Great! we can all send our .stl and slic3r files to Artem for rendering!
I want to make individual subunits of a multisubunit protein, or domains of a protein like Src, and be able to fit them together to make the complex or multidomain protein. Topology constraints may require slicing some subunits in half and fitting with snaptogether pins so they can encircle another subunit. In other cases flexibility of the plastic may allow inserting subunits, or no deformation may be required. The surfaces we usually make have a radius of a water molecule added on the outside, which would cause problems where two surfaces are in vdw contact, so I'm thinking of using space-filling model. eab Artem Evdokimov wrote:
As a proud owner of the fdm 3d printer I would like to mention that if you go from vrml to stl and then into slic3r you have to drastically refuce polygon count or else slic3r chokes trying to process the file. Cjeets, Artem On Aug 23, 2013 5:54 PM, "Edward A. Berry" <ber...@upstate.edu <mailto:ber...@upstate.edu>> wrote: Thanks, yes, i should have checked out the link on the original post before asking. Free programs "blender" or "meshlab" convert vmrl to .stl files which 3d-printers including makerbot read. eab Joel Sussman wrote: Output should be in *VRML* formal RasMol, PyMol & Jmol all have options to write out VRML format files. Sometimes you need add additional 'struts' to give additional structural support, Jmol has option of adding these struts. best regards, Joel On 23 Aug 2013, at 21:33, Edward A. Berry <ber...@upstate.edu <mailto:ber...@upstate.edu> <mailto:ber...@upstate.edu <mailto:ber...@upstate.edu>>> wrote: Along the same lines, does anyone have a program for converting Raster-3D format such as Molscript puts out, into one of the formats readable by a 3D printer? eab Ronnie wrote: An off-topic question-now that 3D printing is becoming more common, has anyone tried to print protein structures other than just the surface representation like in this tutorial? http://www.instructables.com/__id/3D-Print-a-Protein-__Modeling-a-Molecular-Machine/ <http://www.instructables.com/id/3D-Print-a-Protein-Modeling-a-Molecular-Machine/> Is it possible to print a ribbon representation for example? Thanks! Ronnie
