Good evening,
sorry for my ignorance, but i receive "resource not found: gazebo2rviz".
How can i solve this problem?
thank you very much for your time and consideration

Hi Andreas,

Thanks for sharing this great package. I am having the following error when building the package using catkin_build. I am using ros melodic with ubuntu 18.04/. I am new to ros and gazebo, could you please help me solve this? Thanks

`
Errors << gazebo2rviz:cmake /home/sheldon/catkin_ws/logs/gazebo2rviz/build.cmake.001.log
CMake Error at /opt/ros/melodic/share/catkin/cmake/catkinConfig.cmake:83 (find_package):
Could not find a package configuration file provided by "pysdf" with any of
the following names:

pysdfConfig.cmake
pysdf-config.cmake

Add the installation prefix of "pysdf" to CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH or set
"pysdf_DIR" to a directory containing one of the above files. If "pysdf"
provides a separate development package or SDK, be sure it has been
installed.
Call Stack (most recent call first):
CMakeLists.txt:4 (find_package)

`

Hello!
I'm doing all as in tutorial:
gazebo (add new object)
rviz (add tf and marker)
roslaunch gazebo2rviz gazebo2rviz.launch

But I can't see those objects in rviz (no namespaces in rviz)
While running roslaunch gazebo2rviz gazebo2rviz.launch get this:

roslaunch gazebo2rviz gazebo2rviz.launch
... logging to /home/pdc-labor/.ros/log/c5afc4ec-ac87-11e9-861a-00bb60ad67bd/roslaunch-pdclabor-ThinkPad-E480-4456.log
Checking log directory for disk usage. This may take awhile.
Press Ctrl-C to interrupt
Done checking log file disk usage. Usage is <1GB.

started roslaunch server http://pdclabor-ThinkPad-E480:44655/

SUMMARY

PARAMETERS

• /gazebo2marker/ignore_submodels_of:
• /gazebo2tf/ignore_submodels_of:
• /rosdistro: melodic
• /rosversion: 1.14.3

NODES
/
gazebo2marker (gazebo2rviz/gazebo2marker_node.py)
gazebo2tf (gazebo2rviz/gazebo2tf_node.py)
static_tf_pub_world_to_gazebo_world (tf2_ros/static_transform_publisher)

ROS_MASTER_URI=http://localhost:11311

process[static_tf_pub_world_to_gazebo_world-1]: started with pid [4473]
process[gazebo2tf-2]: started with pid [4474]
process[gazebo2marker-3]: started with pid [4479]
[INFO] [1563803540.486203]: Ignoring submodels of: ['']
[INFO] [1563803540.503639]: Spinning
[INFO] [1563803540.555036]: Ignoring submodels of: ['']
[ERROR] [1563803540.556869]: ignore_submodels_of is currently not supported and will thus have no effect
[INFO] [1563803540.571319]: Spinning

I'd like to use this package with the following world (I've changed the extension to .txt to be able to upload it here, but it should be .world):
forest.txt

But in Rviz only the tf appear, and not the markers:

I get the error [INFO] [1556205619.112867, 216.026000]: Unable to load model: 246 Could not resolve modelname=247 to its SDF file for all of the cylinders

Ubuntu: 16.04
ROS: Kinetic

Thanks!

Hello,

I am trying to visualize object in to rviz which is spawn in gazebo. Unfortunately, I can see only frame not object. You can see in the screen shot of rviz with error/warning.

Can any one help me solve this problem. I think this problem is more or less similar to (#4)

Thank you.

I want to spawn multiple copies of a model from a launch file so I am using name tag like so:

<include>
        <uri>model://ros_package/models/my_model</uri>
        <name>UniqueName1</name>
        <pose>3.0 0.0 -0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0</pose>
</include>

But if I use the name tag then gazebo2rviz doesn't work and the model isn't visible in rviz. gazebo2marker doesn't publish anything. Removing the tag fixes the issues but then I can only have one copy of the model in a world at a time.

Hi Andreas,

I am having problem with loading certain default gazebo models using the gazebo2rviz. Here is an example of loading an ambulance:

And this is the error I got from the terminal when running gazebo2rviz.
I am using Ros Melodic on Ubuntu 18.04 with Gazebo 9

`
[ERROR] [1590734362.155165650, 50.480000000]: Error retrieving file [file:///home/sheldon/.gazebo/models//ambulance/meshes/ambulance.png]: Couldn't open file /home/sheldon/.gazebo/models//ambulance/meshes/ambulance.png
[ERROR] [1590734362.155328852, 50.480000000]: Error retrieving file [file:///home/sheldon/.gazebo/models//ambulance/meshes/ambulance.png]: Couldn't open file /home/sheldon/.gazebo/models//ambulance/meshes/ambulance.png
[ERROR] [1590734362.155496213, 50.480000000]: Error retrieving file [file:///home/sheldon/.gazebo/models//ambulance/meshes/model://suv/materials/textures/wheels_01.png]: Couldn't open file /home/sheldon/.gazebo/models//ambulance/meshes/model://suv/materials/textures/wheels_01.png
[ERROR] [1590734362.155630026, 50.480000000]: Error retrieving file [file:///home/sheldon/.gazebo/models//ambulance/meshes/model://suv/materials/textures/wheels_01.png]: Couldn't open file /home/sheldon/.gazebo/models//ambulance/meshes/model://suv/materials/textures/wheels_01.png
[ WARN] [1590734362.158054473, 50.480000000]: OGRE EXCEPTION(6:FileNotFoundException): Cannot locate resource file:///home/sheldon/.gazebo/models//ambulance/meshes/ambulance.png in resource group rviz or any other group. in ResourceGroupManager::openResource at /build/ogre-1.9-B6QkmW/ogre-1.9-1.9.0+dfsg1/OgreMain/src/OgreResourceGroupManager.cpp (line 756)
[ WARN] [1590734362.158214843, 50.480000000]: Error loading texture file:///home/sheldon/.gazebo/models//ambulance/meshes/ambulance.png. Texture layer will be blank. Loading the texture failed with the following exception: OGRE EXCEPTION(6:FileNotFoundException): Cannot locate resource file:///home/sheldon/.gazebo/models//ambulance/meshes/ambulance.png in resource group rviz or any other group. in ResourceGroupManager::openResource at /build/ogre-1.9-B6QkmW/ogre-1.9-1.9.0+dfsg1/OgreMain/src/OgreResourceGroupManager.cpp (line 756)
[ WARN] [1590734362.158308414, 50.480000000]: OGRE EXCEPTION(6:FileNotFoundException): Cannot locate resource file:///home/sheldon/.gazebo/models//ambulance/meshes/ambulance.png in resource group rviz or any other group. in ResourceGroupManager::openResource at /build/ogre-1.9-B6QkmW/ogre-1.9-1.9.0+dfsg1/OgreMain/src/OgreResourceGroupManager.cpp (line 756)
[ WARN] [1590734362.158373012, 50.480000000]: Error loading texture file:///home/sheldon/.gazebo/models//ambulance/meshes/ambulance.png. Texture layer will be blank. Loading the texture failed with the following exception: OGRE EXCEPTION(6:FileNotFoundException): Cannot locate resource file:///home/sheldon/.gazebo/models//ambulance/meshes/ambulance.png in resource group rviz or any other group. in ResourceGroupManager::openResource at /build/ogre-1.9-B6QkmW/ogre-1.9-1.9.0+dfsg1/OgreMain/src/OgreResourceGroupManager.cpp (line 756)
[ WARN] [1590734362.158499465, 50.480000000]: OGRE EXCEPTION(6:FileNotFoundException): Cannot locate resource file:///home/sheldon/.gazebo/models//ambulance/meshes/model://suv/materials/textures/wheels_01.png in resource group rviz or any other group. in ResourceGroupManager::openResource at /build/ogre-1.9-B6QkmW/ogre-1.9-1.9.0+dfsg1/OgreMain/src/OgreResourceGroupManager.cpp (line 756)
[ WARN] [1590734362.158558404, 50.480000000]: Error loading texture file:///home/sheldon/.gazebo/models//ambulance/meshes/model://suv/materials/textures/wheels_01.png. Texture layer will be blank. Loading the texture failed with the following exception: OGRE EXCEPTION(6:FileNotFoundException): Cannot locate resource file:///home/sheldon/.gazebo/models//ambulance/meshes/model://suv/materials/textures/wheels_01.png in resource group rviz or any other group. in ResourceGroupManager::openResource at /build/ogre-1.9-B6QkmW/ogre-1.9-1.9.0+dfsg1/OgreMain/src/OgreResourceGroupManager.cpp (line 756)
[ WARN] [1590734362.158654406, 50.480000000]: OGRE EXCEPTION(6:FileNotFoundException): Cannot locate resource file:///home/sheldon/.gazebo/models//ambulance/meshes/model://suv/materials/textures/wheels_01.png in resource group rviz or any other group. in ResourceGroupManager::openResource at /build/ogre-1.9-B6QkmW/ogre-1.9-1.9.0+dfsg1/OgreMain/src/OgreResourceGroupManager.cpp (line 756)
[ WARN] [1590734362.158724690, 50.480000000]: Error loading texture file:///home/sheldon/.gazebo/models//ambulance/meshes/model://suv/materials/textures/wheels_01.png. Texture layer will be blank. Loading the texture failed with the following exception: OGRE EXCEPTION(6:FileNotFoundException): Cannot locate resource file:///home/sheldon/.gazebo/models//ambulance/meshes/model://suv/materials/textures/wheels_01.png in resource group rviz or any other group. in ResourceGroupManager::openResource at /build/ogre-1.9-B6QkmW/ogre-1.9-1.9.0+dfsg1/OgreMain/src/OgreResourceGroupManager.cpp (line 756)

`

I am trying to use this package to import our scenes from gazebo to rviz. I am able to see all objects with transforms and if I move them, they are also correctly moved in rviz. However I am only seeing one box per object, not the complete mesh. Here is an example of a simple scene:

In the example provided by the package I see that the same table is correctly displayed. am I doing something wrong?

I see that @peci1, in one of the latest PRs (#3), mentioned the same issue as well. I was wandering if he managed to solve it.

http://wiki.ros.org/gazebo2rviz shows this pkg is only released into ros.org for hydro and indigo, both of which reached end-of-life.
It'd be great to see this on newer ROS distro. Thanks!

Hi,

I am trying to spawn some models into Rviuz ( a mixture of unit boxes and .dae models) for measurement purposes. Still, whenever I run roslaunch gazebo2rviz gazebo2rviz.launch with a gazebo world open, I get the following error:

Could not resolve modelname=ground_plane to its SDF file
[INFO] [1646050381.564920, 64.812000]: Unable to load model: ground_plane
Could not resolve modelname=unit_box to its SDF file
[INFO] [1646050381.565921, 64.813000]: Unable to load model: unit_box

Any advice would be beneficial, thanks!

paresh@paresh-macbookpro:~$ roslaunch gazebo2rviz gazebo2rviz.launch
... logging to /home/paresh/.ros/log/c06cfaac-dfee-11e7-b9e5-90fd61edc49c/roslaunch-paresh-macbookpro-13477.log
Checking log directory for disk usage. This may take awhile.
Press Ctrl-C to interrupt
Done checking log file disk usage. Usage is <1GB.

started roslaunch server http://paresh-macbookpro:34401/

SUMMARY

PARAMETERS

• /gazebo2marker/ignore_submodels_of:
• /gazebo2tf/ignore_submodels_of:
• /rosdistro: kinetic
• /rosversion: 1.12.7

NODES
/
gazebo2marker (gazebo2rviz/gazebo2marker_node.py)
gazebo2tf (gazebo2rviz/gazebo2tf_node.py)
static_tf_pub_world_to_gazebo_world (tf2_ros/static_transform_publisher)

ROS_MASTER_URI=http://localhost:11311

core service [/rosout] found
process[static_tf_pub_world_to_gazebo_world-1]: started with pid [13496]
process[gazebo2tf-2]: started with pid [13497]
process[gazebo2marker-3]: started with pid [13502]
[INFO] [1513160257.894341]: Ignoring submodels of: ['']
[INFO] [1513160257.902739]: Spinning
[INFO] [1513160257.993016]: Ignoring submodels of: ['']
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/home/paresh/catkin_ws/src/gazebo2rviz/scripts/gazebo2marker_node.py", line 94, in
main()
File "/home/paresh/catkin_ws/src/gazebo2rviz/scripts/gazebo2marker_node.py", line 73, in main
rospy.logerror('ignore_submodels_of is currently not supported and will thus have no effect')
AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'logerror'
[gazebo2marker-3] process has died [pid 13502, exit code 1, cmd /home/paresh/catkin_ws/src/gazebo2rviz/scripts/gazebo2marker_node.py -f 2 __name:=gazebo2marker __log:=/home/paresh/.ros/log/c06cfaac-dfee-11e7-b9e5-90fd61edc49c/gazebo2marker-3.log].
log file: /home/paresh/.ros/log/c06cfaac-dfee-11e7-b9e5-90fd61edc49c/gazebo2marker-3*.log

I have a ERROR when I tried to open each launch.

"ImportError: No module named pysdf"

Hi Andreas,

I am trying to make to send my own model to rviz and I can see how gazebo2rviz sends out messages to /visualization_marker but it seems I have no TF in the SDF file and no TF is send out with the tfBroadcaster. Do you have a link to a minimal example SDF that is working for you? I think I can find the problem with my own files from there.

Thanks in advance.
Daniel

Hi I am trying to load the world file as described in this repo:
https://github.com/Intelligent-Quads/iq_tutorials/blob/master/adding_a_sensor.md

I launch this world then I run the command
ed-muthiah@ed-muthiah:~/catkin_ws/src/iq_sim/worlds$ roslaunch gazebo2rviz gazebo2rviz.launch worldfile:=${PWD}/runway.world

I also notice that even though i only call one particular world file it tries to parse another sdf which is the in the same gazebo but but is not in the world file Error parsing SDF file /home/ed-muthiah/ardupilot_gazebo/models/ZED_stereocamera/zed.sdf

If I delete this folder then it picks up another folder from the directory and says it cannot include.

The full error:

process[gazebo2tf-2]: started with pid [17367]
process[gazebo2marker-3]: started with pid [17373]
[INFO] [1591344575.859104, 0.000000]: Ignoring submodels of: ['']
[INFO] [1591344575.864137, 0.000000]: Spinning
[INFO] [1591344575.908635, 0.000000]: Ignoring submodels of: ['']
[ERROR] [1591344575.909849, 0.000000]: ignore_submodels_of is currently not supported and will thus have no effect
Error parsing SDF file /home/ed-muthiah/ardupilot_gazebo/models/ZED_stereocamera/zed.sdf (mismatched tag: line 80, column 6). Ignoring model and continuing.
Error parsing SDF file /home/ed-muthiah/ardupilot_gazebo/models/ZED_stereocamera/zed.sdf (mismatched tag: line 80, column 6). Ignoring model and continuing.
[INFO] [1591344576.209894, 624.232000]: Loaded model: ground_plane
[INFO] [1591344576.248302, 624.306000]: Loaded model: iris
[ERROR] [1591344576.260381, 624.322000]: bad callback: <function on_link_states_msg at 0x7f89a0d70850>
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/opt/ros/melodic/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/rospy/topics.py", line 750, in _invoke_callback
    cb(msg)
  File "/home/ed-muthiah/catkin_ws/src/gazebo2rviz/scripts/gazebo2tf_node.py", line 60, in on_link_states_msg
    if link.tree_parent_joint:
AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'tree_parent_joint'

Failed to find included model (URI: sun)
Failed to include model, see previous errors. Aborting.
^C[ERROR] [1591344576.279617, 624.345000]: bad callback: <function on_link_states_msg at 0x7f89a0d70850>
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/opt/ros/melodic/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/rospy/topics.py", line 750, in _invoke_callback
    cb(msg)
  File "/home/ed-muthiah/catkin_ws/src/gazebo2rviz/scripts/gazebo2tf_node.py", line 60, in on_link_states_msg
    if link.tree_parent_joint:
AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'tree_parent_joint'

[ERROR] [1591344576.323669, 624.424000]: bad callback: <function on_link_states_msg at 0x7f89a0d70850>
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/opt/ros/melodic/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/rospy/topics.py", line 750, in _invoke_callback
    cb(msg)
  File "/home/ed-muthiah/catkin_ws/src/gazebo2rviz/scripts/gazebo2tf_node.py", line 60, in on_link_states_msg
    if link.tree_parent_joint:
AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'tree_parent_joint'

Hi @andreasBihlmaier ,

Thank you for your great work. When I tried to run gazebo2rviz, I encountered the "Error parsing SDF file /home/ros/.gazebo/models/submarine_buoyant/model.sdf (not well-formed (invalid token): line 77, column 19)" problem, the details are as follows:

Ubuntu 18.04, Melodic, Gazebo 9.

1. roscore
2. roslaunch gazebo_ros empty_world.launch (then) add a table
3. rosrun rviz rviz (then) open TF and Marker
4. roslaunch gazebo2rviz gazebo2rviz.launch (then) Table_link can be seen in rviz, but no objects are displayed

(terminal log)
(base) ros@ros-vm:~/kortex_catkin_ws$ roslaunch gazebo2rviz gazebo2rviz.launch
... logging to /home/ros/.ros/log/7edc275e-2be7-11ec-8557-000c293646c3/roslaunch-ros-vm-84023.log
Checking log directory for disk usage. This may take a while.
Press Ctrl-C to interrupt
Done checking log file disk usage. Usage is <1GB.

started roslaunch server http://ros-vm:42121/

SUMMARY

PARAMETERS

• /rosdistro: melodic
• /rosversion: 1.14.11

NODES
/
gazebo2marker (gazebo2rviz/gazebo2marker_node.py)
gazebo2tf (gazebo2rviz/gazebo2tf_node.py)
static_tf_pub_world_to_gazebo_world (tf2_ros/static_transform_publisher)

ROS_MASTER_URI=http://localhost:11311

process[static_tf_pub_world_to_gazebo_world-1]: started with pid [84041]
process[gazebo2tf-2]: started with pid [84042]
process[gazebo2marker-3]: started with pid [84047]
[INFO] [1634103632.169316, 0.000000]: Ignoring submodels of: ['']
[INFO] [1634103632.180899, 0.000000]: Spinning
Error parsing SDF file /home/ros/.gazebo/models/mpl_right_forearm/model.sdf (XML or text declaration not at start of entity: line 16, column 0). Ignoring model and continuing.
[INFO] [1634103632.632158, 0.000000]: Ignoring submodels of: ['']
[INFO] [1634103632.649720, 0.000000]: ignore_submodels_of is currently not supported and will thus have no effect
[INFO] [1634103632.662521, 221.731000]: Spinning
Error parsing SDF file /home/ros/.gazebo/models/submarine_buoyant/model.sdf (not well-formed (invalid token): line 77, column 19). Ignoring model and continuing.
Error parsing SDF file /home/ros/.gazebo/models/mpl_right_forearm/model.sdf (XML or text declaration not at start of entity: line 16, column 0). Ignoring model and continuing.
Error parsing SDF file /home/ros/.gazebo/models/submarine_buoyant/model.sdf (not well-formed (invalid token): line 77, column 19). Ignoring model and continuing.
Error parsing SDF file /home/ros/.gazebo/models/submarine/model.sdf (not well-formed (invalid token): line 77, column 21). Ignoring model and continuing.
Error parsing SDF file /home/ros/.gazebo/models/src_doorway/model.sdf (not well-formed (invalid token): line 761, column 12). Ignoring model and continuing.
Error parsing SDF file /home/ros/.gazebo/models/lunar_tranquillitatis_pit/model.sdf (XML or text declaration not at start of entity: line 2, column 0). Ignoring model and continuing.
Error parsing SDF file /home/ros/.gazebo/models/lunar_tranquillitatis_pit/model-1_4.sdf (XML or text declaration not at start of entity: line 2, column 0). Ignoring model and continuing.
Error parsing SDF file /home/ros/.gazebo/models/submarine/model.sdf (not well-formed (invalid token): line 77, column 21). Ignoring model and continuing.
Error parsing SDF file /home/ros/.gazebo/models/mpl_right_arm/model.sdf (XML or text declaration not at start of entity: line 16, column 0). Ignoring model and continuing.
Error parsing SDF file /home/ros/.gazebo/models/src_doorway/model.sdf (not well-formed (invalid token): line 761, column 12). Ignoring model and continuing.
Error parsing SDF file /home/ros/.gazebo/models/submarine_sinking/model.sdf (not well-formed (invalid token): line 77, column 19). Ignoring model and continuing.
Error parsing SDF file /home/ros/.gazebo/models/lunar_tranquillitatis_pit/model.sdf (XML or text declaration not at start of entity: line 2, column 0). Ignoring model and continuing.
Error parsing SDF file /home/ros/.gazebo/models/lunar_tranquillitatis_pit/model-1_4.sdf (XML or text declaration not at start of entity: line 2, column 0). Ignoring model and continuing.
[INFO] [1634103636.837817, 224.815000]: Loaded model: table
Error parsing SDF file /home/ros/.gazebo/models/mpl_right_arm/model.sdf (XML or text declaration not at start of entity: line 16, column 0). Ignoring model and continuing.
Error parsing SDF file /home/ros/.gazebo/models/submarine_sinking/model.sdf (not well-formed (invalid token): line 77, column 19). Ignoring model and continuing.
[INFO] [1634103638.254269, 226.004000]: Loaded model: table

^C[gazebo2marker-3] killing on exit
[gazebo2tf-2] killing on exit
[static_tf_pub_world_to_gazebo_world-1] killing on exit
shutting down processing monitor...
... shutting down processing monitor complete
done
(base) ros@ros-vm:~/kortex_catkin_ws$

inzgood@linzgood-ThinkPad-X390:/gazebo2rviz$ source devel/setup.bash
linzgood@linzgood-ThinkPad-X390:/gazebo2rviz$ roslaunch gazebo2rviz gazebo2rviz.launch
... logging to /home/linzgood/.ros/log/bf90cae8-598d-11eb-af56-04ed33918912/roslaunch-linzgood-ThinkPad-X390-3344.log
Checking log directory for disk usage. This may take awhile.
Press Ctrl-C to interrupt
Done checking log file disk usage. Usage is <1GB.

started roslaunch server http://linzgood-ThinkPad-X390:34957/

SUMMARY

PARAMETERS

• /gazebo2marker/ignore_submodels_of:
• /gazebo2tf/ignore_submodels_of:
• /rosdistro: kinetic
• /rosversion: 1.12.17

NODES
/
gazebo2marker (gazebo2rviz/gazebo2marker_node.py)
gazebo2tf (gazebo2rviz/gazebo2tf_node.py)
static_tf_pub_world_to_gazebo_world (tf2_ros/static_transform_publisher)

ROS_MASTER_URI=http://localhost:11311

process[static_tf_pub_world_to_gazebo_world-1]: started with pid [3362]
process[gazebo2tf-2]: started with pid [3363]
process[gazebo2marker-3]: started with pid [3364]
the rosdep view is empty: call 'sudo rosdep init' and 'rosdep update'
the rosdep view is empty: call 'sudo rosdep init' and 'rosdep update'
[INFO] [1610975158.244366]: Ignoring submodels of: ['']
[INFO] [1610975158.246004]: Ignoring submodels of: ['']
[ERROR] [1610975158.246707]: ignore_submodels_of is currently not supported and will thus have no effect
[INFO] [1610975158.259250]: Spinning
[INFO] [1610975158.261397]: Spinning