David,
I agree with Angel. Usually animation of that nature is done with a
professional animation program such as Maya. Jmol can provide the objects
that Maya could import in a variety of formats, so it would be easy enough
to set that up using Jmol. Jmol itself would be more appropriate if you
want, in the end, a 3D interactive visualization that the audience could
influence, rotate, go through, etc., at their will. If you are just after a
2D multiframe animation, though, I would suggest connecting with someone in
the animation business, probably using Maya.
But, that said, it would not be hard to choreograph motions of molecules in
Jmol. It's just not set up already with forces and such. I did a bit of that
recently. See, for example, http://stolaf.edu/people/hansonr/jmol/epcot/ or
http://stolaf.edu/people/hansonr/jmol/molecules
Bob
On Fri, Feb 4, 2011 at 4:35 PM, David Miller <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hopefully someone who knows jmol will take a second and tell me if I
> should spend a month learning it....
>
> I need to produce an animation of a bunch of fairly simple multi-atomic
> gas molecules (propane, ethanol, something like that) bouncing around a
> container and diffusing through a screen. Can I do that in Jmol?
>
> Also, can I animate various forces on the molecules, like gravity?
>
> TIA
>
> --- David
>
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