#xml #urdf #preprocessor #generate

app xacro

A xml preprocessor for xacro files to generate URDF files

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new 0.1.2 Jan 19, 2025
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xacro

A xml preprocessor for xacro files to generate URDF files

WIP

Placeholder for the future xacro peprocessing tool. Reference: https://github.com/ros/xacro/wiki

TODO

The following functionality shall be implemented:

  • macro
  • include
  • insert_block
  • property
  • element
  • if
  • unless
  • loop These seem like the core functionalities required for proper xacro file handling.

The following might be implemented:

  • load_yaml, unsure if yaml & xacro split is the right way to do things. Why not have a xacro with the properties?
  • eval-comments, not sure how useful this will be vs the amount of effort required to implement this. Fundamentally these feel like scope creep or nice-to-haves

The following shall not be implemented:

  • Python-based evaluation
  • rospack-based evaluation Because this package is meant to be as dependency free as possible, so no python or ros dependencies.

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