SolidWorks to URDF Exporter
Authored and maintained by Stephen Brawner. Past supporters include PickNik Consulting, Verb Surgical, Open Robotics, and Willow Garage.
Usage
See the ROS Wiki and associated tutorials.
Development
- Install Visual Studio 2017
- Install .NET desktop development
- From Visual Studio:
Tools > Get Tools and Features...
- Check
.NET desktop development
package - Select
Modify
- From Visual Studio:
- Launch Visual Studio with admin privileges. Right click and select
Run as Administrator
- Open
sw2urdf/SW2URDF.sln
- Enable Debugging
- Right click
SW2URDF
in the Solution Explorer - Click the
Debug
Tab - Ensure
Configuration:
is set toDebug
- Ensure
Start external program:
is pointing to the SolidWorks executable. For exampleC:\Program Files\SOLIDWORKS Corp\SOLIDWORKS\SLDWORKS.exe
- Right click
Trouble Shooting
AxImp.exe
error - Check the installation of the .Net Tools. If there is no error, install the Windows 10 SDK.Resourse.resx
error - Check ifsw2urdf/SW2URDF/Resources.resx
exists and is empty. If empty, delete this file then right click theSW2URDF
in the Solution Explorer and selectProperties
. Navigate to the Resources tab and click the button to create a new file.