To create an object you need a blueprint, nanofabrication machine, and raw materials. Nanofabrication takes 1 hour per object Cost Category. Raw Materials are usually GM dependent. Blueprint can be bought at cost one category higher than the object itself. Or you can program it yourself using Programming skill. Programming a blueprint is task action with a timeframe of 1 WEEK per object cost category. You make a test like with normal task actions. Accelerated simulspace is your friend here. GM can change the timeframes ass he/she sees fit or rule that to create an object you need appropriate suplemmentary skill. For example to create Farcaster you need Academics:Physics, custom nanobots Medicine:Nanomedicine or Academics: Nanotechnology for new armor it could be Hardware: Armorer Also in the inner system blueprints are kinda illegall if you're not registered hypercorp.

I'll help! Once I'm done, you'll be way more confused! How does that sound? ... OK fine. I'll help you get *less* confused. To use a nanofab to make an object, you need the right kind of fabber and blueprints for the object. Makers only make food (usually poor quality). Fabbers are specialized nanofabs, able to make a limited selection of goods, such as any medicine or any garage tool. The range of goods is determined when the fabber is made. A Cornucopia Machines can make anything (or just about anything). Blueprints can be bought, downloaded for free from some place shady, programmed by yourself, or acquired some other way. Assuming you have a good blueprint and a nanofab, you only need to make a simple success programing test. Simple success is a type of test where you will succeed either way, but there are consequences for failure. Essentially you are configuring settings and stuff. Some mix of fabber settings and blueprint settings. A guy who thinks he is a real comedian might put the default settings on a blueprint he made so any gun produced glows bright pink. Another mistake that could be made is the hand grips of a weapon are made too big or too small. Considering that it doesn't take long to do the programing test to order a nanofab to make an object, its probably worth your time to take a few more minutes doing the test to get bonuses. It'll help you avoid embarrassing and possibly dangerous mistakes. A warning. Some fabbers are programmed to only accept blueprints from official venders, and some blueprints are programmed to only work on official fabbers. There might even be a required login step before you get started. Some fabbers are even smart enough to recognize things like weapons, and send warning to the police and maybe include hidden kill switches. These add complications. If you are a new GM, feel free to skip this for now. Programing blueprints is an entirely different topic. It is a complex time consuming process. It takes 1 week per price category of an object. So a [Trivial] object will take 1 week, a [Low] object will take 2 weeks, and a [Moderate] object will take 3 weeks. Once this work period is complete, you make a programing (nanofabrication) test to see if your blueprint was completed successfully. You can use complementary skills for this test, such as Academics: Nanotechnology or some other skill related to the object. Or you could take extra time. Every 50% increase will give you a +10 bonus. If this doesn't help to clear confusion, then feel free to read the nanofabrication section. See core rulebook p. 284.

If you have the requisite skills to program a nanofab blueprint, chances are pretty good you have those to jailbreak a DRM-enabled CM.