Creating location without Creation Kit?

[EtherealGatewalker]

Is it possible to create dungeons, cities, etc. outside of the Creation kit? Maybe 3dsmx,blender or something else? 

[greyday01]

Not the programs you listed. Possibly Xedit. I've never used it for that, but it might be possible. But why would you want to when the CK makes it so much easier?

[aarchieee]

What your issue with CK ? Do you have GoG Skyrim and not Steam so CK wont work ? I have a workaround for that to have it working in GOG.

[InDarkestNight]

You in theory could in xEdit, yes, but you have to 'place' things by entering their xy coordinates. You also don't get a render window showing what you're doing. You'll have to hop in-game back and forth to see what you've done. I've only ever done this myself to move a follower mod to the basement of Jorrvaskr. I did this by giving her the same xy coordinates of a rug on the floor. You would have to use sheer guesswork to make a location ex nohilo. Though once you figured out a few of the numbers, you could I guess use math to figure out the xy coordinates you would need for everything else, though you'll have to figure out the xyz dimensions of every object you want to use to do this. Obviously, this isn't the most practical thing to do, which is why most everyone does this through the CK.