BUILDING A HEART

In Second Life

ATRIUM/VENTRICLE

1) In the Build menu on

the top navigation bar,

select Build or Ctrl + B.

2) On the pop-up window,

select Create (Note: wand

icon, as show in Figure

2.1).

3) Select Hemisphere.

Figure 2.1

ATRIUM/VENTRICLE

4) Click on the ground with the

Wand tool (Note: The hemisphere

you selected now appears).

5) Under the General tab, change

the name to Left Atrium/Ventricle.

6) Select the Object tab; change

the properties according to Figure

2.2 except for its position.

Figure 2.2

ATRIUM/VENTRICLE

7) Repeat steps 2 through 5

and change the hemisphere’s

name into Right

Atrium/Ventricle.

BeforeAfter

Figure 2.3

ATRIUM/VENTRICLE

8) For the second hemisphere,

select the Object tab and change its

properties according to Figure 2.4

except for its position.

Figure 2.4Figure 2.5Before

After

ATRIUM/VENTRICLE

9) Adjust the position of

both the Left and Right

Atrium/Ventricle to

make a heart shape as

shown in Figure 2.6.

10) Hold the Shift key and

left click on both Left

and Right

Atrium/Ventricle. Press

Ctrl + L to link these

two parts. Figure 2.6

ATRIUM/VENTRICLE

11) Create a sphere and change

the properties according to

Figure 2.7 except for its position.

Figure 2.7

Before

After

Figure 2.8

ATRIUM/VENTRICLE

12)Put this separator in

the middle of the heart

shape as shown in

Figure 2.9.

13)Link the separator

with the heart shape

by holding Shift and

clicking them and then

press Ctrl + L.

Figure 2.9

ATRIUM/VENTRICLE

14) Create four Toruses (Note: two for Left

Atrium/Ventricle, two for Right Atrium/Ventricle)

ATRIUM/VENTRICLE

14-1) Left

Atrium/Ventricle

(Create two

toruses and

change its

properties

according to

Figure 2.10 except

for its position).Figure 2.10

ATRIUM/VENTRICLE

14-2) Position of the two

toruses as shown in Figure

2.11 and link them to the

Left Atrium/Ventricle.

Figure 2.11

ATRIUM/VENTRICLE

14-3) Right

Atrium/Ventricle

(Create two

toruses and change

its properties

according to

Figure 2.12 except

for its position).

Figure 2.12

ATRIUM/VENTRICLE

14-4) Position of the two

toruses as shown in

Figure 2.13 and link

them to the Left

Atrium/Ventricle.

Figure 2.13

SUPERIOR VENA CAVA

1) Create a tube and

change its Object

properties according

to Figure 2.14

except for its

position.

Figure 2.14

SUPERIOR VENA CAVA

2) Change the tube’s

Texture properties

according to Figure

2.15.

Figure 2.15Figure 2.16

BeforeAfter

SUPERIOR VENA CAVA

3) Create a second tube

and change its Object

properties according to

Figure 2.17 except for

its position.

Figure 2.17

SUPERIOR VENA CAVA

4) Change the

second tube’s

Texture

properties

according to

Figure 2.18.

Figure 2.18Before

AfterFigure 2.19

SUPERIOR VENA CAVA

5) Position the two tubes

to the heart as show in

Figure 2.20.

6) Link these two tubes

to the heart by holding

the Shift key, and left

click each part and

then click Ctrl + L. Figure 2.20

ARCH OF AORTA

1) Create a torus and change its

Object Properties according to

Figure 2.21 except for its position.

Figure 2.21

Before

AfterFigure 2.22

ARCH OF AORTA

2) Position the torus

on the heart as

shown in Figure

2.23.

Figure 2.23

ARCH OF AORTA

3) Create another torus and

change its Object properties

according to Figure 2.24

except for its position.

Figure 2.24

Before After

Figure 2.25

ARCH OF AORTA

5) Position the torus to

the heart as shown in

Figure 2.26.

Figure 2.26

ARCH OF AORTA

6) Create three tubes

and change its Object

properties as shown

in Figure 2.27. Name

them as A1, A2, and

A3 (Do not copy its

position).

A1Figure 2.27

ARCH OF AORTA

A2 A 3 Figure 2.27

ARCH OF AORTA

A1 A2 A3

ARCH OF AORTA

7) Position A1, A2, and A3

as shown in Figure 2.29.

8) Link all the parts created

in Arch of Aorta to the

heart by holding Shift

and clicking each piece.

Then, press Ctrl + L.

A1 A2 A3

PULMONARY ARTERY

1) Create a torus and change

its Object properties shown

in Figure 2.30. Do not change

its position.

Figure 2.30

Before

AfterFigure 2.31

PULMONARY ARTERY

2) Create another torus; change

the Object properties shown in

Figure 2.32. Ignore its position.

Figure 2.32

BeforeAfter

Figure 2.33

PULMONARY ARTERY

3) Position the two

toruses to the heart

shown in Figure 2.34.

4) Hold the Shift key

and left click on the two

toruses and the heart.

Then, press Ctrl + L.

SecondTorus

FirstTorus Figure 2.34

PULMONARY ARTERY

5) Change the texture

of the pulmonary

artery to “Blank” and

change the color

according to Figure

2.35.

Figure 2.35

HEART TEXTURE

1) Upload the texture shown in Figure 2.36 that can

be obtained from

http://partnersah.vet.cornell.edu/avianatlas/sites/agiles

taging.library.cornell.edu.avian-atlas/files/avian_atlas_a

ssets/38a_kidney_texture%20x750.jpg

into your inventory on Second Life.

Figure 2.36

HEART TEXTURE

2) Select the heart and go to the Texture tab. Click

on the box above Texture and select My Inventory>

Textures and then select “heartTexture”.

HEART MODEL