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Alyxanndria Imako

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Join date: 15 Oct 2007

Posts: 93

11-10-2007 10:46

Is it possible to export a model from the grid so I can edit it offline?

Walker Moore

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Join date: 14 May 2006

Posts: 1,458

11-10-2007 17:22

Unfortunately not. People have attempted tools to allow us to import stuff from various environments though.

# I recall Jeffrey Gomez making an offline building system for Blender last year. It included an LSL script to import the builds into Second Life. I'm not sure if it's still supported.

http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=149111

# There is also an offline builder for Maya with limited prim support:

http://www.purplestatic.com/MEL_SL/

** If you're happy to build with basic prims in-world while utilizing sculpties for more unique shapes, you could do worse than check the Sculpted Prims Wiki.

http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/Sculpted_Prims

Jesse Barnett

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Join date: 21 May 2006

Posts: 4,160

11-10-2007 18:50

Every single object in SL is stored as a series of floats, integers, keys, vectors and rotations. This how is the various programs import prims into SL. All of that info is either pasted into a notecard or is brought in through xml-rpc or http messages. You would have to do the reverse of that, gather all of the data and then transmit it to the outside. Then you would need to know how to get a 3rd party application to read that data and rebuild whatever. No one has offered a program like that yet.

There is another way to do it and it is available now but I would be lynched if I mentioned it here. Not worth the hassle and no matter what, you can still edit anything here much faster then exporting/editting and importing again.

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Thunderclap Morgridge

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11-13-2007 14:25

Jess, that [cough]program[cough] works with textures only, I understand.

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Exporting from the grid
Alyxanndria Imako Crazier than Thou Join date: 15 Oct 2007 Posts: 93	11-10-2007 10:46 Is it possible to export a model from the grid so I can edit it offline?
Walker Moore Fоrum Unregular Join date: 14 May 2006 Posts: 1,458	11-10-2007 17:22 Unfortunately not. People have attempted tools to allow us to import stuff from various environments though. # I recall Jeffrey Gomez making an offline building system for Blender last year. It included an LSL script to import the builds into Second Life. I'm not sure if it's still supported. http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=149111 # There is also an offline builder for Maya with limited prim support: http://www.purplestatic.com/MEL_SL/ ** If you're happy to build with basic prims in-world while utilizing sculpties for more unique shapes, you could do worse than check the Sculpted Prims Wiki. http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/Sculpted_Prims
Jesse Barnett 500,000 scoville units Join date: 21 May 2006 Posts: 4,160	11-10-2007 18:50 Every single object in SL is stored as a series of floats, integers, keys, vectors and rotations. This how is the various programs import prims into SL. All of that info is either pasted into a notecard or is brought in through xml-rpc or http messages. You would have to do the reverse of that, gather all of the data and then transmit it to the outside. Then you would need to know how to get a 3rd party application to read that data and rebuild whatever. No one has offered a program like that yet. There is another way to do it and it is available now but I would be lynched if I mentioned it here. Not worth the hassle and no matter what, you can still edit anything here much faster then exporting/editting and importing again. _____________________ I (who is a she not a he) reserve the right to exercise selective comprehension of the OP's question at anytime. From: someone I am still around, just no longer here. See you across the aisle. Hope LL burns in hell for archiving this forum
Thunderclap Morgridge The sound heard by all Join date: 30 Sep 2006 Posts: 517	11-13-2007 14:25 Jess, that [cough]program[cough] works with textures only, I understand. _____________________ Gimp: n : disability of walking due to crippling of the legs or feet ie. lameness, limping, gameness, claudication secondlife://Amaro/77/130/39 Come to Thunderclap: the gospel chapel and Thunderburst: Mens clothes and more.

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