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A novel meshing scheme, based on regular tetra-kai-decahedron, also referred to as truncated octahedron, cells is presented for use in spatial topology optimization. A tetra-kai-decahedron mesh ensures face connectivity between elements…

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This paper presents an end-to-end framework for reconstructing 3D parametric curves directly from multi-view edge maps. Contrasting with existing two-stage methods that follow a sequential ``edge point cloud reconstruction and parametric…

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The medial axis, a lower-dimensional descriptor that captures the extrinsic structure of a shape, plays an important role in digital geometry processing. Despite its importance, computing the medial axis transform robustly from diverse…

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High-quality quadrilateral mesh generation is a fundamental challenge in computer graphics. Traditional optimization-based methods are often constrained by the topological quality of input meshes and suffer from severe efficiency…

Graphics · Computer Science 2026-03-12 Yuguang Chen , Xinhai Liu , Xiangyu Zhu , Yiling Zhu , Zhuo Chen , Dongyu Zhang , Chunchao Guo

Textured 3D meshes jointly represent geometry, topology, and appearance, yet their irregular structure poses significant challenges for deep-learning-based semantic segmentation. While a few recent methods operate directly on meshes without…

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Elastic metasurfaces offer precise control over elastic waves for applications such as vibration isolation, sensing, and imaging. However, achieving high-efficiency and scattering-free performance with complex functionalities remains a…

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Large kernel convolutions offer a scalable alternative to vision transformers for high-resolution 3D volumetric analysis, yet naively increasing kernel size often leads to optimization instability. Motivated by the spatial bias inherent in…

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The efficient fusion of depth maps is a key part of most state-of-the-art 3D reconstruction methods. Besides requiring high accuracy, these depth fusion methods need to be scalable and real-time capable. To this end, we present a novel…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2020-04-06 Silvan Weder , Johannes L. Schönberger , Marc Pollefeys , Martin R. Oswald

Modeling a 3D volumetric shape as an assembly of decomposed shape parts is much more challenging, but semantically more valuable than direct reconstruction from a full shape representation. The neural network needs to implicitly learn part…

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During the Gaussian Splatting optimization process, the scene's geometry can gradually deteriorate if its structure is not deliberately preserved, especially in non-textured regions such as walls, ceilings, and furniture surfaces. This…

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3D Gaussian Splatting (3DGS) has revolutionized 3D scene reconstruction, which effectively balances rendering quality, efficiency, and speed. However, existing 3DGS approaches usually generate plausible outputs and face significant…

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We propose a new procedure to guide training of a data-driven shape generative model using a structure-aware loss function. Complex 3D shapes often can be summarized using a coarsely defined structure which is consistent and robust across…

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City-scale 3D surface reconstruction from multiview images for downstream 3D simulation, poses highly challenging problems due to the scale and complexity of urban scenes. Existing city-scale 3D reconstruction methods based on NeRF,…

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Reconstructing dynamic 4D scenes is an important yet challenging task. While 3D foundation models like VGGT excel in static settings, they often struggle with dynamic sequences where motion causes significant geometric ambiguity. To address…

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Metasurfaces -- ultrathin structures composed of subwavelength optical elements -- have revolutionized light manipulation by enabling precise control over electromagnetic waves' amplitude, phase, polarization, and spectral properties.…

Optics · Physics 2024-11-15 Charles Roques-Carmes , Kai Wang , Yuanmu Yang , Arka Majumdar , Zin Lin

Diffusion models are important in tissue engineering as they enable an understanding of molecular delivery to cells in tissue constructs. As three-dimensional (3D) tissue constructs become larger, more intricate, and more clinically…

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This paper proposes a novel paradigm for machine learning that moves beyond traditional parameter optimization. Unlike conventional approaches that search for optimal parameters within a fixed geometric space, our core idea is to treat the…

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Topology optimization of microstructures plays a critical role in optimizing functional performance across diverse engineering applications. While metamaterials with enhanced mechanical properties -- such as hyperelasticity, energy…

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