ferrum_cloud

Pure Rust implementation of Point Cloud Library (PCL).

This library provides efficient, safe, and ergonomic APIs for point cloud processing, leveraging Rust's ownership system, zero-cost abstractions, and parallel processing capabilities.

Features

• Memory Safety: Leverages Rust's ownership system for safe memory management
• Zero-Copy Operations: Efficient processing through views and references
• Parallel Processing: Built-in support for parallel operations using Rayon
• Generic Point Types: Flexible point type system supporting various point formats
• Comprehensive I/O: Support for multiple point cloud file formats
• Real-time Visualization: Hardware-accelerated 3D visualization (with visualization feature)

Quick Start

use ferrum_cloud::prelude::*;

fn main() -> Result<()> {
    // Load a point cloud
    let cloud = io::load_pcd("examples/scene.pcd")?;

    // Process the cloud
    let processed = cloud
        .voxel_downsample(0.05)
        .remove_outliers(50, 1.0)?;
        //.estimate_normals(0.5)?;

    // Save the result
    io::save_ply(&processed, "examples/processed.ply")?;

    Ok(())
}

Visualization

With the visualization feature enabled:

use ferrum_cloud::prelude::*;

#[tokio::main]
async fn main() -> Result<()> {
    let cloud = io::load_pcd("examples/scene.pcd")?;

    let mut viewer = PointCloudViewer::new().await?;
    viewer.add_point_cloud(&cloud, "scene")?;
    viewer.run().await?;

    Ok(())
}

License: MIT