman , Karl. D. D. Willis

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.…

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Graphic design, which has been evolving since the 15th century, plays a crucial role in advertising. The creation of high-quality designs demands design-oriented planning, reasoning, and layer-wise generation. Unlike the recent CanvaGPT,…

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Generative models for source code are an interesting structured prediction problem, requiring to reason about both hard syntactic and semantic constraints as well as about natural, likely programs. We present a novel model for this problem…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2019-04-18 Marc Brockschmidt , Miltiadis Allamanis , Alexander L. Gaunt , Oleksandr Polozov

Parametric Computer-Aided Design (CAD) of articulated assemblies is essential for product development, yet generating these multi-part, movable models from high-level descriptions remains unexplored. To address this, we propose ArtiCAD, the…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-04-15 Yuan Shui , Yandong Guan , Zhanwei Zhang , Juncheng Hu , Jing Zhang , Dong Xu , Qian Yu

Creating digital models using Computer Aided Design (CAD) is a process that requires in-depth expertise. In industrial product development, this process typically involves entire teams of engineers, spanning requirements engineering, CAD…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2025-03-07 Felix Ocker , Stefan Menzel , Ahmed Sadik , Thiago Rios

Recommender systems are indispensable for helping users navigate the immense item catalogs of modern online platforms. Recently, generative recommendation has emerged as a promising paradigm, unifying the conventional retrieve-and-rank…

Information Retrieval · Computer Science 2025-09-12 Dengzhao Fang , Jingtong Gao , Chengcheng Zhu , Yu Li , Xiangyu Zhao , Yi Chang

This paper deals with differentiable dynamical models congruent with neural process theories that cast brain function as the hierarchical refinement of an internal generative model explaining observations. Our work extends existing…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2021-12-10 André Ofner , Sebastian Stober

Computer-aided design (CAD) tools are utilized in the manufacturing industry for modeling everything from cups to spacecraft. These programs are complex to use and typically require years of training and experience to master. Structured and…

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