3d printing Space Constructions

[Blondai]

I remember thinking on several occasions how I would love to Get 3d models of the ships i've built in KSP. No time more than after Laythe One. After sending the mother ship the small space plane Osprey. And two small landers to the Jovian system. And returning after exploring laythe bop pol and even dres (It was a big modular ship with lots of fuel). And now it's actually happened. But I have seen mostly evidence of prints of stuff straight from the Construction Facilities (rockets and planes). So to the point. Will I be able to print stuff I have built in orbit?

[Doctor Axel]

Print all the individual parts and Gorilla Glue them together! =D

EDIT

More to the point, that would be cool. But we'll have to see what the printing facility is like.

[Tex_NL]

Instead of glueing parts together you could drill small holes in the docking ports and glue in magnets. Now you can dock and undock as often as you want. Just make sure you keep a close eye on the polarity.

[problemecium]

You could use two magnets in each port, aimed oppositely so that the ports will stick as long as they're rotated the right way.

[Blondai]

Haha that would be awesome. But doubtfully cost effective.... but still awesome.

[TheCardinal]

Like Blondai, i also would like to see some of my designs in 3D. The question remains: Is there a way a user can get a 3D print of a design (f.e. through the sfs file)?

[CalculusWarrior]

Like Blondai, i also would like to see some of my designs in 3D. The question remains: Is there a way a user can get a 3D print of a design (f.e. through the sfs file)?

Apparently the community has discovered a way to export a .craft file to Blender, which then can export to any general 3D model file. However, I'm not sure of the restrictions on the method, etc.

[Osprey]

I approve of your choice of spaceplane name, sir!

[Parkaboy]

These days with subassemblies and picking the root part it's not hard to reproduce inside the VAB a design you assembled in orbit. That way you can have the craft. file of a finished space station, for instance, making it easy to send it to Eucl3d.

[cantab]

Indeed. Remember, for a 3D print you only need to make it in the VAB. It doesn't have to be even remotely capable of flying anywhere.

[Blondai]

I thought that, but you might miss something, and can you even fit docking ports together in the VAB.

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Ha, thank You. Shame Laythe One is boring. Had Blank Mind at Time.

[luinux]

We should have a challenge regarding the 3D prints: design an airplane that flights in KSP, then 3D-print it, and make it fly in reality