ModelPrimitive
A primitive representing a 3D model file loaded from an external URL or embedded data.
Parent schema
ModelPrimitive appears in the SceneEntity message schema.
Schema
| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
pose | Pose | The position and orientation of the model relative to the reference frame. |
scale | Vector3 | Scale factor applied to the model along each axis. |
color | Color | Solid color applied to the entire model if override_color is set to true. |
override_color | boolean | If true, overrides the model's original material colors with the specified color. |
url | string | URL linking to the external model file. One of url or data must be provided. |
media_type | string | MIME type of the embedded model (e.g., model/gltf-binary). Required if data is used instead of url. Overrides inferred type. |
data | bytes | Embedded model data. If provided, media_type must be specified. One of url or data must be provided. |
Reference implementations
Foxglove schemas are independent of any specific framework and can be used with any supported message encoding. The schema names should be specified as seen below:
| Encoding | Schema |
|---|---|
| ROS 1 | foxglove_msgs/ModelPrimitive |
| ROS 2 | foxglove_msgs/msg/ModelPrimitive |
| JSON | foxglove.ModelPrimitive |
| Protobuf | foxglove.ModelPrimitive |
| FlatBuffers | foxglove.ModelPrimitive |
| OMG IDL | foxglove::ModelPrimitive |