FrameTransform
A transform between two reference frames in 3D space.
Panel support
FrameTransform is used in the 3D and Image panels.
Parent schema
FrameTransform appears in the FrameTransforms message schema.
Schema
| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
timestamp | time | Timestamp of the transform. |
parent_frame_id | string | Name of the parent frame. |
child_frame_id | string | Name of the child frame. |
translation | Vector3 | Translation component of the transform. |
rotation | Quaternion | Rotation component of the transform. |
Reference implementations
Foxglove schemas are framework-agnostic and can be implemented using any supported message encoding:
| Encoding | Schema |
|---|---|
| ROS 1 | foxglove_msgs/FrameTransform |
| ROS 2 | foxglove_msgs/msg/FrameTransform |
| JSON | foxglove.FrameTransform |
| Protobuf | foxglove.FrameTransform |
| FlatBuffers | foxglove.FrameTransform |
| OMG IDL | foxglove::FrameTransform |