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Optionally include CUDA DLLs in open3d-package#7306

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Optionally include CUDA DLLs in open3d-package#7306
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Motivation and Context

In order to have a self-contained Python package with GPU-support on Windows, allow bundling the CUDA DLLs with open3d. This is especially useful when deploying open3d to non-developer machines where you cannot assume that CUDA is installed. It also is a step towards an official Python package with CUDA-support for Windows, which would save the effort of building yourself.

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  • [ x] I have run python util/check_style.py --apply to apply Open3D code style
    to my code.
  • [ x] This PR changes Open3D behavior or adds new functionality.
    • Both C++ (Doxygen) and Python (Sphinx / Google style) documentation is
      updated accordingly.
    • I have added or updated C++ and / or Python unit tests OR included test
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      (e.g. screenshots or numbers) here.
  • [ x] I will follow up and update the code if CI fails.
  • [ x] For fork PRs, I have selected Allow edits from maintainers.

Description

Added CMake variable BUNDLE_CUDA_SHARED_LIBS, which causes all DLLs from the build system's CUDA-installation to be included in the wheel. Only works on Windows and only if BUILD_CUDA_MODULE is on.

In order to have a self-contained Python package with GPU-support on
Windows, allow bundling the CUDA DLLs with open3d. This is useful when
deploying open3d to systems where you cannot assume having CUDA toolkit
installed.
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Found that CUDA can also be installed via wheels available on pypi. Perhaps defining those as requirements is a better way of solving this, e.g. pytorch, Jax and tensorflow seem to resolve their CUDA-dependency this way as described here. I'll look into that and open a new PR.

@fegorsch fegorsch closed this Jul 18, 2025
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