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stl files are too big in rviz

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asked 2017-02-05 13:51:08 -0500

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im putting my stl filesin my urdf file but when i see it in rviz ,its too large.can someone help me with it

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answered 2017-02-05 13:58:38 -0500

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ROS uses SI units for everything, so also in URDF (for link lengths) and for meshes. See REP-003, section Units.

You'll have to make sure your meshes use metres as scale. Meshes exported by CAD tools often use millimetres, so they will be a 1000 times too large.

If you don't want to or can't scale your meshes, you could use the scale attribute on the mesh element in your urdf. See wiki/urdf/XML/link - Elements for more information.

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