arXiv:2607. 20642v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Computer aided design (CAD) is ubiquitous: virtually any modern object was designed using editable CAD tools.
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Boundary representation (B‑rep) is the standard format for parametric 3D models in CAD systems, yet the same solid can be encoded by different B‑reps due to varying operations, kernel rebuilds, or export settings. Existing B‑rep encoders fail to handle these variations, collapsing on standard benchmarks and real‑world perturbations. The authors introduce the canonical region graph, an input representation derived directly from the solid, which offers theoretical invariance to repartitioning and rigid motions and performs as well as the best baseline while remaining stable across all tested perturbations.
The paper examines how boundary representation (B‑rep) encoders for CAD models fail to handle variations that do not change the underlying solid, such as different modeling operations or software export settings. By demonstrating that existing encoders collapse under these perturbations, the authors introduce the canonical region graph, a representation derived directly from the solid that is theoretically invariant to repartitioning and rigid motions. This new input format matches the best baseline on standard benchmarks and remains stable across all tested perturbations.
arXiv:2602. 07429v2 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: Boundary representation (B-rep) is the industry standard for computer-aided design (CAD).
arXiv:2603. 05607v2 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: Computer-Aided Design (CAD) relies on structured and editable geometric representations, yet existing generative methods are constrained by small annotated datasets with explicit design histories or boundary representation (BRep) labels.
arXiv:2605. 01171v2 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: Despite recent progress, recovering parametric CAD construction sequences from geometric input, such as meshes or point clouds, is a key challenge for design and manufacturing, as existing CAD reconstruction and generation methods are largely restricted to difficult-to-edit formats like meshes or Breps or editable simple sketch-and-extrude pipelines and low-complexity datasets.
MidSurfNet is a learning-based method for pairing faces in thin‑walled CAD models, addressing the key subproblem of mid‑surface abstraction for finite element analysis. It uses a dual‑stream scorer—one geometry stream and one attributed‑topology stream—fused by a pair‑conditioned gate to make per‑pair decisions that replace manual thresholds. The method organizes retained relations into variable‑cardinality face groups independent of processing order, and on a new MidSurf dataset of 1,575 annotated models it achieves an 87.32% pair‑level F1‑score and a 75.42% completion rate, outperforming rule‑based baselines, especially on multi‑wall‑thickness cases.