Mesh

Status	Mesh Import
The Mesh Project viewer and mesh support on aditi are still under development and are considered "Early Beta" stability: Issues such as crashes or loss of mesh content may occur. 10/14/10 : Mesh has entered Open Beta status. The Mesh Project Beta Viewer is now available for download. See 10-13-10 blog for announcement.

Mesh Walkthroughs

1. See what mesh can do
2. Uploading a mesh
3. Uploading a multi-material mesh
4. Uploading a rigged mesh
5. Decomposing mesh for physics shape

Introduction

The Mesh Project Viewer is a chance for all Second Life Residents to try an early implementation of mesh import, an upcoming feature that enables creators to model objects using external tools and bring them into Second Life. To participate:

1. Download the mesh project viewer
2. Enable your account on our Aditi grid
3. Connect to an appropriate mesh-enabled region.

For detailed instructions on these steps, see Getting Started with Mesh.

Feedback

We would love to hear your feedback on any part of the mesh project. The primary means of giving feedback is by filing bugs, but you can also participate in our forums:

• Public JIRA Tracker Report bugs here (be sure to login first using your Second Life account).
• Mesh Forum Participate in discussions of Mesh on our public forum.

Help

Understanding Mesh

• What is Mesh?
• Understanding Mesh costs
• Mesh Help Resources What kind of help and support is available for Mesh?
• Mesh FAQ
• SL Answers Page Answers to common Mesh questions.
• Applications for creating and converting meshes

Video Tutorials

• Exporting Autodesk Maya mesh data and importing mesh data into Second Life
• mesh support with blender (3 videos: overview,create,import)

Downloads

Sample Mesh Files

• Sample Content Page : Current list of Mesh files you can download and try out.

Latest Mesh Viewer Installers

• Windows Mesh Viewer
• Mac Mesh Viewer
• Linux Mesh Viewer
• Development Snapshot ! Build snapshots are completely untested. They are built from the tip of the mesh development source code repository automatically whenever a developer submits a code change. Use with caution. !

Articles

Transcripts

• Nyx's 15 September 2010 office hour, with Falcon and some closed-beta folks
• Jeremy's September 15, 2010 documentation team office hour, featuring Mesh questions answered by Vir Linden
• Nyx's 22 September 2010 office hour
• Nyx's 29 September 2010 office hour
• Mesh Streaming Cost
• Why UUID Flipping is Bad
• Resident-run Mesh images group on Flickr, also search Flickr for the "slmesh" tag

Archives

• Getting started
• Creating and converting meshes
• Uploading a mesh
• Rezzing a mesh
• Texturing a mesh

QA and Bugs

• Mesh Tests : Current and pending test plans.