Opening Boxes or "Rezzing" Objects

Boxes are a common part of building in SL.  Not only can you build a box,

but you can put all kinds of things in its contents.  Many shops use boxes to

hold the products they sell, whether it’s clothing, jewelry, shoes, scripts, or even

entire houses.  Note cards can go in, as can a landmark (commonly called LM).

NOTE:  Sometimes a box is not just a box!  A box of items can be in almost any

prim form, like a nice gift bag shape, or a translucent sphere, a signboard, or yes,

even just a box. It’s what’s in the contents of the box that counts, when you get one.

To open a box and get the contents, first find an area that allows builds, and

drag the box file from Inventory to the ground,  This is called “rezzing” an object.

“Rez” means to resurrect (no, not in a religious way) and means only to bring an

item back into the SL world again in its clear, original form. Just wait for it to appear.

Now that your box full of stuff is sitting there clearly rezzed on the ground or floor,

right click on it and select, “Open” from the pie menu. Let all the items show up

in the popup window, then click “Copy to Inventory” or “Copy and Wear” and the

items will start to copy or transfer over into your Inventory files.  Copy and Wear

is self-explanatory.  Transfer happens instead of copy only when an item does not

have the ability to copy enabled.  That means any non-copy item will exist in your

Inventory as a single item, and will be unable to be copied in Inventory either.

Once copy and/or transfers are done, right click and either select “Take”, or