M IT engineers are developing an AI model that can operate CAD software the same way a human designer does. The system takes ...

An Apple patent (number 20120268410) for generating 3D objects based on 2D objects has appeared at the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office. Could this involve a 3D printer — or, at least, 3D printer output ...

Computer-aided design (CAD) is the go-to method for designing most of today's physical products. Engineers use CAD to turn 2D ...

Are you fond of drawing some random doodles? Have you ever imagined some magic tricks that would transform your boring 2D picture into a realistic 3D model? Well then, turning a 2D shape into a 3D ...

Want to take your digital art to the next level by blending 3D objects seamlessly into 2D environments using Photoshop? This ...

Microsoft researchers claim to have devised an AI able to generate better 3D shapes from 2D images and to do so for the first time using off-the-shelf photo-realistic renderers like Unreal Engine and ...

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With a lifetime of observing the world informing our perceptions, we’re all pretty good at inferring the overall shape of something we only see from the side, or for a brief moment. Computers, however ...

A prism is a 3D shape which has a constant cross section - both ends of the solid are the same shape and anywhere you cut parallel to these ends will give you the same shape. For example, in the prism ...