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== Getting started ==
What's Aditi and how do I login? [[Preview_Grid]]
To try out mesh:
# Go to one of all the sandboxes in Second Life. See [http://secondlife.com/destinations/howto/sandbox 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 [[Mesh/Sample_Content|sample content]] of your own!


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=== 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]].


'''Mesh Introductions:'''
Follow these steps to upload models to Aditi:
Please be sure to read this entire document before beginning. It contains very important Logging in:
# Import your SL account to Aditi (see [[Preview_Grid#Updating_Your_Account_on_Aditi|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.
* Make sure you have the latest mesh enabled viewer installed.
#: '''Note:''' You may need to enable the Advanced menu by pressing '''Ctrl+Shift+D'''
* Run the newly installed viewer.
# In grid selection, choose the '''Aditi''' beta grid.
* Hit ctrl + shift + g (PC) or command + shift + g (Mac) at the login screen to bring up a list of grids you can connect to. Choose Aditi if it's not already selected.
# 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.
* Login.
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* Once logged in, in the slurl address bar at the top left of the screen, type in the name of the region XXXX and hit enter. You should
now teleport to a mesh enabled region. If this doesn't work, try searching for the region's name.
 
 
'''Creating and Converting Meshes:'''
 
* If you're a seasoned content creator, you probably already know about packages like 3D Studio, Maya, Blender, etc.
* If not, you can try out Google's SketchUp (http://sketchup.google.com/)
* The final output format you want is collada (.DAE). For now, you want to create single models, not whole scenes, as your DAE files.
* If you have models already and need an easy way to convert to collada (.DAE) files, you can try Autodesk's FBX Converter, which we prefer (midway down this page:
http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/pc/item?siteID=123112&id=10775855) or MeshLab (http://meshlab.sourceforge.net/). Note that with the FBX converter you may have to
convert first to an intermediary format and then to DAE.

Latest revision as of 17:24, 2 February 2012

Getting started

To try out mesh:

  1. 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.
  2. 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:

  1. Import your SL account to Aditi (see Updating Your Account on Aditi for instructions).
  2. 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
  3. In grid selection, choose the Aditi beta grid.
  4. 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.
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