Abstract: This paper studies the problem of 2D sketch to 3D shape retrieval, but with a focus on democratising the process. We would like this democratisation to happen on two fronts: (i) to remove ...

Are you fond of drawing some random doodles? Have you ever imagined some magic tricks that would transform your boring 2D picture into a realistic 3D model? Well then, turning a 2D shape into a 3D ...

Clay Pencil transforms 2D sketches into 3D animations in real-time, leveraging Blender’s node-based Geometry Nodes system. In a developer demonstration, the tool’s ability to render real-time 3D ...

A neural field network can create a continuous 3D model from a limited number of 2D images, and it does it without being trained on other samples. Researchers from the McKelvey School of Engineering ...

In this magazine 2D often gets overlooked, despite it being the primary dimension for AEC deliverables. But, as Martyn Day reports, new technologies are emerging to transform 2D drawings into models, ...

Designers can move easily between drawing in a virtual-reality environment and on their tablet using the latest update to Gravity Sketch. The Surface Tool feature is contained in version 6.1 of the ...