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CraftsMan3D: High-fidelity Mesh Generation with 3D Native Generation and Interactive Geometry Refiner

arXiv 2405.14979 ↗First posted 23 May 2024cs.GR cs.CVcited by 120

On the map: Diffusion models → 3D, point cloud and scene generation

Abstract (arXiv)

We present a novel generative 3D modeling system, coined CraftsMan, which can generate high-fidelity 3D geometries with highly varied shapes, regular mesh topologies, and detailed surfaces, and, notably, allows for refining the geometry in an interactive manner. Despite the significant advancements in 3D generation, existing methods still struggle with lengthy optimization processes, irregular mesh topologies, noisy surfaces, and difficulties in accommodating user edits, consequently impeding their widespread adoption and implementation in 3D modeling software. Our work is inspired by the craftsman, who usually roughs out the holistic figure of the work first and elaborates the surface details subsequently. Specifically, we employ a 3D native diffusion model, which operates on latent space learned from latent set-based 3D representations, to generate coarse geometries with regular mesh topology in seconds. In particular, this process takes as input a text prompt or a reference image and leverages a powerful multi-view (MV) diffusion model to generate multiple views of the coarse geometry, which are fed into our MV-conditioned 3D diffusion model for generating the 3D geometry, significantly improving robustness and generalizability. Following that, a normal-based geometry refiner is used to significantly enhance the surface details. This refinement can be performed automatically, or interactively with user-supplied edits. Extensive experiments demonstrate that our method achieves high efficacy in producing superior-quality 3D assets compared to existing methods. HomePage: https://craftsman3d.github.io/, Code: https://github.com/wyysf-98/CraftsMan

Key facts. Cited by 120 papers in the map (data through 7 Oct 2026). Placed in 3D, point cloud and scene generation, one of 14 directions in Diffusion models. Builds on 56 of its 65 references that are in the map. First posted on arXiv 23 May 2024.

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  8. 2021Diffusion Probabilistic Models for 3D Point Cloud Generation2 Mar

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