Writing a converter from COLLADA to URDF would be a better idea. That way, ROS tools other than rviz would be able to use the model. That project isn't a short-term goal here, i.e. it won't be in C-turtle. Contributions are more than welcome, though. Tim On Mon, Apr 19, 2010 at 10:45 AM, Josh Faust wrote: > Thinking a bit further I'm guessing you want rviz to be able to read > Collada instead of the urdf format, not just the mesh data? That's not > covered by that ticket. > > Josh > > > On Mon, Apr 19, 2010 at 10:23 AM, Josh Faust wrote: > >> I have a ticket to support it, but it's unlikely to happen in time for >> 1.2: https://code.ros.org/trac/ros-pkg/ticket/3930 >> >> In the meantime I'd suggest converting the meshes into STL or Ogre .mesh >> format. >> >> Josh >> >> >> On Sun, Apr 18, 2010 at 11:23 PM, Rosen Diankov wrote: >> >>> hi all, >>> >>> There are several requests to display openrave robots in rviz. Since >>> openrave can export its robots to COLLADA, and recently robot_models >>> has started exporting collada, do you think it is possible to add an >>> import collada module to urdf? Another solution is to just get ogre to >>> display collada files >>> (http://www.ogre3d.org/wiki/index.php/Ogre_COLLADA_Plugin) >>> please advise on what to do. >>> >>> thanks! >>> rosen, >>> _______________________________________________ >>> ros-users mailing list >>> ros-users@code.ros.org >>> https://code.ros.org/mailman/listinfo/ros-users >>> >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > ros-users mailing list > ros-users@code.ros.org > https://code.ros.org/mailman/listinfo/ros-users > >