Arcane University:Nifskope for Skyrim

NifSkope is an application that can read, modify, and write .nif files. It is part of the NifTools Project. Its most recent release was NifSkope 2.0 dev 7, on Dec 18, 2017.

NifSkope is a tool for opening and editing the NetImmerse file format (NIF). NIF is used by video games such as Morrowind, Oblivion, Skyrim, Fallout 3, Fallout: New Vegas, Civilization IV, and more. Nifskope is essential for asset implementation, and is useful for other disciplines such as concept art and 3D art as well, as it allows easy viewing and export of in game assets.

Forks
SpectralPlatypus maintains a fork of NifSkope on GitHub with some added features, namely:
 * Convex ListShape Generation
 * Convex Shape/ListShape Generation for full nif hierarchy

Links

 * NifSkope on GitHub
 * Latest Releases on GitHub
 * NifSkope (Spectral fork) on GitHub
 * Nifskope Tutorial Playlist (Youtube) by Darkfox127
 * FPI Animated Textures Tutorial, provided in PDF format, demonstrate the creation of simple texture animations using NifSkope.
 * Short tutorial for creating furniture that uses a special sitting animation: [[File:Nifskope_Furniture_tutorial.pdf]]