[Meta-ticket][GSoC22] Improving Gazebo’s Mesh Format Support

[onurtore]

This meta-ticket tracks my progress in GSoC22 project named 'Improving Gazebo’s Mesh Format Support' by including relevant PRs, Issues, and Comments for each subtask.

Done

• Basic mesh support.
  • [FEATURE] Drag and drop support for gltf and fbx #354
  • Assimp Loader with Recursion #355
  • Fix: Works when the root node doesnt have child #358
  • Fix: Assimp generates normals for all the meshes. #359
  • 8f63b21#r76097508
  • [Meta-ticket][GSoC22] Improving Gazebo’s Mesh Format Support #374
• Skeleton Support
  • Utilizies AI_CONFIG_IMPORT_REMOVE_EMPTY_BONES flag for Collada meshes. assimp/assimp#4585
  • Analysis of external mesh loading libraries and comparison with the existing approach #344
  • Fix: Reversed models when skeletons exist #375
• Runtime analysis
  • Draft Feature: Time measurement and Fallback system for imported meshes #360
  • #98c5c06#r78080270
  • Report V2 (:x: Report V1)
• Unit & Integration Tests
  • Feature: Inits units tests for fbx and glTF2 #385
  • Adds bvhAnimation test for assimp and collada loaders. #426
  • Collada and Assimp test for default animation names  #428

To-Do

• Actor Segmentation Fault
  • Use assimp for loading meshes #393 (comment)
  • Hotfix for removing scene node #410
  • Implement XDisplacement function for checking x displacement for all nodes #411
  • Default name assignment to animations without names #413
  • Utilizes return value of AddBvhAnimation func gz-sim#1632
  • Uses new XDisplacement func to check X displacement gz-sim#1655
  • Adds dummy animation for the root scene node #429
• Merge & Bugfix
  • Creates assimp flag for the Gazebo Server gz-sim#1600
  • Introduces GZ_MESH_FORCE_ASSIMP flag #403 (Creates assimp flag for the Gazebo Server gz-sim#1600, Utilizes assimp flag in the mesh manager #401)
  • Introduces Flips UV flag, removes empty space #420
  • Introduces remove scene node env var, renames func  #424
  • Introduces new mesh formats to the drag&drop err gz-sim#1653
  • Fix overflow if dropStr is large gz-sim#1654
  • Uses assimp for loading bvh animations #425
• Use new mesh skeleton structure.

Side Quests

• [Meta-Ticket] Refactoring CreateActor Function gz-sim#1564

Documentation Improvements

• Adds a note about out of memory errors and provides a way to fix that docs#253
• Adds full path for the profiler executable #347
• Adds note about how to activate debug symbols during source installation docs#246
• moves memory issues to troubleshooting docs#255