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Sculpted Prims: Resident-made Tools

2009-12-29T01:25:22Z

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This page showcases '''special purpose tools''' for creating, manipulating, and viewing sculpted prims. Most of them are created by SL residents, but the reason they are on this page is that they are ''not'' general purpose 3D tools.
For that list, see [[Sculpted Prims: 3d Software Guide]].

= Preview Tools =

== Offline Preview Tools ==

Basic tools that can be used to preview what a sculpt texture will look like when uploaded into Second Life and rendered as a prim. All of these are made by other Residents and should generally be considered beta or works in progress.

=== AvPainter ===
Sculpty previewer that allows you to preview with texture. Also allows you to paint directly on the surface to create texture maps. Support for layers. Full version allows texture maps to be saved as PSD and TGA.
*'''Creator''': [[user:Pootle Trollop | Pootle Trollop]]
*'''Link to get it''': [http://www.xstreetsl.com/modules.php?name=Marketplace&file=item&ItemID=158462 Purchase from Xstreet] or [http://avpainter.osbyte.net/dl.php?name=demo&regcode=demo Download Demo]
*'''Requires''': A PC running Windows XP or Vista, as well as [http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=0856eacb-4362-4b0d-8edd-aab15c5e04f5&displaylang=en Microsoft .NET Framework Version 2.0 Redistributable]. Includes XNA/DirectX component installer.

=== Sculptaire ===
Open source sculpty previewer that also allows preview with texture.
*'''Creator''': [[user:Flame Swenholt | Flame Swenholt]]
*'''Link to get it''': [http://sourceforge.net/projects/sculptaire/ Download from website]
*'''Requires''': Windows 2000 SP4, Windows XP SP2 or Windows Vista (NOT x64!), as well as [http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=0856eacb-4362-4b0d-8edd-aab15c5e04f5&displaylang=en Microsoft .NET Framework Version 2.0 Redistributable]

=== SculptySpace ===
Supports textured Sculpt preview with Second Life style texture parameters.
*'''Creator''': [[user:Sculpty Carver | Sculpty Carver]]
*'''Link to get it''': [http://www.sculptyspace.com/index.php?id=2 Download from website]
*'''Requires''': Windows XP SP2 or Windows Vista, [http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=200b2fd9-ae1a-4a14-984d-389c36f85647&displaylang=en Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 SP1 Redistributable]

=== XNA Sculptpreview ===

*'''Creator''': [[user:Eddy Stryker | Eddy Stryker]]
*'''Link to get it''': [[User:Eddy_Stryker/XNA_Sculptpreview | XNA Sculptpreview]]
*'''Requires''': Windows XP SP2 or Windows Vista, along with the Microsoft XNA framework (see above link for details)
*'''Derivatives''': [http://mailerdaemon.home.comcast.net/SculptedPreview.zip XNA SculptPreview] - Modified version to include LOD and a more sensible camera configuration (and a bunch of other changes under the hood).

=== A Hacky Sculpt Previewer ===

*'''Creator''': [[user:Yumi Murakami | Yumi Murakami]]
*'''Link to get it''': [http://www.bijodesign.com/sculpt/SculptPreview.html Web Start Launcher], [http://www.bijodesign.com/sculpt/SculptPreview.jar Executable JAR file], [[Hacky Sculpt Previewer | Source Code]] (Java SDK required to run from the source).
*'''Requires''': [http://java.com/en/download/index.jsp Java Runtime Engine 1.6 or higher], [http://java.sun.com/products/java-media/3D/download.html Java 3d API] and any OS that will run them (Win and Linux are well covered, Mac is not). If installing or upgrading the JRE, be sure to do it before installing Java3d. The Web Start link above should be able to automatically install any needed components. Note that it will attempt to automatically redirect your browser to a download page, so if nothing happens when you click on it, please check your security settings will allow this.

=== Cel_Sculptpreview ===

*'''Creator''': [[user:Cel Edman | Cel Edman]]
*'''Link to get it''': [http://www.xs4all.nl/~elout/sculptie/ Download from website]
*'''Requires''': [http://java.com/en/download/index.jsp Java Runtime Engine 1.6 or higher] installed on your system. This is a simple Sculpt previewer created in [http://processing.org/ Processing]. Downloads available for Windows, Mac OS X and Linux. Currenly not further developed, since Cel continues on developing Sculptypaint (Resident-made Sculpt Creation Tools) at the moment, that got this realtime previewer as well.

=== SIEE(Sculptie Importer Exporter and Editor) ===

*'''Creator''': [[user:Rex Cronon | Rex Cronon]]
*'''Link to get it''': [http://www.elektralusion.com/siee_122809/ Run it from website]
*'''Requires''': [http://java.com/en/download/index.jsp Java Runtime Engine 1.6 or higher] installed on your system. This is java applet. To run it you only need to have a browser that allows applets to run. It has many functions. I personally use it with ArtOfIllusions. I plan to have it allow the use of addons. If you have any questions, comments, or you find any bugs please send me an IM in world:) This program is free to use for a limited time. My only request is that you mention it:) 
Thank you Eleanora Newell for hosting it:)
 

== In-world Preview Tools ==

Tools that can be used to view in Second Life what a sculpt will look like before the texture is uploaded.

=== Texture Wizard (Commercial) ===

*'''Website:''' [http://sl.infomyth.com/texturepreview/texturepreview.htm Infomyth.com]
*'''In-World:''' [http://slurl.com/secondlife/Horowitz/164/20/21/ Horowitz]
*'''Cost:''' L$399 (about $1.80 U.S.)
*'''Operating Systems:''' Windows XP

Works using the media texture on your land (you must own or rent land to use it) using QuickTime, the way an in-game TV does. Saving a .bmp, .jpg or .psd file will automatically update the image in-game. You can see your changes live on a prim. Avoids uploads until you are done (you must still upload for a permanent version). Also works just as a regular texture previewer.
 

=== Sculpt Preview using Parcel Media ===

*'''Website:''' [http://nandnerd.info/blog/2007/06/16/sculpty-media-video-url-previewer/ blog.nandnerd.info/...]
*'''Forum Discussion:''' [http://forums.secondlife.com/showthread.php?t=191214 forums.SecondLife.com]
*'''Author:''' [[User:nand Nerd | nand Nerd]]
*'''In-World:''' [http://slurl.com/secondlife/Lasiocampa/133/209/57 Lasiocampa]
*'''Requirements:''' Web hosting (free small image hosting at http://imageshack.us works without hassle)

Tutorial on using the Parcel Media as a Sculpt Texture Preview. Example available at location above (Lasiocampa 133,209,57).

= Special purpose Sculpt Creation / Manipulation Tools =

The tools listed here aren't fully-fledged 3d modeling programs — they are stand-alone tools for creating sculpt maps, usually in some limited way. As with the previewers above, consider them works in progress.

On the other hand, if they do what you want, a lathe tool, for example, then they are much easier than buying, setting up, learning, and using a full 3D modeler.

=== LandSculptor ===

*'''Creator:'''[[User:Emma Nowhere | Emma Nowhere]]
*'''Link to get it:'''http://www.nowherevirtual.com/landsculptor/
*'''Requires:''' Web browser

Makes a sculptie model of any region in SL. LandSculptor scans the sim region and creates a sculpt map texture you can use to make detailed models of your land. Rez the LandSculptor and start scanning and in about a minute, you'll be provided with a set of textures to make your own sculptie model.

=== Sculptie-O-matic ===

*'''Creator:'''[[User:Contagious Republic | Contagious Republic]]
*'''Link to get it:'''http://slurl.com/secondlife/Sri%20Syadasti/21/86/37
*'''Requires:''' 86 prims at most, but typically 30 or so. Only during creation.

It currently turns a linkset of spheres, cylinders and boxes into a sculptie and outputs it as a text file, which you can decode into a regular sculptie file at a certain web site. The sculptie will look as much like the linkset within technical limits, such as the fact it does not support prim holes yet (except for cylinders).

You can fit 64 boxes into a sculptie; 28 for spheres; 85 for spikes, or mix thereof. As they can be placed independantly, you get the unprecedented ability to make several window frames per sculpt, for example.

The Sculptie-O-matic demo is 100% functional if you use it in its sandbox, including ability to output sculpt and use/sell them as normal. The demo also works anywhere the 1rst of each month, which is handy for contests, classes, and other events. The full version works anywhere, anytime.

=== PloppSL ===

*'''Creator:'''[[User:Imp Iwish | Imp Iwish]]
*'''Link to get it:''' http://www.secondplopp.com/
*'''Operating Systems:''' Windows, Mac OS

PloppSL allows you to create Sculpted Prims for Second Life by painting the front and back side of your model. Thus, texture and model are created in one step. You can create or use different textures for the front and backside of your model. You can also paint in your favored paint program, import the images into PloppSL by drag&drop and turn them into 3D models.

'''Resources'''

* [http://forums.secondlife.com/showthread.php?t=213219 sl forum thread] (restricted access)

=== TATARA - Sculpted Prim Previewer and Editor ===

*'''Creator:'''[[User:Yuzuru Jewell | Yuzuru Jewell]]
*'''Link to get it:'''http://kanae.net/secondlife/tatara.html
*'''Requires:''' Windows/Mac OS X/Linux using wine

TATARA displays both a sculpted prim and its texture.
A sculpted Prim can be edited in the five modes:ROKURO/TOKOROTEN/MAGE/WAPPA/TSUCHI.
The five modes can be combined and used.
Furthermore, TATARA can correct coordinates for every control point in the BITMAP and TSUCHI mode.
Created by Yuzuru Jewell...arigato!

=== ROKURO Sculpted Prim Maker ===

*'''Creator:'''[[User:Yuzuru Jewell | Yuzuru Jewell]]
*'''Link to get it:''' http://kanae.net/secondlife/
*'''Requires:''' Windows/Mac OS X/Linux using wine

Rokuro translates from Japanese as "lathe" and that's basically what this is: a standalone version of the lathe tool found in many 3d modeling programs that saves directly to sculpt maps. You draw a line in 2d by editing the various points and the program effectively spins that line around an axis to create the 3d object. Cylinders and polygonal prisms are both possible. Obviously limited to things you can create with this method so far, but easy for anyone to pick up and use and more features are still being added. Created by Yuzuru Jewell...arigato!

'''Resources'''

* [http://forums.secondlife.com/showthread.php?t=184264 sl forum thread] (restricted access)

=== TOKOROTEN(extruder)Sculpted Prim Maker ===

*'''Creator:'''[[User:Yuzuru Jewell | Yuzuru Jewell]]
*'''Link to get it:''' http://kanae.net/secondlife/tokoroten.html
*'''Requires:''' Windows

This Program makes Sculpted Prim texture .tga file of the pushed-out object.
TOKOROTEN is Japanese jelly extruded to thin strips.
An object will be pushed out if the form of the hole which you push out is made.
You can twist or round an object. You draw a line in 2d by editing the various points and the program. Obviously limited to things you can create with this method so far, but easy for anyone to pick up and use and more features are still being added. Created by Resident Yuzuru Jewell...arigato!

'''Resources'''

* [http://forums.secondlife.com/showthread.php?t=184264 sl forum thread] (restricted access)

=== sculpty.php ===

*'''Creator:''' [[User:nand Nerd | nand Nerd]]
*'''Link to get it:''' http://www.nandnerd.info/sculpty.php
*'''Requires:''' Browser

A web-based series of tools, still rather primitive but constantly updating. Currently implemented are revolve and z,r revolve which both take a series of values (radii and z-pos,radii values respectively) and rotate them around the z-axis. Recently implemented a constant cross-section which extrudes a series of x,y values through the z-axis.

=== SculptyPaint v.092===

*'''Creator''': [[user:Cel Edman | Cel Edman]]
*'''Link to get it''': [http://www.xs4all.nl/~elout/sculptpaint/ Download from website]
*'''Requires''': [http://java.com/en/download/index.jsp Java Runtime Engine 1.6 or higher] installed on your system?! In case it wont work.
Last update: march 10 - 2008. Realtime sculpt previewer. Drawing tool: manipulate the width, height and shape of the Sculpt. Edit RGB Layers, Flower, Stone, Stair and Point, Texturesketch and Morph Tool. Downloads available for Windows, Mac-OSX and Linux.
 

=== Math Sculptor 1.0===

*'''Creator''': [[user:Burhop Piccard | Burhop Piccard]]
*'''Link to get it''': http://mark.burhop.net there is also a [[MathSculptor|MathSculptor]] wiki page.
*'''Requires''': Windows XP or Vista.
Math Sculptor is free application for creating and viewing sculpted primitives. It provides dynamic viewing and modification of sculpties. What differentiates this application is that it is build upon an extendable "addin" architecture. This allows others to easily create new algorithms that generate completely new types of sculpties. See http://mark.burhop.net for more information and sample sculpted primitives.
 

=== SnurbO'Matic ===

*'''Creator''': [[user:Anjin Meili | Anjin Meili]]
*'''Link to get it''': [http://www.slexchange.com/modules.php?name=Marketplace&file=item&ItemID=273452 Slexchange]
*'''Requires''': Secondlife client and a sandbox with at least 1100 primitives.
SnurbO'Matic is an in world tool that allows editing and creation of sculpties. The system uses a molding method, allowing a mesh to be molded around other inworld objects. Objects must not be phantom. The mold may be modified using normal in world build tools. Each mesh node is visualized as a sphere, and can be moved as desired. Once finished, the mold is saved and a casting produced thru an automated web process. The user gets a URL when completed for a TGA file containing the texture. This can be further refined using off grid tools, or simply uploaded to Second Life as is. For new modelers, its easier to start with a close approximation of an object, rather then manipulating a sphere to the object they wish. For landscapers, the tool can produce organic, smooth, and unique rocks, logs, etc. Search for the group SculptO'Matic, or visit our sandbox and lab in Talakin.
 

=== Sculpted Sim Terrain Mapper ===

*'''Creator''': [[user:Anjin Meili | Anjin Meili]]
*'''Link to get it''': [http://www.slexchange.com/modules.php?name=Marketplace&file=item&ItemID=270738 Slexchange]
*'''Requires''': Secondlife client and a object create and script permissions on a parcel.
The Sculpted Sim Terrain Mapper creates a sculpted primitive map in 3D of any given Simulator. The tool simply is rezzed onto a parcel in the sim, and allowed to run. It will report back to the operator a URL to pickup a completed sculpted texture in TGA format. The data collected may also be used to create higher detail maps of the simulator, by using more prims, up to an 8x8 grid of sculpted prims to represent a simulator. Or just the default of one prim for the entire simulator. While the packaged tool is fee based, due to the costs of operating the backend... There is an open source version written entirely in LSL that requires minimal server side support. Contact Anjin Meili for a copy of the open source code. This tool is an example of using data to create sculpted primitives, with very little interaction. The source details using PPM as a description format within LSL for the sculpted texture map.
 

=== Sculpt Studio ===

*'''Creator''': [[user:TheBlack Box | TheBlack Box]]
*'''Link to get it''': [http://www.slexchange.com/modules.php?name=Marketplace&file=item&ItemID=278458 SL-Exchange]
*'''Requires''': SL (34+ Prims) and Browser

A high-end in-world sculpting tool for beginners, advanced and professional Sculptors,
that allows to apply SL building skills to sculpting.
 

=== Terrain Sculptor (Open Source) ===

*'''Creator''': [[user:Cadroe Murphy | Cadroe Murphy]]
*'''Link to get it''': [http://spinmass.blogspot.com/2007/08/terrain-sculptor-maps-sims-and-creates.html Blog]
*'''Requires''': .NET 2.0

Terrain Sculptor is a .NET application which uses a [http://www.libsecondlife.org/wiki/Main_Page libsecondlife] bot to retrieve the elevation data for a sim and generates a sculpty texture of the terrain. It also downloads the world map image from the web for use as a texture. The user can teleport to specific locations within sims and monitor the process through a graphical display. The operation usually takes a number of seconds after logging into a sim. Elevation data can be saved and loaded seperately. The application is relatively user-friendly but errors are not always handled informatively. The source code is open.
 

=== LD Sculpty Protect ===

*'''Creator''': [[user:Langweiliger Dreier | Langweilliger Dreier]]
*'''Link to get it''': [http://www.sculptytools.tk http://www.sculptytools.tk]
*'''Requires''': Windows PC

LD Sculpty Protect is a tool to protect sculpty textures in Second Life - that nobody can steal your hard work by simply making screenshots. It is optimized to manage multiple files at once. It is possible to use your own logo! See website for more information.
 

=== Sculpty Hider ===

*'''Creator''': [[user:Gorge Go | Gorge Go]]
*'''Link to get it''': [http://caboosecode.webs.com/Programs/Sculpty_Hider.rar http://caboosecode.webs.com/Programs/Sculpty_Hider.rar]
*'''Requires''': Windows PC

This is a FREE alternative to Langweiliger's LD Sculpty Protect with all of the benofits.
 

=== LD Sculpty Shrink ===

*'''Creator''': [[user:Langweiliger Dreier | Langweilliger Dreier]]
*'''Link to get it''': [http://www.sculptytools.tk http://www.sculptytools.tk]
*'''Requires''': Windows PC

LD Sculpty Shrink is a tool to decrease size of sculpties to any size - to make sculpted nano prims for example. It is optimized to manage multiple files. (LD Sculpty Protect is included in this tool). See website for more information.
 

=== Sim Terrain Surveyor ===

*'''Creator''': [[user:Glox Parisi | Glox Parisi]]
*'''Link to get it''': [http://www.xstreetsl.com/modules.php?name=Marketplace&file=item&ItemID=1184678 SL-Exchange]
*'''Requires''': Any graphics editor capable of portable pixmap files (*.ppm).
Scans the sim's elevation profile and chats the readings which you then convert into a sculpt map texture using GIMP, ACDSee or Photoshop or any other graphics editor that supports .ppm portable pixmap files.
 

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= File Converters =

These utilities are made to translate 3d files directly into sculpt maps, with varying degrees of sucess.

=== 3dm2sculpt ===

*'''Creator:''' [[User:Cindy Crabgrass | Cindy Crabgrass]]
*'''Link to get it:''' [[3dm2sculpt|3dm2sculpt]]
*'''Requires:''' Windows

A command-line utility that reads an [[#3D_File_Formats | OpenNURBS]] .3dm file and generates a .tga sculpt map from it. Still in need of a lot of testing but potentially very useful for any program that supports this format.

=== obj2sculpt ===

*'''Creator:''' [[User:Cindy Crabgrass | Cindy Crabgrass]]
*'''Link to get it:''' http://forums.secondlife.com/showpost.php?p=1505114&postcount=14
*'''Link on the TG forums:''' Nonexistent, can someone please fix this?
*'''Requires:''' Windows

A command-line utility that reads a Wavefront Style .obj file and generates a .tga sculpt texture from it. Still in need of a lot of testing but potentially very useful for any program that supports this format.

=== Sculpty Maker ===

*'''Creator:''' 2k Suisei
*'''Link to get it:''' http://www.shiny-life.com/sculpty-maker/
*'''Requires:''' Windows, zBrush

Sculpty Maker is a free program for Windows PCs that allows you to create objects in zBrush and convert them to Second Life sculpted prims. It includes an in-world tool called Sculpty Rezzer that assembles the converted objects, and a plug-in for zBrush that allows you to export sculptmaps directly from zBrush. Please direct all support questions to Vlad Bjornson.

= Importers =

These utilities assist in bringing sculpted creations in to the Second Life world:

=== GridImageUpload ===

*'''Creator:''' [[User:Eddy Stryker | Eddy Stryker]]
*'''Link to get it:''' [[GridImageUpload]]
*'''Requires:''' Windows, Linux, OSX

A simple graphical user interface to upload textures to the grid. It will show you the compressed texture size before uploading and allow you to upload lossless images, perfect for 64x64 or smaller sculpt maps.

=== importprimscript ===

*'''Creator:''' [[User:Eddy Stryker | Eddy Stryker]]
*'''Link to get it:''' [[Importprimscript|Importprimscript]]
*'''Requires:''' Windows, Linux, OSX

A command-line utility to batch upload an entire folder output from Qarl's Advanced Maya Sculpt Exporter in to Second Life and rez the scene as a full permission linkset. The sculpt maps are uploaded as lossless images and the textures are uploaded with the normal compression settings.

'''NOTE:''' Although the main utility is command-line, for using the app on Windows there is a GUI provided by Johan Durant on the importprimscript page.

=== redcap ===

*'''Creator:''' [[User:Adam Marker | Adam Marker]]
*'''Link to get it:''' [http://adammarker.org/redcap/ redcap] ([http://github.com/slothbear/redcap source])
*'''Requires:''' Ruby, ImageMagick

redcap is an open-source command line utility for uploading images to Second Life.

Sculpted Prims: Resident-made Tools

2009-01-16T21:20:54Z

Rex Cronon:

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This page showcases '''special purpose tools''' for creating, manipulating, and viewing sculpted prims. Most of them are created by SL residents, but the reason they are on this page is that they are ''not'' general purpose 3D tools.
For that list, see [[Sculpted Prims: 3d Software Guide]].

= Preview Tools =

== Offline Preview Tools ==

Basic tools that can be used to preview what a sculpt texture will look like when uploaded into Second Life and rendered as a prim. All of these are made by other Residents and should generally be considered beta or works in progress.

=== AvPainter ===
Sculpty previewer that allows you to preview with texture. Also allows you to paint directly on the surface to create texture maps. Support for layers. Full version allows texture maps to be saved as PSD and TGA.
*'''Creator''': [[user:Pootle Trollop | Pootle Trollop]]
*'''Link to get it''': [http://www.xstreetsl.com/modules.php?name=Marketplace&file=item&ItemID=158462 Purchase from Xstreet] or [http://avpainter.osbyte.net/dl.php?name=demo&regcode=demo Download Demo]
*'''Requires''': A PC running Windows XP or Vista, as well as [http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=0856eacb-4362-4b0d-8edd-aab15c5e04f5&displaylang=en Microsoft .NET Framework Version 2.0 Redistributable]. Includes XNA/DirectX component installer.

=== Sculptaire ===
Open source sculpty previewer that also allows preview with texture.
*'''Creator''': [[user:Flame Swenholt | Flame Swenholt]]
*'''Link to get it''': [http://sourceforge.net/projects/sculptaire/ Download from website]
*'''Requires''': Windows 2000 SP4, Windows XP SP2 or Windows Vista (NOT x64!), as well as [http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=0856eacb-4362-4b0d-8edd-aab15c5e04f5&displaylang=en Microsoft .NET Framework Version 2.0 Redistributable]

=== SculptySpace ===
Supports textured Sculpt preview with Second Life style texture parameters.
*'''Creator''': [[user:Sculpty Carver | Sculpty Carver]]
*'''Link to get it''': [http://www.sculptyspace.com/index.php?id=2 Download from website]
*'''Requires''': Windows XP SP2 or Windows Vista, [http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=200b2fd9-ae1a-4a14-984d-389c36f85647&displaylang=en Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 SP1 Redistributable]

=== XNA Sculptpreview ===

*'''Creator''': [[user:Eddy Stryker | Eddy Stryker]]
*'''Link to get it''': [[User:Eddy_Stryker/XNA_Sculptpreview | XNA Sculptpreview]]
*'''Requires''': Windows XP SP2 or Windows Vista, along with the Microsoft XNA framework (see above link for details)
*'''Derivatives''': [http://mailerdaemon.home.comcast.net/SculptedPreview.zip XNA SculptPreview] - Modified version to include LOD and a more sensible camera configuration (and a bunch of other changes under the hood).

=== A Hacky Sculpt Previewer ===

*'''Creator''': [[user:Yumi Murakami | Yumi Murakami]]
*'''Link to get it''': [http://www.bijodesign.com/sculpt/SculptPreview.html Web Start Launcher], [http://www.bijodesign.com/sculpt/SculptPreview.jar Executable JAR file], [[Hacky Sculpt Previewer | Source Code]] (Java SDK required to run from the source).
*'''Requires''': [http://java.com/en/download/index.jsp Java Runtime Engine 1.6 or higher], [http://java.sun.com/products/java-media/3D/download.html Java 3d API] and any OS that will run them (Win and Linux are well covered, Mac is not). If installing or upgrading the JRE, be sure to do it before installing Java3d. The Web Start link above should be able to automatically install any needed components. Note that it will attempt to automatically redirect your browser to a download page, so if nothing happens when you click on it, please check your security settings will allow this.

=== Cel_Sculptpreview ===

*'''Creator''': [[user:Cel Edman | Cel Edman]]
*'''Link to get it''': [http://www.xs4all.nl/~elout/sculptie/ Download from website]
*'''Requires''': [http://java.com/en/download/index.jsp Java Runtime Engine 1.6 or higher] installed on your system. This is a simple Sculpt previewer created in [http://processing.org/ Processing]. Downloads available for Windows, Mac OS X and Linux. Currenly not further developed, since Cel continues on developing Sculptypaint (Resident-made Sculpt Creation Tools) at the moment, that got this realtime previewer as well.

=== SIEE(Sculptie Importer Exporter and Editor) ===

*'''Creator''': [[user:Rex Cronon | Rex Cronon]]
*'''Link to get it''': [http://www.elektralusion.com/siee_123008/ Run it from website]
*'''Requires''': [http://java.com/en/download/index.jsp Java Runtime Engine 1.6 or higher] installed on your system. This is java applet. To run it you only need to have a browser that allows applets to run. It has many functions. I personally use it with ArtOfIllusions. I plan to have it allow the use of addons. If you have any questions, comments, or you find any bugs please send me an IM in world:) This program is free to use for a limited time. My only request is that you mention it:) 
Thank you Eleanora Newell for hosting it:)
 

== In-world Preview Tools ==

Tools that can be used to view in Second Life what a sculpt will look like before the texture is uploaded.

=== Texture Wizard (Commercial) ===

*'''Website:''' [http://sl.infomyth.com/texturepreview/texturepreview.htm Infomyth.com]
*'''In-World:''' [http://slurl.com/secondlife/Horowitz/164/20/21/ Horowitz]
*'''Cost:''' L$399 (about $1.80 U.S.)
*'''Operating Systems:''' Windows XP

Works using the media texture on your land (you must own or rent land to use it) using QuickTime, the way an in-game TV does. Saving a .bmp, .jpg or .psd file will automatically update the image in-game. You can see your changes live on a prim. Avoids uploads until you are done (you must still upload for a permanent version). Also works just as a regular texture previewer.
 

=== Sculpt Preview using Parcel Media ===

*'''Website:''' [http://nandnerd.info/blog/2007/06/16/sculpty-media-video-url-previewer/ blog.nandnerd.info/...]
*'''Forum Discussion:''' [http://forums.secondlife.com/showthread.php?t=191214 forums.SecondLife.com]
*'''Author:''' [[User:nand Nerd | nand Nerd]]
*'''In-World:''' [http://slurl.com/secondlife/Lasiocampa/133/209/57 Lasiocampa]
*'''Requirements:''' Web hosting (free small image hosting at http://imageshack.us works without hassle)

Tutorial on using the Parcel Media as a Sculpt Texture Preview. Example available at location above (Lasiocampa 133,209,57).

= Special purpose Sculpt Creation / Manipulation Tools =

The tools listed here aren't fully-fledged 3d modeling programs — they are stand-alone tools for creating sculpt maps, usually in some limited way. As with the previewers above, consider them works in progress.

On the other hand, if they do what you want, a lathe tool, for example, then they are much easier than buying, setting up, learning, and using a full 3D modeler.

=== Sculptie-O-matic ===

*'''Creator:'''[[User:Contagious Republic | Contagious Republic]]
*'''Link to get it:'''http://slurl.com/secondlife/Sri%20Syadasti/21/86/37
*'''Requires:''' about 43 prims of space at most.

It currently turns a linkset of spheres and boxes into a sculptie and outputs it as a text file, which you can decode into a regular sculptie file at a certain web site. The sculptie will look as much like the linkset within technical limits, such as the fact it does not support prim holes yet.

You can fit 42 boxes into a sculptie (count spheres as a box and a half, so that's 28 spheres max).

The Sculptie-O-matic is always free to use in its own sandbox, and on the first day of the month anywhere (so that people can learn or teach it without before paying for the full version).

=== PloppSL ===

*'''Creator:'''[[User:Imp Iwish | Imp Iwish]]
*'''Link to get it:''' http://www.secondplopp.com/
*'''Operating Systems:''' Windows, Mac OS

PloppSL allows you to create Sculpted Prims for SecondLife by painting the front and back side of your model. Thus, texture and model are created in one step. You can create or use different textures for the front and backside of your model. You can also paint in your favored paint program, import the images into PloppSL by drag&drop and turn them into 3D models.

'''Resources'''

* [http://forums.secondlife.com/showthread.php?t=213219 sl forum thread] (restricted access)

=== TATARA - Sculpted Prim Previewer and Editor ===

*'''Creator:'''[[User:Yuzuru Jewell | Yuzuru Jewell]]
*'''Link to get it:'''http://kanae.net/secondlife/tatara.html
*'''Requires:''' Windows/Mac OS X/Linux using wine

TATARA displays both a sculpted prim and its texture.
A sculpted Prim can be edited in the five modes:ROKURO/TOKOROTEN/MAGE/WAPPA/TSUCHI.
The five modes can be combined and used.
Furthermore, TATARA can correct coordinates for every control point in the BITMAP and TSUCHI mode.
Created by Yuzuru Jewell...arigato!

=== ROKURO Sculpted Prim Maker ===

*'''Creator:'''[[User:Yuzuru Jewell | Yuzuru Jewell]]
*'''Link to get it:''' http://kanae.net/secondlife/
*'''Requires:''' Windows/Mac OS X/Linux using wine

Rokuro translates from Japanese as "lathe" and that's basically what this is: a standalone version of the lathe tool found in many 3d modeling programs that saves directly to sculpt maps. You draw a line in 2d by editing the various points and the program effectively spins that line around an axis to create the 3d object. Cylinders and polygonal prisms are both possible. Obviously limited to things you can create with this method so far, but easy for anyone to pick up and use and more features are still being added. Created by Yuzuru Jewell...arigato!

'''Resources'''

* [http://forums.secondlife.com/showthread.php?t=184264 sl forum thread] (restricted access)

=== TOKOROTEN(extruder)Sculpted Prim Maker ===

*'''Creator:'''[[User:Yuzuru Jewell | Yuzuru Jewell]]
*'''Link to get it:''' http://kanae.net/secondlife/tokoroten.html
*'''Requires:''' Windows

This Program makes Sculpted Prim texture .tga file of the pushed-out object.
TOKOROTEN is Japanese jelly extruded to thin strips.
An object will be pushed out if the form of the hole which you push out is made.
You can twist or round an object. You draw a line in 2d by editing the various points and the program. Obviously limited to things you can create with this method so far, but easy for anyone to pick up and use and more features are still being added. Created by resident Yuzuru Jewell...arigato!

'''Resources'''

* [http://forums.secondlife.com/showthread.php?t=184264 sl forum thread] (restricted access)

=== sculpty.php ===

*'''Creator:''' [[User:nand Nerd | nand Nerd]]
*'''Link to get it:''' http://www.nandnerd.info/sculpty.php
*'''Requires:''' Browser

A web-based series of tools, still rather primitive but constantly updating. Currently implemented are revolve and z,r revolve which both take a series of values (radii and z-pos,radii values respectively) and rotate them around the z-axis. Recently implemented a constant cross-section which extrudes a series of x,y values through the z-axis.

=== SculptyPaint v.092===

*'''Creator''': [[user:Cel Edman | Cel Edman]]
*'''Link to get it''': [http://www.xs4all.nl/~elout/sculptpaint/ Download from website]
*'''Requires''': [http://java.com/en/download/index.jsp Java Runtime Engine 1.6 or higher] installed on your system?! In case it wont work.
Last update: march 10 - 2008. Realtime sculpt previewer. Drawing tool: manipulate the width, height and shape of the Sculpt. Edit RGB Layers, Flower, Stone, Stair and Point, Texturesketch and Morph Tool. Downloads available for Windows, Mac-OSX and Linux.
 

=== Math Sculptor 1.0===

*'''Creator''': [[user:Burhop Piccard | Burhop Piccard]]
*'''Link to get it''': http://mark.burhop.net there is also a [[MathSculptor|MathSculptor]] wiki page.
*'''Requires''': Windows XP or Vista.
Math Sculptor is free application for creating and viewing sculpted primitives. It provides dynamic viewing and modification of sculpties. What differentiates this application is that it is build upon an extendable "addin" architecture. This allows others to easily create new algorithms that generate completely new types of sculpties. See http://mark.burhop.net for more information and sample sculpted primitives.
 

=== SnurbO'Matic ===

*'''Creator''': [[user:Anjin Meili | Anjin Meili]]
*'''Link to get it''': [http://www.slexchange.com/modules.php?name=Marketplace&file=item&ItemID=273452 Slexchange]
*'''Requires''': Secondlife client and a sandbox with at least 1100 primitives.
SnurbO'Matic is an in world tool that allows editing and creation of sculpties. The system uses a molding method, allowing a mesh to be molded around other inworld objects. Objects must not be phantom. The mold may be modified using normal in world build tools. Each mesh node is visualized as a sphere, and can be moved as desired. Once finished, the mold is saved and a casting produced thru an automated web process. The user gets a URL when completed for a TGA file containing the texture. This can be further refined using off grid tools, or simply uploaded to Second Life as is. For new modelers, its easier to start with a close approximation of an object, rather then manipulating a sphere to the object they wish. For landscapers, the tool can produce organic, smooth, and unique rocks, logs, etc. Search for the group SculptO'Matic, or visit our sandbox and lab in Talakin.
 

=== Sculpted Sim Terrain Mapper ===

*'''Creator''': [[user:Anjin Meili | Anjin Meili]]
*'''Link to get it''': [http://www.slexchange.com/modules.php?name=Marketplace&file=item&ItemID=270738 Slexchange]
*'''Requires''': Secondlife client and a object create and script permissions on a parcel.
The Sculpted Sim Terrain Mapper creates a sculpted primitive map in 3D of any given Simulator. The tool simply is rezzed onto a parcel in the sim, and allowed to run. It will report back to the operator a URL to pickup a completed sculpted texture in TGA format. The data collected may also be used to create higher detail maps of the simulator, by using more prims, up to an 8x8 grid of sculpted prims to represent a simulator. Or just the default of one prim for the entire simulator. While the packaged tool is fee based, due to the costs of operating the backend... There is an open source version written entirely in LSL that requires minimal server side support. Contact Anjin Meili for a copy of the open source code. This tool is an example of using data to create sculpted primitives, with very little interaction. The source details using PPM as a description format within LSL for the sculpted texture map.
 

=== Sculpt Studio ===

*'''Creator''': [[user:TheBlack Box | TheBlack Box]]
*'''Link to get it''': [http://www.slexchange.com/modules.php?name=Marketplace&file=item&ItemID=278458 SL-Exchange]
*'''Requires''': SL (34+ Prims) and Browser

A high-end in-world sculpting tool for beginners, advanced and professional Sculptors,
that allows to apply SL building skills to sculpting.
 

=== Terrain Sculptor (Open Source) ===

*'''Creator''': [[user:Cadroe Murphy | Cadroe Murphy]]
*'''Link to get it''': [http://spinmass.blogspot.com/2007/08/terrain-sculptor-maps-sims-and-creates.html Blog]
*'''Requires''': .NET 2.0

Terrain Sculptor is a .NET application which uses a [http://www.libsecondlife.org/wiki/Main_Page libsecondlife] bot to retrieve the elevation data for a sim and generates a sculpty texture of the terrain. It also downloads the world map image from the web for use as a texture. The user can teleport to specific locations within sims and monitor the process through a graphical display. The operation usually takes a number of seconds after logging into a sim. Elevation data can be saved and loaded seperately. The application is relatively user-friendly but errors are not always handled informatively. The source code is open.
 

=== LD Sculpty Protect ===

*'''Creator''': [[user:Langweiliger Dreier | Langweilliger Dreier]]
*'''Link to get it''': [http://www.sculptytools.tk http://www.sculptytools.tk]
*'''Requires''': Windows PC

LD Sculpty Protect is a tool to protect sculpty textures in secondlife - that nobody can steal your hard work by simply making screenshots. It is optimized to manage multiple files at once. It is possible to use your own logo! See website for more information.
 

=== LD Sculpty Shrink ===

*'''Creator''': [[user:Langweiliger Dreier | Langweilliger Dreier]]
*'''Link to get it''': [http://www.sculptytools.tk http://www.sculptytools.tk]
*'''Requires''': Windows PC

LD Sculpty Shrink is a tool to decrease size of sculpties to any size - to make sculpted nano prims for example. It is optimized to manage multiple files. (LD Sculpty Protect is included in this tool). See website for more information.
 

[[Category: Sculpted Prims]]

= File Converters =

These utilities are made to translate 3d files directly into sculpt maps, with varying degrees of sucess.

=== 3dm2sculpt ===

*'''Creator:''' [[User:Cindy Crabgrass | Cindy Crabgrass]]
*'''Link to get it:''' [[3dm2sculpt|3dm2sculpt]]
*'''Requires:''' Windows

A command-line utility that reads an [[#3D_File_Formats | OpenNURBS]] .3dm file and generates a .tga sculpt map from it. Still in need of a lot of testing but potentially very useful for any program that supports this format.

=== obj2sculpt ===

*'''Creator:''' [[User:Cindy Crabgrass | Cindy Crabgrass]]
*'''Link to get it:''' http://forums.secondlife.com/showpost.php?p=1505114&postcount=14
*'''Link on the TG forums:''' Nonexistent, can someone please fix this?
*'''Requires:''' Windows

A command-line utility that reads a Wavefront Style .obj file and generates a .tga sculpt texture from it. Still in need of a lot of testing but potentially very useful for any program that supports this format.

=== Sculpty Maker ===

*'''Creator:''' 2k Suisei
*'''Link to get it:''' http://www.shiny-life.com/sculpty-maker/
*'''Requires:''' Windows, zBrush

Sculpty Maker is a free program for Windows PCs that allows you to create objects in zBrush and convert them to Second Life sculpted prims. It includes an in-world tool called Sculpty Rezzer that assembles the converted objects, and a plug-in for zBrush that allows you to export sculptmaps directly from zBrush. Please direct all support questions to Vlad Bjornson.

= Importers =

These utilities assist in bringing sculpted creations in to the Second Life world

=== SL Image Upload ===

*'''Creator:''' [[User:Eddy Stryker | Eddy Stryker]]
*'''Link to get it:''' [[SLImageUpload|SLImageUpload]]
*'''Requires:''' Windows, Linux, OSX

A simple graphical user interface to upload textures to the grid. It will show you the compressed texture size before uploading and allow you to upload lossless images, perfect for 64x64 or smaller sculpt maps.

=== importprimscript ===

*'''Creator:''' [[User:Eddy Stryker | Eddy Stryker]]
*'''Link to get it:''' [[Importprimscript|Importprimscript]]
*'''Requires:''' Windows, Linux, OSX

A command-line utility to batch upload an entire folder output from Qarl's Advanced Maya Sculpt Exporter in to Second Life and rez the scene as a full permission linkset. The sculpt maps are uploaded as lossless images and the textures are uploaded with the normal compression settings.

'''NOTE:''' Although the main utility is command-line, for using the app on Windows there is a GUI provided by Johan Durant on the importprimscript page.

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This page showcases '''special purpose tools''' for creating, manipulating, and viewing sculpted prims. Most of them are created by SL residents, but the reason they are on this page is that they are ''not'' general purpose 3D tools.
For that list, see [[Sculpted Prims: 3d Software Guide]].

= Preview Tools =

== Offline Preview Tools ==

Basic tools that can be used to preview what a sculpt texture will look like when uploaded into Second Life and rendered as a prim. All of these are made by other Residents and should generally be considered beta or works in progress.

=== AvPainter ===
Sculpty previewer that allows you to preview with texture. Also allows you to paint directly on the surface to create texture maps. Support for layers. Full version allows texture maps to be saved as PSD and TGA.
*'''Creator''': [[user:Pootle Trollop | Pootle Trollop]]
*'''Link to get it''': [http://www.xstreetsl.com/modules.php?name=Marketplace&file=item&ItemID=158462 Purchase from Xstreet] or [http://avpainter.osbyte.net/dl.php?name=demo&regcode=demo Download Demo]
*'''Requires''': A PC running Windows XP or Vista, as well as [http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=0856eacb-4362-4b0d-8edd-aab15c5e04f5&displaylang=en Microsoft .NET Framework Version 2.0 Redistributable]. Includes XNA/DirectX component installer.

=== Sculptaire ===
Open source sculpty previewer that also allows preview with texture.
*'''Creator''': [[user:Flame Swenholt | Flame Swenholt]]
*'''Link to get it''': [http://sourceforge.net/projects/sculptaire/ Download from website]
*'''Requires''': Windows 2000 SP4, Windows XP SP2 or Windows Vista (NOT x64!), as well as [http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=0856eacb-4362-4b0d-8edd-aab15c5e04f5&displaylang=en Microsoft .NET Framework Version 2.0 Redistributable]

=== SculptySpace ===
Supports textured Sculpt preview with Second Life style texture parameters.
*'''Creator''': [[user:Sculpty Carver | Sculpty Carver]]
*'''Link to get it''': [http://www.sculptyspace.com/index.php?id=2 Download from website]
*'''Requires''': Windows XP SP2 or Windows Vista, [http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=200b2fd9-ae1a-4a14-984d-389c36f85647&displaylang=en Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 SP1 Redistributable]

=== XNA Sculptpreview ===

*'''Creator''': [[user:Eddy Stryker | Eddy Stryker]]
*'''Link to get it''': [[User:Eddy_Stryker/XNA_Sculptpreview | XNA Sculptpreview]]
*'''Requires''': Windows XP SP2 or Windows Vista, along with the Microsoft XNA framework (see above link for details)
*'''Derivatives''': [http://mailerdaemon.home.comcast.net/SculptedPreview.zip XNA SculptPreview] - Modified version to include LOD and a more sensible camera configuration (and a bunch of other changes under the hood).

=== A Hacky Sculpt Previewer ===

*'''Creator''': [[user:Yumi Murakami | Yumi Murakami]]
*'''Link to get it''': [http://www.bijodesign.com/sculpt/SculptPreview.html Web Start Launcher], [http://www.bijodesign.com/sculpt/SculptPreview.jar Executable JAR file], [[Hacky Sculpt Previewer | Source Code]] (Java SDK required to run from the source).
*'''Requires''': [http://java.com/en/download/index.jsp Java Runtime Engine 1.6 or higher], [http://java.sun.com/products/java-media/3D/download.html Java 3d API] and any OS that will run them (Win and Linux are well covered, Mac is not). If installing or upgrading the JRE, be sure to do it before installing Java3d. The Web Start link above should be able to automatically install any needed components. Note that it will attempt to automatically redirect your browser to a download page, so if nothing happens when you click on it, please check your security settings will allow this.

=== Cel_Sculptpreview ===

*'''Creator''': [[user:Cel Edman | Cel Edman]]
*'''Link to get it''': [http://www.xs4all.nl/~elout/sculptie/ Download from website]
*'''Requires''': [http://java.com/en/download/index.jsp Java Runtime Engine 1.6 or higher] installed on your system. This is a simple Sculpt previewer created in [http://processing.org/ Processing]. Downloads available for Windows, Mac OS X and Linux. Currenly not further developed, since Cel continues on developing Sculptypaint (Resident-made Sculpt Creation Tools) at the moment, that got this realtime previewer as well.
 

=== SIEE(Sculptie Importer Exporter and Editor) ===

*'''Creator''': [[user:Rex Cronon | Rex Cronon]]
*'''Link to get it''': [http://www.elektralusion.com/siee_123008/ Run it from website]
*'''Requires''': [http://java.com/en/download/index.jsp Java Runtime Engine 1.6 or higher] installed on your system. This is java applet. To run it you only need to have a browser that allows applets to run. It has many functions. I personally use it with ArtOfIllusions. I plan to have it allow the use of addons. If you have any questions, comments, or you find any bugs please send me an IM in world:) This program is free to use for a limited time. My only request is that you mention it:) 
Thank you Eleanora Newell for hosting it:)
 

== In-world Preview Tools ==

Tools that can be used to view in Second Life what a sculpt will look like before the texture is uploaded.

=== Texture Wizard (Commercial) ===

*'''Website:''' [http://sl.infomyth.com/texturepreview/texturepreview.htm Infomyth.com]
*'''In-World:''' [http://slurl.com/secondlife/Horowitz/164/20/21/ Horowitz]
*'''Cost:''' L$399 (about $1.80 U.S.)
*'''Operating Systems:''' Windows XP

Works using the media texture on your land (you must own or rent land to use it) using QuickTime, the way an in-game TV does. Saving a .bmp, .jpg or .psd file will automatically update the image in-game. You can see your changes live on a prim. Avoids uploads until you are done (you must still upload for a permanent version). Also works just as a regular texture previewer.
 

=== Sculpt Preview using Parcel Media ===

*'''Website:''' [http://nandnerd.info/blog/2007/06/16/sculpty-media-video-url-previewer/ blog.nandnerd.info/...]
*'''Forum Discussion:''' [http://forums.secondlife.com/showthread.php?t=191214 forums.SecondLife.com]
*'''Author:''' [[User:nand Nerd | nand Nerd]]
*'''In-World:''' [http://slurl.com/secondlife/Lasiocampa/133/209/57 Lasiocampa]
*'''Requirements:''' Web hosting (free small image hosting at http://imageshack.us works without hassle)

Tutorial on using the Parcel Media as a Sculpt Texture Preview. Example available at location above (Lasiocampa 133,209,57).

= Special purpose Sculpt Creation / Manipulation Tools =

The tools listed here aren't fully-fledged 3d modeling programs — they are stand-alone tools for creating sculpt maps, usually in some limited way. As with the previewers above, consider them works in progress.

On the other hand, if they do what you want, a lathe tool, for example, then they are much easier than buying, setting up, learning, and using a full 3D modeler.

=== Sculptie-O-matic ===

*'''Creator:'''[[User:Contagious Republic | Contagious Republic]]
*'''Link to get it:'''http://slurl.com/secondlife/Sri%20Syadasti/21/86/37
*'''Requires:''' about 43 prims of space at most.

It currently turns a linkset of spheres and boxes into a sculptie and outputs it as a text file, which you can decode into a regular sculptie file at a certain web site. The sculptie will look as much like the linkset within technical limits, such as the fact it does not support prim holes yet.

You can fit 42 boxes into a sculptie (count spheres as a box and a half, so that's 28 spheres max).

The Sculptie-O-matic is always free to use in its own sandbox, and on the first day of the month anywhere (so that people can learn or teach it without before paying for the full version).

=== PloppSL ===

*'''Creator:'''[[User:Imp Iwish | Imp Iwish]]
*'''Link to get it:''' http://www.secondplopp.com/
*'''Operating Systems:''' Windows, Mac OS

PloppSL allows you to create Sculpted Prims for SecondLife by painting the front and back side of your model. Thus, texture and model are created in one step. You can create or use different textures for the front and backside of your model. You can also paint in your favored paint program, import the images into PloppSL by drag&drop and turn them into 3D models.

'''Resources'''

* [http://forums.secondlife.com/showthread.php?t=213219 sl forum thread] (restricted access)

=== TATARA - Sculpted Prim Previewer and Editor ===

*'''Creator:'''[[User:Yuzuru Jewell | Yuzuru Jewell]]
*'''Link to get it:'''http://kanae.net/secondlife/tatara.html
*'''Requires:''' Windows/Mac OS X/Linux using wine

TATARA displays both a sculpted prim and its texture.
A sculpted Prim can be edited in the five modes:ROKURO/TOKOROTEN/MAGE/WAPPA/TSUCHI.
The five modes can be combined and used.
Furthermore, TATARA can correct coordinates for every control point in the BITMAP and TSUCHI mode.
Created by Yuzuru Jewell...arigato!

=== ROKURO Sculpted Prim Maker ===

*'''Creator:'''[[User:Yuzuru Jewell | Yuzuru Jewell]]
*'''Link to get it:''' http://kanae.net/secondlife/
*'''Requires:''' Windows/Mac OS X/Linux using wine

Rokuro translates from Japanese as "lathe" and that's basically what this is: a standalone version of the lathe tool found in many 3d modeling programs that saves directly to sculpt maps. You draw a line in 2d by editing the various points and the program effectively spins that line around an axis to create the 3d object. Cylinders and polygonal prisms are both possible. Obviously limited to things you can create with this method so far, but easy for anyone to pick up and use and more features are still being added. Created by Yuzuru Jewell...arigato!

'''Resources'''

* [http://forums.secondlife.com/showthread.php?t=184264 sl forum thread] (restricted access)

=== TOKOROTEN(extruder)Sculpted Prim Maker ===

*'''Creator:'''[[User:Yuzuru Jewell | Yuzuru Jewell]]
*'''Link to get it:''' http://kanae.net/secondlife/tokoroten.html
*'''Requires:''' Windows

This Program makes Sculpted Prim texture .tga file of the pushed-out object.
TOKOROTEN is Japanese jelly extruded to thin strips.
An object will be pushed out if the form of the hole which you push out is made.
You can twist or round an object. You draw a line in 2d by editing the various points and the program. Obviously limited to things you can create with this method so far, but easy for anyone to pick up and use and more features are still being added. Created by resident Yuzuru Jewell...arigato!

'''Resources'''

* [http://forums.secondlife.com/showthread.php?t=184264 sl forum thread] (restricted access)

=== sculpty.php ===

*'''Creator:''' [[User:nand Nerd | nand Nerd]]
*'''Link to get it:''' http://www.nandnerd.info/sculpty.php
*'''Requires:''' Browser

A web-based series of tools, still rather primitive but constantly updating. Currently implemented are revolve and z,r revolve which both take a series of values (radii and z-pos,radii values respectively) and rotate them around the z-axis. Recently implemented a constant cross-section which extrudes a series of x,y values through the z-axis.

=== SculptyPaint v.092===

*'''Creator''': [[user:Cel Edman | Cel Edman]]
*'''Link to get it''': [http://www.xs4all.nl/~elout/sculptpaint/ Download from website]
*'''Requires''': [http://java.com/en/download/index.jsp Java Runtime Engine 1.6 or higher] installed on your system?! In case it wont work.
Last update: march 10 - 2008. Realtime sculpt previewer. Drawing tool: manipulate the width, height and shape of the Sculpt. Edit RGB Layers, Flower, Stone, Stair and Point, Texturesketch and Morph Tool. Downloads available for Windows, Mac-OSX and Linux.
 

=== Math Sculptor 1.0===

*'''Creator''': [[user:Burhop Piccard | Burhop Piccard]]
*'''Link to get it''': http://mark.burhop.net there is also a [[MathSculptor|MathSculptor]] wiki page.
*'''Requires''': Windows XP or Vista.
Math Sculptor is free application for creating and viewing sculpted primitives. It provides dynamic viewing and modification of sculpties. What differentiates this application is that it is build upon an extendable "addin" architecture. This allows others to easily create new algorithms that generate completely new types of sculpties. See http://mark.burhop.net for more information and sample sculpted primitives.
 

=== SnurbO'Matic ===

*'''Creator''': [[user:Anjin Meili | Anjin Meili]]
*'''Link to get it''': [http://www.slexchange.com/modules.php?name=Marketplace&file=item&ItemID=273452 Slexchange]
*'''Requires''': Secondlife client and a sandbox with at least 1100 primitives.
SnurbO'Matic is an in world tool that allows editing and creation of sculpties. The system uses a molding method, allowing a mesh to be molded around other inworld objects. Objects must not be phantom. The mold may be modified using normal in world build tools. Each mesh node is visualized as a sphere, and can be moved as desired. Once finished, the mold is saved and a casting produced thru an automated web process. The user gets a URL when completed for a TGA file containing the texture. This can be further refined using off grid tools, or simply uploaded to Second Life as is. For new modelers, its easier to start with a close approximation of an object, rather then manipulating a sphere to the object they wish. For landscapers, the tool can produce organic, smooth, and unique rocks, logs, etc. Search for the group SculptO'Matic, or visit our sandbox and lab in Talakin.
 

=== Sculpted Sim Terrain Mapper ===

*'''Creator''': [[user:Anjin Meili | Anjin Meili]]
*'''Link to get it''': [http://www.slexchange.com/modules.php?name=Marketplace&file=item&ItemID=270738 Slexchange]
*'''Requires''': Secondlife client and a object create and script permissions on a parcel.
The Sculpted Sim Terrain Mapper creates a sculpted primitive map in 3D of any given Simulator. The tool simply is rezzed onto a parcel in the sim, and allowed to run. It will report back to the operator a URL to pickup a completed sculpted texture in TGA format. The data collected may also be used to create higher detail maps of the simulator, by using more prims, up to an 8x8 grid of sculpted prims to represent a simulator. Or just the default of one prim for the entire simulator. While the packaged tool is fee based, due to the costs of operating the backend... There is an open source version written entirely in LSL that requires minimal server side support. Contact Anjin Meili for a copy of the open source code. This tool is an example of using data to create sculpted primitives, with very little interaction. The source details using PPM as a description format within LSL for the sculpted texture map.
 

=== Sculpt Studio ===

*'''Creator''': [[user:TheBlack Box | TheBlack Box]]
*'''Link to get it''': [http://www.slexchange.com/modules.php?name=Marketplace&file=item&ItemID=278458 SL-Exchange]
*'''Requires''': SL (34+ Prims) and Browser

A high-end in-world sculpting tool for beginners, advanced and professional Sculptors,
that allows to apply SL building skills to sculpting.
 

=== Terrain Sculptor (Open Source) ===

*'''Creator''': [[user:Cadroe Murphy | Cadroe Murphy]]
*'''Link to get it''': [http://spinmass.blogspot.com/2007/08/terrain-sculptor-maps-sims-and-creates.html Blog]
*'''Requires''': .NET 2.0

Terrain Sculptor is a .NET application which uses a [http://www.libsecondlife.org/wiki/Main_Page libsecondlife] bot to retrieve the elevation data for a sim and generates a sculpty texture of the terrain. It also downloads the world map image from the web for use as a texture. The user can teleport to specific locations within sims and monitor the process through a graphical display. The operation usually takes a number of seconds after logging into a sim. Elevation data can be saved and loaded seperately. The application is relatively user-friendly but errors are not always handled informatively. The source code is open.
 

=== LD Sculpty Protect ===

*'''Creator''': [[user:Langweiliger Dreier | Langweilliger Dreier]]
*'''Link to get it''': [http://www.sculptytools.tk http://www.sculptytools.tk]
*'''Requires''': Windows PC

LD Sculpty Protect is a tool to protect sculpty textures in secondlife - that nobody can steal your hard work by simply making screenshots. It is optimized to manage multiple files at once. It is possible to use your own logo! See website for more information.
 

=== LD Sculpty Shrink ===

*'''Creator''': [[user:Langweiliger Dreier | Langweilliger Dreier]]
*'''Link to get it''': [http://www.sculptytools.tk http://www.sculptytools.tk]
*'''Requires''': Windows PC

LD Sculpty Shrink is a tool to decrease size of sculpties to any size - to make sculpted nano prims for example. It is optimized to manage multiple files. (LD Sculpty Protect is included in this tool). See website for more information.
 

[[Category: Sculpted Prims]]

= File Converters =

These utilities are made to translate 3d files directly into sculpt maps, with varying degrees of sucess.

=== 3dm2sculpt ===

*'''Creator:''' [[User:Cindy Crabgrass | Cindy Crabgrass]]
*'''Link to get it:''' [[3dm2sculpt|3dm2sculpt]]
*'''Requires:''' Windows

A command-line utility that reads an [[#3D_File_Formats | OpenNURBS]] .3dm file and generates a .tga sculpt map from it. Still in need of a lot of testing but potentially very useful for any program that supports this format.

=== obj2sculpt ===

*'''Creator:''' [[User:Cindy Crabgrass | Cindy Crabgrass]]
*'''Link to get it:''' http://forums.secondlife.com/showpost.php?p=1505114&postcount=14
*'''Link on the TG forums:''' Nonexistent, can someone please fix this?
*'''Requires:''' Windows

A command-line utility that reads a Wavefront Style .obj file and generates a .tga sculpt texture from it. Still in need of a lot of testing but potentially very useful for any program that supports this format.

=== Sculpty Maker ===

*'''Creator:''' 2k Suisei
*'''Link to get it:''' http://www.shiny-life.com/sculpty-maker/
*'''Requires:''' Windows, zBrush

Sculpty Maker is a free program for Windows PCs that allows you to create objects in zBrush and convert them to Second Life sculpted prims. It includes an in-world tool called Sculpty Rezzer that assembles the converted objects, and a plug-in for zBrush that allows you to export sculptmaps directly from zBrush. Please direct all support questions to Vlad Bjornson.

= Importers =

These utilities assist in bringing sculpted creations in to the Second Life world

=== SL Image Upload ===

*'''Creator:''' [[User:Eddy Stryker | Eddy Stryker]]
*'''Link to get it:''' [[SLImageUpload|SLImageUpload]]
*'''Requires:''' Windows, Linux, OSX

A simple graphical user interface to upload textures to the grid. It will show you the compressed texture size before uploading and allow you to upload lossless images, perfect for 64x64 or smaller sculpt maps.

=== importprimscript ===

*'''Creator:''' [[User:Eddy Stryker | Eddy Stryker]]
*'''Link to get it:''' [[Importprimscript|Importprimscript]]
*'''Requires:''' Windows, Linux, OSX

A command-line utility to batch upload an entire folder output from Qarl's Advanced Maya Sculpt Exporter in to Second Life and rez the scene as a full permission linkset. The sculpt maps are uploaded as lossless images and the textures are uploaded with the normal compression settings.

'''NOTE:''' Although the main utility is command-line, for using the app on Windows there is a GUI provided by Johan Durant on the importprimscript page.

Sculpted Prims: Resident-made Tools

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This page showcases '''special purpose tools''' for creating, manipulating, and viewing sculpted prims. Most of them are created by SL residents, but the reason they are on this page is that they are ''not'' general purpose 3D tools.
For that list, see [[Sculpted Prims: 3d Software Guide]].

= Preview Tools =

== Offline Preview Tools ==

Basic tools that can be used to preview what a sculpt texture will look like when uploaded into Second Life and rendered as a prim. All of these are made by other Residents and should generally be considered beta or works in progress.

=== AvPainter ===
Sculpty previewer that allows you to preview with texture. Also allows you to paint directly on the surface to create texture maps. Support for layers. Full version allows texture maps to be saved as PSD and TGA.
*'''Creator''': [[user:Pootle Trollop | Pootle Trollop]]
*'''Link to get it''': [http://www.xstreetsl.com/modules.php?name=Marketplace&file=item&ItemID=158462 Purchase from Xstreet] or [http://avpainter.osbyte.net/dl.php?name=demo&regcode=demo Download Demo]
*'''Requires''': A PC running Windows XP or Vista, as well as [http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=0856eacb-4362-4b0d-8edd-aab15c5e04f5&displaylang=en Microsoft .NET Framework Version 2.0 Redistributable]. Includes XNA/DirectX component installer.

=== Sculptaire ===
Open source sculpty previewer that also allows preview with texture.
*'''Creator''': [[user:Flame Swenholt | Flame Swenholt]]
*'''Link to get it''': [http://sourceforge.net/projects/sculptaire/ Download from website]
*'''Requires''': Windows 2000 SP4, Windows XP SP2 or Windows Vista (NOT x64!), as well as [http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=0856eacb-4362-4b0d-8edd-aab15c5e04f5&displaylang=en Microsoft .NET Framework Version 2.0 Redistributable]

=== SculptySpace ===
Supports textured Sculpt preview with Second Life style texture parameters.
*'''Creator''': [[user:Sculpty Carver | Sculpty Carver]]
*'''Link to get it''': [http://www.sculptyspace.com/index.php?id=2 Download from website]
*'''Requires''': Windows XP SP2 or Windows Vista, [http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=200b2fd9-ae1a-4a14-984d-389c36f85647&displaylang=en Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 SP1 Redistributable]

=== XNA Sculptpreview ===

*'''Creator''': [[user:Eddy Stryker | Eddy Stryker]]
*'''Link to get it''': [[User:Eddy_Stryker/XNA_Sculptpreview | XNA Sculptpreview]]
*'''Requires''': Windows XP SP2 or Windows Vista, along with the Microsoft XNA framework (see above link for details)
*'''Derivatives''': [http://mailerdaemon.home.comcast.net/SculptedPreview.zip XNA SculptPreview] - Modified version to include LOD and a more sensible camera configuration (and a bunch of other changes under the hood).

=== A Hacky Sculpt Previewer ===

*'''Creator''': [[user:Yumi Murakami | Yumi Murakami]]
*'''Link to get it''': [http://www.bijodesign.com/sculpt/SculptPreview.html Web Start Launcher], [http://www.bijodesign.com/sculpt/SculptPreview.jar Executable JAR file], [[Hacky Sculpt Previewer | Source Code]] (Java SDK required to run from the source).
*'''Requires''': [http://java.com/en/download/index.jsp Java Runtime Engine 1.6 or higher], [http://java.sun.com/products/java-media/3D/download.html Java 3d API] and any OS that will run them (Win and Linux are well covered, Mac is not). If installing or upgrading the JRE, be sure to do it before installing Java3d. The Web Start link above should be able to automatically install any needed components. Note that it will attempt to automatically redirect your browser to a download page, so if nothing happens when you click on it, please check your security settings will allow this.

=== Cel_Sculptpreview ===

*'''Creator''': [[user:Cel Edman | Cel Edman]]
*'''Link to get it''': [http://www.xs4all.nl/~elout/sculptie/ Download from website]
*'''Requires''': [http://java.com/en/download/index.jsp Java Runtime Engine 1.6 or higher] installed on your system. This is a simple Sculpt previewer created in [http://processing.org/ Processing]. Downloads available for Windows, Mac OS X and Linux. Currenly not further developed, since Cel continues on developing Sculptypaint (Resident-made Sculpt Creation Tools) at the moment, that got this realtime previewer as well.
 

=== SIEE(Sculptie Importer Exporter and Editor) ===

*'''Creator''': [[user:Rex Cronon | Rex Cronon]]
*'''Link to get it''': [http://www.elektralusion.com/siee_123008/ Run it from website]
*'''Requires''': [http://java.com/en/download/index.jsp Java Runtime Engine 1.6 or higher] installed on your system. This is java applet. To run it you only need to have a browser that allows applets to run. It has many functions. I personally use it with ArtOfIllusions. I plan to have it allow the use of addons. If you have any questions, comments, or you find any bugs please send me an IM in world:) 
Thank you Eleanora Newell for hosting it:)
 

== In-world Preview Tools ==

Tools that can be used to view in Second Life what a sculpt will look like before the texture is uploaded.

=== Texture Wizard (Commercial) ===

*'''Website:''' [http://sl.infomyth.com/texturepreview/texturepreview.htm Infomyth.com]
*'''In-World:''' [http://slurl.com/secondlife/Horowitz/164/20/21/ Horowitz]
*'''Cost:''' L$399 (about $1.80 U.S.)
*'''Operating Systems:''' Windows XP

Works using the media texture on your land (you must own or rent land to use it) using QuickTime, the way an in-game TV does. Saving a .bmp, .jpg or .psd file will automatically update the image in-game. You can see your changes live on a prim. Avoids uploads until you are done (you must still upload for a permanent version). Also works just as a regular texture previewer.
 

=== Sculpt Preview using Parcel Media ===

*'''Website:''' [http://nandnerd.info/blog/2007/06/16/sculpty-media-video-url-previewer/ blog.nandnerd.info/...]
*'''Forum Discussion:''' [http://forums.secondlife.com/showthread.php?t=191214 forums.SecondLife.com]
*'''Author:''' [[User:nand Nerd | nand Nerd]]
*'''In-World:''' [http://slurl.com/secondlife/Lasiocampa/133/209/57 Lasiocampa]
*'''Requirements:''' Web hosting (free small image hosting at http://imageshack.us works without hassle)

Tutorial on using the Parcel Media as a Sculpt Texture Preview. Example available at location above (Lasiocampa 133,209,57).

= Special purpose Sculpt Creation / Manipulation Tools =

The tools listed here aren't fully-fledged 3d modeling programs — they are stand-alone tools for creating sculpt maps, usually in some limited way. As with the previewers above, consider them works in progress.

On the other hand, if they do what you want, a lathe tool, for example, then they are much easier than buying, setting up, learning, and using a full 3D modeler.

=== Sculptie-O-matic ===

*'''Creator:'''[[User:Contagious Republic | Contagious Republic]]
*'''Link to get it:'''http://slurl.com/secondlife/Sri%20Syadasti/21/86/37
*'''Requires:''' about 43 prims of space at most.

It currently turns a linkset of spheres and boxes into a sculptie and outputs it as a text file, which you can decode into a regular sculptie file at a certain web site. The sculptie will look as much like the linkset within technical limits, such as the fact it does not support prim holes yet.

You can fit 42 boxes into a sculptie (count spheres as a box and a half, so that's 28 spheres max).

The Sculptie-O-matic is always free to use in its own sandbox, and on the first day of the month anywhere (so that people can learn or teach it without before paying for the full version).

=== PloppSL ===

*'''Creator:'''[[User:Imp Iwish | Imp Iwish]]
*'''Link to get it:''' http://www.secondplopp.com/
*'''Operating Systems:''' Windows, Mac OS

PloppSL allows you to create Sculpted Prims for SecondLife by painting the front and back side of your model. Thus, texture and model are created in one step. You can create or use different textures for the front and backside of your model. You can also paint in your favored paint program, import the images into PloppSL by drag&drop and turn them into 3D models.

'''Resources'''

* [http://forums.secondlife.com/showthread.php?t=213219 sl forum thread] (restricted access)

=== TATARA - Sculpted Prim Previewer and Editor ===

*'''Creator:'''[[User:Yuzuru Jewell | Yuzuru Jewell]]
*'''Link to get it:'''http://kanae.net/secondlife/tatara.html
*'''Requires:''' Windows/Mac OS X/Linux using wine

TATARA displays both a sculpted prim and its texture.
A sculpted Prim can be edited in the five modes:ROKURO/TOKOROTEN/MAGE/WAPPA/TSUCHI.
The five modes can be combined and used.
Furthermore, TATARA can correct coordinates for every control point in the BITMAP and TSUCHI mode.
Created by Yuzuru Jewell...arigato!

=== ROKURO Sculpted Prim Maker ===

*'''Creator:'''[[User:Yuzuru Jewell | Yuzuru Jewell]]
*'''Link to get it:''' http://kanae.net/secondlife/
*'''Requires:''' Windows/Mac OS X/Linux using wine

Rokuro translates from Japanese as "lathe" and that's basically what this is: a standalone version of the lathe tool found in many 3d modeling programs that saves directly to sculpt maps. You draw a line in 2d by editing the various points and the program effectively spins that line around an axis to create the 3d object. Cylinders and polygonal prisms are both possible. Obviously limited to things you can create with this method so far, but easy for anyone to pick up and use and more features are still being added. Created by Yuzuru Jewell...arigato!

'''Resources'''

* [http://forums.secondlife.com/showthread.php?t=184264 sl forum thread] (restricted access)

=== TOKOROTEN(extruder)Sculpted Prim Maker ===

*'''Creator:'''[[User:Yuzuru Jewell | Yuzuru Jewell]]
*'''Link to get it:''' http://kanae.net/secondlife/tokoroten.html
*'''Requires:''' Windows

This Program makes Sculpted Prim texture .tga file of the pushed-out object.
TOKOROTEN is Japanese jelly extruded to thin strips.
An object will be pushed out if the form of the hole which you push out is made.
You can twist or round an object. You draw a line in 2d by editing the various points and the program. Obviously limited to things you can create with this method so far, but easy for anyone to pick up and use and more features are still being added. Created by resident Yuzuru Jewell...arigato!

'''Resources'''

* [http://forums.secondlife.com/showthread.php?t=184264 sl forum thread] (restricted access)

=== sculpty.php ===

*'''Creator:''' [[User:nand Nerd | nand Nerd]]
*'''Link to get it:''' http://www.nandnerd.info/sculpty.php
*'''Requires:''' Browser

A web-based series of tools, still rather primitive but constantly updating. Currently implemented are revolve and z,r revolve which both take a series of values (radii and z-pos,radii values respectively) and rotate them around the z-axis. Recently implemented a constant cross-section which extrudes a series of x,y values through the z-axis.

=== SculptyPaint v.092===

*'''Creator''': [[user:Cel Edman | Cel Edman]]
*'''Link to get it''': [http://www.xs4all.nl/~elout/sculptpaint/ Download from website]
*'''Requires''': [http://java.com/en/download/index.jsp Java Runtime Engine 1.6 or higher] installed on your system?! In case it wont work.
Last update: march 10 - 2008. Realtime sculpt previewer. Drawing tool: manipulate the width, height and shape of the Sculpt. Edit RGB Layers, Flower, Stone, Stair and Point, Texturesketch and Morph Tool. Downloads available for Windows, Mac-OSX and Linux.
 

=== Math Sculptor 1.0===

*'''Creator''': [[user:Burhop Piccard | Burhop Piccard]]
*'''Link to get it''': http://mark.burhop.net there is also a [[MathSculptor|MathSculptor]] wiki page.
*'''Requires''': Windows XP or Vista.
Math Sculptor is free application for creating and viewing sculpted primitives. It provides dynamic viewing and modification of sculpties. What differentiates this application is that it is build upon an extendable "addin" architecture. This allows others to easily create new algorithms that generate completely new types of sculpties. See http://mark.burhop.net for more information and sample sculpted primitives.
 

=== SnurbO'Matic ===

*'''Creator''': [[user:Anjin Meili | Anjin Meili]]
*'''Link to get it''': [http://www.slexchange.com/modules.php?name=Marketplace&file=item&ItemID=273452 Slexchange]
*'''Requires''': Secondlife client and a sandbox with at least 1100 primitives.
SnurbO'Matic is an in world tool that allows editing and creation of sculpties. The system uses a molding method, allowing a mesh to be molded around other inworld objects. Objects must not be phantom. The mold may be modified using normal in world build tools. Each mesh node is visualized as a sphere, and can be moved as desired. Once finished, the mold is saved and a casting produced thru an automated web process. The user gets a URL when completed for a TGA file containing the texture. This can be further refined using off grid tools, or simply uploaded to Second Life as is. For new modelers, its easier to start with a close approximation of an object, rather then manipulating a sphere to the object they wish. For landscapers, the tool can produce organic, smooth, and unique rocks, logs, etc. Search for the group SculptO'Matic, or visit our sandbox and lab in Talakin.
 

=== Sculpted Sim Terrain Mapper ===

*'''Creator''': [[user:Anjin Meili | Anjin Meili]]
*'''Link to get it''': [http://www.slexchange.com/modules.php?name=Marketplace&file=item&ItemID=270738 Slexchange]
*'''Requires''': Secondlife client and a object create and script permissions on a parcel.
The Sculpted Sim Terrain Mapper creates a sculpted primitive map in 3D of any given Simulator. The tool simply is rezzed onto a parcel in the sim, and allowed to run. It will report back to the operator a URL to pickup a completed sculpted texture in TGA format. The data collected may also be used to create higher detail maps of the simulator, by using more prims, up to an 8x8 grid of sculpted prims to represent a simulator. Or just the default of one prim for the entire simulator. While the packaged tool is fee based, due to the costs of operating the backend... There is an open source version written entirely in LSL that requires minimal server side support. Contact Anjin Meili for a copy of the open source code. This tool is an example of using data to create sculpted primitives, with very little interaction. The source details using PPM as a description format within LSL for the sculpted texture map.
 

=== Sculpt Studio ===

*'''Creator''': [[user:TheBlack Box | TheBlack Box]]
*'''Link to get it''': [http://www.slexchange.com/modules.php?name=Marketplace&file=item&ItemID=278458 SL-Exchange]
*'''Requires''': SL (34+ Prims) and Browser

A high-end in-world sculpting tool for beginners, advanced and professional Sculptors,
that allows to apply SL building skills to sculpting.
 

=== Terrain Sculptor (Open Source) ===

*'''Creator''': [[user:Cadroe Murphy | Cadroe Murphy]]
*'''Link to get it''': [http://spinmass.blogspot.com/2007/08/terrain-sculptor-maps-sims-and-creates.html Blog]
*'''Requires''': .NET 2.0

Terrain Sculptor is a .NET application which uses a [http://www.libsecondlife.org/wiki/Main_Page libsecondlife] bot to retrieve the elevation data for a sim and generates a sculpty texture of the terrain. It also downloads the world map image from the web for use as a texture. The user can teleport to specific locations within sims and monitor the process through a graphical display. The operation usually takes a number of seconds after logging into a sim. Elevation data can be saved and loaded seperately. The application is relatively user-friendly but errors are not always handled informatively. The source code is open.
 

=== LD Sculpty Protect ===

*'''Creator''': [[user:Langweiliger Dreier | Langweilliger Dreier]]
*'''Link to get it''': [http://www.sculptytools.tk http://www.sculptytools.tk]
*'''Requires''': Windows PC

LD Sculpty Protect is a tool to protect sculpty textures in secondlife - that nobody can steal your hard work by simply making screenshots. It is optimized to manage multiple files at once. It is possible to use your own logo! See website for more information.
 

=== LD Sculpty Shrink ===

*'''Creator''': [[user:Langweiliger Dreier | Langweilliger Dreier]]
*'''Link to get it''': [http://www.sculptytools.tk http://www.sculptytools.tk]
*'''Requires''': Windows PC

LD Sculpty Shrink is a tool to decrease size of sculpties to any size - to make sculpted nano prims for example. It is optimized to manage multiple files. (LD Sculpty Protect is included in this tool). See website for more information.
 

[[Category: Sculpted Prims]]

= File Converters =

These utilities are made to translate 3d files directly into sculpt maps, with varying degrees of sucess.

=== 3dm2sculpt ===

*'''Creator:''' [[User:Cindy Crabgrass | Cindy Crabgrass]]
*'''Link to get it:''' [[3dm2sculpt|3dm2sculpt]]
*'''Requires:''' Windows

A command-line utility that reads an [[#3D_File_Formats | OpenNURBS]] .3dm file and generates a .tga sculpt map from it. Still in need of a lot of testing but potentially very useful for any program that supports this format.

=== obj2sculpt ===

*'''Creator:''' [[User:Cindy Crabgrass | Cindy Crabgrass]]
*'''Link to get it:''' http://forums.secondlife.com/showpost.php?p=1505114&postcount=14
*'''Link on the TG forums:''' Nonexistent, can someone please fix this?
*'''Requires:''' Windows

A command-line utility that reads a Wavefront Style .obj file and generates a .tga sculpt texture from it. Still in need of a lot of testing but potentially very useful for any program that supports this format.

=== Sculpty Maker ===

*'''Creator:''' 2k Suisei
*'''Link to get it:''' http://www.shiny-life.com/sculpty-maker/
*'''Requires:''' Windows, zBrush

Sculpty Maker is a free program for Windows PCs that allows you to create objects in zBrush and convert them to Second Life sculpted prims. It includes an in-world tool called Sculpty Rezzer that assembles the converted objects, and a plug-in for zBrush that allows you to export sculptmaps directly from zBrush. Please direct all support questions to Vlad Bjornson.

= Importers =

These utilities assist in bringing sculpted creations in to the Second Life world

=== SL Image Upload ===

*'''Creator:''' [[User:Eddy Stryker | Eddy Stryker]]
*'''Link to get it:''' [[SLImageUpload|SLImageUpload]]
*'''Requires:''' Windows, Linux, OSX

A simple graphical user interface to upload textures to the grid. It will show you the compressed texture size before uploading and allow you to upload lossless images, perfect for 64x64 or smaller sculpt maps.

=== importprimscript ===

*'''Creator:''' [[User:Eddy Stryker | Eddy Stryker]]
*'''Link to get it:''' [[Importprimscript|Importprimscript]]
*'''Requires:''' Windows, Linux, OSX

A command-line utility to batch upload an entire folder output from Qarl's Advanced Maya Sculpt Exporter in to Second Life and rez the scene as a full permission linkset. The sculpt maps are uploaded as lossless images and the textures are uploaded with the normal compression settings.

'''NOTE:''' Although the main utility is command-line, for using the app on Windows there is a GUI provided by Johan Durant on the importprimscript page.

Sculpt Textures in Paint Programs

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{{Help|Object=*|Misc=*}}Feel free to add more tricks to these pages!

For a better understanding of the processes described in this article, read [[Sculpted Prims: Technical Explaination]].

Paint programs like Photoshop or Paint Shop Pro or The GIMP are no substitute for a 3D modeling program Still, there are some pretty cool things you can do with those tools. The processes themselves are not terribly difficult but an understanding of how sculpt textures work can help quite a bit.

== Manipulating Existing Sculpt Textures ==

* If your sculpt looks inside out when you render it in SL (a condition known as flipped normals), horizontaly flipping your texture over is the quickest way to fix it.

Credit goes to [[User:Deanna Trollop | Deanna Trollop]] for these tricks.

* "To scale along a given axis, keeping the positive/negative end of that axis fixed:
** Using Levels, increase shadow/decrease hilight value of the desired channel (red for x, green for y, blue for z), respectively.
** If your program has an "auto" Levels button (Photoshop and GIMP both do, PSP likely does also), using it on all three channels can help fix a sculpty that doesn't fit its bounding box (Rokuro/Tokoroten often produce such). ~[[User:Elle Pollack|''EP'']]
* To shift the entire model along a given axis:
** Increase or decrease brightness of the desired channel. (Note, values that get "clipped" to pure black or pure white will cause the associated verts to "squish" against the side of the bounding box.)
* To mirror-flip the model on a given axis:
** Invert the desired channel (transposing the verts on the + side to the - side, and vice versa) AND mirror-flip the image horizontally or vertically. (Skipping the second step would end up with a model mirrored ''and'' turned inside-out, because the vertex order of the polys would be reversed, similar to a 180 twist on a prim sphere)"

[[User:Vinnie Baxter | Vinnie Baxter]] adds the following to the above instructions to make symmetrical objects:
* Think of a symmetrical axis in the texture around which it should be symmetrical
* manipulate the different RGB channels:
** for two channels just the good half should be copied, flipped and put at the opposite side
** for one channel the good half should be copied, flipped, inverted and put at the opposite side - failing to do so gives a half/hollow object.. which could also be useful in some cases..
The only difficult part is to figure out which rules apply to which channel. Reasoning along these lines of thought it's easy to flip orientation by interchanging the R/G/B channels.

[[User:Argent Stonecutter | Argent Stonecutter]] suggests this methood of creating "bumpmaps" on a sculpted object like a sphere.

"The following scheme came to mind, as a way to create a bump on a sphere in any direction. I don't think it would work exactly as I've laid it out, but soem such scheme where you use the math-like operations in adjustment layers on maps should be useful... any thoughts?
* Create a layer containing the "unit sphere" map.
* Duplicate it
* Create a mask containing a fairly blurred greyscale blob.
* Create a multiply adjustment layer using this mask.
* Apply the multiply layer to the duplicate sphere layer.
* Add the layers."

http://www.bentha.net/gimp-scripts/SL-GIMP-Scripts.html This page describes and provides 3 useful GIMP scripts for manipulating sculpted textures. Mostly the 2 last ones. One is a script to automate prim mirroring, the other helps prepare a good candidate for losless import.

== Painting "Heightmaps" using RGB Channels ==

[[User:Pamagester Darracq|Pamagester Darracq]] figured out how to do this using Paint Shop Pro, but the same process should apply to any similar program.

* First you have to create a plane.
** Go to the Channels pallete and select just the Red channel. Select white as a foreground color and black as the background color and create a horizontaly mirrored gradient, [http://www.geocities.com/pamagester/Red1.jpg like so].
** Now select the Blue channel and create a linear gradient [http://www.geocities.com/pamagester/Blue1.jpg like this].
* Now the pattern.
** Select the green channel and the paintbrush tool, load the brush with a shade of grey and paint the pattern...the darker the color, the higher the bump.
** "This might get tricky, the left half of the green channel is the front (top) section, the right side is the back (underside) section, so (to get them to line up if you create a low contrast image of what you want and paste it on both sides of the channel". [http://www.geocities.com/pamagester/Green1.jpg Like so.] Remember that sculpted prims can't be one-sided. (''Ed. note: No longer true: you can use a plane sculpt type, though currently only setable by script. For two sides, cylynders work well.)
Almia Thaler adds "The use of a script for setting sculpty type is no longer needed. There is a new option below the sculpty texture window called texture stitching. when you need a plane select plane. same goes for sphere,torus,cylinder. Torus allows for sculptys with holes in them so you can make actual working doors! you can go in and out of. I hope this has been of some help "

* When you're satisfied with your work, merge/select all your channels, save, upload and savor your results: the [http://www.geocities.com/pamagester/rippleresult.jpg resulting sculpt texture] and [http://www.geocities.com/pamagester/RippledPrim.jpg the rendered prim].

[[LaeMi Qian]] adds:
You don't have to double up your blue chanel if you make the red chanel a single gradient and put a 2 pixel black border about the blue, causing the sides and bottom of the heightmap sculptie to be square below the field bounds, allowing more detail with a 60x60 (really 30x30 in-world) resolution. See my example at:
http://members.optusnet.com.au/~laemi/impact-sculpt.png

Results:
http://members.optusnet.com.au/~laemi/impacted.jpg

And the original PovRay one done with a 1024x1024 heightmap:
http://members.optusnet.com.au/~laemi/impact.jpg

== Converting Images to Models ==
===With the GIMP ===
Converting an image to a mesh is a simple process from within [http://www.gimp.org the GIMP]. This [[Sculpt_Texture_Export_Script_for_the_GIMP|script]] can be plugged into the GIMP to allow any RGB image to be exported
as a Wavefront OBJ, which can be uploaded to a 3D modelling tool to preview what it will look like in Second Life.
===With [[Sculpted_Prims:_3d_Software_Guide#Wings_3D | Wings3D]]===
The sculpty plugin for Wings has the capability to import sculpt maps as well as export them. From there you can tweak the resulting model directly in Wings or export it to the format of your choice; it can easily be exported back to a sculpt map so long as you don't change the number of faces and verticies.
===With [[Sculpted_Prims:_Resident-made_Tools#SIEE.28Sculptie_Importer_Exporter_and_Editor.29 | SIEE]]===
It can import, export to and from .obj files. You can add, remove rows or columns of vertices, and do many other things.

[[Category:Sculpted Prims]]

Sculpt Textures in Paint Programs

2009-01-16T20:41:44Z

Rex Cronon:

{{Help|Object=*|Misc=*}}Feel free to add more tricks to these pages!

For a better understanding of the processes described in this article, read [[Sculpted Prims: Technical Explaination]].

Paint programs like Photoshop or Paint Shop Pro or The GIMP are no substitute for a 3D modeling program Still, there are some pretty cool things you can do with those tools. The processes themselves are not terribly difficult but an understanding of how sculpt textures work can help quite a bit.

== Manipulating Existing Sculpt Textures ==

* If your sculpt looks inside out when you render it in SL (a condition known as flipped normals), horizontaly flipping your texture over is the quickest way to fix it.

Credit goes to [[User:Deanna Trollop | Deanna Trollop]] for these tricks.

* "To scale along a given axis, keeping the positive/negative end of that axis fixed:
** Using Levels, increase shadow/decrease hilight value of the desired channel (red for x, green for y, blue for z), respectively.
** If your program has an "auto" Levels button (Photoshop and GIMP both do, PSP likely does also), using it on all three channels can help fix a sculpty that doesn't fit its bounding box (Rokuro/Tokoroten often produce such). ~[[User:Elle Pollack|''EP'']]
* To shift the entire model along a given axis:
** Increase or decrease brightness of the desired channel. (Note, values that get "clipped" to pure black or pure white will cause the associated verts to "squish" against the side of the bounding box.)
* To mirror-flip the model on a given axis:
** Invert the desired channel (transposing the verts on the + side to the - side, and vice versa) AND mirror-flip the image horizontally or vertically. (Skipping the second step would end up with a model mirrored ''and'' turned inside-out, because the vertex order of the polys would be reversed, similar to a 180 twist on a prim sphere)"

[[User:Vinnie Baxter | Vinnie Baxter]] adds the following to the above instructions to make symmetrical objects:
* Think of a symmetrical axis in the texture around which it should be symmetrical
* manipulate the different RGB channels:
** for two channels just the good half should be copied, flipped and put at the opposite side
** for one channel the good half should be copied, flipped, inverted and put at the opposite side - failing to do so gives a half/hollow object.. which could also be useful in some cases..
The only difficult part is to figure out which rules apply to which channel. Reasoning along these lines of thought it's easy to flip orientation by interchanging the R/G/B channels.

[[User:Argent Stonecutter | Argent Stonecutter]] suggests this methood of creating "bumpmaps" on a sculpted object like a sphere.

"The following scheme came to mind, as a way to create a bump on a sphere in any direction. I don't think it would work exactly as I've laid it out, but soem such scheme where you use the math-like operations in adjustment layers on maps should be useful... any thoughts?
* Create a layer containing the "unit sphere" map.
* Duplicate it
* Create a mask containing a fairly blurred greyscale blob.
* Create a multiply adjustment layer using this mask.
* Apply the multiply layer to the duplicate sphere layer.
* Add the layers."

http://www.bentha.net/gimp-scripts/SL-GIMP-Scripts.html This page describes and provides 3 useful GIMP scripts for manipulating sculpted textures. Mostly the 2 last ones. One is a script to automate prim mirroring, the other helps prepare a good candidate for losless import.

== Painting "Heightmaps" using RGB Channels ==

[[User:Pamagester Darracq|Pamagester Darracq]] figured out how to do this using Paint Shop Pro, but the same process should apply to any similar program.

* First you have to create a plane.
** Go to the Channels pallete and select just the Red channel. Select white as a foreground color and black as the background color and create a horizontaly mirrored gradient, [http://www.geocities.com/pamagester/Red1.jpg like so].
** Now select the Blue channel and create a linear gradient [http://www.geocities.com/pamagester/Blue1.jpg like this].
* Now the pattern.
** Select the green channel and the paintbrush tool, load the brush with a shade of grey and paint the pattern...the darker the color, the higher the bump.
** "This might get tricky, the left half of the green channel is the front (top) section, the right side is the back (underside) section, so (to get them to line up if you create a low contrast image of what you want and paste it on both sides of the channel". [http://www.geocities.com/pamagester/Green1.jpg Like so.] Remember that sculpted prims can't be one-sided. (''Ed. note: No longer true: you can use a plane sculpt type, though currently only setable by script. For two sides, cylynders work well.)
Almia Thaler adds "The use of a script for setting sculpty type is no longer needed. There is a new option below the sculpty texture window called texture stitching. when you need a plane select plane. same goes for sphere,torus,cylinder. Torus allows for sculptys with holes in them so you can make actual working doors! you can go in and out of. I hope this has been of some help "

* When you're satisfied with your work, merge/select all your channels, save, upload and savor your results: the [http://www.geocities.com/pamagester/rippleresult.jpg resulting sculpt texture] and [http://www.geocities.com/pamagester/RippledPrim.jpg the rendered prim].

[[LaeMi Qian]] adds:
You don't have to double up your blue chanel if you make the red chanel a single gradient and put a 2 pixel black border about the blue, causing the sides and bottom of the heightmap sculptie to be square below the field bounds, allowing more detail with a 60x60 (really 30x30 in-world) resolution. See my example at:
http://members.optusnet.com.au/~laemi/impact-sculpt.png

Results:
http://members.optusnet.com.au/~laemi/impacted.jpg

And the original PovRay one done with a 1024x1024 heightmap:
http://members.optusnet.com.au/~laemi/impact.jpg

== Converting Images to Models ==
===With the GIMP ===
Converting an image to a mesh is a simple process from within [http://www.gimp.org the GIMP]. This [[Sculpt_Texture_Export_Script_for_the_GIMP|script]] can be plugged into the GIMP to allow any RGB image to be exported
as a Wavefront OBJ, which can be uploaded to a 3D modelling tool to preview what it will look like in Second Life.
===With [[Sculpted_Prims:_3d_Software_Guide#Wings_3D | Wings3D]]===
The sculpty plugin for Wings has the capability to import sculpt maps as well as export them. From there you can tweak the resulting model directly in Wings or export it to the format of your choice; it can easily be exported back to a sculpt map so long as you don't change the number of faces and verticies.
===With [[Sculpted_Prims:_Resident-made_Tools#SIEE.28Sculptie_Importer_Exporter_and_Editor.29 | SIEED]]===
It can import export to and from .obj files. You can add, remove rows or columns of vertices, and do many other things.

[[Category:Sculpted Prims]]

Sculpt Textures in Paint Programs

2009-01-16T20:40:24Z

Rex Cronon:

{{Help|Object=*|Misc=*}}Feel free to add more tricks to these pages!

For a better understanding of the processes described in this article, read [[Sculpted Prims: Technical Explaination]].

Paint programs like Photoshop or Paint Shop Pro or The GIMP are no substitute for a 3D modeling program Still, there are some pretty cool things you can do with those tools. The processes themselves are not terribly difficult but an understanding of how sculpt textures work can help quite a bit.

== Manipulating Existing Sculpt Textures ==

* If your sculpt looks inside out when you render it in SL (a condition known as flipped normals), horizontaly flipping your texture over is the quickest way to fix it.

Credit goes to [[User:Deanna Trollop | Deanna Trollop]] for these tricks.

* "To scale along a given axis, keeping the positive/negative end of that axis fixed:
** Using Levels, increase shadow/decrease hilight value of the desired channel (red for x, green for y, blue for z), respectively.
** If your program has an "auto" Levels button (Photoshop and GIMP both do, PSP likely does also), using it on all three channels can help fix a sculpty that doesn't fit its bounding box (Rokuro/Tokoroten often produce such). ~[[User:Elle Pollack|''EP'']]
* To shift the entire model along a given axis:
** Increase or decrease brightness of the desired channel. (Note, values that get "clipped" to pure black or pure white will cause the associated verts to "squish" against the side of the bounding box.)
* To mirror-flip the model on a given axis:
** Invert the desired channel (transposing the verts on the + side to the - side, and vice versa) AND mirror-flip the image horizontally or vertically. (Skipping the second step would end up with a model mirrored ''and'' turned inside-out, because the vertex order of the polys would be reversed, similar to a 180 twist on a prim sphere)"

[[User:Vinnie Baxter | Vinnie Baxter]] adds the following to the above instructions to make symmetrical objects:
* Think of a symmetrical axis in the texture around which it should be symmetrical
* manipulate the different RGB channels:
** for two channels just the good half should be copied, flipped and put at the opposite side
** for one channel the good half should be copied, flipped, inverted and put at the opposite side - failing to do so gives a half/hollow object.. which could also be useful in some cases..
The only difficult part is to figure out which rules apply to which channel. Reasoning along these lines of thought it's easy to flip orientation by interchanging the R/G/B channels.

[[User:Argent Stonecutter | Argent Stonecutter]] suggests this methood of creating "bumpmaps" on a sculpted object like a sphere.

"The following scheme came to mind, as a way to create a bump on a sphere in any direction. I don't think it would work exactly as I've laid it out, but soem such scheme where you use the math-like operations in adjustment layers on maps should be useful... any thoughts?
* Create a layer containing the "unit sphere" map.
* Duplicate it
* Create a mask containing a fairly blurred greyscale blob.
* Create a multiply adjustment layer using this mask.
* Apply the multiply layer to the duplicate sphere layer.
* Add the layers."

http://www.bentha.net/gimp-scripts/SL-GIMP-Scripts.html This page describes and provides 3 useful GIMP scripts for manipulating sculpted textures. Mostly the 2 last ones. One is a script to automate prim mirroring, the other helps prepare a good candidate for losless import.

== Painting "Heightmaps" using RGB Channels ==

[[User:Pamagester Darracq|Pamagester Darracq]] figured out how to do this using Paint Shop Pro, but the same process should apply to any similar program.

* First you have to create a plane.
** Go to the Channels pallete and select just the Red channel. Select white as a foreground color and black as the background color and create a horizontaly mirrored gradient, [http://www.geocities.com/pamagester/Red1.jpg like so].
** Now select the Blue channel and create a linear gradient [http://www.geocities.com/pamagester/Blue1.jpg like this].
* Now the pattern.
** Select the green channel and the paintbrush tool, load the brush with a shade of grey and paint the pattern...the darker the color, the higher the bump.
** "This might get tricky, the left half of the green channel is the front (top) section, the right side is the back (underside) section, so (to get them to line up if you create a low contrast image of what you want and paste it on both sides of the channel". [http://www.geocities.com/pamagester/Green1.jpg Like so.] Remember that sculpted prims can't be one-sided. (''Ed. note: No longer true: you can use a plane sculpt type, though currently only setable by script. For two sides, cylynders work well.)
Almia Thaler adds "The use of a script for setting sculpty type is no longer needed. There is a new option below the sculpty texture window called texture stitching. when you need a plane select plane. same goes for sphere,torus,cylinder. Torus allows for sculptys with holes in them so you can make actual working doors! you can go in and out of. I hope this has been of some help "

* When you're satisfied with your work, merge/select all your channels, save, upload and savor your results: the [http://www.geocities.com/pamagester/rippleresult.jpg resulting sculpt texture] and [http://www.geocities.com/pamagester/RippledPrim.jpg the rendered prim].

[[LaeMi Qian]] adds:
You don't have to double up your blue chanel if you make the red chanel a single gradient and put a 2 pixel black border about the blue, causing the sides and bottom of the heightmap sculptie to be square below the field bounds, allowing more detail with a 60x60 (really 30x30 in-world) resolution. See my example at:
http://members.optusnet.com.au/~laemi/impact-sculpt.png

Results:
http://members.optusnet.com.au/~laemi/impacted.jpg

And the original PovRay one done with a 1024x1024 heightmap:
http://members.optusnet.com.au/~laemi/impact.jpg

== Converting Images to Models ==
===With the GIMP ===
Converting an image to a mesh is a simple process from within [http://www.gimp.org the GIMP]. This [[Sculpt_Texture_Export_Script_for_the_GIMP|script]] can be plugged into the GIMP to allow any RGB image to be exported
as a Wavefront OBJ, which can be uploaded to a 3D modelling tool to preview what it will look like in Second Life.
===With [[Sculpted_Prims:_3d_Software_Guide#Wings_3D | Wings3D]]===
The sculpty plugin for Wings has the capability to import sculpt maps as well as export them. From there you can tweak the resulting model directly in Wings or export it to the format of your choice; it can easily be exported back to a sculpt map so long as you don't change the number of faces and verticies.

===With [[Sculpted_Prims:_Resident-made_Tools#SIEE.28Sculptie_Importer_Exporter_and_Editor.29 | SIEED]]===
It can import export to and from .obj files. You can add, remove rows or columns of vertices, and do many other things.

[[Category:Sculpted Prims]]

Sculpted Prims: Resident-made Tools

2009-01-16T20:33:12Z

Rex Cronon:

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This page showcases '''special purpose tools''' for creating, manipulating, and viewing sculpted prims. Most of them are created by SL residents, but the reason they are on this page is that they are ''not'' general purpose 3D tools.
For that list, see [[Sculpted Prims: 3d Software Guide]].

= Preview Tools =

== Offline Preview Tools ==

Basic tools that can be used to preview what a sculpt texture will look like when uploaded into Second Life and rendered as a prim. All of these are made by other Residents and should generally be considered beta or works in progress.

=== AvPainter ===
Sculpty previewer that allows you to preview with texture. Also allows you to paint directly on the surface to create texture maps. Support for layers. Full version allows texture maps to be saved as PSD and TGA.
*'''Creator''': [[user:Pootle Trollop | Pootle Trollop]]
*'''Link to get it''': [http://www.xstreetsl.com/modules.php?name=Marketplace&file=item&ItemID=158462 Purchase from Xstreet] or [http://avpainter.osbyte.net/dl.php?name=demo&regcode=demo Download Demo]
*'''Requires''': A PC running Windows XP or Vista, as well as [http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=0856eacb-4362-4b0d-8edd-aab15c5e04f5&displaylang=en Microsoft .NET Framework Version 2.0 Redistributable]. Includes XNA/DirectX component installer.

=== Sculptaire ===
Open source sculpty previewer that also allows preview with texture.
*'''Creator''': [[user:Flame Swenholt | Flame Swenholt]]
*'''Link to get it''': [http://sourceforge.net/projects/sculptaire/ Download from website]
*'''Requires''': Windows 2000 SP4, Windows XP SP2 or Windows Vista (NOT x64!), as well as [http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=0856eacb-4362-4b0d-8edd-aab15c5e04f5&displaylang=en Microsoft .NET Framework Version 2.0 Redistributable]

=== SculptySpace ===
Supports textured Sculpt preview with Second Life style texture parameters.
*'''Creator''': [[user:Sculpty Carver | Sculpty Carver]]
*'''Link to get it''': [http://www.sculptyspace.com/index.php?id=2 Download from website]
*'''Requires''': Windows XP SP2 or Windows Vista, [http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=200b2fd9-ae1a-4a14-984d-389c36f85647&displaylang=en Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 SP1 Redistributable]

=== XNA Sculptpreview ===

*'''Creator''': [[user:Eddy Stryker | Eddy Stryker]]
*'''Link to get it''': [[User:Eddy_Stryker/XNA_Sculptpreview | XNA Sculptpreview]]
*'''Requires''': Windows XP SP2 or Windows Vista, along with the Microsoft XNA framework (see above link for details)
*'''Derivatives''': [http://mailerdaemon.home.comcast.net/SculptedPreview.zip XNA SculptPreview] - Modified version to include LOD and a more sensible camera configuration (and a bunch of other changes under the hood).

=== A Hacky Sculpt Previewer ===

*'''Creator''': [[user:Yumi Murakami | Yumi Murakami]]
*'''Link to get it''': [http://www.bijodesign.com/sculpt/SculptPreview.html Web Start Launcher], [http://www.bijodesign.com/sculpt/SculptPreview.jar Executable JAR file], [[Hacky Sculpt Previewer | Source Code]] (Java SDK required to run from the source).
*'''Requires''': [http://java.com/en/download/index.jsp Java Runtime Engine 1.6 or higher], [http://java.sun.com/products/java-media/3D/download.html Java 3d API] and any OS that will run them (Win and Linux are well covered, Mac is not). If installing or upgrading the JRE, be sure to do it before installing Java3d. The Web Start link above should be able to automatically install any needed components. Note that it will attempt to automatically redirect your browser to a download page, so if nothing happens when you click on it, please check your security settings will allow this.

=== Cel_Sculptpreview ===

*'''Creator''': [[user:Cel Edman | Cel Edman]]
*'''Link to get it''': [http://www.xs4all.nl/~elout/sculptie/ Download from website]
*'''Requires''': [http://java.com/en/download/index.jsp Java Runtime Engine 1.6 or higher] installed on your system. This is a simple Sculpt previewer created in [http://processing.org/ Processing]. Downloads available for Windows, Mac OS X and Linux. Currenly not further developed, since Cel continues on developing Sculptypaint (Resident-made Sculpt Creation Tools) at the moment, that got this realtime previewer as well.
 

=== SIEE(Sculptie Importer Exporter and Editor) ===

*'''Creator''': [[user:Rex Cronon | Rex Cronon]]
*'''Link to get it''': [http://www.elektralusion.com/siee_123008/ Run it from website]
*'''Requires''': [http://java.com/en/download/index.jsp Java Runtime Engine 1.6 or higher] installed on your system. This is java applet. To run it you only need to have a browser that allows applets to run. It has many functions. I personally use it with ArtOfIllusions. I plan to have it allow the use of addons. 
Thank you Eleanora Newell for hosting it:)
 

== In-world Preview Tools ==

Tools that can be used to view in Second Life what a sculpt will look like before the texture is uploaded.

=== Texture Wizard (Commercial) ===

*'''Website:''' [http://sl.infomyth.com/texturepreview/texturepreview.htm Infomyth.com]
*'''In-World:''' [http://slurl.com/secondlife/Horowitz/164/20/21/ Horowitz]
*'''Cost:''' L$399 (about $1.80 U.S.)
*'''Operating Systems:''' Windows XP

Works using the media texture on your land (you must own or rent land to use it) using QuickTime, the way an in-game TV does. Saving a .bmp, .jpg or .psd file will automatically update the image in-game. You can see your changes live on a prim. Avoids uploads until you are done (you must still upload for a permanent version). Also works just as a regular texture previewer.
 

=== Sculpt Preview using Parcel Media ===

*'''Website:''' [http://nandnerd.info/blog/2007/06/16/sculpty-media-video-url-previewer/ blog.nandnerd.info/...]
*'''Forum Discussion:''' [http://forums.secondlife.com/showthread.php?t=191214 forums.SecondLife.com]
*'''Author:''' [[User:nand Nerd | nand Nerd]]
*'''In-World:''' [http://slurl.com/secondlife/Lasiocampa/133/209/57 Lasiocampa]
*'''Requirements:''' Web hosting (free small image hosting at http://imageshack.us works without hassle)

Tutorial on using the Parcel Media as a Sculpt Texture Preview. Example available at location above (Lasiocampa 133,209,57).

= Special purpose Sculpt Creation / Manipulation Tools =

The tools listed here aren't fully-fledged 3d modeling programs — they are stand-alone tools for creating sculpt maps, usually in some limited way. As with the previewers above, consider them works in progress.

On the other hand, if they do what you want, a lathe tool, for example, then they are much easier than buying, setting up, learning, and using a full 3D modeler.

=== Sculptie-O-matic ===

*'''Creator:'''[[User:Contagious Republic | Contagious Republic]]
*'''Link to get it:'''http://slurl.com/secondlife/Sri%20Syadasti/21/86/37
*'''Requires:''' about 43 prims of space at most.

It currently turns a linkset of spheres and boxes into a sculptie and outputs it as a text file, which you can decode into a regular sculptie file at a certain web site. The sculptie will look as much like the linkset within technical limits, such as the fact it does not support prim holes yet.

You can fit 42 boxes into a sculptie (count spheres as a box and a half, so that's 28 spheres max).

The Sculptie-O-matic is always free to use in its own sandbox, and on the first day of the month anywhere (so that people can learn or teach it without before paying for the full version).

=== PloppSL ===

*'''Creator:'''[[User:Imp Iwish | Imp Iwish]]
*'''Link to get it:''' http://www.secondplopp.com/
*'''Operating Systems:''' Windows, Mac OS

PloppSL allows you to create Sculpted Prims for SecondLife by painting the front and back side of your model. Thus, texture and model are created in one step. You can create or use different textures for the front and backside of your model. You can also paint in your favored paint program, import the images into PloppSL by drag&drop and turn them into 3D models.

'''Resources'''

* [http://forums.secondlife.com/showthread.php?t=213219 sl forum thread] (restricted access)

=== TATARA - Sculpted Prim Previewer and Editor ===

*'''Creator:'''[[User:Yuzuru Jewell | Yuzuru Jewell]]
*'''Link to get it:'''http://kanae.net/secondlife/tatara.html
*'''Requires:''' Windows/Mac OS X/Linux using wine

TATARA displays both a sculpted prim and its texture.
A sculpted Prim can be edited in the five modes:ROKURO/TOKOROTEN/MAGE/WAPPA/TSUCHI.
The five modes can be combined and used.
Furthermore, TATARA can correct coordinates for every control point in the BITMAP and TSUCHI mode.
Created by Yuzuru Jewell...arigato!

=== ROKURO Sculpted Prim Maker ===

*'''Creator:'''[[User:Yuzuru Jewell | Yuzuru Jewell]]
*'''Link to get it:''' http://kanae.net/secondlife/
*'''Requires:''' Windows/Mac OS X/Linux using wine

Rokuro translates from Japanese as "lathe" and that's basically what this is: a standalone version of the lathe tool found in many 3d modeling programs that saves directly to sculpt maps. You draw a line in 2d by editing the various points and the program effectively spins that line around an axis to create the 3d object. Cylinders and polygonal prisms are both possible. Obviously limited to things you can create with this method so far, but easy for anyone to pick up and use and more features are still being added. Created by Yuzuru Jewell...arigato!

'''Resources'''

* [http://forums.secondlife.com/showthread.php?t=184264 sl forum thread] (restricted access)

=== TOKOROTEN(extruder)Sculpted Prim Maker ===

*'''Creator:'''[[User:Yuzuru Jewell | Yuzuru Jewell]]
*'''Link to get it:''' http://kanae.net/secondlife/tokoroten.html
*'''Requires:''' Windows

This Program makes Sculpted Prim texture .tga file of the pushed-out object.
TOKOROTEN is Japanese jelly extruded to thin strips.
An object will be pushed out if the form of the hole which you push out is made.
You can twist or round an object. You draw a line in 2d by editing the various points and the program. Obviously limited to things you can create with this method so far, but easy for anyone to pick up and use and more features are still being added. Created by resident Yuzuru Jewell...arigato!

'''Resources'''

* [http://forums.secondlife.com/showthread.php?t=184264 sl forum thread] (restricted access)

=== sculpty.php ===

*'''Creator:''' [[User:nand Nerd | nand Nerd]]
*'''Link to get it:''' http://www.nandnerd.info/sculpty.php
*'''Requires:''' Browser

A web-based series of tools, still rather primitive but constantly updating. Currently implemented are revolve and z,r revolve which both take a series of values (radii and z-pos,radii values respectively) and rotate them around the z-axis. Recently implemented a constant cross-section which extrudes a series of x,y values through the z-axis.

=== SculptyPaint v.092===

*'''Creator''': [[user:Cel Edman | Cel Edman]]
*'''Link to get it''': [http://www.xs4all.nl/~elout/sculptpaint/ Download from website]
*'''Requires''': [http://java.com/en/download/index.jsp Java Runtime Engine 1.6 or higher] installed on your system?! In case it wont work.
Last update: march 10 - 2008. Realtime sculpt previewer. Drawing tool: manipulate the width, height and shape of the Sculpt. Edit RGB Layers, Flower, Stone, Stair and Point, Texturesketch and Morph Tool. Downloads available for Windows, Mac-OSX and Linux.
 

=== Math Sculptor 1.0===

*'''Creator''': [[user:Burhop Piccard | Burhop Piccard]]
*'''Link to get it''': http://mark.burhop.net there is also a [[MathSculptor|MathSculptor]] wiki page.
*'''Requires''': Windows XP or Vista.
Math Sculptor is free application for creating and viewing sculpted primitives. It provides dynamic viewing and modification of sculpties. What differentiates this application is that it is build upon an extendable "addin" architecture. This allows others to easily create new algorithms that generate completely new types of sculpties. See http://mark.burhop.net for more information and sample sculpted primitives.
 

=== SnurbO'Matic ===

*'''Creator''': [[user:Anjin Meili | Anjin Meili]]
*'''Link to get it''': [http://www.slexchange.com/modules.php?name=Marketplace&file=item&ItemID=273452 Slexchange]
*'''Requires''': Secondlife client and a sandbox with at least 1100 primitives.
SnurbO'Matic is an in world tool that allows editing and creation of sculpties. The system uses a molding method, allowing a mesh to be molded around other inworld objects. Objects must not be phantom. The mold may be modified using normal in world build tools. Each mesh node is visualized as a sphere, and can be moved as desired. Once finished, the mold is saved and a casting produced thru an automated web process. The user gets a URL when completed for a TGA file containing the texture. This can be further refined using off grid tools, or simply uploaded to Second Life as is. For new modelers, its easier to start with a close approximation of an object, rather then manipulating a sphere to the object they wish. For landscapers, the tool can produce organic, smooth, and unique rocks, logs, etc. Search for the group SculptO'Matic, or visit our sandbox and lab in Talakin.
 

=== Sculpted Sim Terrain Mapper ===

*'''Creator''': [[user:Anjin Meili | Anjin Meili]]
*'''Link to get it''': [http://www.slexchange.com/modules.php?name=Marketplace&file=item&ItemID=270738 Slexchange]
*'''Requires''': Secondlife client and a object create and script permissions on a parcel.
The Sculpted Sim Terrain Mapper creates a sculpted primitive map in 3D of any given Simulator. The tool simply is rezzed onto a parcel in the sim, and allowed to run. It will report back to the operator a URL to pickup a completed sculpted texture in TGA format. The data collected may also be used to create higher detail maps of the simulator, by using more prims, up to an 8x8 grid of sculpted prims to represent a simulator. Or just the default of one prim for the entire simulator. While the packaged tool is fee based, due to the costs of operating the backend... There is an open source version written entirely in LSL that requires minimal server side support. Contact Anjin Meili for a copy of the open source code. This tool is an example of using data to create sculpted primitives, with very little interaction. The source details using PPM as a description format within LSL for the sculpted texture map.
 

=== Sculpt Studio ===

*'''Creator''': [[user:TheBlack Box | TheBlack Box]]
*'''Link to get it''': [http://www.slexchange.com/modules.php?name=Marketplace&file=item&ItemID=278458 SL-Exchange]
*'''Requires''': SL (34+ Prims) and Browser

A high-end in-world sculpting tool for beginners, advanced and professional Sculptors,
that allows to apply SL building skills to sculpting.
 

=== Terrain Sculptor (Open Source) ===

*'''Creator''': [[user:Cadroe Murphy | Cadroe Murphy]]
*'''Link to get it''': [http://spinmass.blogspot.com/2007/08/terrain-sculptor-maps-sims-and-creates.html Blog]
*'''Requires''': .NET 2.0

Terrain Sculptor is a .NET application which uses a [http://www.libsecondlife.org/wiki/Main_Page libsecondlife] bot to retrieve the elevation data for a sim and generates a sculpty texture of the terrain. It also downloads the world map image from the web for use as a texture. The user can teleport to specific locations within sims and monitor the process through a graphical display. The operation usually takes a number of seconds after logging into a sim. Elevation data can be saved and loaded seperately. The application is relatively user-friendly but errors are not always handled informatively. The source code is open.
 

=== LD Sculpty Protect ===

*'''Creator''': [[user:Langweiliger Dreier | Langweilliger Dreier]]
*'''Link to get it''': [http://www.sculptytools.tk http://www.sculptytools.tk]
*'''Requires''': Windows PC

LD Sculpty Protect is a tool to protect sculpty textures in secondlife - that nobody can steal your hard work by simply making screenshots. It is optimized to manage multiple files at once. It is possible to use your own logo! See website for more information.
 

=== LD Sculpty Shrink ===

*'''Creator''': [[user:Langweiliger Dreier | Langweilliger Dreier]]
*'''Link to get it''': [http://www.sculptytools.tk http://www.sculptytools.tk]
*'''Requires''': Windows PC

LD Sculpty Shrink is a tool to decrease size of sculpties to any size - to make sculpted nano prims for example. It is optimized to manage multiple files. (LD Sculpty Protect is included in this tool). See website for more information.
 

[[Category: Sculpted Prims]]

= File Converters =

These utilities are made to translate 3d files directly into sculpt maps, with varying degrees of sucess.

=== 3dm2sculpt ===

*'''Creator:''' [[User:Cindy Crabgrass | Cindy Crabgrass]]
*'''Link to get it:''' [[3dm2sculpt|3dm2sculpt]]
*'''Requires:''' Windows

A command-line utility that reads an [[#3D_File_Formats | OpenNURBS]] .3dm file and generates a .tga sculpt map from it. Still in need of a lot of testing but potentially very useful for any program that supports this format.

=== obj2sculpt ===

*'''Creator:''' [[User:Cindy Crabgrass | Cindy Crabgrass]]
*'''Link to get it:''' http://forums.secondlife.com/showpost.php?p=1505114&postcount=14
*'''Link on the TG forums:''' Nonexistent, can someone please fix this?
*'''Requires:''' Windows

A command-line utility that reads a Wavefront Style .obj file and generates a .tga sculpt texture from it. Still in need of a lot of testing but potentially very useful for any program that supports this format.

=== Sculpty Maker ===

*'''Creator:''' 2k Suisei
*'''Link to get it:''' http://www.shiny-life.com/sculpty-maker/
*'''Requires:''' Windows, zBrush

Sculpty Maker is a free program for Windows PCs that allows you to create objects in zBrush and convert them to Second Life sculpted prims. It includes an in-world tool called Sculpty Rezzer that assembles the converted objects, and a plug-in for zBrush that allows you to export sculptmaps directly from zBrush. Please direct all support questions to Vlad Bjornson.

= Importers =

These utilities assist in bringing sculpted creations in to the Second Life world

=== SL Image Upload ===

*'''Creator:''' [[User:Eddy Stryker | Eddy Stryker]]
*'''Link to get it:''' [[SLImageUpload|SLImageUpload]]
*'''Requires:''' Windows, Linux, OSX

A simple graphical user interface to upload textures to the grid. It will show you the compressed texture size before uploading and allow you to upload lossless images, perfect for 64x64 or smaller sculpt maps.

=== importprimscript ===

*'''Creator:''' [[User:Eddy Stryker | Eddy Stryker]]
*'''Link to get it:''' [[Importprimscript|Importprimscript]]
*'''Requires:''' Windows, Linux, OSX

A command-line utility to batch upload an entire folder output from Qarl's Advanced Maya Sculpt Exporter in to Second Life and rez the scene as a full permission linkset. The sculpt maps are uploaded as lossless images and the textures are uploaded with the normal compression settings.

'''NOTE:''' Although the main utility is command-line, for using the app on Windows there is a GUI provided by Johan Durant on the importprimscript page.

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This page showcases '''special purpose tools''' for creating, manipulating, and viewing sculpted prims. Most of them are created by SL residents, but the reason they are on this page is that they are ''not'' general purpose 3D tools.
For that list, see [[Sculpted Prims: 3d Software Guide]].

= Preview Tools =

== Offline Preview Tools ==

Basic tools that can be used to preview what a sculpt texture will look like when uploaded into Second Life and rendered as a prim. All of these are made by other Residents and should generally be considered beta or works in progress.

=== AvPainter ===
Sculpty previewer that allows you to preview with texture. Also allows you to paint directly on the surface to create texture maps. Support for layers. Full version allows texture maps to be saved as PSD and TGA.
*'''Creator''': [[user:Pootle Trollop | Pootle Trollop]]
*'''Link to get it''': [http://www.xstreetsl.com/modules.php?name=Marketplace&file=item&ItemID=158462 Purchase from Xstreet] or [http://avpainter.osbyte.net/dl.php?name=demo&regcode=demo Download Demo]
*'''Requires''': A PC running Windows XP or Vista, as well as [http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=0856eacb-4362-4b0d-8edd-aab15c5e04f5&displaylang=en Microsoft .NET Framework Version 2.0 Redistributable]. Includes XNA/DirectX component installer.

=== Sculptaire ===
Open source sculpty previewer that also allows preview with texture.
*'''Creator''': [[user:Flame Swenholt | Flame Swenholt]]
*'''Link to get it''': [http://sourceforge.net/projects/sculptaire/ Download from website]
*'''Requires''': Windows 2000 SP4, Windows XP SP2 or Windows Vista (NOT x64!), as well as [http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=0856eacb-4362-4b0d-8edd-aab15c5e04f5&displaylang=en Microsoft .NET Framework Version 2.0 Redistributable]

=== SculptySpace ===
Supports textured Sculpt preview with Second Life style texture parameters.
*'''Creator''': [[user:Sculpty Carver | Sculpty Carver]]
*'''Link to get it''': [http://www.sculptyspace.com/index.php?id=2 Download from website]
*'''Requires''': Windows XP SP2 or Windows Vista, [http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=200b2fd9-ae1a-4a14-984d-389c36f85647&displaylang=en Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 SP1 Redistributable]

=== XNA Sculptpreview ===

*'''Creator''': [[user:Eddy Stryker | Eddy Stryker]]
*'''Link to get it''': [[User:Eddy_Stryker/XNA_Sculptpreview | XNA Sculptpreview]]
*'''Requires''': Windows XP SP2 or Windows Vista, along with the Microsoft XNA framework (see above link for details)
*'''Derivatives''': [http://mailerdaemon.home.comcast.net/SculptedPreview.zip XNA SculptPreview] - Modified version to include LOD and a more sensible camera configuration (and a bunch of other changes under the hood).

=== A Hacky Sculpt Previewer ===

*'''Creator''': [[user:Yumi Murakami | Yumi Murakami]]
*'''Link to get it''': [http://www.bijodesign.com/sculpt/SculptPreview.html Web Start Launcher], [http://www.bijodesign.com/sculpt/SculptPreview.jar Executable JAR file], [[Hacky Sculpt Previewer | Source Code]] (Java SDK required to run from the source).
*'''Requires''': [http://java.com/en/download/index.jsp Java Runtime Engine 1.6 or higher], [http://java.sun.com/products/java-media/3D/download.html Java 3d API] and any OS that will run them (Win and Linux are well covered, Mac is not). If installing or upgrading the JRE, be sure to do it before installing Java3d. The Web Start link above should be able to automatically install any needed components. Note that it will attempt to automatically redirect your browser to a download page, so if nothing happens when you click on it, please check your security settings will allow this.

=== Cel_Sculptpreview ===

*'''Creator''': [[user:Cel Edman | Cel Edman]]
*'''Link to get it''': [http://www.xs4all.nl/~elout/sculptie/ Download from website]
*'''Requires''': [http://java.com/en/download/index.jsp Java Runtime Engine 1.6 or higher] installed on your system. This is a simple Sculpt previewer created in [http://processing.org/ Processing]. Downloads available for Windows, Mac OS X and Linux. Currenly not further developed, since Cel continues on developing Sculptypaint (Resident-made Sculpt Creation Tools) at the moment, that got this realtime previewer as well.
 

=== SIEE(Sculptie Importer Exporter and Editor) ===

*'''Creator''': [[user:Rex Cronon | Rex Cronon]]
*'''Link to get it''': [http://www.elektralusion.com/siee_123008/ Run it from website]
*'''Requires''': [http://java.com/en/download/index.jsp Java Runtime Engine 1.6 or higher] installed on your system. This is java applet. To run it you only need to have a browser that allows applets to run. It has many functions. I personally use it with ArtOfIllusions. I plan to have it allow the use of addons.
 

== In-world Preview Tools ==

Tools that can be used to view in Second Life what a sculpt will look like before the texture is uploaded.

=== Texture Wizard (Commercial) ===

*'''Website:''' [http://sl.infomyth.com/texturepreview/texturepreview.htm Infomyth.com]
*'''In-World:''' [http://slurl.com/secondlife/Horowitz/164/20/21/ Horowitz]
*'''Cost:''' L$399 (about $1.80 U.S.)
*'''Operating Systems:''' Windows XP

Works using the media texture on your land (you must own or rent land to use it) using QuickTime, the way an in-game TV does. Saving a .bmp, .jpg or .psd file will automatically update the image in-game. You can see your changes live on a prim. Avoids uploads until you are done (you must still upload for a permanent version). Also works just as a regular texture previewer.
 

=== Sculpt Preview using Parcel Media ===

*'''Website:''' [http://nandnerd.info/blog/2007/06/16/sculpty-media-video-url-previewer/ blog.nandnerd.info/...]
*'''Forum Discussion:''' [http://forums.secondlife.com/showthread.php?t=191214 forums.SecondLife.com]
*'''Author:''' [[User:nand Nerd | nand Nerd]]
*'''In-World:''' [http://slurl.com/secondlife/Lasiocampa/133/209/57 Lasiocampa]
*'''Requirements:''' Web hosting (free small image hosting at http://imageshack.us works without hassle)

Tutorial on using the Parcel Media as a Sculpt Texture Preview. Example available at location above (Lasiocampa 133,209,57).

= Special purpose Sculpt Creation / Manipulation Tools =

The tools listed here aren't fully-fledged 3d modeling programs — they are stand-alone tools for creating sculpt maps, usually in some limited way. As with the previewers above, consider them works in progress.

On the other hand, if they do what you want, a lathe tool, for example, then they are much easier than buying, setting up, learning, and using a full 3D modeler.

=== Sculptie-O-matic ===

*'''Creator:'''[[User:Contagious Republic | Contagious Republic]]
*'''Link to get it:'''http://slurl.com/secondlife/Sri%20Syadasti/21/86/37
*'''Requires:''' about 43 prims of space at most.

It currently turns a linkset of spheres and boxes into a sculptie and outputs it as a text file, which you can decode into a regular sculptie file at a certain web site. The sculptie will look as much like the linkset within technical limits, such as the fact it does not support prim holes yet.

You can fit 42 boxes into a sculptie (count spheres as a box and a half, so that's 28 spheres max).

The Sculptie-O-matic is always free to use in its own sandbox, and on the first day of the month anywhere (so that people can learn or teach it without before paying for the full version).

=== PloppSL ===

*'''Creator:'''[[User:Imp Iwish | Imp Iwish]]
*'''Link to get it:''' http://www.secondplopp.com/
*'''Operating Systems:''' Windows, Mac OS

PloppSL allows you to create Sculpted Prims for SecondLife by painting the front and back side of your model. Thus, texture and model are created in one step. You can create or use different textures for the front and backside of your model. You can also paint in your favored paint program, import the images into PloppSL by drag&drop and turn them into 3D models.

'''Resources'''

* [http://forums.secondlife.com/showthread.php?t=213219 sl forum thread] (restricted access)

=== TATARA - Sculpted Prim Previewer and Editor ===

*'''Creator:'''[[User:Yuzuru Jewell | Yuzuru Jewell]]
*'''Link to get it:'''http://kanae.net/secondlife/tatara.html
*'''Requires:''' Windows/Mac OS X/Linux using wine

TATARA displays both a sculpted prim and its texture.
A sculpted Prim can be edited in the five modes:ROKURO/TOKOROTEN/MAGE/WAPPA/TSUCHI.
The five modes can be combined and used.
Furthermore, TATARA can correct coordinates for every control point in the BITMAP and TSUCHI mode.
Created by Yuzuru Jewell...arigato!

=== ROKURO Sculpted Prim Maker ===

*'''Creator:'''[[User:Yuzuru Jewell | Yuzuru Jewell]]
*'''Link to get it:''' http://kanae.net/secondlife/
*'''Requires:''' Windows/Mac OS X/Linux using wine

Rokuro translates from Japanese as "lathe" and that's basically what this is: a standalone version of the lathe tool found in many 3d modeling programs that saves directly to sculpt maps. You draw a line in 2d by editing the various points and the program effectively spins that line around an axis to create the 3d object. Cylinders and polygonal prisms are both possible. Obviously limited to things you can create with this method so far, but easy for anyone to pick up and use and more features are still being added. Created by Yuzuru Jewell...arigato!

'''Resources'''

* [http://forums.secondlife.com/showthread.php?t=184264 sl forum thread] (restricted access)

=== TOKOROTEN(extruder)Sculpted Prim Maker ===

*'''Creator:'''[[User:Yuzuru Jewell | Yuzuru Jewell]]
*'''Link to get it:''' http://kanae.net/secondlife/tokoroten.html
*'''Requires:''' Windows

This Program makes Sculpted Prim texture .tga file of the pushed-out object.
TOKOROTEN is Japanese jelly extruded to thin strips.
An object will be pushed out if the form of the hole which you push out is made.
You can twist or round an object. You draw a line in 2d by editing the various points and the program. Obviously limited to things you can create with this method so far, but easy for anyone to pick up and use and more features are still being added. Created by resident Yuzuru Jewell...arigato!

'''Resources'''

* [http://forums.secondlife.com/showthread.php?t=184264 sl forum thread] (restricted access)

=== sculpty.php ===

*'''Creator:''' [[User:nand Nerd | nand Nerd]]
*'''Link to get it:''' http://www.nandnerd.info/sculpty.php
*'''Requires:''' Browser

A web-based series of tools, still rather primitive but constantly updating. Currently implemented are revolve and z,r revolve which both take a series of values (radii and z-pos,radii values respectively) and rotate them around the z-axis. Recently implemented a constant cross-section which extrudes a series of x,y values through the z-axis.

=== SculptyPaint v.092===

*'''Creator''': [[user:Cel Edman | Cel Edman]]
*'''Link to get it''': [http://www.xs4all.nl/~elout/sculptpaint/ Download from website]
*'''Requires''': [http://java.com/en/download/index.jsp Java Runtime Engine 1.6 or higher] installed on your system?! In case it wont work.
Last update: march 10 - 2008. Realtime sculpt previewer. Drawing tool: manipulate the width, height and shape of the Sculpt. Edit RGB Layers, Flower, Stone, Stair and Point, Texturesketch and Morph Tool. Downloads available for Windows, Mac-OSX and Linux.
 

=== Math Sculptor 1.0===

*'''Creator''': [[user:Burhop Piccard | Burhop Piccard]]
*'''Link to get it''': http://mark.burhop.net there is also a [[MathSculptor|MathSculptor]] wiki page.
*'''Requires''': Windows XP or Vista.
Math Sculptor is free application for creating and viewing sculpted primitives. It provides dynamic viewing and modification of sculpties. What differentiates this application is that it is build upon an extendable "addin" architecture. This allows others to easily create new algorithms that generate completely new types of sculpties. See http://mark.burhop.net for more information and sample sculpted primitives.
 

=== SnurbO'Matic ===

*'''Creator''': [[user:Anjin Meili | Anjin Meili]]
*'''Link to get it''': [http://www.slexchange.com/modules.php?name=Marketplace&file=item&ItemID=273452 Slexchange]
*'''Requires''': Secondlife client and a sandbox with at least 1100 primitives.
SnurbO'Matic is an in world tool that allows editing and creation of sculpties. The system uses a molding method, allowing a mesh to be molded around other inworld objects. Objects must not be phantom. The mold may be modified using normal in world build tools. Each mesh node is visualized as a sphere, and can be moved as desired. Once finished, the mold is saved and a casting produced thru an automated web process. The user gets a URL when completed for a TGA file containing the texture. This can be further refined using off grid tools, or simply uploaded to Second Life as is. For new modelers, its easier to start with a close approximation of an object, rather then manipulating a sphere to the object they wish. For landscapers, the tool can produce organic, smooth, and unique rocks, logs, etc. Search for the group SculptO'Matic, or visit our sandbox and lab in Talakin.
 

=== Sculpted Sim Terrain Mapper ===

*'''Creator''': [[user:Anjin Meili | Anjin Meili]]
*'''Link to get it''': [http://www.slexchange.com/modules.php?name=Marketplace&file=item&ItemID=270738 Slexchange]
*'''Requires''': Secondlife client and a object create and script permissions on a parcel.
The Sculpted Sim Terrain Mapper creates a sculpted primitive map in 3D of any given Simulator. The tool simply is rezzed onto a parcel in the sim, and allowed to run. It will report back to the operator a URL to pickup a completed sculpted texture in TGA format. The data collected may also be used to create higher detail maps of the simulator, by using more prims, up to an 8x8 grid of sculpted prims to represent a simulator. Or just the default of one prim for the entire simulator. While the packaged tool is fee based, due to the costs of operating the backend... There is an open source version written entirely in LSL that requires minimal server side support. Contact Anjin Meili for a copy of the open source code. This tool is an example of using data to create sculpted primitives, with very little interaction. The source details using PPM as a description format within LSL for the sculpted texture map.
 

=== Sculpt Studio ===

*'''Creator''': [[user:TheBlack Box | TheBlack Box]]
*'''Link to get it''': [http://www.slexchange.com/modules.php?name=Marketplace&file=item&ItemID=278458 SL-Exchange]
*'''Requires''': SL (34+ Prims) and Browser

A high-end in-world sculpting tool for beginners, advanced and professional Sculptors,
that allows to apply SL building skills to sculpting.
 

=== Terrain Sculptor (Open Source) ===

*'''Creator''': [[user:Cadroe Murphy | Cadroe Murphy]]
*'''Link to get it''': [http://spinmass.blogspot.com/2007/08/terrain-sculptor-maps-sims-and-creates.html Blog]
*'''Requires''': .NET 2.0

Terrain Sculptor is a .NET application which uses a [http://www.libsecondlife.org/wiki/Main_Page libsecondlife] bot to retrieve the elevation data for a sim and generates a sculpty texture of the terrain. It also downloads the world map image from the web for use as a texture. The user can teleport to specific locations within sims and monitor the process through a graphical display. The operation usually takes a number of seconds after logging into a sim. Elevation data can be saved and loaded seperately. The application is relatively user-friendly but errors are not always handled informatively. The source code is open.
 

=== LD Sculpty Protect ===

*'''Creator''': [[user:Langweiliger Dreier | Langweilliger Dreier]]
*'''Link to get it''': [http://www.sculptytools.tk http://www.sculptytools.tk]
*'''Requires''': Windows PC

LD Sculpty Protect is a tool to protect sculpty textures in secondlife - that nobody can steal your hard work by simply making screenshots. It is optimized to manage multiple files at once. It is possible to use your own logo! See website for more information.
 

=== LD Sculpty Shrink ===

*'''Creator''': [[user:Langweiliger Dreier | Langweilliger Dreier]]
*'''Link to get it''': [http://www.sculptytools.tk http://www.sculptytools.tk]
*'''Requires''': Windows PC

LD Sculpty Shrink is a tool to decrease size of sculpties to any size - to make sculpted nano prims for example. It is optimized to manage multiple files. (LD Sculpty Protect is included in this tool). See website for more information.
 

[[Category: Sculpted Prims]]

= File Converters =

These utilities are made to translate 3d files directly into sculpt maps, with varying degrees of sucess.

=== 3dm2sculpt ===

*'''Creator:''' [[User:Cindy Crabgrass | Cindy Crabgrass]]
*'''Link to get it:''' [[3dm2sculpt|3dm2sculpt]]
*'''Requires:''' Windows

A command-line utility that reads an [[#3D_File_Formats | OpenNURBS]] .3dm file and generates a .tga sculpt map from it. Still in need of a lot of testing but potentially very useful for any program that supports this format.

=== obj2sculpt ===

*'''Creator:''' [[User:Cindy Crabgrass | Cindy Crabgrass]]
*'''Link to get it:''' http://forums.secondlife.com/showpost.php?p=1505114&postcount=14
*'''Link on the TG forums:''' Nonexistent, can someone please fix this?
*'''Requires:''' Windows

A command-line utility that reads a Wavefront Style .obj file and generates a .tga sculpt texture from it. Still in need of a lot of testing but potentially very useful for any program that supports this format.

=== Sculpty Maker ===

*'''Creator:''' 2k Suisei
*'''Link to get it:''' http://www.shiny-life.com/sculpty-maker/
*'''Requires:''' Windows, zBrush

Sculpty Maker is a free program for Windows PCs that allows you to create objects in zBrush and convert them to Second Life sculpted prims. It includes an in-world tool called Sculpty Rezzer that assembles the converted objects, and a plug-in for zBrush that allows you to export sculptmaps directly from zBrush. Please direct all support questions to Vlad Bjornson.

= Importers =

These utilities assist in bringing sculpted creations in to the Second Life world

=== SL Image Upload ===

*'''Creator:''' [[User:Eddy Stryker | Eddy Stryker]]
*'''Link to get it:''' [[SLImageUpload|SLImageUpload]]
*'''Requires:''' Windows, Linux, OSX

A simple graphical user interface to upload textures to the grid. It will show you the compressed texture size before uploading and allow you to upload lossless images, perfect for 64x64 or smaller sculpt maps.

=== importprimscript ===

*'''Creator:''' [[User:Eddy Stryker | Eddy Stryker]]
*'''Link to get it:''' [[Importprimscript|Importprimscript]]
*'''Requires:''' Windows, Linux, OSX

A command-line utility to batch upload an entire folder output from Qarl's Advanced Maya Sculpt Exporter in to Second Life and rez the scene as a full permission linkset. The sculpt maps are uploaded as lossless images and the textures are uploaded with the normal compression settings.

'''NOTE:''' Although the main utility is command-line, for using the app on Windows there is a GUI provided by Johan Durant on the importprimscript page.

Sculpted Prims: 3d Software Guide

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''(Want to help out with this page? Check out the [[Talk:Sculpted_Prims:_3d_Software_Guide#ToDo | To-do list]].)''
= About 3D Modeling Software =

This page offers a list of 3D modeling software for use with Sculpt Maps for [[Sculpted Prims]], along with a short explanation of popular 3D file formats. Each entry lists the software package's web site, operating system support, cost and trial versions if applicable, and the license.

Note: Resident-made sculpt map tools and offline previewers [[Sculpted Prims: Resident-made Tools|now have their own page]].

;What Features are important for making Sculpted Prims?

Each software entry includes a rundown of features that are particularly useful for creating sculpt maps. Although support for these features isn't necessary in order to create sculpt maps, it can make the process a whole lot easier.

*'''User Scripting:''' A script interface is one of the easiest and fastest ways to add functionality to a program or to automate tasks the program is already capable of. Plugins and SDKs can do the same thing but may not be available.
*'''Built-in texture baking/generation:''' This term describes the ability to create/"render" textures and export them to image files. If this functionality is built into the software, it is available to user-generated scripts. For example, it allows manual export of sculpt maps with [[#Blender|Blender]] and [[#Lightwave_.28Newtek.29|Lightwave]]. It can also make it easier to create regular textures for your model; you can apply colors, patterns or just a template guide to your model and bake it out for upload or further detailing in a paint program.
*'''Modeling Methods:''' Over the years a variety of different 3d modeling techniques have emerged, each having various strengths and weaknesses. They include:
** Polygon modeling: The most mature method and the choice output for most games and realtime rendering in which you directly manipulate the faces, edges and vertices of an object.
** NURBS: NURBS modeling uses series of curved splines to define the shape of an object and are excellent for smooth organic shapes. The methodology behind sculpted prims are very largely based on them.
** Subdivision Surface: Subdivision modeling shares some of the advantages of both NURBS and polygon modeling: the shape is manipulated using sets of control points that allow for both smooth surfaces and precise details.
** Brush Sculpting: With this method, you use your mouse or pen tablet and a series of adjustable brushes to literally sculpt on the 3d surface like clay. Many programs such as Blender and 3ds Max offer this function in a limited sense to help with precision detailing but not to the extent of programs built with this method as their focus, such as zBrush.

Which you use will ultimately come down to personal preference and what your exporter will handle best.

;Do I need a really powerful computer to run this stuff?

For most Second Life users, this shouldn't be a major issue. If your computer is capable of running the Second Life client, you should have no trouble running most of these programs. Some programs will run fine on something as old as a Pentium III. A few professional programs (like Maya) say they'll only support high-end workstation graphics cards but it will still run ok on a regular setup. Check the system requirements on the software vendor's webpage for specific details.

;What program(s) are the best for making sculpties?

There's no easy answer to that question. It will depend on a number of factors:
* '''How much money are you willing to spend?''' The cost of 3d software ranges from "free" to thousands of dollars. Programs like Maya and 3ds Max are powerful but if you're not already seriously into 3d modeling, they're probably overkill. Lightwave, zBrush and programs in their price range are powerful professional tools while still being within reach of a reasonably well-to-do person who's dedicated to their SL design work, but these are probably still overkill as most of the features you pay for gone beyond the general tools to create sculpt maps for Second Life. Programs like Amorphium, trueSpace and Milkshape are aimed at professionals and casual hobbyists but not all of them are going to have the full 3D studio capabilities of some more expensive programs. Free programs run the gamut between the pro and hobby levels and you'll have to consider other factors when choosing between them.

* '''How much time are you willing to invest?''' If you want to just make a few sculpted objects, a simple standalone utility like Rokuro might suit you best. If you're a serious content creator though, you'll want to put the time and effort into learning a more complex program.

* '''How much prior experience do you have?''' If you've been working with 3d software for a while already, you probably already know what you like or will have an easier time picking up a new and/or more complicated program. If you're a brand newbie to modeling, it's probably a mistake to jump right into a program like Blender or Maya with their steep learning curves. The availability of general modeling tutorials and other resources (not just SL-related ones) will probably affect your choice as well.
 

;I'm a newbie to all this. What should I start with?
Probably not with anything expensive...''unless'' you're a university student at a school with a good computer art program where you can take advantage of their resources. If you're very serious about learning the tools the pros use you might also seek out such a program, either online or in a classroom.

If you just want to dive in to making sculpties then there are a couple front runners for your attention. (Please note that these are opinions and may not reflect everyone's.) If you have to go the free route, Wings 3d is probably your best bet: the exporter has some hard limitations and the interface isn't necessarily friendly but it's loads easier than the other main free option, Blender. Once you get the hang of it you can make sculpties fairly quickly.

If you want free and simple, try out the Rokuro and Tokoroten sculpt making tools. You'll be limited in the shapes you can produce but they require no 3d experience and you can turn out some good sculpties in a little as ten minutes. The Wings plugin can also import these sculpt maps where you can tweak them further.

If you're willing to spend some money (under $100), AC3D is a good place to start. The interface is nicer than that of Wings and Zora Spoonhamer's exporter allows you to take good advantage program features that the Wings exporter doesn't; full subdivision capabilities, cutting and extrusion of faces, etc.

That said, the best way to decide what program you should use is to start downloading their demos and trying them to find what you like.

= Special Purpose Sculpted Prim Tools =

The resident-made sculpt tools such as Rokuro, SnurbO'Matic and the preview tools now have their own page: [[Sculpted Prims: Resident-made Tools]].

= Free 3D Modeling Software =

=== Art of Illusion ===

*'''Website:''' [http://www.artofillusion.org artofillusion.org]
*'''License:''' [http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html GPL]
*'''Operating Systems:''' Any OS that will run Java (requires Java Runtime Environment 1.4 or later)
*'''User Scripting?''' Yes, Java via [http://www.beanshell.org/ Beanshell]
*'''Modeling Methods:''' Polygon, NURBS
*'''Built-in Texture Baking?''' ???
*'''Current Sculpt Map Support?:''' No, although it is possible to save as a .obj file and than convert it to a sculpt image

A number of Residents have recommended this program; If you're familiar with it, please give the rest of us a summary!

*'''Warning:''' I have a reported '''Malware/Virus''' that came from Art Of Illusion. It infected a few of my files! ''-Caboose Enfield''
[NOTE: chances are it was either downloaded from a shady site or was a false positive. More details are needed]

'''Resources'''

*[http://www.artofillusion.org/documentation AoI Documentation]
 

=== Ayam ===

*'''Website:''' [http://ayam.sourceforge.net/ Ayam]
*'''License:''' [http://www.opensource.org/licenses/bsd-license.html BSD license]
*'''Operating Systems:''' Unix/Linux (native), Windows 98, 2000 and XP, Mac OS X (with X11)
*'''User Scripting?''' Yes, tcl
*'''Modeling Methods:''' NURBS, Polygon (Import/Export Only)
*'''Built-in Texture Baking?''' No
*'''Current Sculpt Map Support?:''' No

'''Resources'''

* [http://ayam.sourceforge.net/docs.html Ayam Documentation page]
 

=== Blender ===

*'''Website:''' [http://www.blender.org blender.org]
*'''License:''' [http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html GPL]
*'''Operating Systems''': Cross-platform (Windows, Mac, Linux, Irix, Solaris, FreeBSD and others)
*'''User Scripting?''' Yes, Python
*'''Modeling Methods:''' Polygon, NURBS, Subdivision, Basic Brush Sculpting
*'''Built-in Texture Baking?''' Yes
*'''Current Sculpt Map Support?:''' Yes. Documented [http://amandalevitsky.googlepages.com/sculptedprims here], and [http://www.bentha.net/sculpted2/Blender-to-sculpted.html here]

Formerly a company's in-house tool, Blender is the current king of the open source modeling programs. With all the features of the expensive programs, an active development community and even some existing SL-based tools made by Residents, this is going to be the default choice for many people. Downsides: Blender's interface is not newbie-friendly. That combined with spotty documentation can make for a slow learning curve.

'''Resources'''

* [http://forums.secondlife.com/showthread.php?t=203571 Blender Sculptie Import & Export scripts]
* [http://www.blender.org/tutorials-help/ Blender.org Documentation and Tutorials]
* [http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Blender_3D:_Noob_to_Pro Blender 3D: Noob to Pro] - on [http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Main_Page Wikibooks], It's a great step-by-step tutorial that contains substantial content, is well-formatted, and has screen shots.
* [http://amandalevitsky.googlepages.com/sculptedprims How to Make Sculpted Prims with Blender]
*[http://www.bentha.net/sculpted-tuto/Blender-export-template-tut.html A template file to start with and export easy]
*[http://blendernewbies.blogspot.com/2007/04/video-oven-baked-pretzels-in-blender-3d.html Oven Baked Pretzels @ BlenderNewbies.com] - A video tutorial that covers the basics of Blender's new sculpt mode, useful if you're creating sculpties using the above manual method.
*[http://www.bentha.net/sculpted2/Blender-to-sculpted.html An almost complete method] to export almost anything from blender
*[http://iramblesorry.blogspot.com/2007/05/how-i-learned-to-stop-worrying-and-love_28.html Another great tutorial] on using blender for sculpts
*[http://forums.secondlife.com/showthread.php?t=110607 Offline Prim Builder] for standard prims (restricted access)
 

=== Moment of Inspiration ===

*'''Website:''' [http://moi3d.com/ Moment of Inspiration]
*'''License:''' Open beta testing/freeware
*'''Operating Systems:''' Windows 2000/XP/Vista
*'''User Scripting?''' ?
*'''Modeling Methods:''' NURBS, Polygon (Import/Export Only)
*'''Built-in Texture Baking?''' ?
*'''Current Sculpt Map Support?:''' Yes, try [[3dm2sculpt]]

This program has some cool things going for it. It's the work of a former [[#Rhino_3D | Rhino]] developer and has an interface that pretty much lets you draw shapes with the mouse or a pen tablet. Documentation on the website is sparse however and being in beta means there will be kinks.

It should be noted that MoI will become a commercial product when it leaves beta testing (expected later this summer), but it will still be comparatively inexpensive; the estimated cost is between US$200-$100.

'''Resources'''

* [http://moi3d.com/forum/ Moment of Inspiration Forums]
* [http://mefeedia.com/tags/momentofinspiration/ Video Tutorials]
 

=== Wings 3D ===

*'''Website:''' [http://www.wings3d.com Wings 3D]
*'''License:'''[http://www.opensource.org/licenses/bsd-license.html BSD license]
*'''Operating Systems:''' Windows, Mac OS X, Linux (binaries), other Unixes (source only)
*'''User Scripting?''' Plugin interface using a language called Erlang
*'''Modeling Methods:''' Polygon, Subdivision
*'''Built-in Texture Baking?''' Not sure
*'''Current Sculpt Map Support?:''' Yes.

Wings3D is a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subdivision_surface subdivision modeler] that is easy to learn and is well suited to making sculpted prims. The sculpt import and export for Wings is easy to use. Detailed documentation is sparse, but there are several Second Life tutorials in this Wiki and on the Web.

'''Resources'''
* [[Wings 3D|Second Life Wings 3D guide]].
* Get the [[Omei Turnbull]] [http://forums.secondlife.com/showthread.php?t=183764 import/export plugin here.]
* Get the [[user:Strife Onizuka|Strife Onizuka]] [http://forums.secondlife.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=25721 import/export plugin here].
*Get the [http://sourceforge.net/project/downloading.php?groupname=wings&filename=wings3d_manual1.6.1.pdf&use_mirror=internap Wings 3D User Manual] here. (Sourceforge, pdf)

 

= Commercial 3D Suites =

It has to be said: most professional 3D software is (incredibly) expensive, anywhere from hundreds to thousands of dollars for a single copy. They're marketed at big professional studios with thousands or millions of dollars to budget for this stuff. There are ways to [[3D software cost savings|reduce this expense]] so that it's witin the reach of an average person: some legal, some not.

== Under $200 ==

=== Amorphium (Electric Image)===

*'''Website:''' [http://www.eitechnologygroup.com/products/amorphium Electric Image Amorphium]
*'''Cost:''' US$79 ("Standard")
*'''Operating Systems:''' Windows, Mac (UB) - trial is Mac OS X 10.0 - 10.3 only
*'''Trial version available?:''' Yes
*'''User Scripting?''' Yes
*'''Modeling Methods:''' Brush Sculpting, NURBS, Polygon
*'''Built-in Texture Baking?''' Yes (paint on, further controllable with sensitive pen-tablet)
*'''Current Sculpt Map Support?:''' No (export to a format Blender knows, or to OBJ, and use a converter, can start with the 64x63 sphere made by Wings3D)

Sculpting is what Amorphium is all about. If you have a pen tablet (even a tablet PC), the pressure sensitivity will control the pressure applied to the current brush to morph the sculpture. It gives a very natural feel to being able to sculpt 3d models easily and intuitively. Amorphium has won 14 awards including "Best Graphics Software" from magazines like Computer Graphics World, PC World, and Macworld for its breakthrough real-time approach to creating 3D graphics.

'''Resources'''

* [http://forums.secondlife.com/showthread.php?t=186218 Sculpted Prim Modeler: Amorphium] on sl forums (restricted access)
 

=== AC3D (invis) ===

*'''Website:''' [http://www.inivis.com/ www.invis.com - AC3D]
*'''Cost:''' US$75
*'''Operating Systems:''' Windows, Mac OSX 10.4 or later, Linux (x86 only)
*'''Trial version available?:''' Yes - 14 day trial
*'''User Scripting?''' Plugin Interface available, plus TCL-based scripting
*'''Modeling Methods:''' Polygon, Subdivision
*'''Built-in Texture Baking?''' No (But can be accomplished via 3rd party plug-ins or POV-Ray)
*'''Current Sculpt Map Support?:''' Yes: [http://www.inivis.com/secondlife.html Export plug-in for Windows, Mac and Linux], [http://www.ccccybernetics.com/ developed by Zora Spoonhammer]

AC3D is an inexpensive polygon modeler with SubD support designed to be easy for novice users. The sculpt map plug-in will export any model that has a perfect uv space. Several pre-mapped starter shapes are included with the plug-in, including a cube that can be used as basis for complex objects by artists familiar with the popular box modeling method using sub-division surfaces. Invis recently gave their official blessing (as well as hosting) to the plugin, making them the first vendor of this kind of software to put their backing into sculpy development.

''' Resources '''

*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y8RC5aJuWks 5-minute video tutorial on creating a pear]
*[http://www.supercoldmilk.com/ac3dplug/index.html AC3D Plugins @ Super Cold Milk] - several invaluble free plugins can be found here, including the knife tool used in the pear tutorial
 

== Silo (Nevercenter) ==

*'''Website:''' [http://www.nevercenter.com/ Nevercenter - Silo]
*'''Cost:''' US$159, US$59 (upgrade), edu licensing on request
*'''Operating Systems:''' Windows 2000 or later, Mac OSX 10.3 or later
*'''Trial version available?:''' Yes - 30 day trial
*'''User Scripting?''' -?-
*'''Modeling Methods:''' Polygon, Subdivision
*'''Built-in Texture Baking?''' -?-
*'''Current Sculpt Map Support?:''' -?-

'''Resources'''
* [http://www.nevercenter.com/about/features/ Silo Features] and [http://www.nevercenter.com/about/videos/ how-to videos]

 

== $200 - $999 ==

=== Zbrush (Pixologic) ===

*'''Website:''' [http://www.pixologic.com/zbrush/products/products.php Pixologic :: Zbrush]
*'''Cost:''' US$489
*'''Operating Systems:''' Windows 98/2000/ZP, Mac OS X
*'''Trial version available?:''' No
*'''User Scripting?''' Yes, Zscripting
*'''Modeling Methods:''' Brush Sculpting, "ZSphere" modeling, Polygon (Import/Export)
*'''Built-in Texture Baking?''' Yes
*'''Current Sculpt Map Support?:''' No, future support is planned by Linden Lab (but note to resident developers: this one is in high demand).

Zbrush pretty new and a bit unique. It's a 3d painting and sculpting tool; instead of manipulating polys or curves, you select a brush and literally ''paint'' and chisel and mold...the best way to grasp it is to download the demo and play with it. It's pretty sweet: a ton of studios such as [http://www.epicgames.com/ Epic Games] use it to create the details for their normal maps and some SL designers are already using it for the 3d painting capabilities.

'''Resources'''

* [http://www.pixologic.com/zbrush/education/documentation/guides.php Zbrush Documentation]
* [http://www.zbrushcentral.com/zbc/index.php ZbrushCentral - Official Forums and Online Community]
 

=== Lightwave (Newtek)===

*'''Website:''' [http://www.newtek.com/lightwave/ Lightwave]
*'''Cost:''' US$895, US$495 as a companion upgrade for Photoshop
*'''Operating Systems:''' Windows XP, Mac OS X 10.3.9 or higher
*'''Trial version available?:''' Yes, 30 day time limit, currently only available with a couple books
*'''User Scripting?''' Yes, LScript
*'''Modeling Methods:''' Polygon, NURBS with LWCAD 2.1 add-on (costs extra)
*'''Built-in Texture Baking?''' Yes
*'''Current Sculpt Map Support?:''' Yes, manual method instructions here: [[User:Patchouli_Woollahra/Lightwave_Sculptie_Rendering]]

Some high-profile Second Life designers have been using Lightwave for quite a while to burn realistic highlights and shadows onto their skins and clothing textures. Therefore it's not a big surprise that after Blender, this was the second program that community members figured out a sculpt export method for.

'''Resources'''
*[http://www.robinwood.com/Catalog/Technical/LightwaveTuts/LWTutSet.html Lightwave Tutorials] by Robin Wood, a.k.a. SL's Robin Sojourner

 

=== Rhinoceros (McNeel) ===

*'''Website:''' [http://www.rhino3d.com Rhino 3D]
*'''Cost:''' US$995
*'''Operating Systems:''' Windows 2000/XP/Vista (Vista not recommended due to OpenGL issues)
*'''Trial version available?:''' Yes, save count limited
*'''User Scripting?''' Yes, VBScript
*'''Modeling Methods:''' NURBS, Polygon (limited)
*'''Built-in Texture Baking?''' No
*'''Current Sculpt Map Support?:''' please try [[3dm2sculpt]] (not tested with Rhino yet)

Rhino is built from the ground up for NURBS modeling; thus if you intend to use NURBS, this isn't such a bad option. From this author's brief trial with it, it handles certain operations (like joining 2 or more objects) somewhat more intelligently than 3ds Max. A couple UI tricks make it easier to learn than the sea of buttons you're initially presented with: a help window to one side explains each operation as you select it and the command line at the top effectively lets you search for a function by typing in its name, without having to know where the button or menu option is.

'''Resources'''
 

=== trueSpace (Caligari) ===

*'''Website:''' [http://www.caligari.com Caligari]
*'''Cost:''' US$595 for latest version (7), but legacy versions are sold for lower prices ($199 for TrueSpace 5)
*'''Operating Systems:''' Windows XP/Vista
*'''Trial version available?:''' Yes, prior version of the program
*'''User Scripting?''' Yes
*'''Modeling Methods:''' Polygon, NURBS, Subdivision
*'''Built-in Texture Baking?''' Yes
*'''Current Sculpt Map Support?:''' No

trueSpace and its companion products appear to be aimed more at the independent developer and hobby market, resulting in a fully featured program at a much more affordable price. Of interest to Second Life users: trueSpace 7 and up offers a collaborative work environment; the benefit of working together like in SL but without the guy shooting off guns at you in the sandbox.

'''Resources'''

* [http://forms.caligari.com/forms/ts3all_free.html trueSpace3.2 Full Version (very old) for Free]
 

=== Softimage XSI (Avid) ===

*'''Website:''' [http://www.softimage.com/products/xsi/ Softimage XSI]
*'''Cost:''' US$495 ("Foundation") - US$6995 ("Advanced")
*'''Operating Systems:''' Windows XP SP2/64 bit
*'''Trial version available?:''' Yes, 30 day trial with full features, free "Mod Tool" supported by [http://www.valvesoftware.com/ Valve] with limited features (watermarks images).
*'''User Scripting?''' Yes, Python, COLLADA and C#
*'''Modeling Methods:''' Polygon, NURBS, Subdivision
*'''Built-in Texture Baking?''' Yes
*'''Current Sculpt Map Support?:''' No

Billing itself as "the most advanced 3D animation and character creation software for next generation games & film", it does that, modeling, baking, film compositing, ''and'' it makes toast! All kidding aside, they seem to be going after the largest slice of the market they can and their client list includes everything from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Half-Life_2 Half-Life] to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howl's_Moving_Castle_(film) Howl's Moving Castle]. Pluses? It's one of the few commercial programs that uses non-proprietary languages for their scripting...yes, I said languages, because apparently you have a choice between several. However it's unlikely that it has a significant user base within the SL community at the moment.

'''Resources'''
 

=== Modo 203 (Luxology)===

*'''Website:''' [http://www.luxology.com/ Luxology Home]
*'''Cost:''' US$895 professional, $149 Educational, $99 "Good Student" price. Download a trial version then wait 1-2 weeks and you'll receive a voucher dropping professional price to US$695.
*'''Operating Systems:''' Windows, Mac
*'''Trial version available?:''' Yes
*'''User Scripting?''' Yes
*'''Modeling Methods:''' Polygon, Subdivsion, Brush Sculpting
*'''Built-in Texture Baking?''' Yes
*'''Current Sculpt Map Support?:''' Yes, via texture baking

Luxology Modo is a premier modeling and UV system built to maximize the workflow of professional modelers. It has both a rich modeling and painting toolset, ideal for creating models for Second Life.

'''Resources'''

* Lovecraft Forest Testbed [http://www.rabbitroo.com/SL/SLtest4.lxo SLtest4.lxo]
* Lovecraft Forest Usage Instructions: [http://www.lovecraftforest.com/blog/2007/05/17/sculpted-prims-in-modo-part-ii/ Blog Post]
 

=== Mudbox (Skymatter) ===

*'''Website:''' [http://www.mudbox3d.com/ Mudbox]
*'''Cost:''' US$299 ("Basic") - US$649 ("Professional")
*'''Operating Systems:''' Windows XP SP2, Atm untested on x64 or Vista
*'''Trial version available?:''' Yes, 15 days trial fully functional.
*'''User Scripting?''' No
*'''Modeling Methods:''' Brush Sculpting, Subdivision
*'''Built-in Texture Baking?''' Yes
*'''Current Sculpt Map Support?:''' No

With ZBrush one of the most powerful organic modelers out there, really easy to use and artist friendly. Its modeling is based on brushes like ZBrush but aims more to 3D like Maya or 3D Studio Max. It contains a high quality texture renderer for baking normal maps and is used be many 3D professionals and studios like WETA Digital and some artists at Raven Software and id Software.

'''Resources'''
 

=== Carrara (Daz) ===

*'''Website:''' [http://www.daz3d.com/ Daz]
*'''Cost:''' US$249 ("Standard") - US$549 ("Professional")
*'''Operating Systems:''' Windows, Mac (UB)
*'''Trial version available?:''' Yes
*'''User Scripting?''' Yes (plugin development, no scripting)
*'''Modeling Methods:''' Polygon
*'''Built-in Texture Baking?''' No (Yes with third party plug from [http://www.inagoni.com/content.php?content.3/ Inagoni]
*'''Current Sculpt Map Support?:''' Yes - via texture baking with third party plugins - tutorial [[User:Hypatia_Callisto/Carrara_Sculpt_Baking]]

Like Hexagon, Carrara was an Eovia product that is now owned by Daz. Carrara is full-featured 3D application, supporting polygon modeling, spline modeling, "metaballs", and terrain modeling (it is sometimes compared to Vue). This app seems fly under the radar consistently, but Daz does seem to be serious about maintaining it as they have recently released a Mac Universal Binary version, free to registered users. Carrara also provides animation and particles.

'''Resources'''
 

=== Cinema 4D ===

*'''Website:''' [http://www.maxon.net Maxon]
*'''Cost:''' CINEMA 4D R10 Win PC £586.33, additional modules available.
*'''Operating Systems:''' Windows XP/Vista, Mac
*'''Trial version available?:''' Yes, Demo
*'''User Scripting?''' Yes, COFFEE
*'''Modeling Methods:''' Polygon, NURBS, Subdivision
*'''Built-in Texture Baking?''' Yes
*'''Current Sculpt Map Support?:''' Yes, via Shader.

One of the more affordable 3D applications, excellent learning curve. Uses COFFEE script for plugins.

'''Resources'''
 
Nice [http://www.ks-3d.de/KS-3D_SCULPTIES_(SCULPTED_PRIMS).htm tutorial] to create a Shader and modeling (by KS-3D Klaus Strifler - german only)

 

== $1000 and Up ==

=== Maya (Autodesk/Wavefront) ===

*'''Website:''' [http://www.autodesk.com/maya Autodesk Maya]
*'''Cost:''' US$3000 ("Complete") - US$7000 ("Unlimited"). ("Complete" version sufficient for creating sculpted prims.) Educational license: US$300
*'''Operating Systems:''' Windows XP SP2, Mac OS X 10.4, Linux (SUSE, RedHat and Fedora supported)
*'''Trial version available?:''' "Personal Learning Edition", no time limit but not usable for creating sculpted prims (sculpt textures ruined by watermark)
*'''User Scripting?''' Yes, MEL Script
*'''Modeling Methods:''' Polygon, NURBS, Subdivision
*'''Built-in Texture Baking?''' Yes
*'''Current Sculpt Map Support?:''' Yes, script by Qarl Linden available on their wiki [[LlSculpt mel|here]], instructions [[Sculpted_Prims:_FAQ#MayaExporter|here]].
** Qarl has released a new export script that can handle assemblies of prims and can also bake the surface textures for you. [[Advanced_Sculptie_Exporter_From_Maya | Available Here]]

Why was Maya the first to receive sculpted prim support from Linden Lab? Because it was what [http://www.qarl.com/ Qarl Linden], the main developer on the project, learned to use while creating kick-ass movie SFX like [http://www.qarl.com/menu/resume/matrix-demo.mov these] and the tech for sculpted prims was adapted from tricks he learned in the process. Maya has been a growing force in the movie industry for some years and a strong presence in the video game industry as well.

'''Resources'''

* [http://webpages.charter.net/talilal/Balloon%20Tutorial/ Maya Sculpt Tutorial] by Talila Liu
 

=== 3d Studio Max (Autodesk) ===

*'''Website:''' [http://www.autodesk.com/3dsmax Autodesk 3ds Max]
*'''Cost:''' US$3495. Educational License: ~US$200. Subscription: ~US$500/year.
*'''Operating Systems:''' Windows 2000/XP, Windows Vista (with version 9.1)
*'''Trial version available?:''' Yes, 30-day demo, full features
*'''User Scripting?''' Yes, MAX Script/plugins
*'''Modeling Methods:''' Polygons, NURBS, Subdivsion, Basic Brush Sculpting
*'''Built-in Texture Baking?''' Yes (some functions only in version 8 and higher)
*'''Current Sculpt Map Support?:''' 3 methods in development:
** [http://www.joe-brown.net/SecondLife/SculptTut/SculptTut.html Method 1] by Gearsawe Stonecutter, uses a premade template file.
** [http://forums.secondlife.com/showthread.php?t=182461 Method 2] by Abu Nasu, uses a shader. [http://forums.secondlife.com/showpost.php?p=1505984&postcount=46 Download the Materials file here]. [http://tech-slop.serveit.org/wiki/index.php?title=Sculptie_Egg Read the tutorial here].
*** A varient of Abu's methood by Chip Midnight uses a projection modifier and can handle arbitrary shapes but requires Max version 8 or higher. [http://home.comcast.net/~pixelforgeltd/Tutorial.htm The tutorial is here.]
** Method 3 ([http://forums.secondlife.com/showthread.php?t=185426 thread]) ([http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/SculptGenMax wiki]) by Shack Dougall, is a vertex-based method using MAXScript and preset geometry as a starting point. Tested on 3dsMax 9.

Formerly Maya's main competitor, especially in the game industry. Then Autodesk (the makers of Max) bought out Alias (the makers of Maya) a couple years ago. So far the company is developing both products separately, marketing Maya at the movie industry and Max at the game developers, but they have long had comparable feature sets, and in the future it's likely that there will be tighter integration between the two. A choice between Maya and Max generally comes down to user preference and (particularly in our case) plugin support. Some users have said that Max is easier for a newbie to learn than Maya and certain basic controls share similarities with SL's build tools (such as shift-drag to copy).

'''Resources'''

 

= Other 3d Programs =

These programs may be free or cheap, but they won't have nearly as expansive feature sets as those above.

=== MilkShape 3D ===

*'''Website:''' [http://www.milkshape3d.com/ www.milkshape3d.com]
*'''Cost:''' US$25 / €25
*'''Operating Systems:''' Windows
*'''Trial version available?''' 30-day unrestricted trial, save disabled thereafter until registered
*'''User Scripting?''' Plug-in SDK available (Does that count?)
*'''Modeling Methods:''' Polygons
*'''Built-in Texture Baking/generation?''' No
*'''Current Sculpt Map Support:''' Import/Export plugin under development

'''Resources''' 

* See the '''Tutorials''' and '''Links''' sections on the [http://www.milkshape3d.com/ MilkShape website]
 

=== POV-Ray ===

*'''Website:''' http://povray.org
*'''Cost:''' FREE
*'''Operating Systems:''' Windows/Linux/Mac
*'''Trial version available?'''
*'''User Scripting?'''
*'''Modeling Methods:''' N/A
*'''Built-in Texture Baking/generation?''' Yes
*'''Current Sculpt Map Support:''' Yes. Instructions are here: http://johannahyacinth.blogspot.com/2007/05/sculpted-prims-with-pov-ray.html

POV-Ray is a renderer - you have to do all your modeling in another application, or by describing in plain text the mathematical shapes which make up the model.
 

=== Hexagon 2 (DAZ Productions) ===

*'''Website:''' [http://www.daz3d.com/i.x/software/hexagon/-/? Hexagon product page]
*'''Cost:''' Full version: $149, "Crossgrade" from other DAZ software: $79, Upgrade: $49
*'''Operating Systems:''' Windows 2000/XP, Mac OS X 10.2 or higher
*'''Trial version available?''' Yes, it's buried: go [http://www.daz3d.com/i.x/support/downloads/-/ here] and select Hexagon from the list.
*'''User Scripting?''' No
*'''Modeling Methods:''' Polygon
*'''Built-in Texture Baking/generation?''' No
*'''Current Sculpt Map Support:''' No

SL animators may have heard about (and perhaps been disappointed with) [http://www.daz3d.com/i.x/software/studio/-/? DAZ Studio], a competitor to Poser. Others may be familiar with [http://www.daz3d.com/i.x/software/bryce/-/? Bryce], a landscape creation tool with a much better reputation. Hexagon was originally developed by eovia until purchased by DAZ and while it appears to be a perfectly capable 3d program by itself with polygon modeling subdivision modeling, sculpting tools, and is that 3d painting I see?, the absence in their feature list of either texture baking or any sort of user scripting or plugin interface could be a deal-breaker until something like a reliable .OBJ converter comes along.
 

=== Google SketchUp ===

*'''Website:''' [http://sketchup.google.com/ Google SketchUp]
*'''Cost:''' Free (Google SketchUp 6); $495 (Google SketchUp 6 Pro)/$45 (full-feature academic license for Google SketchUp 6 Pro)
*'''Operating Systems:''' Windows XP/2000, Windows Vista (with OpenGL 1.5 or higher), Mac OS X (10.3.9 or higher)
*'''Trial version available?:''' 8 hour trial available for Sketchup Pro
*'''User Scripting?''' Yes, Ruby
*'''Modeling Methods:''' Polygon
*'''Built-in Texture Baking?''' No
*'''Current Sculpt Map Support?:''' Indirectly (through OBJ export; Pro version only)

SketchUp is a 3D drafting program popular among architects for its conceptual similarity to manual drafting and physical model-building. It has a very low learning curve, but is rather foreign to most established suites other than AutoCAD.

Hypothetically, SketchUp could be used to reduce the number of prims used in structures already possible with Second Life's built-in tools, as its use of edges and faces allows the creation of efficient compound geometric forms.

On the other hand, SketchUp's "bring your own geometry" approach makes it not particularly suited to the creation of mesh-based organic shapes.

Sketchup's surface modeling paradigm currently makes it difficult to translate SketchUp models into Sculpted Prims. The paid "Pro" version of SketchUp does, however, allow export to OBJ which, via [[Sculpted_Prims:_3d_Software_Guide#obj2sculpt|obj2sculpt]] (or, of course, Maya), may allow sculpt-map export. It also exports to 3DS, Collada, XSI and VRML, ''et cetera'', but these formats may well require software more expensive than SketchUp.

SketchUp uses image textures about as basic as those found in the Second Life build tools. Its texture capabilities would therefore likely not be useful to Second Life designers other than for previewing existing textures.

= 3D File Formats =

If you're using software that cannot export to sculpt directly, you might still be able to succeed. You can always give the file to someone with access to the appropriate software, or you could export your model into another 3D modeler. To do that, you'll need to export the model into a format the other program can handle. Here's a brief rundown of the file formats that SL developers will generally find the most useful.

:*'''.OBJ''': Probably the most common cross-platform export format for polygon models; it's fairly open and any 3D program worth its bits supports it. It's also well-documented and easily hackable.

:*'''.3DS''': The default polygon export format supported by [[#3d_Studio_Max_.28Autodesk.29|3D Studio Max]]. Because of this, it is widely supported. However, it doesn't have as many export options as OBJ.

:*'''.FBX''': Another Autodesk format that is good if you need to export whole scenes: objects, animation, lights, cameras, etc. More importantly for our purposes, it preserves [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NURBS NURBS] objects in some programs. Especially useful if you're trading files between 3DS Max and [[#Maya_.28Autodesk.2FWavefront.29|Maya]]; it's also supported in some other programs but [[#Blender|Blender]] isn't among them ...yet.

:*'''.3DM''': a.k.a [http://www.opennurbs.com OpenNURBS]. This is the native format of [[#Rhinoceros_Rhino_3D|Rhino3D]] and [[#Moment_of_Inspiration|MoI]] and, as the name suggests, is a [[Sculpted_Prims:_3d_Modeling_Glossary#NURBS_Modeling | NURBS]] export format. It's gaining some popularity; unfortunately, it's not currently supported by the big three (Maya, Max and Blender). However the format documentation and code libraries are open-source, tempting those brave enough to try and write tools for it, such as [[#3dm2sculpt | 3dm2sculpt]].
 

= Other Resources =

Useful places for anyone interested in 3d modeling:

* [http://www.3dbuzz.com 3d Buzz] — Forums, video tutorials and even classes covering everything from 3d programs to 3d programing and even Photoshop.
* [http://ibiblio.org/e-notes/Splines/Intro.htm An Interactive Introduction to Splines] — a technical introduction to NURBs.
 

== See also ==

* [[Sculpted Prims|Sculpted Prims]]
* [[Sculpted Prims: FAQ|Sculpted Prims: FAQ]]
* [[Sculpt Textures in Paint Programs]]
* [[Sculpted Prims: Technical Explanation|Sculpted Prims: Under the Hood]]
* [[Sharing_sculpt_maps_and_textures|Sculpted Prims: Sharing Sculpt Maps and Textures]]
* [[Sculpted Prims Beta Discussion|Sculpted Prims Beta Discussion]]

 

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Talk:Metrics Glossary

2007-06-13T15:45:08Z

Rex Cronon:

-- Meta Linden, June 12 2007

This is where discussion and questions about the Metrics Glossary should go. Thanks in advance!

-- Francis Chung, June 12 2007

So I've always been curious - how do you differentiate male/female gender? Is it just the gender of the avatar, or do you have a mechanism for differentiating the user?
:It's resident declared at registration I believe --[[User:Ceeq Laborde|Ceeq Laborde]] 18:06, 12 June 2007 (PDT)

-- Rex Cronon, June 13 2007

Can a new table be added to the "Key Metrics" document? 
Its name should be "Sinks" and it should have the following columns: 
[1]month/year [2]either number of images uploaded or amount paid to upload them [3]nr. people that paid to upload images [4]either number of sound clips uploaded or amount paid to upload them [5]nr. people that paid to upload sounds [6]either number of avatar animations uploaded or amount paid to upload them [7]nr. people that paid to upload avatar animations 
--[[User:Rex Cronon|Rex Cronon]] 08:45, 13 June 2007 (PDT)

User:Rex Cronon

2007-05-29T21:10:58Z

Rex Cronon:

testing...