Second life - Exporting my shape as a .obj

Download and install this version of Phonix
http://downloads.phoenixviewer.com/windows/Phoenix_Viewer-1.5.2.1185_SSE2.exe

Then follow this tuto  :

If you’re working in a 3D Programme such as Maya or Blender it can be very useful to have an avatar model inside of your scene to sculpt or build around.

There’s a number of viewers that allow you this option, but as a Phoenix and Maya user I’m going to outline the steps to export your own shape from Second Life and import it into Maya to work around.

• Make sure you can see the “Advanced" menu at the top of your screen.

• Select “Character" and then “Meshes and Morphs…"
• Under the "Meshes and Morphs…" menu select "lowerBodyMesh".
• Then select “lowerBodyMesh" again and then “Current Mesh".

• Select “Save OBJ".
• Repeat this process for your upperBodyMesh and your headMesh.

In Maya:

• Open a new scene
• Import each of the three OBJ files (Upper, Lower and Head) into the scene, one by one.
• Maya will automatically line them up, you can then select them all and rotate them and move them as needs be.

This tuto comes from here : 

http://robmoonites.tumblr.com/post/6368020001/exporting-your-shape-from-phoenix

Bones and skeleton : 

Download standard secondlife avatars and use the bones : 

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/6003454/Standard%205%20sizes.zip