[ros-users] visualizing triangle mesh files

[Matei Ciocarlie]

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 at 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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