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This research introduces NL2Hull, a framework that uses natural language processing to drive constrained decisions in ship hull design by connecting linguistic inputs directly to numerical geometry via NURBS and free-form deformation. The proposed model, Chip, demonstrates high accuracy in interpreting design requests and maintaining geometric constraints, offering a novel intersection of generative AI with specialized engineering workflows. While the application domain is maritime engineering, the core innovation lies in advancing language-driven decision-making for complex, continuous-control problems.
NL2Hull: A Natural Language-Driven Constrained Ship Design Decision Framework
arXiv:2610.09896v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Ship-form design combines smooth geometric representation, local shape editing, and constraints on the resulting hull. We present the Natural-Language-to-Hull Framework (NL2Hull Framework), which formulates ship-form editing as a typed discrete decision problem and connects language decisions to numerical geometry. Its Constrained Free-Form Deformation Engine (CFFD Engine) represents hull waterlines with non-uniform rational B-splines (NURBS), applies free-form deformation (FFD) to their control points, reconstructs the hull, and checks geometric constraints. We construct the Ship Design Decision Dataset (SDD Dataset) with 134,558 cleaned records and evaluate compared models on its subset Ship Design Decision Benchmark (SDDBench), containing 5,000 records and 43,496 typed questions. We propose Chip, a constrained ship-design decision model for processing natural-language requests. Chip reaches 95.90\% question accuracy and 99.32\% FFD exact match, with a negative log-likelihood of 0.0951, an expected calibration error of 0.0032, and a Brier score of 0.0551. The NL2Hull Framework provides a reproducible interface for evaluating language-based ship-form decisions while identifying the geometry and continuous-control components that require further development. Our code and dataset is available at https://github.com/wenhuahuo/NL2Hull.
Abstract:Ship-form design combines smooth geometric representation, local shape editing, and constraints on the resulting hull. We present the Natural-Language-to-Hull Framework (NL2Hull Framework), which formulates ship-form editing as a typed discrete decision problem and connects language decisions to numerical geometry. Its Constrained Free-Form Deformation Engine (CFFD Engine) represents hull waterlines with non-uniform rational B-splines (NURBS), applies free-form deformation (FFD) to their control points, reconstructs the hull, and checks geometric constraints. We construct the Ship Design Decision Dataset (SDD Dataset) with 134,558 cleaned records and evaluate compared models on its subset Ship Design Decision Benchmark (SDDBench), containing 5,000 records and 43,496 typed questions. We propose Chip, a constrained ship-design decision model for processing natural-language requests. Chip reaches 95.90\% question accuracy and 99.32\% FFD exact match, with a negative log-likelihood of 0.0951, an expected calibration error of 0.0032, and a Brier score of 0.0551. The NL2Hull Framework provides a reproducible interface for evaluating language-based ship-form decisions while identifying the geometry and continuous-control components that require further development. Our code and dataset is available at this https URL.
Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI)
arXiv:2610.09896 [cs.AI]
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