Sculted Prim Tools & Tutorials

Hi there,
just found a great series of video tutorials to create sculpties based on Domino Marama's scripts for Blender.
video + text and excellent explanations using the latest 2.46 and 2.47 versions of Blender.
tried them and love them: http://blog.machinimatrix.org/
enjoy

I just finished my medium/advanced tutorial on sculpted prims in 3dsMax

http://kdc.ethernia.net/?page_id=342

A sculpt exporter is available for Albatross 3D, a simple but powerful 3D modeler:

a3dsculpt.googlecode.com

I'm finding great with AC3D.

Another one, on Wikipedia.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_3D_computer_graphics_software

Here's an in-depth tutorial on texturing sculpts with very high accuracy, including how to texture the regions around the poles. It includes a variety of different exact templates to work with normal sculpts, oblongs, and either with texture repeat schemes:

http://integralsl.blogspot.com/2009/01/ocd-texturing-of-sculpts-and-templates.html

I've recently (Within the last week) created a Youtube Channel called BlenderSL, to host tutorials for helping learn to use Blender to create sculpted prims for Second Life.

At this point I have my initial 4-tutorial mini-series complete and up, and I will be adding many, many more videos that range in skill levels from the very beginner up to those that have been making sculpties for quite some time.

Check it out, subscribe if you like, and if you find any errors, or want any specific topic covered, just let me know!

http://www.youtube.com/user/BlenderSL

I actually replaced my wings 3d with Hexagon (got it free in a 3d mag). Its nice. anyone else using it?

I've written a very simple tutorial on making 'nano' sculpted prims (shrinking them below the 0.01 metre size that is the normal lower limit in SL):

http://randominspiration.info/?page_id=118

Please leave feedback if there's anything that needs clarifying.

I can't rave enough about the Sculpt-o-Matic

http://slurl.com/secondlife/Sri%20Syadasti/16/75/37

Build in world with prims and in not time at all make a sculpt map that makes nice sharp edges for gears and stairs and chairs and well, just about anything.

Sandbox demo kit fully functional in the sandbox.

Full perm version lets you use it anywhere.

What I want to make is a cushion that is square but smooth, like a chair or couch cushion is. What I get is a wooden apple. If a sculpty has a texture on it how do you add another texture to it? I dont know how to change the editing sculpty pattern. Im confused. Ive tried to add the scultpy texture manuallly but then I cant add a fabric texture to it.

Hi. I am a noob...and very frustrated with all the confusing options for sculpty creation. Seriously considering Hexagon as a lower cost option but hopefully a mid-range option for learnability and features. Is it worth the money? The hype suggests that Hexagon now allows fairly easy export/import to SL. Is that true? As a noob, I am particularly frustrated by how most other programs really are not stand alone and they require learning several programs to fully complete a sculpty and bring it into SL.

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ok, so i was able to get this wonderfull program at a fairly huge savings with a student discount/license, i've been able to figure it out as far as saving the .tga render to be processed into a sculpt map with photoshop cs4, the only method using PS + 3Ds Max i've heard of is a filter called "Solidify C" for photoshop, can't get photoshop to load it at all or even acknowledge it exists.

from what i can tell it's supposed to show up in the filters menu, possibly in the "other" dropdown combo box, of course, my luck, it doesn't, tried everything i can think of and wasted easily 3-4+ hours on this already....


HELP!!!!!!

I've been playing for a few days and so far this seems to be a fairly easy way to point edit, or otherwise torture prims out of Rokuro, Tokoroten & SculptySpace, and have the meshes retain their integrity as sculpted prims when they go back into SculptySpace for previewing before final upload to SL.

This is just my early research into the workflow possibilities for playing with and creating all the sculpties I think I may need to model what I want for SL.

I'm REALLY new at this, but I have the DESIRE to make wicked content for SL!

I'm pleased, to be honest....although the $80usd tag for AC3D is significant. I find Wings3D pretty darn picky about what meshes it will export...I just look at it the wrong way and I get the 'unsupported mesh size' crap. Lunchbag letdown for me so far if I've wrangled a mesh into shape in Wings. (It likes 32 X 31 spheres or carefully sculpted variations thereof, and not much else, for export success.)

Blender would be worth substituting for Wings or AC3D but it made my poor ol' Pentium three puke! (Quit snickering.)


I'm going to go see what file formats export out of 'Anim8or' ...for 3d modeling, Anim8or is the cat's pajamas - Freeware and powerful but 'straightforward 3D modeling for noobs'.

Hope this helps some new person looking seriously into developing using sculpted prims for SL.

EDIT: All programs mentioned in my .jpeg are free, except for AC3D. (google it;P)

'Anim8or' imports and exports .obj and .3ds files. Wicked!

in the last version of my SecondTGA
DXFoutput ad DXFinput added for Oblong Sculpties also http://www.imitidicthulhu.it/2TGApage.html
(+ 3DLite viewer)

Don't change colors and layers of the faces in the DXF, because they are used by SecondTGA to sort the 3D faces!
It is possible to resize and to stretch edges and vertex in the range 0-255.

DXF files alowed only ASCII type.
TGA allowed only uncompressed type.

Other my tool CAD2Sculpty is now enabled to convert 128x128 into Oblong 8x128 and 16x64
http://www.imitidicthulhu.it/C2Spage.html

Would it be possible to import Google SketchUp models to Second Life?

I also would like to find out where I could get / download ready made 3d objects that already
includes 2 files: (the Sculpt Map file and Texture file) to so I can readily import them in Second Life. Please help.

SL sculpted prims are not really like other 3D models, they have a specific geometry that very few (i.e. no other) models are likely to share. I know plugins exist for other software (3D Studio Max for example) that convert 'normal' models to sculpt maps but otherwise, you may be better off finding premade sculpts:



XStreetSL has a vast amount of full perms sculpted prims for sale, some pretextured. There are also locations inworld that specialise is premade sculpt maps. Search places will bring up a long list.

hello and goodmorning


I am looking for someone who can help me with the following thing;

I want to import objects in sl as scultpies.
and yes i know there instructions and links on the web
and all in the wiki and tools etc. etc.

I want to convert objects in blender/maya whatever software is needed
to do this right together in a chat so i can ask direct my
questions and doubts.

I dont want to read anymore- I dont want to follow class I simply
need a person who can explain and tell me the technique on all this
as it seems THE big secret.

Example: an object for example a car converted to a sculpt
and than created in SL. Thats the only thing i want...

no reading no links search and google search just simple
someone who demonstrate me and tell me what to do
and what not to do

Who is willing and able to help on this
if there is price on tell me
IM me in world for your offers..

Thx for reading


and yes i confess i am lazy...

I'm getting a dead link on this. Has it been moved or is it avalilable elsewhere?

Thanks!

I see that you have a section at the bottom of your page on texturing sculpties. I have put together a step by step for how to export from rhino to a .obj file with material associations that allow you to edit the 3D object in Adobe Photoshop and makes for some easy texturing

http://www.labrada-designs.com/Rhino_to_Photoshop_Tutorial/

If you are having issues with sculpt making or are new to it.. definetly take Xenius Revere classes. No video tutorial or book comes close to the way he lectures and gives a profound understanding of what a sculptie is and what the limitations are. I was wandering for over a year breaking my head with tutorials, reading every letter Chosen wrote, but this class was the one that really gave me some serious maya skills.

I wrote a little tutorial for my DxFACE
http://imitidicthulhu2.blogspot.com/2009/12/new-dxface-0020-quick-start.html

DxFACE allow you to get maximum 32 faces, but it don't need to join the faces in the mesh.
You can draw the faces in any position without common edges.
Then DxFACE multiplies the number of the elongated faces and each becomes a square (it is better about the textures...)
You can create the faces using also any CAD (DXF ascii are allowed in input)

DxFACE automatically resizes and center your object in the 0-255 units required for the sculpties
The TGA files are generated in the format 8 x 128 (if you need to edit again) or 16 x 256, that is required in SL world.