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From: John Stone (johns_at_ks.uiuc.edu)
Date: Mon Feb 07 2005 - 10:03:35 CST

Raymond,
  VMD uses the PROTO nodes to significantly decrease the size of
the generated VRML2 files. Without them, the scene files can be
several hundred megabytes in no time. There's no way to disable
the use of PROTO nodes at runtime, but you could easily modify
the VMD source code, and replace the PROTO usage by actual
in-place macro expansions instead. That'd give you a completely
flattened file that will work with simple-minded VRML2 parsers.

  John Stone
  vmd_at_ks.uiuc.edu

On Mon, Feb 07, 2005 at 11:45:09AM +0100, Raymond de Vries wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I was wondering whether it is possible or not it is possible to make a
> vrml2 export without the PROTO. So just with simple geometry and
> material (I see that the PROTO is used, at least, for geometry and
> material in my exports).
>
> thanks
> Raymond
>
>
>
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>
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> Insight Services
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