2009/6/29 Angel Herráez <angel.herr...@uah.es>

> > http://chemapps.stolaf.edu/jmol/docs/misc/1crn.vrml (1.6 Mb)
>
> Hey, ribbons! and gradient coloring!  That's wonderful, Bob
>
>
> > These files are huge -- I wish there were a faster, better way of
> delivering 3D molecular graphics
> > over the web... ;)
>
> Yes, that would be great ;-D;-D
>
>
> I did some research into Maya format yesterday and was planning to put
> som time into the exporter, maybe this evening. Will you be digging into
> that? I don't want to clash
>
> Along these lines, two proposals:
> 1. we should change the extensions in the export menus to be .wrl for
> VRML and .ma for Maya


I really don't have time to work on this, so if you want to give it a go, do
so. BUT realize it could be very complicated. It took me forever to just get
atoms and bonds right. The key method to do all this is

  public void renderIsosurface(Point3f[] vertices, short colix,
                               short[] colixes, Vector3f[] normals,
                               int[][] indices, BitSet bsFaces,
                               int nVertices, int faceVertexMax,
                               short[] polygonColixes, int nPolygons) {
  }

That does all isosurfaces and all cartoon-like objects, so that takes care
of a lot. Since it is working in VRML, copy that example.
Let me know when you get stuck. And as you figure out how to do it, show us
here what you are thinking.




>
> 2. we hae these exports only in the pop-up menu; they shoud be too in the
> app top menu, File > Export. And BTW, decide on a common word, either
> Save or Export, for both menus
>

Save, Export, Write --- alas! I like Export; save generally implies "in my
format" but that could be a script or a file? Maybe Save in the Script
Editor -- or if the Script Editor is open.

Bob





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