Bob,
Nice work. The high-level objects aren't supported by some 3D modelling
software, like MeshLab, so that means these models can now be imported.
Before MeshLab used to import everything else fine but omitted the
high-level objects. x3d and wrl files aren't just useful for 3D-printing,
but can also be used with 3D-modelling software like Blender and Maya to
produce images and animations.
One package that does support the high-level objects and could import
everything was Blender, but that now seems to mess up when it tries to
import the new vrml files exported from JMol. A simple ball & stick model
of oxygen gets imported as a sphere within a single cylinder. Something
more complex like a cartoon representation of 2D1S.pdb is just imported as
a single sphere. Other models like a simple ball & stick of dopamine fail
to import into Blender and trigger a series of errors, but again MeshLab
imports all of these fine. Blender used to be able to import all of these
models properly.
I realise that software packages able to import vrml and x3d files are
quite temperamental, and what one imports fine another fails with, but I
guess what I'm wondering is whether the vrml file format that doesn't use
high-level objects has changed so significantly that Blender can't now
import it.
Chris
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