3D Printed KSP Crafts are Possible!

[Starwhip]

KSPBlender--Blender .craft importer.

With Blender, it is possible to export 3D models to a 3D printer. And now, your craft can become readable, printable models, thanks to Dasoccerguy, a brand-new member of the forum!

Zekes' Life Size Space Shuttle in Blender:

This is soon to be printed.

A little bit complicated to get working, but once you do, it is worth it.

[ZodiaK]

aweosme!

[Snarfster]

I can see my bank account taking a hit...

[RainDreamer]

I wonder how crafts made from multiple parts jury rigged together to make a shape would be printed.

[RAINCRAFTER]

Amazing. Simply Amazing.

[Yukon0009]

Very nice! But the shuttle certanly is a nightmare.....

I don"t 3d print, I build by hand, tho.

[worir4]

Wow, i would love to have one of those hanging from my roof.

[Pecan]

Thanks for the heads-up - and thanks to Dasoccerguy for the mod, of course.

If it's easy/easier to get models into Blender, does that make http://forum.kerbalspaceprogram.com/threads/111317-Showing-us-all-the-new-things-in-a-cooler-way only one step (export to SketchFab)?

[Axelord FTW]

So, I can get pretty much anything printed?

Step 1: Take a whole multi-stage ship

Step 2: Explode with Kronal Vessel Viewer (or offset everything by hand if you are a masochist)

Step 3: Force save (or save if you like leather and chains)

Step 3.5: Do the thing

Step 4: Print

Step 5: Paint them part up

Step 6: Assemble all the parts with transparent holders and put it all in a showcase (something like this)

P.S. You could also print up each parts as individual projects and assemble them...

Edited February 24, 2015 by Axelord FTW

[zekes]

So, I can get pretty much anything printed?

Step 1: Take a whole multi-stage ship

Step 2: Explode with Kronal Vessel Viewer (or offset everything by hand if you are a masochist)

Step 3: Force save (or save if you like leather and chains)

Step 3.5: Do the thing

Step 4: Print

Step 5: Paint them part up

Step 6: Assemble all the parts with transparent holders and put it all in a showcase (something like this)

P.S. You could also print up each parts as individual projects and assemble them...

Um.... yes.... or you can just put it in blender and then export it to a 3d printer-friendly mode. My friend said he can print my shuttle in one piece, I'm working on that right now (as soon as i solve the stupid boolean joins)

EDIT Can we 3-D print a hype train for this?

[Columbia]

Ooooh, amazing! I wonder how the prints would look like..

Edited February 24, 2015 by Columbia

[Doctor Axel]

wellllllll this is pretty awesome. =D

combined with the Kerbals you can already get from Shapeways, I sense a Mun Landing diorama in my future.

Important - can it handle mod parts?

[Robotengineer]

Important - can it handle mod parts?

Not yet, though it should be relatively simple to write a KSP plugin that writes the part names and the directories in the format the program uses.

[Doctor Axel]

Not yet, though it should be relatively simple to write a KSP plugin that writes the part names and the directories in the format the program uses.

Understood - so I won't be printing my Mun lander any time soon (the only irreplaceable mod part is a 2.5m procedural fairing base ring right smack in the middle of the craft, kind of hard to get around that =P) But it looks like tons of fun either way.

[Roflcopterkklol]

Awesome id love a copy of all of these, i can see me spending some money lol

I wonder if ones like this could be done, would be cool if the shell could be done seperately so the interior could be done with a bunch of kerbals inside.