> > > Miguel wrote: > >>>My impression is that MolScripts and Raster3D or Pov-Ray are one of the >>>most common mechanisms for making publication quality images. >>> >>> >> >>Basic PovRay support is built into the Jmol application. >>Secondary schematic structures are not currently supported. >>Basically, we need someone with significant PovRay expertise to take the >>lead in this area and flesh out the functionality. >> >> > If no one else is interested in working on this, I could give a try at > the PovRay part to do the drawing.
Good > BUT, I am not familiar enough with the inner structures used by Jmol to > extract the informations needed for the PovRay output. You should not be familiar with the internal data structures of Jmol. If you tell me what data you need then I will expose it through an API. > Basically, if anyone can tell for each secondary structure type, that > would help a lot : > - how do I get the list of visible structures (Java methods) Remember that entire structures may not be visible. As with Jmol, things need to be built so that they can handle pieces of structures. > - what kind of shape is used > - how do I get the attributes of the drawing: points used for drawing > splines, colors, sizes, transparency, ... (Java methods) > - simple examples (datafile + script) to show this type of structure. Support for this does not exist in the API. We need to define all of these things. > I could start with the simplest structure > (A few months ago, I have coded a few things for trace/polymer support). We should probably keep working with trace ... because it is simple. We can use it as the basis to expose more internal data attributes. (like color, radius, whether or not it is displayed, etc. ) > I am not sure that the current JmolViewer api gives access to enough > information to create the output. > PovraySaver uses org.jmol.api.JmolViewer. Correct Miguel ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is Sponsored by the Better Software Conference & EXPO September 19-22, 2005 * San Francisco, CA * Development Lifecycle Practices Agile & Plan-Driven Development * Managing Projects & Teams * Testing & QA Security * Process Improvement & Measurement * http://www.sqe.com/bsce5sf _______________________________________________ Jmol-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/jmol-users
