A new computational approach, built on data-driven techniques, is making it possible to turn simple 2D sketch into a realistic 3D shape, with little or no user input necessary. A global team of ...

Designers can move easily between drawing in a virtual-reality environment and on their tablet using the latest update to Gravity Sketch. The Surface Tool feature is contained in version 6.1 of the ...

Ford announced that it’s collaborating with Gravity Sketch to help design new vehicles that are more human-centric than in the past courtesy of new, cutting-edge tech. Gravity Sketch allows the ...

A machine learning tool developed by researchers at Carnegie Mellon University's Robotics Institute (RI) could potentially allow beginner and professional designers to create 3D virtual models of ...

GenAI can do more than generate images – it can spark design students’ ability to imagine objects and spaces in 3D. Here’s ...

Computer-aided design (CAD) is the go-to method for designing most of today's physical products. Engineers use CAD to turn 2D sketches into 3D models that they can then test and refine before sending ...

The latest issue of IEEE Computer Graphics is focused on sketch-based interaction. In "a sketch-based interface for clothing virtual characters (PDF format, 10 pages, 1.61 MB), the publication reports ...

Pencil is a very realistic sketching program and good 2D animation tool for the cost (free). Think of Pencil (free) as an animator’s digital sketchbook. It’s 2D; you can sketch things very well, then ...