Mesh

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

The Mesh Project Viewer (Open Beta) is coming October 13. We will be updating documentation here to help everyone get started.

Important: The Mesh Project viewer and mesh support on aditi are still under development. Please be aware that issues such as crashes or loss of mesh content are possible.

Introduction

The Mesh Project Viewer is a chance for everyone to try out an early implementation of mesh import, an upcoming feature that will allow creators to model objects in external tools and bring them into Second Life. To try out mesh you will need to:

1. Download the Mesh Project viewer at the Second Life downloads page.
2. Log on using the Mesh Project viewer. By default, the Mesh Open Beta viewer will connect you to the aditi developer grid; as the region, specify any of the active mesh regions, for example, Mesh City. If you have any problems logging in, see these instructions on getting your account set up on aditi.
3. Try Mesh for yourself.

Video Tutorials

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

Test Plans

Current and pending test plans can be found here.

Understanding Mesh

• What is mesh?
• Understanding mesh costs
• What kind of help and support is available for mesh?
• FAQ

Related Links

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

Mesh images flickr group

Article archive

Here are some slightly outdated documents that may yet prove useful:

1. Getting started
2. Creating and converting meshes
3. Uploading a mesh
4. Rezzing a mesh
5. Texturing a mesh