Re: [ccp4bb] Off-topic: 3D printing tools for molecular models

2017-05-22 Thread Paul Paukstelis
Thanks, Edward. Yes, doing more manipulations with space-filling/surfaces is something I've been thinking about adding. There is less that can automated when things become more irregular and the meshes become more complex, however. These tools can be used to do some mixing of surface and

Re: [ccp4bb] Off-topic: 3D printing tools for molecular models

2017-05-22 Thread Edward A. Berry
That is beautiful! The pins-and-holes approach might be useful also for space-filling models of multi-subunit complexes- both for holding the subunits together, and in cases where one subunit partially encircles another, the subunit would be sliced in half and pins could hold the halves

[ccp4bb] Off-topic: 3D printing tools for molecular models

2017-05-20 Thread Paul Paukstelis
Sorry for the somewhat off-topic post. After getting interested in 3D printing I quickly found that making nice ball-and-stick objects was very difficult to do on the typical fused filament printers most people can afford. This is largely because of the amount of support structures needed for