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From: John Stone (johns_at_ks.uiuc.edu)
Date: Mon Feb 05 2007 - 15:17:08 CST

Guys,
  I'll have to investigate why the POV-Ray export isn't working
for you. If you load up a trajectory but hide all of the representations,
leaving a blank window except for the time bar, does the .pov file
that VMD exports contain geometry, or is it essentially empty?
I'm deep in the middle of significant updates to the various
modules that implement the external scene rendering/export
features of VMD, and it shouldn't be too difficult to solve if
I know what it is that's either missing from the .pov file, or that
POV-Ray is choosing not to render.

As for exporting text: none of these external renderers really have
a way of drawing "lines", so text is somewhat problematic, but
I will see if I can get this added before 1.8.6 is finished.

  John Stone
  vmd_at_ks.uiuc.edu

On Mon, Feb 05, 2007 at 06:31:50PM +0100, Vlad Cojocaru wrote:
> Dear Alexandr,
>
> Thanks ... Well I know Tachyon does it well .. I was just curious
> whether one can do it with povray as well...
>
> cheers
> vlad
>
> Alexandr Isayev wrote:
>
> >Dear Vlad,
> >
> >Tachyon worked fine for me (under WinXP). However I rendered with older
> >version of
> >VMD, it might be also older of Tachyon as well.
> >
> >Sincerely,
> >Alexandr
> >
> >Monday, February 5, 2007, 10:58:48 AM, you wrote:
> >
> >VC> Dear VMD users,
> >
> >VC> While Alex's script to draw time bars along trajectories in VMD is very
> >VC> nice, I noticed that not all the renderers can actualy make a picture
> >of
> >VC> it. Tachyon does render the bar without redering the labels while
> >povray
> >VC> doesnt render neither the bar nor the labels. Of course, the labels are
> >VC> not so important, one should add them anyway with another program but
> >it
> >VC> would be nice if all renderers (or at least these 2 :) would render the
> >VC> bar. I use both Tachyon and povray for rendering depending on the
> >VC> representations I have for my structure ...So, I was wondering whether
> >VC> anybody has tried to render the time bar or other vmd added graphics
> >VC> with povray. Is there anyway how to do that?
> >
> >VC> Best wishes
> >
> >VC> Vlad
> >
> >
> >
> >-------------------------------------------------------
> >Alexandr Isayev,
> >Graduate Research Assistant, and System Administrator
> >@ Computational Center for Molecular Structure
> >and Interactions (CCMSI),
> >Jackson State University,
> >Jackson, MS USA
> > Tel: +(601) 979-1134
> >e-mail: alex(at)ccmsi.us
> > Web: http://www.ccmsi.us
> >--------------------------------------------------------
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
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