element is used by rviz only. gazebo ignores the tag. For pretty colors in simulation you have to use Gazebo materials. One caveat though, if you are using a COLLADA (.dae) mesh with texture, having a tag will override the mesh texture. John On Thu, Oct 14, 2010 at 12:40 PM, Patrick Doyle wrote: > Hi John, > Very helpful, as always. Thank you very much. Now I understand why > "find . -name "Blue*" didn't help. > > Can you tell me if the element in a URDF/world file has any > meaning? Or should I just use the Gazebo materials. > > --wpd > > > On Thu, Oct 14, 2010 at 3:11 PM, John Hsu > wrote: > > Hi Patrick, > > > > the materials for gazebo comes from [gazebo media > > path]/Media/materials/scripts/*.material files. For example, Gazebo/Blue > in > > the example you mentioned is provided by > > > > gazebo/gazebo/share/gazebo/Media/materials/scripts/Gazebo.material > > > > where the gazebo package exports the corresponding gazebo_media_path > > > > > > > > in its manifest.xml. > > > > John > > > > On Thu, Oct 14, 2010 at 11:52 AM, Patrick Doyle > wrote: > >> > >> When I attempt to set the color of an object, it doesn't seem to > >> change. Is this expected/known behavior? If not, can somebody direct > >> me at the correct syntax for setting the color of an object? > >> > >> I have found that I can set the color to blue as shown in > >> > >> > http://www.ros.org/wiki/simulator_gazebo/Tutorials/SpawningObjectInSimulation > >> by using a element inside a element. What colors > >> beside blue are available? Where would I find those? > >> > >> --wpd > >> _______________________________________________ > >> 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 > > > > > _______________________________________________ > ros-users mailing list > ros-users@code.ros.org > https://code.ros.org/mailman/listinfo/ros-users >