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Package Summary

rxgraph is a command-line tool for visualizing a ROS computation graph. The rxgraph is a new package in ROS 1.1 that provides an updated version of the rxgraph tool that was originally distributed in the rosgraph package.

• Author: Ken Conley
• License: BSD
• Repository: rx
• Source: svn https://code.ros.org/svn/ros/stacks/rx/trunk/rxgraph

Command-line tools

rxgraph

rxgraph display a visualization of a ROS Computation Graph, i.e. the ROS nodes that are currently running, as well as the ROS topics that connect them.

NOTE: Screenshot is of rxgraph in ROS 1.1. Older version does not have right-hand pane or filter bar.

Usage

Usage: rxgraph [options]

Options:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  -o DOTFILE, --dot=DOTFILE
                        ouput graph as graphviz dot file

• -o DOTFILE, --dot=DOTFILE

  • rxgraph can save a GraphViz "dot" file of the ROS graph. This is useful for producing documentation of your online system.

New in ROS 1.1

• --nodens=NAMESPACE

  • Only display nodes in specified namespace.

  --topicns=NAMESPACE

  • Only display topics in specified namespace.

Removed in ROS 1.1

The -q and -t options were removed from the command-line and replaced with check boxes in the toolbar.