Hi Joe, Here are some links that he might find helpful:
https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:222918 https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:396459 >From the instructions on the second link: "The STL File of this protein was created using PyMOL, First, you download the PDB file from the protein databank website (http://www.pdb.org) for protein molecule 1FQY. Open PyMOL program, then go to File, Open and load the PDB file you just downloaded. Select to display the surface profile, on the right control panel of your viewer, click on S and select show as: surface. This will take a few seconds to load the surface profile. Now you can save this image as VRML 2 WRL file. The VRML file can be then be viewed and converted into STL file using a 3D modeling software such as Blender." Kathleen Kathleen On Thu, May 14, 2015 at 2:16 PM, Kim Van Vliet <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Joe, > > I have used a 3D printer to print out protein structures. I use Autodesk > Maya 2015. There is an add on called mMaya v 1.3 which is the Molecular > Maya Toolkit. This integrates with Autodesk Maya and you can load the pdb > file directly for the protein that you would like to print. I usually > export the final model as a .stl file and you can print on your 3D printer > or upload it to Shapeways.com and select the material and print from there. > > Kim > Kim Van Vliet, Ph.D. > 352-281-4240 > > On Thu, May 14, 2015 at 1:49 PM, Patel, Joe <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Sorry for the rather random question but has anyone out there used a >> 3D printer to print a protein structure? >> >> >> >> If so, what format did you need to convert the PDB into to allow the >> printer to interpret the data? >> >> >> >> Many thanks, >> >> >> >> Joe P >> >> >> >> >> >> *Joe Patel* >> >> FBLG Specialist >> >> _________________________________________________ >> >> *AstraZeneca* >> >> *R&D | *Innovative Medicines | Discovery Sciences >> >> Boston R&D, Discovery Sciences >> >> 35 Gatehouse Drive, Waltham MA 02451 >> >> Tel 1-781-839-4129 >> >> *[email protected] <[email protected]>* >> >> >> >> P Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail >> >> >> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> *Confidentiality Notice: *This message is private and may contain >> confidential and proprietary information. If you have received this message >> in error, please notify us and remove it from your system and note that you >> must not copy, distribute or take any action in reliance on it. Any >> unauthorized use or disclosure of the contents of this message is not >> permitted and may be unlawful. >> >> >
