Hi Bob, Before you save your file from pymol try increasing the quality to max, then save as VRML. This increases the number of polygons in the file and after exporting from meshlab the final molecule will look a lot smoother.
Cheers, Marcelo On May 2, 2014, at 2:15 PM, Grateful Frog <gratefulf...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi all, > > I'm new to this list and to this tool. I have encountered a problem with > exporting as wrl in pylolk 1.7 that I compiled on my Ubuntu 12.04 platform. > > I load a PDB file and it displays fine. > > I then type the command "show surface" and this works fine, too. > > I then save image as VRML 2, and write the file to disk. > > This file can be visualized fine in MeshLab. > > However, it cannot be 3D printed at Shapeways. The error message does not say > what is wrong. > > The work-around that I have found is to open the wrl file, generated by > Pymol, in Meshlab and re-save another copy as wrl, but generated by Meshlab. > This new file can be 3D printed at Shapeways. > > However, the look of the surface is not as nice when it comes out of Meshlab, > as it is in Pymol... > > Any thoughts would be great! > > Thanks, > Bob > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > "Accelerate Dev Cycles with Automated Cross-Browser Testing - For FREE > Instantly run your Selenium tests across 300+ browser/OS combos. Get > unparalleled scalability from the best Selenium testing platform available. > Simple to use. Nothing to install. Get started now for free." > http://p.sf.net/sfu/SauceLabs_______________________________________________ > 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ "Accelerate Dev Cycles with Automated Cross-Browser Testing - For FREE Instantly run your Selenium tests across 300+ browser/OS combos. Get unparalleled scalability from the best Selenium testing platform available. Simple to use. Nothing to install. Get started now for free." http://p.sf.net/sfu/SauceLabs _______________________________________________ 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
