It's not a repository, but I do have a few of the structures you mention (cube, octahedron, dodecahedron, icosahedron) on my site
http://symmetry.otterbein.edu/gallery/index.html If you look closely (show history) you'll find they're constructed from atoms (whatever was convenient) manually connected using the CONNECT command. The manual connections are required since they are not real structures -- the default bonds that Jmol draws don't look too great. As Bob suggests, you can use the DRAW command to draw faces. The only difficulty is faces with more than four sides. For the dodecahedron my site uses a combination of three-sided and four-sided figures to "stitch together" a five-sided face. I hope this is of some help. Dean Johnston On 9/6/07 5:55 PM, "Robley Light" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Its been a while since I've monitored this list, so forgive me if this is a > question that has been asked and answered in the past. > > I'm working on a project related to some lower-grade math and science and I > would like to use Jmol to display a variety of 3D solids (the five platonic > ones, perhaps plus some other irregular ones). > > I can use ChemDraw to make a "cube" and "tetrahedron" of carbon atoms, save > as a mol file, bring into Chem3D, delete the hydrogens, and > "minimize"--producing a passable mol or pdb file for a cube and a > tetrahedron. I can probably spend some time trying to figure out the > coordinate values to make the bonds longer, and I understand I can use > Jmol.js commands to work on how to display these structures (still trying to > learn that). > > Before trying to do this with more complex shapes, though, does anyone know > of a repository of such geometric files that have already been created? > (I've spent a couple of hours with Google with out success). Or, does > anyone have a suggestion of how to do this more easily (and elegantly)? > > Thanks. > > Robley Light > > ************************************************************* > Robley J. Light Professor Emeritus of Chemistry and > Biochemistry > Department of Chemistry Phone: (850) 644-3844 > and Biochemistry Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > 95 Chieftan Way Fax: (850) 644-8281 > Florida State University Home Page: > http://www.chem.fsu.edu/editors/rlight > Tallahassee, FL 32306-4390 > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ _______________________________________________ Jmol-users mailing list Jmol-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/jmol-users
