Great idea. ....yes, now where was that. All the coordinates are there.... Check the archives for dodecahedron or icosahedron -- This should do nicely:
http://www.csee.umbc.edu/~squire/reference/polyhedra.shtml You can use the draw command for best results. Something like: pt0={ 0.000, 0.000, 1.000 } pt1={ 1.000, 0.000, 0.000 } pt2={ 0.000, 1.000, 0.000 } pt3={ -1.000, 0.000, 0.000 } pt4={ 0.000, -1.000, 0.000 } pt5={ 0.000, 0.000, -1.000 } draw face1 @pt0 @pt1 @pt2 draw face2 @pt3 @pt4 @pt5 etc. or with atoms, but I had some problems with that, I think: 13 #jmolscript: connect (*) (*) delete;connect (_Fe) (_C);select *;wireframe off;spacefill off;select (_Fe); polyhedra bonds distancefactor 0.5 Fe 0 0 0 C -0.692 0.000 0.427 C 0.000 0.427 -0.692 C 0.000 0.427 0.692 C 0.692 0.000 -0.427 C -0.427 -0.692 0.000 C -0.427 0.692 0.000 C 0.000 -0.427 0.692 C 0.427 0.692 0.000 C 0.000 -0.427 -0.692 C 0.692 0.000 0.427 C 0.427 -0.692 0.000 C -0.692 0.000 -0.427 Robley Light wrote: >Its been a while since I've monitored this list, so forgive me if this is a >question that has been asked and answered in the past. > >I'm working on a project related to some lower-grade math and science and I >would like to use Jmol to display a variety of 3D solids (the five platonic >ones, perhaps plus some other irregular ones). > >I can use ChemDraw to make a "cube" and "tetrahedron" of carbon atoms, save >as a mol file, bring into Chem3D, delete the hydrogens, and >"minimize"--producing a passable mol or pdb file for a cube and a >tetrahedron. I can probably spend some time trying to figure out the >coordinate values to make the bonds longer, and I understand I can use >Jmol.js commands to work on how to display these structures (still trying to >learn that). > >Before trying to do this with more complex shapes, though, does anyone know >of a repository of such geometric files that have already been created? >(I've spent a couple of hours with Google with out success). Or, does >anyone have a suggestion of how to do this more easily (and elegantly)? > >Thanks. > >Robley Light > >************************************************************* >Robley J. Light Professor Emeritus of Chemistry and >Biochemistry >Department of Chemistry Phone: (850) 644-3844 > and Biochemistry Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >95 Chieftan Way Fax: (850) 644-8281 >Florida State University Home Page: >http://www.chem.fsu.edu/editors/rlight >Tallahassee, FL 32306-4390 > > > > > > -- Robert M. Hanson Professor of Chemistry St. Olaf College Northfield, MN http://www.stolaf.edu/people/hansonr 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ _______________________________________________ Jmol-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/jmol-users
