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Boundary representation (B-rep) of geometric models is a fundamental format in Computer-Aided Design (CAD). However, automatically generating valid and high-quality B-rep models remains challenging due to the complex interdependence between…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-03-18 Jing Li , Yihang Fu , Falai Chen

The Boundary representation (B-rep) format is the de-facto shape representation in computer-aided design (CAD) to model solid and sheet objects. Recent approaches to generating CAD models have focused on learning sketch-and-extrude modeling…

Direct B-Rep generation is increasingly important in CAD workflows, eliminating costly modeling sequence data and supporting complex features. A key challenge is modeling joint distribution of the misaligned geometry and topology. Existing…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-07-08 Weilin Lai , Tie Xu , Hu Wang

Boundary Representation (B-Rep) is the widely adopted standard in Computer-Aided Design (CAD) and manufacturing. However, generative modeling of B-Reps remains a formidable challenge due to their inherent heterogeneity as geometric cell…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-01-27 Junran Lu , Yuanqi Li , Hengji Li , Jie Guo , Yanwen Guo

Boundary representation (B-rep) is the industry standard for computer-aided design (CAD). While deep learning shows promise in processing B-rep models, existing methods suffer from a representation gap: continuous approaches offer…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-02-10 Yuanxu Sun , Yuezhou Ma , Haixu Wu , Guanyang Zeng , Muye Chen , Jianmin Wang , Mingsheng Long

Parametric boundary representation models (B-Reps) are the de facto standard in CAD, graphics, and robotics, yet converting them into valid meshes remains fragile. The difficulty originates from the unavoidable approximation of high-order…

Graphics · Computer Science 2026-04-03 YunFan Zhou , Daniel Zint , Nafiseh Izadyar , Michael Tao , Daniele Panozzo , Teseo Schneider

Parametric CAD models, represented as Boundary Representations (B-reps), are foundational to modern design and manufacturing workflows, offering the precision and topological breakdown required for downstream tasks such as analysis,…

Graphics · Computer Science 2025-04-08 James Noeckel , Benjamin Jones , Adriana Schulz , Brian Curless

Previous representation and generation approaches for the B-rep relied on graph-based representations that disentangle geometric and topological features through decoupled computational pipelines, thereby precluding the application of…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-03-31 Jiahao Li , Yunpeng Bai , Yongkang Dai , Hao Guo , Hongping Gan , Yilei Shi

The recent rise of generative artificial intelligence (AI), powered by Transformer networks, has achieved remarkable success in natural language processing, computer vision, and graphics. However, the application of Transformers in…

Graphics · Computer Science 2025-09-01 Qiang Zou , Lizhen Zhu

Boundary representation (B-rep) is the de facto standard for CAD model representation in modern industrial design. The intricate coupling between geometric and topological elements in B-rep structures has forced existing generative methods…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-12-01 Pu Li , Wenhao Zhang , Weize Quan , Biao Zhang , Peter Wonka , Dong-Ming Yan

We introduce a novel self-supervised learning framework that automatically learns representations from input computer-aided design (CAD) models for downstream tasks, including part classification, modeling segmentation, and machining…

Graphics · Computer Science 2026-03-18 Yifei Li , Kang Wu , Wenming Wu , Xiao-Ming Fu

We introduce UV-Net, a novel neural network architecture and representation designed to operate directly on Boundary representation (B-rep) data from 3D CAD models. The B-rep format is widely used in the design, simulation and manufacturing…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2021-04-27 Pradeep Kumar Jayaraman , Aditya Sanghi , Joseph G. Lambourne , Karl D. D. Willis , Thomas Davies , Hooman Shayani , Nigel Morris

This paper presents BrepGen, a diffusion-based generative approach that directly outputs a Boundary representation (B-rep) Computer-Aided Design (CAD) model. BrepGen represents a B-rep model as a novel structured latent geometry in a…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-11-05 Xiang Xu , Joseph G. Lambourne , Pradeep Kumar Jayaraman , Zhengqing Wang , Karl D. D. Willis , Yasutaka Furukawa

Large Computer-Aided Design (CAD) projects usually require collaboration across many different CAD systems as well as applications that interoperate with them for manufacturing, visualization, or simulation. A fundamental barrier to such…

Graphics · Computer Science 2023-06-07 Benjamin Jones , James Noeckel , Milin Kodnongbua , Ilya Baran , Adriana Schulz

Boundary representation (B-rep) is the standard 3D modeling format in CAD systems, encoding both geometric primitives and topological connectivity. Despite its prevalence, deep generative modeling of valid B-rep structures remains…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-04-06 Shurui Liu , Weide Chen , Ancong Wu

Boundary representation (B-rep) models are the standard way 3D shapes are described in Computer-Aided Design (CAD) applications. They combine lightweight parametric curves and surfaces with topological information which connects the…

The design of man-made objects is dominated by computer aided design (CAD) tools. Assisting design with data-driven machine learning methods is hampered by lack of labeled data in CAD's native format; the parametric boundary representation…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2022-10-21 Benjamin T. Jones , Michael Hu , Vladimir G. Kim , Adriana Schulz

Boundary representation (B-rep) is the de facto standard for modern CAD, yet learning-based B-rep synthesis remains challenging due to the tight coupling between discrete topology and continuous geometry. We observe a fundamental asymmetry…

Graphics · Computer Science 2026-05-20 Jing Li , Yihang Fu , Falai Chen

We introduce a novel representation for learning and generating Computer-Aided Design (CAD) models in the form of $\textit{boundary representations}$ (B-Reps). Our representation unifies the continuous geometric properties of B-Rep…

Graphics · Computer Science 2025-05-13 Yilin Liu , Duoteng Xu , Xingyao Yu , Xiang Xu , Daniel Cohen-Or , Hao Zhang , Hui Huang

Assembly modeling is a core task of computer aided design (CAD), comprising around one third of the work in a CAD workflow. Optimizing this process therefore represents a huge opportunity in the design of a CAD system, but current research…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2021-10-06 Benjamin Jones , Dalton Hildreth , Duowen Chen , Ilya Baran , Vladimir G. Kim , Adriana Schulz
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