Overview

This package contains a Qt RViz panel that allows users to display topics values dynamically.

Supported built-in types are:

• bool
• duration
• float32
• float64
• int8
• int16
• int32
• int64
• string
• time
• uint8
• uint16
• uint32
• uint64

:warning: Qt does not support displaying some types, these are casted:

• int64 is casted to a int32_t
• uint32 is casted to a uint16_t
• uint64 is casted to a uint16_t

:warning: It is not possible to display values from inside custom messages.

Screenshots

Dependencies

rosdep

Install, initialize and update rosdep.

Compiling

Create a catkin workspace and clone the project:

mkdir -p catkin_workspace/src
cd catkin_workspace/src
git clone https://gitlab.com/InstitutMaupertuis/topics_rviz_plugin.git
cd ..

Resolve ROS dependencies

rosdep install --from-paths src --ignore-src --rosdistro $ROS_DISTRO -y

Compile

catkin_make

How to use

Launch RViz and add the panel via the menu: Panels > Add new panel > topics_rviz_plugin > DisplayTopics