Edited : New question on physics

[Alexandra Barcelos]

Okey so i rigged the skirt and it ataches as a part of the avatar as suposed to , BUT the skirt does not follow my movements its stiff on the pelvis like a sculpted prim , do i need to activate something in blender while rigging it ?

 

[Gaia Clary]

Isn't Collada part of the blender-2.5 core distribution ? What Collada Plugin have you installed ? If you happened to have installed the Illusoft plugin, then you have lost. that works only for Blender-2.4 ...

Normally you would not install any extra plugin to export. Just follow:

File -> Export ->Collada

and ensure that you have enabled "selected only"

Blender uses Collada-1.4.1 and it may or may not work with the SL importer. (As far as i can see, it mostly works, sometimes not)

[Alexandra Barcelos]

Hello well 2.5 i noticed did not have the importer/exporter of collada 1.4 so i googled it and it gave me this page : http://colladablender.illusoft.com/cms/content/blogcategory/25/29/   i downloaded it ( says its a plugin ) and i am not sure how to install it .

 

 

 

 

[Gaia Clary]

as i said, forget that. this plugin is for blender 2.4 (btw it is also in the core distribution of blender-2.4)

The Collada exporter for Blender 2.5 is the first entry in the export menu... and it is there since longer than a year (but works only since a few months for Secondlife meshes ;-) )

You just gave the proof that it is there in your screen shot ;-) ( first entry in the export menu as i wrote )

[Alexandra Barcelos]

Ohh well i tried rigging my skirt mesh and when i upload it to sl , the eyes are atached to the mesh loll .. so i tought i absolutely needed collada 1.4 , now i need to figure out why the eyes atach to the skirt when i rig

[Spirit Osmus]

May be you dont deleted yours default eyelashes ?

[Ashasekayi Ra]

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Alexandra Barcelos wrote:

Ohh well i tried rigging my skirt mesh and when i upload it to sl , the eyes are atached to the mesh loll .. so i tought i absolutely needed collada 1.4 , now i need to figure out why the eyes atach to the skirt when i rig

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You can just delete the eyes out of that file since you don't need them for clothing. Most importantly, make sure that you click "Export Only Selected " on the export window. You may miss it because it is on the sidebar on the left after you pick Export -> Collada. If you want a step-by-step SL mesh clothing tutorial, give this one a try: http://www.youtube.com/user/ashasekayi#grid/user/11D6E99BB51A2BB2

[Coby Foden]

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Ashasekayi Ra wrote:

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Alexandra Barcelos wrote:

Ohh well i tried rigging my skirt mesh and when i upload it to sl , the eyes are atached to the mesh loll .. so i tought i absolutely needed collada 1.4 , now i need to figure out why the eyes atach to the skirt when i rig

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 If you want a step-by-step SL mesh clothing tutorial, give this one a try: 

http://www.youtube.com/user/ashasekayi#grid/user/11D6E99BB51A2BB2



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That tutorial series is really great. Anybody new to making rigged clothes should watch those. I'm just learning Blender and by following those tutorials I was able to make rigged skirt and import it succesfully to SL. Woot! :smileyhappy:

I used Blender 2.59 which exports rigged clothing perfectly. No need to search any extra Collada, the one which is in the default installation works well.

One extra thing needed to make the weighting easier is the "Bone Weight Copy" addon. Look for this thread: http://community.secondlife.com/t5/Mesh/Bone-Weight-Copy-in-Blender-2-5x/td-p/1071299

[Ashasekayi Ra]

Yay \o/

We need more mesh minis ^^