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Sarathkrishnan Ramesh edited this page Sep 1, 2020 · 4 revisions

Welcome to the ign-rviz wiki!

Overview

RViz is a 3D visualization tool for robots using ROS.

Ignition RViz offers functionality similar to RViz, and is developed using Ignition libraries.

demo

Contents

  1. Installation and Setup
  2. User Guide
  3. Architecture

Visualization plugins

As of now the following display plugins are supported in ign-rviz:

Name Description
Global Options Configure global options like changing fixed frame and scene background color.
Axes Renders an axis at the origin of the target frame
Image Displays Image received as sensor_msgs::msg::Image ROS message
LaserScan Renders data from sensor_msgs::msg::LaserScan message as points in the world, drawn as points, rays and triangles
Path Renders data from nav_msgs::msg::Path message as lines, arrows or axes
PointStamped Renders data from geometry_msgs::msg::PointStamped message as spheres
Polygon Renders data from geometry_msgs::msg::PolygonStamped message as lines
Pose Renders data from geometry_msgs::msg::PoseStamped message as arrows or axes
PoseArray Renders data from geometry_msgs::msg::PoseArray message as arrows or axes
RobotModel RobotModelDisplay plugin renders robot model in the correct pose as defined by current TF transforms
TF Displays the robot TF transform hierarchy
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