Jmol Developers. I have an idea for a little(?) project and am trying to figure out the best way to do it - and am interested in collaborators, particularly.
As you probably know, we have had tremendous success lately with 2D -> 3D conversion using the JME applet. See, for example, the 2D-to-3D link just below the applet at http://chemapps.stolaf.edu/jmol/docs/examples-11/new.htmor just http://chemapps.stolaf.edu/jmol/docs/examples-11/JmeToJmol.htm This idea stems from that success. The idea: 1. Add a 2D drawing tool to the Jmol applet that would provide a similar (though expanded) functionality of JME (and, unlike JME, would be open source, of course!). 2. Add functionality to Jmol that would allow storage of the 2D image as a PNG or JPG image with capability to open or drag-drop the image into Jmol and recreate the 2D editor or 3D model directly. 3. Add functionality to Jmol that would allow writing a PNG or JPG image with capability to open or drag-drop the image into Jmol and recreate the 2D editor or 3D model directly. I think the benefits of this are obvious -- you'd be able to put up an image on a web site, open it in 2D, edit it, check the model, edit it again, check the model, save the image, save the model, etc. With regard to JME itself, unfortunately, Peter Ertl is not in a position to release that code. So options involving JME itself are not viable. The JME code is not and probably cannot ever be made open source due to its complicated history. But the good news is that it is a very small, specific task, I think, to do this sort of editing. It really should not be that hard to do. What do you think? Bob -- Robert M. Hanson Professor of Chemistry St. Olaf College 1520 St. Olaf Ave. Northfield, MN 55057 http://www.stolaf.edu/people/hansonr phone: 507-786-3107 If nature does not answer first what we want, it is better to take what answer we get. -- Josiah Willard Gibbs, Lecture XXX, Monday, February 5, 1900
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