ifm3dpy

ifm3d Overview

Library and utilities for working with ifm pmd-based 3D ToF Perception devices. Compatible with the O3R, O3D and O3X platforms. This library is available in Python, C++, and has wrappers for ROS and ROS2.
C++ API Reference
Python API Reference
Comprehensive documentation is available on ifm3d.com.

3D cloud	Distance	RGB

Released Versions

⚠️ Note that the main branch is generally in a work in progress state and you probably want to use a tagged release version for production.

⚠️ Note that O3D and O3X support is currently experimental- Use at your own risk!.

For a full compatibility matrix between the ifm3d library, the O3R firmware and the Vision Assistant GUI, please refer to the compatibility matrix on ifm3d.com.

Supported languages

ifm3d is a C++ based library, with a Python wrapper mirroring the available features. We support the following versions of these two languages:

Name	Versions
Python	3.9, 3.10, 3.11, 3.12, 3.13
C++	GCC 7.5+, MSVC 2019+

Supported operating systems

ifm3d currently support the following OS:

Name	Versions	Comment
Ubuntu	20.04, 22.04, 24.04
Windows	Windows server 2019	ifm3d is known to work for other Windows distributions but is not explicitly tested.

Organization of the Software

The ifm3d software is organized into modules, they are:

Module name	Description
device	Provides an implementation of the XMLRPC protocol for configuring the camera and pmd imager settings.
framegrabber	Provides an implementation of the PCIC protocol for streaming pixel data and triggered image acquisition.
swupdater	Provides utilities for managing the SWUpdate subsystem of the camera.
pcicclient	Direct access to PCIC to, for example, actuate digital IO.
tools	Provides the ifm3d command line tool for manipulating and introspecting the hardware interactively. It is also suitable for usage within shell scripts to, for example, manage fleets of cameras.
pybind11	Provides Python bindings through pybind11 to the native C++ API. Supports all general camera functionality as well as a zero-copy interface to image data, exposed as NumPy arrays.
deserialize	Provides definitions and functions for deserializing structs sent over PCIC.

Installation instructions

Please refer to the corresponding section on ifm3d.com.

Supported docker containers

Docker containers are available for the ifm3d library, both on GHCR and on the dockerhub. You can pull them with:

docker pull ghcr.io/ifm/ifm3d:stable

OR

docker pull ifmrobotics/ifm3d:stable

Note that we provide 2 tags, stable always points to the latest tagged version, and latest is built nightly with the latest changes on the main branch. The latest tag is typically a work in progress.
For more details on the available containers, see here.
For more details on docker and the O3R platform see here.

Examples

Examples for the ifm3d library can be found in the ifm3d-examples repository.

Report a bug and check the known issues

Please see the GitHub Issue Tracker, or contact [e-mail].

LICENSE

Please see the LICENSE file.