The free software package meshlab is very effective at reducing the complexity of 3D scenes for printing. There is a tutorial here: https://www.shapeways.com/tutorials/polygon_reduction_with_meshlab D. Dr David Bhella Director - Scottish Macromolecular Imaging Centre MRC-University of Glasgow Centre for Virus Research Sir Michael Stoker Building Garscube Campus 464 Bearsden Road Glasgow G61 1QH Scotland (UK) Telephone: 0141-330-3685 Skype: d.bhella Virus structure group on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CVRstructure Molecular Machines - Images from Virus Research: http://www.molecularmachines.org.uk CVR website: http://www.cvr.ac.uk CVR on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/centreforvirusresearch
On 22 Sep 2017, at 10:38, Healey, Joe <J.R.J.Healey@warwick.ac.uk> wrote:
Hi Chimera team,
I'm dealing with some protein structures that vary quite a lot in size. I'd like to make 3D printable versions, so I'm exporting STL files.
Is there any way to reduce the file size of the exported STLs? How might one control the level of detail (triangulation) of the exported file - I suspect the defaults are including a lot of detail that a 3D printer wouldn't even be able to replicate in the first place.
Many thanks
Joe Healey
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