A Survey on Deep Learning in 3D CAD Reconstruction

Three-dimensional CAD reconstruction is a long-standing and important task in fields such as industrial manufacturing, architecture, medicine, film and television, research, and education. Reconstructing CAD models remains a persistent challenge in machine learning. There have been many studies on d...

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Main Authors: Ruiquan Lin, Yunwei Ji, Wanting Ding, Tianxiang Wu, Yaosheng Zhu, Mengxi Jiang
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Yunwei Ji
Wanting Ding
Tianxiang Wu
Yaosheng Zhu
Mengxi Jiang
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description Three-dimensional CAD reconstruction is a long-standing and important task in fields such as industrial manufacturing, architecture, medicine, film and television, research, and education. Reconstructing CAD models remains a persistent challenge in machine learning. There have been many studies on deep learning in the field of 3D reconstruction. In recent years, with the release of CAD datasets, there have been more and more studies on 3D CAD reconstruction using deep learning. With the continuous deepening of research, deep learning has significantly improved the performance of tasks in the field of CAD reconstruction. However, this task remains challenging due to data scarcity and labeling difficulties, model complexity, and lack of generality and adaptability. This paper reviews both classic and recent research results on 3D CAD reconstruction tasks based on deep learning. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first investigation focusing on the CAD reconstruction task in the field of deep learning. Since there are relatively few studies related to 3D CAD reconstruction, we also investigate the reconstruction and generation of 2D CAD sketches. According to the different input data, we divide all investigations into the following categories: point cloud input to 3D CAD models, sketch input to 3D CAD models, other input to 3D CAD models, reconstruction and generation of 2D sketches, characterization of CAD data, CAD datasets, and related evaluation indicators. Commonly used datasets are outlined in our taxonomy. We provide a brief overview of the current research background, challenges, and recent results. Finally, future research directions are discussed.
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spelling doaj-art-28a00a2310d14f97be52fed0708e211e2025-08-20T03:26:10ZengMDPI AGApplied Sciences2076-34172025-06-011512668110.3390/app15126681A Survey on Deep Learning in 3D CAD ReconstructionRuiquan Lin0Yunwei Ji1Wanting Ding2Tianxiang Wu3Yaosheng Zhu4Mengxi Jiang5School of Advanced Manufacturing, Fuzhou University, Quanzhou 362251, ChinaSchool of Advanced Manufacturing, Fuzhou University, Quanzhou 362251, ChinaSchool of Advanced Manufacturing, Fuzhou University, Quanzhou 362251, ChinaSchool of Advanced Manufacturing, Fuzhou University, Quanzhou 362251, ChinaSchool of Advanced Manufacturing, Fuzhou University, Quanzhou 362251, ChinaSchool of Advanced Manufacturing, Fuzhou University, Quanzhou 362251, ChinaThree-dimensional CAD reconstruction is a long-standing and important task in fields such as industrial manufacturing, architecture, medicine, film and television, research, and education. Reconstructing CAD models remains a persistent challenge in machine learning. There have been many studies on deep learning in the field of 3D reconstruction. In recent years, with the release of CAD datasets, there have been more and more studies on 3D CAD reconstruction using deep learning. With the continuous deepening of research, deep learning has significantly improved the performance of tasks in the field of CAD reconstruction. However, this task remains challenging due to data scarcity and labeling difficulties, model complexity, and lack of generality and adaptability. This paper reviews both classic and recent research results on 3D CAD reconstruction tasks based on deep learning. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first investigation focusing on the CAD reconstruction task in the field of deep learning. Since there are relatively few studies related to 3D CAD reconstruction, we also investigate the reconstruction and generation of 2D CAD sketches. According to the different input data, we divide all investigations into the following categories: point cloud input to 3D CAD models, sketch input to 3D CAD models, other input to 3D CAD models, reconstruction and generation of 2D sketches, characterization of CAD data, CAD datasets, and related evaluation indicators. Commonly used datasets are outlined in our taxonomy. We provide a brief overview of the current research background, challenges, and recent results. Finally, future research directions are discussed.https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/15/12/6681CADdeep learning3D reconstructionliterature survey
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CAD
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3D reconstruction
literature survey
title A Survey on Deep Learning in 3D CAD Reconstruction
title_full A Survey on Deep Learning in 3D CAD Reconstruction
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title_short A Survey on Deep Learning in 3D CAD Reconstruction
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topic CAD
deep learning
3D reconstruction
literature survey
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