High-fidelity 3D mesh generation from a single sketch using shape constraints

Yingbin Wu, Fubo Wang, Peng Zhao, Mingquan Zhou, Shengling Geng, Dan Zhang · 2025

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Yingbin Wu and co-authors turn a single hand sketch into a detailed three-dimensional mesh, in work from twenty twenty-five. Rebuilding 3D models from photos has advanced fast with deep learning. Sketches carry far less visual detail than photos, though. That sparseness makes correct reading of shape much harder. Their network uses a compact encoder-decoder build for the task.

A stronger multi-layer design, PowerMLP, powers the core network. Shape constraints guide the build instead of a rival judge network. Those constraints keep the mesh true to real geometry in training. Tests cover both clean synthetic sketches and messy real hand drawings. Scores reach top levels on both test sets in the report. Robustness across drawing styles is a key selling point here. Designers could draft products by hand and get solid models.

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CREATORYingbin Wu, Fubo Wang, Peng Zhao, Mingquan Zhou, Shengling Geng, Dan Zhang
YEAR2025
COLLECTIONPAPERS
FORMATTXT
FILE SIZE69 KB
VERSION1.0
LICENSECC BY 4.0
RIGHTSCC BY
SOURCEEurope PMC

Source: https://europepmc.org/articles/PMC12789542

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