Re: [Jmol-developers] Development possibilities

[Miguel <mi...@jm...>]

> I am a civil engineering major and a parallel was drawn.  We would like=
 to
> build =22nano-bridges=22 of sorts and have the students apply different=
 forces
> to them to see pound-for-pound, how much more a nano-bridge (made of
> single/double/triple wall Carbon nanotubes) can hold then a steel bridg=
e.

Sounds interesting

> I understand this is a very complicated project, and I have started usi=
ng
> Jmol in a webpage or to in order to =22get my feet wet=22...needless to=
 say, I
> have a long way to go.
>
> What I am writing to ask about is the capabilities of Jmol to handle th=
is
> type of situation.  As for now we have decided that =22lookup tables=22=
 with
> predetermined =22values=22 must be used since you can not drag-and-drop=
 a
> molecule into the Jmol interface to the best of my knowledge.

That is correct. Jmol is designed for display of static molecules. It is
neither editor nor CAD tool.

There is no mechanism for dynamically adding atoms to a molecule.

> Does anyone have any better suggestions or an interest in helping to
> develop a way to have this webpage be more inclusive of a large amount =
of
> variety concerning nanotube type (9,9;10,10;etc), the number of walls a=
nd
> the actual design of the =22bridge=22 (a three-hinged arch, simple span=
,
> etc)??
>
> Please let me know if you have any insight or if this is possible.

I do not exactly what you are asking.

Is it the case that you can enumerate all the nano-structures and
bridge-structures that you want to show?

If this is the case, then you can certainly use Jmol to allow students to=

visualize the various structures that you want to show.


Miguel