3D Print PC

[pvpgirl]

As the title says, I'd really like to 3D print my pc and maybe my favorite followers.  Are there any known easy ways to export the models or is this going to be a massive PITA?

[MadMansGun]

1 hour ago, pvpgirl said:

As the title says, I'd really like to 3D print my pc and maybe my favorite followers.  Are there any known easy ways to export the models or is this going to be a massive PITA?

most game models don't turn out well on a standard 3d printer, remember that with a 3d printer your only printing the mesh, not the textures and tangent spaces that are applied onto it in the game. it will come out as a blocky square mess.

[gullu]

@pvpgirl

did you ever found a way to do this properly?

 

i recently got me a printer as well and managed to print this here UNPB body: 

Spoiler

with all the supports and brim:

after some cleaning:

 

exported the *.nif from nifskope as an *.obj file, then sliced it in cura.. 0.3 mm adaptive layer height, printed in PETG

 

i think it came out pretty epic..

 

however i soon realised that printing naked female bodies without hands, feet or heads might probably appear "a bit odd" to most ppl without the proper context.. 

 

so i wondered.. is there any way to export complete character models from the creation kit maybe? like you can see them in the actor preview with all the animations and such?

 

or do you need a proper blender animations setup for that or some other tools?

 

EDIT: btw.. How come we don't have a LL 3D-printers thread anywhere? or am I just too dumb to find it? xD

[MadMansGun]

copy/paste all parts into a skeleton.nif and then click on the export button (try not to have any meshes selected so it will export all of them)

[gullu]

12 hours ago, MadMansGun said:

copy/paste all parts into a skeleton.nif and then click on the export button (try not to have any meshes selected so it will export all of them)

 

you mean in nifskope, right?

 

using the import function it seems i can import .3ds and .obj files to the skeleton.. that could actually work.. need to convert the other meshes to objs first tho. or is there a way to import nifs directly to the skeleton?

 

the face of an actor or pc one could actually get from exporting in racemenu. these are *.tri files if i remember correctly.. might need some converting, but seems not impossible ?

 

guess i'll have to read up some on how to properly use nifskope.. only used that very superficial so far

 

 

however the first method i tried should actually already work fine for all the skyrim creatures, since those usually are only composed of one mesh.. ??

 

EDIT: ok, doesn't seem to be as easy with the creatures as with that body.. something weird going on there..

 

 

(that's a troll btw^^)

 

EDIT2: ok, if i set surface more in cura to "surface" the missing layers go away.. however then its completely hollow inside, which probably won't print  well.. hmm.. maybe needs a few more conversion steps first, before it becomes properly printable

 

EDIT3: cura mesh fixes might also be an option.. need to play around with that a little.. research time :D

 

 

[MadMansGun]

6 hours ago, gullu said:

or is there a way to import nifs directly to the skeleton?

yes:

https://www.loverslab.com/files/file/2418-how-to-dick-with-nifskope-creature-framework-integration-guide/

same idea, but with body meshes.