Mesh

Status	Mesh Import
The Mesh Project viewer and mesh support on aditi are still under development and are considered "Early Beta" stability level. Consequently, 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 out an early implementation of Mesh Import, an upcoming feature that will allow creators to model objects using external tools and bring them into Second Life. To participate, you will need to (1) download the mesh project viewer, (2) enable your account on our Aditi grid, and (3) connect to an appropriate mesh-enabled region. For detailed instructions on these steps, see our Getting Started with Mesh page.

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.

Video Tutorials

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

Collada(DAE) Supported Programs for Mesh

Programs	Bone	Method	Version
3Ds Max Studio	Yes	Import/Export via OpenCOLLADA Plug-in	2009 or higher
Bentley's MicroStation	No	Import/Export	V8i and up
Blender	Yes	Import/Export	2.49 and up
DAZ 3D	Yes	Import/Export	2.0 and up
Lightwave	Yes	Import/Export	9.5 and up
Maya	?	Import/Export via OpenCOLLADA Plug-in	2008 or higher
Modo	?	Import/Export	?
PhotoShop	No	Direct open	Creative Suite 4 (11) and up
SketchUp	No	Import/Export	5.0 & 7.0 and up (6.0 was not supported)

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
• 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.