Add Avastar

Add Avastar (Reference Model)

The Avastar is fully compatible with the character from Second Life and all similar online worlds like OpenSim for example.

Adding a new Avastar

You can add a new Avastar Character only when Blender is in Object mode. You navigate to the Add -> Avastar menu and select from one of the rig types:

• The Basic variant is the legacy Avatar with the classic SL Bones and the Fitted mesh Bones, but without the extended (Bento) Bones
• The Complete variant is the full Avatar with all Bones including the Classic bones, the Bento Bones and the Fitted mesh Bones and a few more bones for various purposes (IK, structure, Animation, …)
• The Skeleton Variant only loads a Skeleton without Meshes using the default Shape (Orange). This is useful for example when you want to make a creature Rig where you do not need the Avatar meshes at all.
• The Animesh variant is similar to the Skeleton variant, except that it comes with Sliders disabled and using the Neutral shape (White).

Note for long term Avastar users: You can add back the old variants in the Avastar Preferences window

After a short time (typically 2-4 secs) a new Avastar character is created in the 3D View and at the center of the 3D View .

Compatibility to Second Life

Avastar is fully compatible with Second Life.

The Default Avastar character uses the exact same Default Shape in Blender that you also get when you create a new shape in SL.

The character in Blender is shown exactly like the Avatar in SL. Some users believe Avastar is wrong. If you think so as well, then please use the Avastar Restshape (see below)

Note: You also can set the character Gender in the Avastar Appearance panel (See image below)

The SL default Shape (Create new Shape).

Default Shape and Restshape

You can reset your Shape in Blender at any time to the SL Default Shape by using the Tool Shelf – Appearance panel.

To Reset to the SL Default shape: Click on the yellow stickman icon in the Shape preset header at the top of the Preset Selector (see image)

To Reset to the the SL Restshape: (like with the Avatar Workbench) then select the white stickman icon instead (right to the yellow default shape icon, see image).