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From: John Stone (johns_at_ks.uiuc.edu)
Date: Fri Dec 06 2002 - 16:17:24 CST

Dear Cesar,
  You can use the render form to make STL or VRML2 scenes within
VMD, which can be used to create solid models. Here's an example
of one that I printed using one of our old LH-II structures:
http://www.ks.uiuc.edu/Research/vmd/images/collections/solidmodels/p0000755.jpg

That one was done using a VRML2 file as input to one of the new
Z-corp color capable 3-D printers.

Here's the same structure printed with several identical
subunits, a few years back, when we used to have to hand paint them to
the colors we wanted:
  http://www.ks.uiuc.edu/Research/bio_ener/LH_2/

Since you reminded it, I'll add some notes on how to do this into the
VMD 1.8 user's guide this weekend.

Thanks,
  John Stone
  vmd_at_ks.uiuc.edu

On Fri, Dec 06, 2002 at 03:54:50PM -0600, owner-vmd-l_at_ks.uiuc.edu wrote:
> From: "Cesar Delgado" <cdelgad2_at_bigred.unl.edu>
> To: "'vmd'" <vmd-l_at_ks.uiuc.edu>
> Subject: 3D printing
>
> I was looking through the VMD website and I came across a printer 3D
> model of a molecule. I've been trying to find out how to export a
> molecule from VMD to the format that is accepted by the printer but have
> had no luck. Does anyone have any pointers?
>
> Thanks,
>
> -Cesar Delgado
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