KSP part dimensions

[astroadrian99]

Good afternoon guys, I'm attempting to get my Level 2 certification in High Power Rocketry and I am attempting to make a scale model of info of my KSP rockets that I use for satellites. Anyways, to do this, I need a few dimensions that I seem to not find anywhere. I know the tanks diameter but that's it (except for the FL-T800 Tank). Can anyone help? I need the height of the TR-18A Stack Decoupler, the Mainsail Engine, the Jumbo-64 Fuel Tank, the Rockomax Brand Adapter, the AE-FF2 Airstream Protective Shell and the Advance in line Stabilizer.

I also need the dimensions (not just the height) for the Delta-Deluxe Winglet. 

 

Thank you so much.

[Tyko]

There are some great articles on exporting ships to 3D modeling programs. Once you had it exported I'd think you could pull the exact dimensions of parts.

https://www.matterhackers.com/articles/print-your-ships-from-kerbal-space-program

[TheEpicSquared]

Well, for some parts (like the orange tank) you can put that in the editor (nothing else) and open up the engineer's report tab, and you get the height, width and length of the part. Hope that helps  

[Tex_NL]

5 minutes ago, TheEpicSquared said:

Well, for some parts (like the orange tank) you can put that in the editor (nothing else) and open up the engineer's report tab, and you get the height, width and length of the part. Hope that helps  

That works for nearly all parts. And for those that won't, simply add them to a part with known dimensions and subtract.

Another option is to use KVV to create a 'blueprint'. Calculate the scale from known parts and do the maths.

Edited February 20, 2017 by Tex_NL

[Snark]

Another thing you can do, for parts like fuel tanks that have a connection node on top and bottom in the VAB:  The XYZ coordinates of the connector nodes are in the config file, not in the model.  So if you just open up the config, and take the difference in Y coordinate between the top and bottom connector node, that'll get you the height.

[astroadrian99]

Thanks, those sound easy enough. I'll probably find the height of one and then use KVV for everything else. Thanks so much.

Edited February 21, 2017 by astroadrian99

[Stone Blue]

@astroadrian99 You could also give this single part "mod" a try...
Dont worry that its old, or that the thread title says KSP v0.20.x ... This thing works in EVERY version of KSP... and altho every pic shows it in the flight screen, its actually most useful right in the editor (SPH/VAB)

I added a current download link in the last post
 

 

Edited February 21, 2017 by Stone Blue