RE: [Jmol-developers] Load pmesh and load file in Jmol

[Rzepa, H. <h....@im...>]

>Hello again,
>  We used pmesh files to describe symmetry elements of simple molecules.
>Files were in general very small - 6 kb for a 100 points mesh, 2kb for a 26
>points mesh.  For a wavefunction the resolution should probably be higher,
>and then the file will be heavier, but I didn't try this.
>


Wavefunctions, if complex, can sometimes have  20,000 points,
and compression is presumably less effective because unlike a plane,
there is no repetition. 
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