Published October 19, 2007 | https://doi.org/10.59350/byehz-56r07

Bob improved the POV-Ray export of Jmol

Creators & Contributors

Bob has set up a new interface between the data model and the Jmol renderer, which allows him to define other types of export too. One of this is a POV-Ray export, which allows creating of high quality images for paper. Jmol has had POV-Ray export for a long time now, but never included the secondary structures or other more recent visual featues. PyMOL is well-known for its POV-Ray feature, and often used to create publication quality protein prints. The script command to create a POV-Ray input file takes the output image size as parameters:

write povray 400 600   # width 400, height 600

Here's a screenshot of a protein with surface:

And here a MO of water:

Note the shading. More examples are available here.

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Description

Bob has set up a new interface between the data model and the Jmol renderer, which allows him to define other types of export too. One of this is a POV-Ray export, which allows creating of high quality images for paper. Jmol has had POV-Ray export for a long time now, but never included the secondary structures or other more recent visual featues.

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https://doi.org/10.59350/byehz-56r07
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https://chem-bla-ics.linkedchemistry.info/2007/10/19/bob-improved-pov-ray-export-of-jmol.html

Dates

Issued
2007-10-19T00:00:00
Updated
2007-10-19T00:00:00