A Survey of 3D Solid Reconstruction from 2D Projection Line Drawings

Abstract

The reconstruction of a 3D object from its 2D projection(s) and its corresponding problem of 3D object recognition are two of the important research areas in the field of computer vision and artificial intelligence. Reconstruction involves determining the geometric and topological relationship of an object s atomic parts whereas recognition involves identifying an object by some form of template matching. Nagendra and Gujar1 gave a survey of several papers on reconstruction of 3D object from its 2D views. In this paper we present a taxonomy of 3D object reconstruction from 2D projection line drawings. We base the classification on the number of 2D views of the 3D solid object, the degree of user interaction necessary for correct reconstruction, and the internal representation used in the reconstruction process. We discuss the basic issues associated with this problem, review the relevant literature and present topics for future research.