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How to convert a prim-based object in Second Life or Opensim into a mesh object on your hard drive using the Singularity viewer (also works with Firestorm!)

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prim cube

ye olde prim

[Update: You also do this with the Firestorm viewer.  Just Export your prim object using the Collada format.  Details here on the Firestorm wiki.]

This is pretty cool.

The most recent version of the Singularity viewer (version 1.8.1) adds a particularly interesting feature:

  • Wavefront (.obj) and Collada (.dae) Export by Apelsin, Inusaito, and Latif Khalifa – Allows export of your creations into Blender, Unity3D and other modeling applications and game engines

This means you can now take a prim-based object from within Second Life or Opensim and export it to your hard drive as a mesh object (either .obj or .dae file format).

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