OK, Iv'e happy-hacked together a 'mesh'-file reader which publishes
the triangle list for e.g. rviz.
If everything worked out right, model 18800 of the Willow Garage
Household database should be a bidon.

Regards,
Rene


2010/8/3 Matei Ciocarlie <matei@willowgarage.com>:
> Hi Rene,
>
> You could write a simple node that takes in the mesh and packages it
> in a Marker with a Triangle List which you can then send to rviz.
> Details on rviz Markers are here:
>
> http://www.ros.org/wiki/rviz/DisplayTypes/Marker
>
> And a tutorial for how to use them:
>
> http://www.ros.org/wiki/rviz/Tutorials/Markers%3A%20Basic%20Shapes
>
> Matei
>
> On Tue, Aug 3, 2010 at 5:06 AM, René Ladan <r.c.ladan@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> is there a way to visualize meshes obtained from e.g. the
>> household_objects_database?
>> (http://www.ros.org/wiki/household_objects_database/Tutorials/Use%20the%20household_objects_database%20remotely%20from%20a%20Willow%20Garage%20server)
>>
>> I can get the mesh definition by using
>> rosservice call /objects_database_node/get_model_mesh <model_number>
>> but how can I visualize the result?
>>
>> Regards,
>> Rene
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