[ros-users] there is a gap between pcl and rviz (Junhao Xiao)

[Radu Bogdan Rusu]

How are you generating the PointCloud2? It seems that the header frame id is not set, which might lead to problems if 
you want to visualize the data in RViz.

Cheers,
Radu.

On 05/25/2010 08:28 AM, jy.hamburg at googlemail.com wrote:
> Hi Josh,
>
> I have noticed the point_cloud_converter before sending the question. I
> also have visualized the point cloud as point markers, it works, but
> that's not a good way in my mind.
>
> When I use the conversion node, there is another problem, I got an WARN
> message as following:
>
> [ WARN] [1274800021.152142366]: MessageFilter [target=/  ]: Discarding
> message from [/point_cloud_converter_1274799273635604858] due to empty
> frame_id.  This message will only print once.
>
> And then I can see nothing in rviz. Could you please give me a
> suggestion to overcome this. Thank you!
>
> Junhao
>
> Hi Junhao,
>
> For now you need to run the conversion node in the point_cloud_converter
> package.  The next release of rviz will have a PointCloud2 display.
>
> Josh
>
> On Sun, May 23, 2010 at 11:37 AM, ??? <jy.hamburg at googlemail.com
> <mailto:jy.hamburg at googlemail.com>> wrote:
>
>  > Hello,
>  >
>  > I have installed ros latest version and made some simple test on pcl,
> it's
>  > great! At the same time I also want to use rviz as the visualization
> tool of
>  > point cloud data.
>  >
>  > Is there any one who are trying to use rviz for point cloud
> visualization?
>  > My question is for pcl, PointCloud2 is the point cloud data type which is
>  > supported, however in rviz PointCloud2 hasn't been integrated. Any idea?
>  >
>  > Best regards,
>  > Junhao
>  >
>  >
>  >
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