From: Peter D. <du...@ce...> - 2004-10-19 11:50:26
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Dear Pymol users, Does anyone know if there is a way to export surfaces into a file format suitable for import into 3D modellers (ie. Blender, 3DSMax, Lightwave, etc)? For that matter, is it possible at all to export anything in pymol? I realize that asking for support of a particular 3D file format is a bit of a slippery slope - if one export format is supported, everyone will want support for their favourite format. This is why I embarked on a bit of a solitary crusade a few months ago - I wrote a small (and dubious) python script that converts MSMS calculated surfaces into the RAW file format, which *every* 3D modeller can import. Unfortunately, I could never figure out how to extrapolate or calculate the normals, so quite a bit of detail is lost in the conversion. How are surfaces calculated and stored in pymol? If writing an export filter/extension is trivial, I'd be willing to do it with a bit of hand holding. Cheers, Peter ----- Laboratory of Dr. Didier Picard University of Geneva Department of Cell Biology Sciences III 30, Quai Ernest-Ansermet 1211 Geneva 4 Switzerland Tel: +41 22 379 3254 Fax: +41 22 379 6442 Email: du...@ce... http://www.picard.ch/DP/DPhome.html |
From: Scott C. <cl...@uc...> - 2004-10-19 17:02:01
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Hello Peter, This is something I've been struggling with for awhile now. You can export a povray file from PyMol (just search the list archives), but at the moment that's about it. I have written a small python plugin for Blender that can import the smooth_triangles from a PyMol/povray file. Of course this will only allow you to work with objects composed of triangles (surfaces), but if I had more time I think it wouldn't be too difficult to make the plugin work with other shapes too (i.e. spheres, cyclinders, etc.). If you would like my Blender plugin just let me know. Ciao, Scott On Oct 19, 2004, at 4:49 AM, Peter Dudek wrote: > Dear Pymol users, > > Does anyone know if there is a way to export surfaces into a file > format > suitable for import into 3D modellers (ie. Blender, 3DSMax, Lightwave, > etc)? > For that matter, is it possible at all to export anything in pymol? > > I realize that asking for support of a particular 3D file format is a > bit of a > slippery slope - if one export format is supported, everyone will want > support for their favourite format. This is why I embarked on a bit of > a > solitary crusade a few months ago - I wrote a small (and dubious) > python > script that converts MSMS calculated surfaces into the RAW file > format, which > *every* 3D modeller can import. Unfortunately, I could never figure > out how > to extrapolate or calculate the normals, so quite a bit of detail is > lost in > the conversion. > > How are surfaces calculated and stored in pymol? If writing an export > filter/extension is trivial, I'd be willing to do it with a bit of hand > holding. > > Cheers, > Peter > > ----- > Laboratory of Dr. Didier Picard > University of Geneva > Department of Cell Biology > Sciences III > 30, Quai Ernest-Ansermet > 1211 Geneva 4 > Switzerland > Tel: +41 22 379 3254 > Fax: +41 22 379 6442 > Email: du...@ce... > http://www.picard.ch/DP/DPhome.html > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by: IT Product Guide on > ITManagersJournal > Use IT products in your business? Tell us what you think of them. Give > us > Your Opinions, Get Free ThinkGeek Gift Certificates! Click to find out > more > http://productguide.itmanagersjournal.com/guidepromo.tmpl > _______________________________________________ > PyMOL-users mailing list > PyM...@li... > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/pymol-users > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Scott Classen, Ph.D. ACS Postdoctoral Fellow Department of Molecular & Cell Biology University of California, Berkeley 237 Hildebrand Hall #3206 Berkeley, CA 94720-3206 LAB 510.643.9491 FAX 510.643.9290 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |