Creating editable faces on mesh objects

[Flapman]

Hi all,

 

I am playing around with mesh creation in SL and could not find anything that addresses this specifically.  I created a simple mesh to represent a retaining wall and arch at a bistro.   I UV-mapped it.  When I imported the *.dae file into SL. I then tried to select faces on the object in SL and the whole thing was one face.  What steps do I need to take in my modeling program to make sure specific areas or faces are selectable?  I want to know this for the purpose of creating object parts that I can sell to other residents as building blocks for their own designs.

Thanks in advance,

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[Sassy Romano]

You define faces by grouping mesh faces according to materials. You can have up to 8 materials and thus that many faces to receive a texture inworld.

[Medhue Simoni]

Each face in SL is a material in your 3D program. So, you have to create different materials. 8 is the limit in SL tho. Here is a video where I briefly go over faces in SL.

[Flapman]

Thanks guys.  I thought that might be the case. 

 

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[Flapman]

Hiya Med,

 

Your tutuorial is really great btw.

 

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