Bidirectional Query-Driven Generation of Parametric CAD Sketch
Yang Liu, Daxuan Ren, Yijie Ding, Jianmin Zheng, Fang Deng
Abstract
Learning-based CAD modeling shows great promise in automating parametric design, yet existing approaches often overlook the incremental and state-dependent nature of sketch construction. We present CADSketcher, a query-driven bidirectional framework for completing partial parametric sketches by internalizing the non-linear construction logic of interactive CAD processes. At the core of CADSketcher are two key innovations. First, a bidirectional sketch learner recovers both prior and posterior contexts from arbitrary-span partial sketches via a bidirectional query mechanism, enabling exploration of multiple plausible modeling trajectories. Second, a confidence-guided completion pipeline adaptively determines the expansion direction through a confidence gate and ensures executable instruction generation using a validity compiler, while a progressive context updater preserves sketch consistency throughout the evolving sketch state. In addition, a hybrid positional encoding integrates global modeling progression with local geometric semantics, reinforcing structural coherence during both learning and completion. Extensive experiments demonstrate that CADSketcher achieves superior geometric validity and instruction consistency across diverse sketch completion tasks, offering a robust and interpretable framework toward intelligent CAD automation.
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