arXiv Computer Vision

As-Rigid-As-Possible Regularization for Implicit Surfaces

arXiv Machine Learning
Aug 12

HyperShape: Hyperelasticity Across Diverse Shapes

arXiv:2608. 09938v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Hyperelastic deformations are highly sensitive to domain geometry and boundary conditions, making generalization across both a critical capability for neural operators applied to these problems.

By Leo Widmer, Sidaty El Hadramy, St\'ephane Cotin, Philippe Claude Cattin
arXiv Computer Vision
Aug 26

Voronoi-Assisted Optimization for Diffusing Unsigned Distance Fields from Unoriented Points

The paper introduces VAD, a lightweight, network‑free method for computing Unsigned Distance Fields (UDFs) from unoriented point clouds. It assigns bi‑directional normals using two Voronoi‑based criteria, diffuses these normals to approximate a UDF gradient field, and then integrates to recover the final UDF. Experiments show VAD handles watertight, open, non‑manifold, and non‑orientable geometries efficiently and stably.

By Jiayi Kong, Chen Zong, Junkai Deng, Xuhui Chen, Fei Hou, Shiqing Xin, Junhui Hou, Chen Qian, Ying He
Hugging Face Trending Papers
Jul 21

Fluid-SDF: Ultra-Lightweight and Editable Implicit Shape Representation via Differentiable Primitives

Implicit Neural Representations (INRs) have become the standard for continuous 2D shape modeling, but they suffer from black-box uneditability, vulnerability to noise, and high parameter counts that severely hinder deployment on edge devices. We introduce Fluid-SDF, a highly compressed, differentiable Constructive Solid Geometry (CSG) framework that models shapes using explicit geometric primitives blended via a smooth minimum function.

arXiv Computer Vision
Sep 4

P-CORE: Self-Supervised Surface Consistency for Point-Based Neural Editing

P-CORE introduces a self‑supervised surface consistency technique for point‑based neural representations, enabling robust adaptation to large deformations without needing ground‑truth deformed images. By generating random deformations and enforcing that the predicted surface after deformation matches the deformation applied to the original surface prediction, the method leverages attention‑based point representations with a learned interpolation kernel. Experiments on synthetic benchmarks and real‑world datasets show improved zero‑shot editing performance and reduced artifacts compared to existing point‑based approaches.

By Yanshu Zhang, Shichong Peng, Mehran Aghabozorgi, Alireza Moazeni, Ke Li
arXiv AI
Sep 30

CAD-Native Transformer Operators for AI-Aided Engineering

arXiv:2609.36806v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Modern engineering systems, from automobiles to aircraft, are designed by using precise, continuous parametric computer-aided design (CAD) models. Eval...

By Daniel Leibovici, Nikola Borislavov Kovachki, Dawon Ahn, Ruben Ohana, Ira J. S. Shokar, Abouzar Ghasemi, Semih Akkurt, Rishikesh Ranade, Neil Ashton, Jan Kautz, Jean Kossaifi
arXiv Computer Vision
Sep 24

NeuralSRNF: Neural Square Root Normal Fields for the Statistical Shape Analysis and Generation of Nonrigid 3D and 4D Objects

NeuralSRNF is a new framework that enables efficient statistical shape analysis and generation of genus‑zero 3D and 4D objects undergoing nonrigid deformations. It replaces costly numerical SRNF inversion with a continuous, resolution‑agnostic neural representation that accurately reconstructs shapes and computes inverse SRNF maps in under 3 s, compared to over 10 min for traditional methods. Experiments on multiple datasets show that NeuralSRNF outperforms existing techniques in accuracy and speed across tasks such as geodesic computation, deformation transfer, statistical summarization, and shape generation.

By Awais Nizamani, Hamid Laga, Guanjin Wang, Farid Boussaid, Mohammed Bennamoun, Anuj Srivastava
arXiv AI
Oct 2

CANTO: CAD-Native Transformer Operators for AI-Aided Engineering

CANTO is a transformer neural operator that directly maps continuous CAD geometry—represented as sequences of NURBS patches—to physical fields without requiring meshing. It tokenizes control points, knot vectors, and weights to predict continuous surface and volume fields at arbitrary query locations. Evaluated on automotive and aircraft aerodynamics benchmarks, CANTO achieves state‑of‑the‑art accuracy, notably a 19.8% reduction in surface‑pressure error on HiLiftAeroML, and enables gradient‑based inverse design, finding lower‑drag designs on AhmedML.

By Daniel Leibovici, Nikola Borislavov Kovachki, Dawon Ahn, Ruben Ohana, Ira J. S. Shokar, Abouzar Ghasemi, Semih Akkurt, Rishikesh Ranade, Neil Ashton, Jan Kautz, Jean Kossaifi
arXiv Computer Vision
Sep 22

Residual Primitive Fitting of 3D Shapes with SuperFrusta

arXiv:2512.09201v2 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: We introduce a framework for converting 3D shapes into compact and editable assemblies of analytic primitives, directly addressing the persis...

By Aditya Ganeshan, Matheus Gadelha, Thibault Groueix, Zhiqin Chen, Siddhartha Chaudhuri, Vladimir G. Kim, Wang Yifan, Daniel Ritchie