Is there a way to tell difference between Mesh and Sculpt?

[Tommy Rampal]

Possibly a stupid question, so I'll keep this short. As a creator within Secondlife, I keep coming across stuff that interests me, sometimes sparking the question "Is this a mesh or a sculpt?". Is there a specific method to determine this if you cannot modify the object and/or lacking ownership?

I'm talking about rather simple builds such as a hat, rock structure, etc.

[Venus Petrov]

One easy way is that you cannot 'inspect' something that is mesh.  If it is sculpt, it can be inspected.

[Rhys Goode]

You cannot inspect an item of rigged mesh clothing when it is worn on an Avatar.  But you can inspect any other mesh item, like a mesh table or chair, or a mesh hat worn as an attachment (not rigged) or even rigged mesh clothing if you rez it on the ground.

I can often tell the difference if I look in wireframe (ctrl-shift R), mesh items usually have a lot fewer poly's, at least well designed mesh.

[Kwakkelde Kwak]

I'd also say look at the wireframe, but not in wireframe mode.

Edit the object, rotate your camera in such a way that you're looking at the back of the object (the invisible side) and on a sculpt you'll see nothing, on a mesh you'll see all the individual triangles.

 

[Dilbert Dilweg]

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Venus Petrov wrote:

One easy way is that you cannot 'inspect' something that is mesh.  If it is sculpt, it can be inspected.

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Viewer 3 can inspect both. Would be nice to be able to have an easy way to determine

[Fluffy Sharkfin]

Disabling Render Type - Volume (possible via the Advanced > Render Types menu or by using the keyboard shortcut, ctrl+alt+shift+9) will disable the rendering of regular or sculpted prims, but not mesh.  Just hit the keyboard shortcut and regular/sculpted prims should vanish, any rezzed/worn objects that don`t are mesh.

[Dilbert Dilweg]

Nice short cut . But only seems to work for worn items. Anything on land is totaly gone

Would bew nice if there was an indicator on the inspection window

[Fluffy Sharkfin]

Hmm, I could have sworn that it worked for rezzed items too but apparently not.  :smileyembarrassed:

[Cerise Sorbet]

Develop>Render metadata>Sculpt. This puts a bit of white text with texture map size over sculpted prims, it will be absent from meshes (and basic prims too).