Set Up the Tooling Environment in Eclipse

Setting Up the Environment for ROS Development

Step 1: Switch to the ROS Developer Perspective

  1. Open the menu: Window > Perspective > Open Perspective > Other...
  2. Select ROS Developer.
  3. Your application toolbar will automatically configure itself for ROS development.

Step 2: Import the Common Communication Objects Project

  1. If you have an internet connection, use the one-click button to clone the objects from GitHub and automatically import them into your workspace:

    Clone and Import

    Note: This button is only available on Linux machines.

  2. Alternatively, manually clone the repository: ipa320/RosCommonObjects.

    • Open Eclipse and navigate to File > Import > General > Existing Projects into Workspace.
    • Select the folder containing the cloned repository and import it.

Step 3: Import the Catalog of Software Components

  1. Download and import the pre-existing catalog of examples from GitHub: ipa-nhg/RosModelsCatalog.
  2. Clone the repository manually and import it into Eclipse:
    • Go to File > Import > General > Existing Projects into Workspace.
    • Select the folder containing the cloned repository.

    Import Catalog

Setting Up the Environment for Deployment Development

Step 1: Switch to the ROS Deployment Perspective

  1. Open the menu: Window > Perspective > Open Perspective > Other...
  2. Select ROS Deployment.

  3. Your application toolbar will automatically configure itself for deployment development.

    Deployment Perspective

Step 2: Import the Device Catalog

  1. This catalog includes commonly used device models and is available on GitHub: ipa-rwu/DeploymentDeviceCatalog.

  2. If you have an internet connection, use the one-click button to clone and import the catalog into your workspace:

    Import Devices

    Note: This button is only available on Linux machines.

  3. Alternatively, manually clone the repository:

Step 3 (Optional): Import an Example Project

  1. Import an example project from GitHub: ipa-rwu/ROSDeploymentExample.

  2. If you have an internet connection, use the one-click button to clone and import the example project:

    Import Example

    Note: This button is only available on Linux machines.

  3. Alternatively, manually clone the repository: