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If I'm understanding you correctly, when you use any STL files, you only see some lines and not the whole shape. This may be a problem with your graphics card.

If you are seeing white objects, that often means that there is no TF frame for the link. Try using a combination of JointStatePublisher and RobotStatePublisher as described in this tutorial.

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