DeepSeek's new AI tool can sharpen 3D designing
What's the story
Chinese start-up DeepSeek has teamed up with researchers from Tencent Holdings and the University of Hong Kong (HKU) to develop an innovative artificial intelligence (AI) technique. The new method aims to enhance the precision of three-dimensional (3D) design. The team introduced Pointer-CAD, a framework based on Alibaba Group's Qwen 2.5 model, which aids designers in selecting edges or faces of a 3D object.
Design revolution
Pointer-CAD set to revolutionize computer-aided design
Pointer-CAD is set to revolutionize computer-aided design (CAD), a tool widely used in engineering, manufacturing, and architecture. The new method promises to "effectively support the generation of complex geometric structures and reduce segmentation error to an extremely low level," as per a paper published on open-access repository arXiv. The authors of this groundbreaking work include DeepSeek researcher Liu Wen, Tencent's Zhao Zibo, HKU professor Ma Yi, and Beihang University student Qi Dacheng.
Open-source release
Pointer-CAD now available on GitHub
The team has made their novel approach open-source, with the code now available on GitHub, the world's largest developer community. CAD workflows usually start with 2D sketches like lines and circles that are then converted into 3D modeling operations. However, existing AI methods for generating 3D objects either consume too many tokens or do not support entity selection, limiting complex editing capabilities.