ROS Template Generator

This project is used for creating basic ROS package templates in C++.

Dependencies

console-menu

Package Example

A package created by this project will basically look like this

basic_package/
├── CMakeLists.txt
├── config
│   └── basic_node_config.yaml
├── include
│   └── basic_node.h
├── launch
│   └── basic_node_launch.launch
├── package.xml
└── src
    └── basic_node
        ├── basic_node.cpp
        └── basic_node_main.cpp

Template

The basic template can be seen below. You can edit the template to your requirements and choose XML Options in the root menu to load your settings.

Another way to customize your package is the Edit Package section in the root menu. (not recommended)

<?xml version="1.0"?>
    <package>
        <name>basic_package</name>
        <node>basic_node</node>
        <class>BasicNode</class>
        <namespace>BasicNamespace</namespace>
        <subscribers>
            <subscriber>
                <parent>BasicNode</parent>
                <name>BasicSub1</name>
                <topic>/foo</topic>
                <message_type_package>std_msgs</message_type_package>
                <message_type_type>Float64</message_type_type>
            </subscriber>
            <subscriber>
                <parent>BasicNode</parent>
                <name>BasicSub2</name>
                <topic>/foo</topic>
                <message_type_package>std_msgs</message_type_package>
                <message_type_type>Float64</message_type_type>
            </subscriber>
        </subscribers>
        <publishers>
            <publisher>
                <name>BasicPub</name>
                <topic>/foo2</topic>
                <message_type_package>std_msgs</message_type_package>
                <message_type_type>String</message_type_type>
            </publisher>
        </publishers>
    </package>

Package Options	Description
name	Package name
node	Node name
class	Class name of the node
namespace	Namespace name of the class

Subscriber Options	Description
parent	Parent class name for callback function
name	Subscriber name
topic	Topic name
msg_type_package	Package name of the message type
msg_type_type	Message type name

Publisher Options	Description
name	Publisher name
topic	Topic name
msg_type_package	Package name of the message type
msg_type_type	Message type name

Authors

• @lilyildiz