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'CADSketchNet' -- An Annotated Sketch dataset for 3D CAD Model Retrieval with Deep Neural Networks

arXiv 2107.06212 ↗First posted 13 Jul 2021cs.CV cs.AI cs.GRcited by 5

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Abstract (arXiv)

Ongoing advancements in the fields of 3D modelling and digital archiving have led to an outburst in the amount of data stored digitally. Consequently, several retrieval systems have been developed depending on the type of data stored in these databases. However, unlike text data or images, performing a search for 3D models is non-trivial. Among 3D models, retrieving 3D Engineering/CAD models or mechanical components is even more challenging due to the presence of holes, volumetric features, presence of sharp edges etc., which make CAD a domain unto itself. The research work presented in this paper aims at developing a dataset suitable for building a retrieval system for 3D CAD models based on deep learning. 3D CAD models from the available CAD databases are collected, and a dataset of computer-generated sketch data, termed 'CADSketchNet', has been prepared. Additionally, hand-drawn sketches of the components are also added to CADSketchNet. Using the sketch images from this dataset, the paper also aims at evaluating the performance of various retrieval system or a search engine for 3D CAD models that accepts a sketch image as the input query. Many experimental models are constructed and tested on CADSketchNet. These experiments, along with the model architecture, choice of similarity metrics are reported along with the search results.

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Citing papers per year: 2022: 1; 2023: 2; 2024: 1; 2025: 0; 2026: 1.

5 papers.

  1. 2024Freehand Sketch Generation from Mechanical Componentscited by 8
  2. 2022SketchCleanNet -- A deep learning approach to the enhancement and correction of query sketches for a 3D CAD model retrieval systemcited by 2
  3. 2026SldprtNet: A Large-Scale Multimodal Dataset for CAD Generation in Language-Driven 3D Designcited by 2
  4. 2023Data-driven intelligent computational design for products: Method, techniques, and applicationscited by 0
  5. 2023Text2shape Deep Retrieval Model: Generating Initial Cases for Mechanical Part Redesign under the Context of Case-Based Reasoningcited by 0