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Neural Contours: Learning to Draw Lines from 3D Shapes

arXiv 2003.10333 ↗First posted 23 Mar 2020cs.CV cs.GRcited by 15

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This paper introduces a method for learning to generate line drawings from 3D models. Our architecture incorporates a differentiable module operating on geometric features of the 3D model, and an image-based module operating on view-based shape representations. At test time, geometric and view-based reasoning are combined with the help of a neural module to create a line drawing. The model is trained on a large number of crowdsourced comparisons of line drawings. Experiments demonstrate that our method achieves significant improvements in line drawing over the state-of-the-art when evaluated on standard benchmarks, resulting in drawings that are comparable to those produced by experienced human artists.

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  1. 2022Learning to generate line drawings that convey geometry and semanticscited by 82
  2. 20243Doodle: Compact Abstraction of Objects with 3D Strokescited by 21
  3. 2023VecFusion: Vector Font Generation with Diffusioncited by 20
  4. 2021Neural Strokes: Stylized Line Drawing of 3D Shapescited by 13
  5. 2024Freehand Sketch Generation from Mechanical Componentscited by 8
  6. 2021'CADSketchNet' -- An Annotated Sketch dataset for 3D CAD Model Retrieval with Deep Neural Networkscited by 5
  7. 2022Vitruvio: 3D Building Meshes via Single Perspective Sketchescited by 5
  8. 2021The Role of Edges in Line Drawing Perceptioncited by 3
  9. 2022Interactive Sketching of Mannequin Posescited by 3
  10. 2025WIR3D: Visually-Informed and Geometry-Aware 3D Shape Abstractioncited by 3
  11. 2025Occlusion-robust Stylization for Drawing-based 3D Animationcited by 3
  12. 2022SketchCleanNet -- A deep learning approach to the enhancement and correction of query sketches for a 3D CAD model retrieval systemcited by 2
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  1. 2022DifferSketching: How Differently Do People Sketch 3D Objects?cited by 2
  2. 2025Empowering Vector Graphics with Consistently Arbitrary Viewing and View-dependent Visibilitycited by 1
  3. 2025ShadowDraw: From Any Object to Shadow-Drawing Compositional Artcited by 1