Abstraction & CAD

• key words: shape deformation, abstraction, clip art, reconstruction, representation, interlocking, design, assisted design
• labs link
  • CGL SUTD
  • EPFL
  • NTHU CGV LAB
  • HaoZhang

Design Metric

• Golden Ratio Arc
• Black & White Abstraction (flat design: less is more)
• skeuomorphic (拟物化)
• 字体设计

Image Abstraction

• [EG23] Img2Logo: Generating Golden Ratio Logos from Images
  • page: https://cgv.cs.nthu.edu.tw/projects/img2Logo
• [SIG11] Abstraction of 2D Shapes in Terms of Parts
  • abstract: 对平面 2D 形状做抽象，减小形状的复杂程度
  • paper: http://graphics.stanford.edu/~niloy/research/abstraction/paper_docs/abstraction_siga_09.pdf
• [CVM17] User-Guided Line Abstraction Using Coherence and Structure Analysis
  • page: https://cgv.cs.nthu.edu.tw/projects/HCI/LineAbstraction
• [SIG18] Scale-aware Black-and-White Abstraction of 3D Shapes
  • abstract: Given a 3D shape, generate 2D B&W images
  • project page: https://cgv.cs.nthu.edu.tw/projects/Shape_Analysis/BW_Abstraction
  • code: https://github.com/unlin/libbwabstraction
  • related work: Artistic thresholding

Shape Deformation & Abstraction

Deform Art

• [SIG09] Abstraction of Man-Made Shapes
• [SIG16] Legible Compact Calligrams
  • abstract: 对字体做变形，生成文字画
  • paper: https://www.cs.sfu.ca/~haoz/pubs/zou_sig16_calli.pdf

Wire Art

• [SIGA18] Multi-view Wire Art
  • page: https://cgv.cs.nthu.edu.tw/projects/recreational_graphics/MVWA
• [SIGA18] FlexMaps: Computational Design of Flat Flexible Shells for Shaping 3D Objects
  • abstract: Given an input quad mesh, the FlexMaps framework first generates a coarse parametrized patch layout (a). Then, an optimization is performed to adjust the mechanical properties of a series of embedded spiral microstructures
  • page: https://vcg.isti.cnr.it/Publications/2018/MPIPMCB18/
• [SIGA18] Fabricable Eulerian Wires for 3D Shape Abstraction
  • abstract: compute a small number of machine fabricable wires
  • page: http://gruvi.cs.sfu.ca/project/eulerianwires/
• [SIGA15] WrapIt: Computer-Assisted Crafting of Wire Wrapped Jewelry
  • abstract: Present a computational design tool that addresses the two main challenges of creating 2D wirewrapped jewelry: decomposing an input drawing into a set of wires, and bending the wires to give them shape
  • page: http://www-sop.inria.fr/reves/Basilic/2015/ILB15/

CAD Art & Computational Assemblies

Interlocking

互锁和互锁拼图

• [SIG22] Computational Design of High-level Interlocking Puzzles (SIGGRAPH Technical Papers Award Honorable Mention)
  • abstract: a computational approach to design high-level interlocking puzzles
  • page: https://sutd-cgl.github.io/supp/Publication/projects/2022-SIGGRAPH-High-LevelPuzzle/index.html
  • code: https://github.com/Linsanity81/High-LevelPuzzle
• [SIGA19] Design and Structural Optimization of Topological Interlocking Assemblies
  • page: https://kiki007.github.io/publication/topological_interlocking/
• [SIGA18] DESIA: A General Framework for Designing Interlocking Assemblies
  • page: https://kiki007.github.io/publication/desia/
• [SIGA12] Recursive Interlocking Puzzles
  • abstract: implement using Lego
  • page: http://www.cse.cuhk.edu.hk/~cwfu/papers/recurpuzzle/index.htm

Dissection Puzzles

分割拼图

• [EG19] Computational Design of Steady 3D Dissection Puzzles
  • abstract: Aim at computationally designing steady 3D dissection puzzles
  • paper: https://sutd-cgl.github.io/supp/Publication/papers/2019-EG-3DDissection.pdf
  • video: https://youtu.be/8UhUZh9fEMg

LEGO Design

• [SIGA19] Computational LEGO Technic Design
  • abstract: automatically compute LEGO Technic models from user input sketches
  • paper: https://arxiv.org/abs/2007.02245
• [SIGA15] Legolization: Optimizing LEGO Designs
  • abstract: a layout refinement algorithm, iteratively improve the weak portion of structure, generate LEGO structure from 3D model
  • paper: http://www.cs.columbia.edu/~yonghao/siga15/luo-Legolization.pdf

Computational Assemblies

• [EG21] State of the Art on Computational Design of Assemblies with Rigid Parts
  • abstract: SOTA report about assembly(装配体部件)
  • paper: https://sutd-cgl.github.io/supp/Publication/papers/2021-EG-AssemblySurvey.pdf
  • video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4fOT2NiKI-8
• [SIGA22] Exact 3D Path Generation via 3D Cam-Linkage Mechanisms
  • page: https://sutd-cgl.github.io/supp/Publication/projects/2022-SIGAsia-3DCamLinkage/index.html
  • code: https://github.com/chengcno/SpatialLinkageCam
• [SIG21] MOCCA: Modeling and Optimizing Cone-joints for Complex Assemblies
  • abstract: using cone joints to model and optimize complex assemblies
  • page: https://infoscience.epfl.ch/record/288057

Maybe Related

• [SIG22] As-Locally-Uniform-As-Possible Reshaping of Vector Clip-Art
  • abstract: clip art reshape
  • page: https://www.cs.ubc.ca/labs/imager/tr/2022/ALUP/
• [SIG17] Sketch-Based Implicit Blending
  • abstract: deform of shape
  • paper: https://taiya.github.io/pubs/angles2017sketch.pdf
  • video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5lah1kdp-P8
• [SIG18] Full 3D Reconstruction of Transparent Objects
  • page: https://vcc.szu.edu.cn/research/2018/FRT
• [SIGA18] Construction and Fabrication of Reversible Shape Transforms
  • page: https://vcc.tech/research/2018/RIOT
• [SIGA19] Design and Structural Optimization of Topological Interlocking Assemblies
  • page: https://lgg.epfl.ch/publications/2019/Topological_Interlocking/index.php
  • code: https://github.com/EPFL-LGG/TopoLite
• [SIGA15] Generalized Cylinder Decomposition
  • 复杂形状分解为几何简单的基元 (广义圆柱体)
  • page: https://vcc.tech/research/2015/GCD
• [SIG13] Style and Abstraction in Portrait Sketching
  • paper: https://studios.disneyresearch.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Style-and-Abstraction-in-Portrait-Sketching.pdf
• [SIG17] Computational Design of Wind-up Toys
  • page: https://sutd-cgl.github.io/supp/Publication/projects/2017-SIGAsia-Wind-upToy/index.htm
• [SIGA15] Interactive surface design with interlocking elements
  • paper: http://www-labs.iro.umontreal.ca/~bernhard/PDF/InterlockingElements.pdf
• [SIG14] Designing Inflatable Structures
  • abstract: 输入 3D 模型，制造可充气物体
  • paper: https://studios.disneyresearch.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Designing-Inflatable-Structures.pdf
• [SIG07] Plushie: An Interactive Design System for Plush Toys
  • abstract: 3D 模型制造毛绒玩具
  • paper: https://www.is.ocha.ac.jp/~yuki/papers/plushie_siggraph07.pdf
• EG Tutorial: Computational Assemblies: Analysis, Design, and Fabrication

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Last update: August 29, 2023
Created: July 27, 2023