Create Gazebo world from STEP file

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Kalamart
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Create Gazebo world from STEP file

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Hi,
I'm a complete beginner at 3D-modeling, and I have a problem : I have a complicated STEP file representing the world my robot moves in (not drawn by me), and I would like to integrate it to Gazebo. Since there are hundreds of separate elements in the file, it is unthinkable to export them one by one.
Is there any way to do this quickly by using FreeCAD?
Thanks a lot!
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Re: Create Gazebo world from STEP file

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FreeCAD can export to Collada format, which can be read by Gazebo. I can't say anything about further conditions.
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Re: Create Gazebo world from STEP file

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chrisb wrote: Tue Dec 07, 2021 10:55 pm Ping
Hi Chris, - would you please move this to Help Forum ?
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Kalamart
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Re: Create Gazebo world from STEP file

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chrisb wrote: Tue Dec 07, 2021 10:55 pm FreeCAD can export to Collada format, which can be read by Gazebo. I can't say anything about further conditions.
I did succeed at exporting it to DAE, but it gives one single mesh for a complex assembly of objects, so I lose information on the way.
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Re: Create Gazebo world from STEP file

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herbk wrote: Wed Dec 08, 2021 6:57 am Hi Chris, - would you please move this to Help Forum ?
Done.
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Re: Create Gazebo world from STEP file

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Kalamart wrote: Wed Dec 08, 2021 8:47 am I did succeed at exporting it to DAE, but it gives one single mesh for a complex assembly of objects, so I lose information on the way.
You can change the preferences of the step import so that you get it exploded.
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