How to get a mesh body developer kit for Second Life

To make clothing for a mesh body you need that body as a rigged model in Blender. Body makers hand it out as a developer kit - usually free, usually on application.

What you need

• A Second Life account, often with a store or some work to show
• The body maker's website or in-world information

Steps

1. Choose the bodies you will support. Start with one or two that your customers wear.
2. Find the application. Each maker has a creator page or form, linked from their website, their store or their group notices.
3. Apply. You are usually asked for your avatar name, your store and what you make. Some kits are given at once, some after review.
4. Read the licence. Kits come with rules: no sharing, use for Second Life products only, how to name the body in your listings.
5. Open the kit in Blender. A kit normally contains the rigged body with fitted-mesh weights, sometimes in several sizes or poses.
6. Keep it current. Bodies get updates. Re-download when the maker announces a new version.

Tips

• Never use a body file from anywhere but its maker.
• If a kit is refused at first, build a small portfolio and apply again.
• The body's own skeleton and weights are the source for your weight transfer.

Next

• How to rig clothing for Second Life in Blender
• How to refit clothing to another mesh body in Blender

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This page is a written overview. In the SL Designers video courses you watch clothing being made from start to finish, and our Blender addons take over much of the technical work.