Technology prediction of a 3D model using Neural Network

Accurate estimation of production times is critical for effective manufacturing scheduling, yet traditional methods relying on expert analysis or historical data often fall short in dynamic or customized production environments. This paper introduces a data-driven approach that predicts manufacturing steps and their durations directly from 3D models of products with exposed geometries. By rendering the model into multiple 2D images and leveraging a neural network inspired by the Generative Query Network, the method learns to map geometric features into time estimates for predefined production steps with a mean absolute error below 3 seconds making planning across varied product types easier. Introduction Accurate production scheduling is a cornerstone of efficient manufacturing. In practice, schedules are generated based on estimates of processing times required for each step in the production process. However, when these estimates deviate from actual conditions--due to missing or outdated data - the generated schedules quickly become obsolete.