Difference between revisions of "Mesh"

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Mesh is the capability to bring 3D models, known as meshes, created in third-party tools into Second Life. Mesh background information explains in detail.

Prerequisites

Viewer

To upload and render mesh content, you need a mesh-enabled viewer, such as the official Second Life Viewer.http://secondlife.com/support/downloads/. If you are using a third-party viewer, check its documentation to see if it supports mesh.

If you don't already have a mesh-enabled viewer:

Download the Second Life Viewer from Second Life's Downloads page.
Install and run the Viewer.

Mesh tutorial

To upload mesh content you must accept the IP terms and have payment info on file.

Getting started

To try out mesh:

Go to one of all the sandboxes in Second Life. See Second Life Public Sandboxes.
Some sandboxes may become overcrowded with Residents and have poor performance. If you see objects that look like a lot of flat triangles, try moving to another region.
See what people have been working on, or try uploading some sample content of your own!

Save L$ by testing on the beta grid

Uploading mesh content to the main Second Life grid costs Linden dollars. For development and testing, upload your content to the Aditi beta grid instead. For more information about Aditi, see Preview Grid.

Follow these steps to upload models to Aditi:

Import your SL account to Aditi (see Updating Your Account on Aditi for instructions).
Enable the grid selection dropdown on the Second Life login screen in Me > Preferences > Advanced > Show Grid Selection or by typing CTRL+SHIFT+G.
Note: You may need to enable the Advanced menu by pressing Ctrl+Shift+D
In grid selection, choose the Aditi beta grid.
Your account on the beta grid has its own L$ balance, so Linden dollars earned and spent on Aditi do not affect your main grid L$ balance.

Related Resources

Prims, Prim Equivalent, Land Impact... a too long guide An in-depth exploration of land impact, originally posted by Jenni Darkwatch in the Mesh forum.
Resident-run Mesh images group on Flickr, also search Flickr for the "slmesh" tag
Depth of Field An optional graphical effect, particularly useful for enhancing screenshots.
Mesh Optimizations A tutorial covering the transition from sculpted prims to mesh models.
SL Answers Page Answers to common Mesh questions on the Second Life community website.
Mesh Enablement How to enable mesh upload abilities on your Second Life account.
Basic Intro to Maya Tutorials A series of tutorials for learning Autodesk Maya, an external 3D software program for making mesh for Second Life.

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+'''Mesh''' is the capability to bring 3D models, known as ''meshes'', created in third-party tools into Second Life. [[Mesh background information]] explains in detail.
-The Mesh First Look (Open Beta) is coming soon; see the announcement  [http://blogs.secondlife.com/community/features/blog/2010/09/14/next-steps-for-mesh-import in the blog].  In the meantime, we are updating the documentation to reflect what beta users will be able to see and do.
+== Prerequisites ==
-{{KBnote|Previously-written Mesh documentation is now available, but parts of it may no longer be correct.  Updates are coming!}}
+=== Viewer ===
+To upload and render mesh content, you need a ''mesh-enabled viewer'', such as the official Second Life Viewer.[http://secondlife.com/support/downloads/ http://secondlife.com/support/downloads/].  If you are using a [[Third Party Viewer Directory|third-party viewer]], check its documentation to see if it supports mesh.
-== Walkthroughs ==
+If you don't already have a mesh-enabled viewer:
-# [[Mesh Walkthrough: Mesh Tour|See what mesh can do]]
+# Download the '''Second Life Viewer''' from Second Life's [http://secondlife.com/support/downloads/ Downloads page].
-# [[Mesh Walkthrough: Simple Mesh Upload|Uploading a mesh]]
+# Install and run the Viewer.
-# [[Mesh Walkthrough: Complex Mesh Upload|Uploading a multi-material mesh]]
-# [[Mesh Walkthrough: Rigged Mesh Upload|Uploading a rigged mesh]]
-# [[Mesh Walkthrough: Decomposing Physics|Decomposing mesh for physics shape]]
-# [[Mesh Walkthrough: Understanding Mesh Costs|Understanding mesh costs]]
-== Video Tutorials ==
+=== Mesh tutorial ===
-* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1fb2LP1n-Lk&feature=player_embedded Exporting Autodesk Maya mesh data and importing mesh data into Second Life]
-* [http://blog.machinimatrix.org/2010/09/15/meshes-i-a-preliminary-tutorial-about-meshes/ A preliminary tutorial about meshes in Blender]
-== Test Plans ==
-* [http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/Mesh_Import_test Testing Mesh Import]
-== Related Links ==
+To upload mesh content you must accept the IP terms and have payment info on file.
-[[User:Nyx_Linden/Office_Hours_Transcript_2010-09-15|Nyx's 15 September 2010 office hour, with Falcon and some closed-beta folks]]
-[[Doc_Team/2010-09-15|Jeremy's September 15, 2010 documentation team office hour, featuring Mesh questions answered by Vir Linden]]
+* [https://secondlife.aditi.lindenlab.com/my/account/ip/accept.php IP terms for the beta grid (Aditi).  You do not need payment information on file for the beta grid.]
+* [https://secondlife.com/my/account/ip/accept.php IP terms for the Main Grid (Agni)]
-[[User:Nyx_Linden/Office_Hours_Transcript_2010-09-22|Nyx's 22 September 2010 office hour]]
+{{:Mesh/Getting_started}}
-[[Mesh Streaming Cost]]
+== Related Resources ==
+* '''[http://community.secondlife.com/t5/Mesh/Prims-Prim-Equivalent-Land-Impact-a-too-long-guide/td-p/1293579 Prims, Prim Equivalent, Land Impact... a too long guide]''' An in-depth exploration of ''land impact'', originally posted by Jenni Darkwatch in the Mesh forum.
+* [http://www.flickr.com/groups/secondlife3dmesh/ Resident-run Mesh images group on Flickr], also [http://www.flickr.com/search/?w=all&q=slmesh&m=tags search Flickr for the "slmesh" tag]
+* [[Depth of Field]] An optional graphical effect, particularly useful for enhancing screenshots.
+* [http://blog.machinimatrix.org/optimizing-meshes/ Mesh Optimizations] A tutorial covering the transition from sculpted prims to mesh models.
+* [http://blogs.secondlife.com/community/answers/mesh SL Answers Page] Answers to common Mesh questions on the Second Life community website.
+* [https://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/Mesh_Upload_Enablement Mesh Enablement]  How to enable mesh upload abilities on your Second Life account.
+* [https://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/Mesh/Maya_Basic_Intro_Tutorial Basic Intro to Maya Tutorials] A series of tutorials for learning Autodesk Maya, an external 3D software program for making mesh for Second Life.
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