Physx Lidar do not work

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"I recently started learning Isaac Sim and followed the tutorial at this link to import a small carter and add a camera. Both objects work well:

However, when I reached the ‘Adding a Lidar Sensor’ section, I followed the instructions to add a Rotating Physx Lidar. I enabled drawLines in the Raw Properties and set rotationRate to 1. After clicking the play button, the lidar does not display the laser lines as shown in the tutorial video. Other than the lidar itself blinking (which makes it look like it is working), I do not see any other changes. Adding a cube obstacle in front of the lidar also has no effect. What could be the problem?"

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Could you please try this tutorial and see if it works for you?

I also followed the tutorial you shared and it works fine for me.
I enabled drawLines and updated rotationRate to 1.

Could you please share your USD file if it still doesn’t work for you?

Thank you, the new tutorial works!

There is my USD file below. It’s possible that the file itself is fine but I haven’t configured something correctly. Please let me know if there are any new developments

carter.zip (1.4 MB)