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One Mesh for multiple links with joints

gazebo
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asked 2022-02-27 06:30:18 -0500

yimzh
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Hi,

I'm wondering if it is possible to set up several links with one mesh. Between those links, there are joints to combine them.

To be more specific, I'm trying to build a tower crane with the mesh from here. But I would like to have the column and the arm as two separate links, connected with a rotation joint. Is that even possible in urdf?

Thanks!

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answered 2022-02-27 15:41:27 -0500

Benjamin C

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You can use a mesh editor like meshlab or even Fusion360 to slice your mesh in two parts and then export each one. After that assign each mesh to each link