From Model Diagram to Code: A Benchmark Dataset and Multi-Agent Framework

Model Diagram-to-Code Generation aims to translate model diagrams from research papers into implementation code that reconstructs the model's architecture. This task plays a crucial role in accelerating scientific workflows and enhancing the efficiency of industrial model deployment. While recent studies have explored various Image-to-Code Generation tasks using Multimodal Large Language Models (MLLMs), these efforts have primarily focused on reconstructing the visual appearance depicted in input images, leaving this task largely underexplored. The complex structural elements and implicit relationships in model diagrams present greater challenges for MLLMs, particularly in terms of visual reasoning and semantic interpretation. To support this task, we introduce MDCDataset, a dataset designed to evaluate the ability of MLLMs to generate code from model diagrams. It comprises 1,008 instances spanning 16 research domains, each with a model diagram, structured textual content, and the ground-truth code implementation. Furthermore, to address the inherent challenges of this task, we propose MDCAgent, a collaborative multi-agent framework composed of Parsing, Generation, and Check Agents. These agents work in coordination to analyze, extract, and verify complex elements and implicit relationships within model diagrams, thereby enhancing the visual architecture-aware reasoning capabilities of MLLMs. Our extensive experiments confirm the effectiveness of the framework.