Building

=Building=

This page contains a number of videos. These videos cover basic building, how to match prims (basic building element in SL) to the grid and how to create tiny prims.

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The first thing you need to do is right click on a surface and then select the word **//Build//**.

Then a create dialogue box appears. You can then create an object called a **Prim**. Just click on one of the shapes and it will appear (Rez) on the ground.

You can edit items in three dimensions. X, Y and Z Axis.

You can also stretch an item, rotate an item and move an item. When you perform a different movement, the place where your cursor grabs the items changes, below you can see small squards for stretching an item, small arrows for moving an item and different colored circles for rotating an item.

To learn more about working with objects in Second Life, here is a tutorial on how to build items. media type="youtube" key="LmN_hAHlF0M" width="425" height="350"

Here is a tutorial on how to use the Second Life grid.

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Here is a tutorial on how to create tiny prims. media type="youtube" key="m6XqQM9hgB0" width="425" height="350"

You can find a vew videos on YouTube.com that describe how to build stuff in Second Life. You can go [|directly to YouTube to see a list of videos] (please be warned that some of the tutorials use language that is not appropriate for schools or academic institutions or just decent people.) Scroll down the page to see the available videos.

For example, here is one that in not 100% appropriate for work but does contain good information.

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