Design Capture Key

[suicidejunkie]

This would apply to the flight scene, with a very straightforward (hopefully simple as well) operation:

When pressing the key, the game will save the active vessel as a .craft file.

 

This would allow you to save a snapshot of a damaged ship for sharing on the net or for inspecting in the VAB, or doing the same for a vehicle assembled in orbit via docking ports, claws, or with KIS/KAS.

Having the blueprint of the actual vessel will make it much easier to design add-on pieces that can snap tightly to the structure, or build multiple copies for challenges.

[pandaman]

Quite a neat idea.  Maybe a right click menu option would be better than a hotkey as it's not likely to be something you do in a hurry very often.

I don't think it's something I would use much myself, but I can certainly see how it could be a handy feature, especially if you want to get a 3D print of your ISS replica..

[Red Iron Crown]

There's a useful 3rd party tool that can extract craft from saves, you can try it out here: