FreeCAD Workbench to create URDF files from e.g. STP or other CAD file formats. This project works for simple robots right now, but it hasn't been fully tested.
In order to install this FreeCAD plugin, install FreeCAD and clone this repository into the ~/.FreeCAD/Mod/ folder. Like so:
mkdir -p ~/.FreeCAD/Mod/
cd ~/.FreeCAD/Mod/
git clone https://github.com/RoboStack/RobotCreator
Then restart FreeCAD and the RobotCreator Workbench should appear.
Note: for the URDF export, you also need to have BeautifulSoup4 and lxml installed.
The robot, running in RViz.
Please open issues on this repository for questions, or suggestions.
You can test e.g. the export function by opening the Python console in FreeCAD and executing:
# python 3:
import importlib as imp; import ExportURDF; imp.reload(ExportURDF).export_urdf()
# python 2:
import ExportURDF; reload(ExportURDF).export_urdf()