Hi Michael, When I first started 3D printing of macromolecules, I found the Center for BioMolecular Modeling: http://cbm.msoe.edu/
I wrote to them and they gave me a plugin for PyMOL that creates supporting struts between C-alpha atoms automagically. I've been using it for years now. The original author of the script is George Phillips: http://www.biochem.wisc.edu/faculty/phillips/ I am not authorized to distribute the plugin code, but I'm sure that you could write to Dr. Phillips or the staff at the CBM and they might share it. In fact, they might be willing to put the code on the PyMOL Wiki. When using the plugin, I find it useful to use smooth loops and smooth strands. Unfortunately, the script puts the supporting struts at the C-alpha positions, not the splined positions that you get with smoothing. The trick is to "show" a "line" representation of just the C-alpha at the ends of the strut and use the "sidechain helper" option. Hope that helps, Darrell Darrell Hurt, Ph.D. Section Head, Computational Biology Bioinformatics and Computational Biosciences Branch (BCBB) OCICB/OSMO/OD/NIAID/NIH 31 Center Drive, Room 3B62B, MSC 2135 Bethesda, MD 20892-2135 Office 301-402-0095 Mobile 301-758-3559 http://bioinformatics.niaid.nih.gov (Within NIH) http://exon.niaid.nih.gov (Public) Disclaimer: The information in this e-mail and any of its attachments is confidential and may contain sensitive information. It should not be used by anyone who is not the original intended recipient. If you have received this e-mail in error please inform the sender and delete it from your mailbox or any other storage devices. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases shall not accept liability for any statements made that are sender's own and not expressly made on behalf of the NIAID by one of its representatives. On 6/17/12 5:28 PM, "D. Joe" <py...@etrumeus.com> wrote: > > > >http://interlockroc.org/2012/06/05/3d-insulin-model-printing/ > >Not included in that article is a thingiverse link to a print of >topoisomerase which was pointed out to me. They report using >KISSlicer to print the necessary support material. > >While this insulin model was sufficiently globular to cut and >print in two halves, there are many structures that aren't. I >think the general way to go is to support print material. > >Also, I've heard that recent developer versions of Slic3r are >now starting to include support material, but I haven't tried it >yet. Don't be fooled by the checkbox for including support >material in the stable version (0.7.2 I think) as it is >currently ineffective. > >Maybe skeinforge, as called by replicatorg, does support >material, haven't tried it yet. > >-- >Joe > >On Sun, Jun 17, 2012 at 04:45:51PM -0400, Michael Lerner wrote: >> Hi all, >> >> I just got a MakerBot Replicator, and I'd obviously like to try my hand >>at >> printing 3D models from PyMOL. If anybody else is doing such things, are >> there any recommendations for the most straightforward way to go from >>PyMOL >> to something that repg can read? A lot of the software I'm trying to >>use as >> intermediates between the two is proving to be troublesome. >> >> Cheers, >> -Michael >> >> -- >> Michael Lerner >> Department of Physics and Astronomy >> Earlham College - Drawer 111 >> 801 National Road West >> Richmond, IN 47374-4095 > >> >>------------------------------------------------------------------------- >>----- >> Live Security Virtual Conference >> Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and >> threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. >>Discussions >> will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in >>malware >> threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ > >> _______________________________________________ >> PyMOL-users mailing list (PyMOL-users@lists.sourceforge.net) >> Info Page: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/pymol-users >> Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/pymol-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > >-------------------------------------------------------------------------- >---- >Live Security Virtual Conference >Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and >threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. 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