# open3d.ml.torch.ops.voxelize¶

open3d.ml.torch.ops.voxelize(points, row_splits, voxel_size, points_range_min, points_range_max, max_points_per_voxel=9223372036854775807, max_voxels=9223372036854775807)

Voxelization for point clouds.

The function returns the integer coordinates of the voxels that contain points and a compact list of the indices that associate the voxels to the points. Also supports variable length batching.

Minimal example:

import open3d.ml.tf as ml3d

points = [
[0.1,0.1,0.1],
[0.5,0.5,0.5],
[1.7,1.7,1.7],
[1.8,1.8,1.8],
[9.3,9.4,9.4]]

row_splits = [0, 2, 5]

ml3d.ops.voxelize(points,
row_splits,
voxel_size=[1.0,1.0,1.0],
points_range_min=[0,0,0],
points_range_max=[2,2,2])

# returns the voxel coordinates  [[0, 0, 0],
#                                 [1, 1, 1]]
#
#         the point indices      [0, 1, 2, 3]
#
#         the point row splits   [0, 2, 4]
#
#         and the batch splits   [0, 1, 2]
# or with pytorch
import torch
import open3d.ml.torch as ml3d

points = torch.Tensor([
[0.1,0.1,0.1],
[0.5,0.5,0.5],
[1.7,1.7,1.7],
[1.8,1.8,1.8],
[9.3,9.4,9.4]])

row_splits = torch.Tensor([0, 2, 5]).to(torch.int64)

ml3d.ops.voxelize(points,
row_splits,
voxel_size=torch.Tensor([1.0,1.0,1.0]),
points_range_min=torch.Tensor([0,0,0]),
points_range_max=torch.Tensor([2,2,2]))

# returns the voxel coordinates  [[0, 0, 0],
#                                 [1, 1, 1]]
#
#         the point indices      [0, 1, 2, 3]
#
#         the point row splits   [0, 2, 4]
#
#         and the batch splits   [0, 1, 2]

points: The point positions with shape [N,D] with N as the number of points and

D as the number of dimensions, which must be 0 < D < 9.

row_splits: 1D vector with row splits information if points is batched. This

vector is [0, num_points] if there is only 1 batch item.

voxel_size: The voxel size with shape [D].

points_range_min: The minimum range for valid points to be voxelized. This

vector has shape [D] and is used as the origin for computing the voxel_indices.

points_range_min: The maximum range for valid points to be voxelized. This

vector has shape [D].

max_points_per_voxel: The maximum number of points to consider for a voxel.

max_voxels: The maximum number of voxels to generate per batch.

voxel_coords: The integer voxel coordinates.The shape of this tensor is [M, D]

with M as the number of voxels and D as the number of dimensions.

voxel_point_indices: A flat list of all the points that have been voxelized.

The start and end of each voxel is defined in voxel_point_row_splits.

voxel_point_row_splits: This is an exclusive prefix sum that includes the total

number of points in the last element. This can be used to find the start and end of the point indices for each voxel. The shape of this tensor is [M+1].

voxel_batch_splits: This is a prefix sum of number of voxels per batch. This can

be used to find voxel_coords and row_splits corresponding to any particular batch.