[Jmol-developers] Exporting to STL format for 3D printer

[Dan S. <dan...@gm...>]

Hello,

I'm new here. I work at University College London and we're interested
in finding a way to convert molecular data (such as PDB files) into a
format which can then be used by a "3D printer" to create a 3D
physical model of a molecule such as a protein.

Jmol's "Connolly surface" feature looks like one useful place to
start. Once I've got used to the way the Jmol code is organised I'm
going to be looking at exporting the surface as an "STL" file (see
http://www.sdsc.edu/tmf/Stl-specs/stl.html for spec).

I'd be grateful for any pointers that people can offer. Is there a
standard way to add new export file formats to Jmol?

Thanks in advance
Dan