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From: Michael K. Gilson (gilson_at_umbi.umd.edu)
Date: Mon Aug 31 2009 - 14:36:49 CDT

Hi John,

Thanks very much for looking at this. I do get this result with
Display--> Rendermode set to Acrobat3D. I just double-checked.

Best regards,
Mike

John Stone wrote:
> Michael,
> Interesting. The VMD renderer has a special code path it uses when
> drawing for Acrobat. Did you make sure to set the Display->Rendermode
> to "Acrobat3D" when generating this scene? If not, then please do so
> and try again. If you already had it set, then it seems that
> Acrobat's OpenGL capture has a few more limitations I hadn't
> already written workarounds for, and I'll have to write code to
> special-case the cone drawing too. Let me know which mode you were in
> when you did the OpenGL capture, and we'll go from there.
>
> Cheers,
> John Stone
> vmd_at_ks.uiuc.edu
>
> On Mon, Aug 31, 2009 at 07:24:06AM -0400, Michael K. Gilson wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I am using Acrobat 9.0 Pro Extended to generate 3D PDFs from VMD. The
>> molecules look okay, but my draw objects do not. It's not just a
>> rendering problem: the coordinates are not correct. You can view the
>> problem and the file that creates the draw objects here:
>> http://gilsonlab.umbi.umd.edu/supp-mat1a.html. (Scroll down to the
>> header "3D PDF problem with VMD draw objects".
>> I'd appreciate guidance and/or bug-fixes!
>>
>> Best regards,
>> Mike
>>
>> P.S. Sorry if this query appears twice. My first attempt has been
>> pending for a few days, so I thought I'd better try again with out
>> attachments.
>>
>
> 

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