[Molvis-list] Exporting molecular surfaces

[Eric Martz]

At 6/8/05, Bathsheba wrote:
>This is the thing I'musing, whatever it's called:
>http://trantor.bioc.columbia.edu/cgi-bin/GRASS/surfserv_enter.cgi
>
>There's nothing wrong with its surfaces except that they're rather
>coarsely triangulated, so I end up having to smooth and subdivide
>them.  That's not difficult, but it does come at some cost in
>accuracy...I'm sitting here viewing the more finely triangulated
>surfaces that Chime and SPdbV can generate, and wondering if I'm being
>a dope by not seeing any way to export them.

Dear Sheba:

VMD can generate surfaces and export them as stereolithography format.
I believe Tim Herman's group has used it for solid models.
Get it at molvisindex.org under freeware.

Regards, -Eric

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