[opensource-dev] Current status of Mesh??

[Kelly Linden]

On Wed, Aug 31, 2011 at 10:16 AM, Robert Martin <robertltux at gmail.com>wrote:

> Does anybody know of some sort of documentation on the ins and outs of
> mesh??
> And before you say the SL wiki everything there is one or more of 1
> Outdated 2 FICTIONAL 3 without any actual details
> (unless of course its been massively updated in the last week or so)
>
> Questions i have
>
> 1 what is the conversion of Vertexes to Prims?? (how many vertexes do
> you get for a "prim")
>

Yes, it is much more complicated.
http://community.secondlife.com/t5/English-Knowledge-Base/Calculating-prim-equivalent-weight/ta-p/974163


> 2 are there any simple tools to make models (Blender does not qualify).
>

https://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/Mesh/Creating_a_mesh

I've heard good things about Wings3D. There are several tool-specific wiki
pages on the category page (https://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/Category:Mesh)
with names along the lines of "Mesh/Exporting a mesh from" that might give
some hints on the level of support and complexity of the tool.


> 3 are non-biped avatars supported in mesh?? (quads are the biggest concern)
>

While Kadah is correct, for a 'quad' I would bet you could use the arms with
custom animations.. This page has a list of the joints:
https://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/Mesh/Troubleshooting

Hope that helps!
 - Kelly
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