<i>BRep-GD</i> : a Graph Diffusion Model for CAD Boundary Representation Generation

In modern computer-aided design (CAD), Boundary Representation (B-rep) is a widely used geometric modeling technique in industrial design and manufacturing. However, existing B-rep generation methods, which rely on tree-based hierarchies to represent and generate B-reps, fail to fully exploit the inherent graph structure of B-reps, resulting in suboptimal efficiency and model quality. To address this issue, we propose BRep GD, a graph diffusion-based model specifically designed for B rep generation. Unlike prior methods, BRep-GD treats B-reps as graphs, where nodes represent face elements, and edges represent boundary and vertex elements. By utilizing a continuous topological graph data structure, BRep-GD overcomes the challenges associated with directly applying graph diffusion models to B-rep generation. Specifically, BRep-GD introduces a graph diffusion method tailored to the features of CAD data, generating faces and edges sequentially. During edge generation, continuous topology decoupling is employed to avoid the need for global attention calculations, reducing computational complexity while ensuring geometric consistency and high-quality results. Experimental results demonstrate that BRep-GD outperforms existing state of-the-art methods in both unconditional and class-conditional generation tasks, particularly in generating watertight solids and handling complex geometries. It significantly reduces isolated or inconsistent geometric components and improves generation efficiency. The related code, pre-trained models, and dataset are available at https://github.com/lcqii/BRep-GD.