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If I modify for example a mesh file how do I re-load that in a running rviz. Just turning RobotModel on and off did not reload the model.
Also is there an easy way to check if a mesh file is displayble in rviz?
The next relese of RViz will reload the meshes when you press the 'reset' button in the bottom-left corner. See https://github.com/ros-visualization/rviz/commit/ee6221bd5e5203de76c124b8fef41bf7e5332157
An alternative to updating your robot model is to send a mesh marker. See http://www.ros.org/wiki/rviz/DisplayTypes/Marker#Mesh_Resource_.28MESH_RESOURCE.3D10.29_.5B1.1.2B-.5D
Apart from refreshing the robot description in the parameter server, you need to trigger a refresh of the Rviz robot model plugin. This is done by deactivating / reactivating the plugin (using the checkbox).
Yes, I know. And that re-loads the URDF file. But it seems like the mesh files is cached. I do not change the file namn of the mehs file. I just change the content of it. And it is not re-loaded if it has been loaded once before. It seems to me that a flag is needed in RobotModel to force re-loading
It looks like a previous poster tracked down the code responsible (circa 2011) http://answers.ros.org/question/11871... - it would be great to be able force a reload without creating multiple files, maybe a pr can be made out of this.
Asked: 2013-02-22 06:01:09 -0600
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Last updated: Feb 23 '13
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