Issues with RVIZ2

[SaumitraKapoor]

I was trying to setup RVIZ2.

The course says- " 5. Go to the RVIZ2 left panel, under Global Options, click on the drop down for the Fixed Frame (fixed frame) and select base_link . Also, ensure that the TF element checkbox is checked. After a few seconds of loading, you should see all of the robot’s reference frame X, Y, Z axes represented in the central area with the grid."

But it says frame [map] does not exist and I am unable to select base_link. Not visible in the screenshot but I even added the TF element and followed all the instructions given by the tutorial.

[girishkumar.kannan]

Hi @SaumitraKapoor ,

If you click on map in the Fixed Frame text box, you should get a cursor.

You need to manually backspace 3 times to remove the alphabets “m”, “a” and “p” to remove the word map and then you need to type in base_link.

You should then be able to see the robot appear on RViz.

This should solve your problem. While you are on RViz, try to explore around so you get used to the RViz application interface.

Regards,
Girish