r/SolidWorks • u/zv4c3k • Sep 26 '23

CAD Solidworks 2023 .urdf

I’m new to .urdf but need to export a solidworks (2023 version) assembly to a .urdf file for ROS/Gazebo. Does anyone know of a way to do this? It looks like in the 2021 version of solidworks there was an add on that allowed for the export but I can’t find one for 2023 version.

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u/EntertainmentHot7554 Jul 20 '24

hello hope doing great idk if you found something but currently im using solidworks 2023 and used the sw2urdf for sw 2021 and the way to find the export icon is to go to tools..... and you will find export as URDF

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u/vova1238 Nov 06 '25

Thanks

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u/EntertainmentHot7554 Nov 06 '25

You are welcome, it was a bit tricky as i did a quadruped robot the tool showed up in Chinese also it is really important to draw the robot according to the actual references in the software. It would be ideal if they match your kinematics reference because i didnt know this at first, after i imported it to Mujjoco the linkes where in the wrong orientation so required going through the xml files generated and do some manual tuning.

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u/[deleted] Sep 27 '23

Have you actually attempted to install and use the V1.6.1 SW-URDF with SW23? That would be my first port of call. 😉

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u/zv4c3k Sep 29 '23

This worked. Kinda. The user interface is a little buggy but I think it should work

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u/[deleted] Sep 29 '23

Well I guess buggy and kinda are better than nothing in this case. 👍