RQT Frame Editor
Abstract
Frame-editor helps you creating and arranging tf-frames. You can arrange your frames by copying full poses or selected positions or orientations from other existing tf-frames. Of course you can manually type-in your wanted values or even use an interactive marker within rviz to arrange your frame. Additionally you may attach a mesh to your frame. The mesh is also visible within rviz (by published marker topic). The frame-editor provides some basic shapes or you may use your own stl file. Save your configuration and load it again. Most features are also available via ros services, if you want to use the functions but not the interface. Additional features: Group frames: You can group frames by adding a "group" entry in the yaml file. Frames with the same "group" entry will grouped. Pin frames: An active frame will be pinned by clicking the pin box. That means the selected source_frame will be automatically reselected when the target_frame is selected. Installation via sudo apt install ros-noetic-frame-editor for ROS 1 Noetic, or sudo apt install ros-jazzy-frame-editor
Fields of Study & Subjects
Robotics and Sensor-Based Localization
Robotics and Automated Systems
Robotic Mechanisms and Dynamics
Publication details
- Journal / source
- Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
- Publication date
- 23 February 2026
- Language
- EN