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Vox Uristi is a tool that exports fortresses into a 3D voxels format (.vox). Once exported, rendering software such as MagicaVoxel will make detailed 3D renders out of it. It require DFHack to be installed, and it's mostly tested with the Steam version, though previous versions should work too. You can see the process on this video from Blind: Export process

It is a work in progress, but the export is already fairly complete. It includes the terrain, buildings (with a bit of their content), trees taking in account the season, spatters on the ground, flows (waves, mist, fire, miasma). It lacks stuff like item state (opened/closed bridges) and rails. As much as possible, everything is sourced from Dwarf Fortress raws instead of being an "artistic choice" (colors, metallic, glass and gems, ...). Make sure to save before running an export, I've seen possible crash triggered by the export process.

Compared to other tools such as Stonesense or Armok Vision, keep in mind that Vox Uristi is only able to produce still images as opposed to a real time visualization. Each picture took quite some time of careful preparation, lighting setup, camera and materials adjustments, and then the rendering itself. This process however benefit from a fully featured renderer, which is cool.

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Here are some renders made in MagicaVoxel from the files exported by Vox Uristi:

Fort Chantbell by PHLP_Neo, a medieval castle with some twists



Winebolted, a fortress inspired by LOTR Argonath, built by Nutwick (shared in Blind discord)



Heavenfall, tower of a necromancer queen, by Horrigant (shared in Blind discord)



I hope you like it, please share your thoughts and renders