# QueryCAD: Grounded Question Answering for CAD Models

Source: [QueryCAD: Grounded Question Answering for CAD Models](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa79311e209131cea7c881>)

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Data updated: 2025-10-26T04:53:53.795Z

Authors: Claudius Kienle, Benjamin Alt, Darko Katic, Rainer J\\"akel, Jan Peters

Published: 2024-09-13T10:44:44.000Z

## Abstract

CAD models are widely used in industry and are essential for robotic automation processes. However, these models are rarely considered in novel AI-based approaches, such as the automatic synthesis of robot programs, as there are no readily available methods that would allow CAD models to be incorporated for the analysis, interpretation, or extraction of information. To address these limitations, we propose QueryCAD, the first system designed for CAD question answering, enabling the extraction of precise information from CAD models using natural language queries. QueryCAD incorporates SegCAD, an open-vocabulary instance segmentation model we developed to identify and select specific parts of the CAD model based on part descriptions. We further propose a CAD question answering benchmark to evaluate QueryCAD and establish a foundation for future research. Lastly, we integrate QueryCAD within an automatic robot program synthesis framework, validating its ability to enhance deep-learning solutions for robotics by enabling them to process CAD models (https://claudius-kienle.github.com/querycad).

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## Original sources and implementation

[Original paper](<https://arxiv.org/abs/2409.08704>)

[PDF](<https://arxiv.org/pdf/2409.08704.pdf>)