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* | Rigged meshes allow for you to represent your avatar skeleton as a mesh that conforms to your joints and motions. This walkthrough will cover the workflow for uploading a basic rigged mesh. | ||
== Obtain a Second Life compatible rigged mesh file == | |||
* Click on this link -- http://jira.secondlife.com/secure/attachment/38659/simplebot.dae -- to download the "''simplebot.dae''" COLLADA file. | |||
* Save the file anywhere on your hard drive where you can find it subsequently. | |||
== Upload the mesh file to Second Life == | |||
* Open the Build menu, choose Upload, click 'Model...' | * Open the Build menu, choose Upload, click 'Model...' | ||
** Alternately, open the Inventory, click the + menu button and Upload > "Model" | ** Alternately, open the Inventory, click the + menu button and Upload > "Model" |
Revision as of 13:09, 6 October 2010
Rigged meshes allow for you to represent your avatar skeleton as a mesh that conforms to your joints and motions. This walkthrough will cover the workflow for uploading a basic rigged mesh.
Obtain a Second Life compatible rigged mesh file
- Click on this link -- http://jira.secondlife.com/secure/attachment/38659/simplebot.dae -- to download the "simplebot.dae" COLLADA file.
- Save the file anywhere on your hard drive where you can find it subsequently.
Upload the mesh file to Second Life
- Open the Build menu, choose Upload, click 'Model...'
- Alternately, open the Inventory, click the + menu button and Upload > "Model"
- A file dialog box will open
- Pick the COLLADA file you downloaded from your computer.
- The Import Model window will appear.
- Click the 'Generate LOD' button at the top of this window.
- The viewer will take a few seconds to process this, then the Upload button will become available to click.
- Check the Skin Weights check-box. The viewer will take a few seconds to process this.
- Check the Joint Positions check-box. (Attaching a rigged mesh with joint positions will override the avatar skeleton joint positions and may make your arms/legs/back/neck longer/shorter, eyes pop out, etc.)
- Now the model in the preview window will animate if you walk your avatar around or play a gesture. You can zoom in on the preview window to see this better.
- Click the 'Upload' button.
- The viewer will take a few seconds to upload the mesh file.
- You will see 2 assets inserted into your Inventory. One will appear in the Meshes folder and one will appear in the Objects folder. We only care about the Object right now.
- Right-click the new object in your Inventory and choose Wear
- Wear the "Invisible Avatar" body part from the Library/Body Parts/Alpha Masks folder.
- Your avatar will appear as a thin white robot.
- Walk or animate your avatar and you will see the white mesh animates just as you avatar did.
- When you are ready to take off the robot mesh, right-click the object in Inventory and click Detach.