large file size exporting scene with spheres
Chimera-users, I am very new to chimera. I would like to export a scene with spheres for 3d printing but the ( .stl) file size is enormous. They contain way to many triangles. I tested a smallish molecule in MeshLab and I could decrease the number of faces from 699732 (34MB) to 34986 faces (1.7MB) with minor flattening of the sphere. Is there a way to have chimera generate spheres with fewer faces? Thank you, Bill Eliason
Hi Bill, You can decrease the “subdivision” setting in the Effects dialog (menu Tools… Viewing Controls… Effects) and also zoom out the view before exporting. These are discussed in more detail in this previous post: <http://plato.cgl.ucsf.edu/pipermail/chimera-users/2014-April/009753.html> I hope this helps, Elaine ---------- Elaine C. Meng, Ph.D. UCSF Computer Graphics Lab (Chimera team) and Babbitt Lab Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry University of California, San Francisco
On Sep 15, 2015, at 11:52 AM, Eliason, William <william.eliason@yale.edu> wrote:
Chimera-users,
I am very new to chimera. I would like to export a scene with spheres for 3d printing but the ( .stl) file size is enormous. They contain way to many triangles. I tested a smallish molecule in MeshLab and I could decrease the number of faces from 699732 (34MB) to 34986 faces (1.7MB) with minor flattening of the sphere. Is there a way to have chimera generate spheres with fewer faces?
Thank you,
Bill Eliason
Elaine, Thank you for the information. I will let you know how it goes. Bill ________________________________________ From: Elaine Meng [meng@cgl.ucsf.edu] Sent: Tuesday, September 15, 2015 3:42 PM To: Eliason, William Cc: chimera-users@cgl.ucsf.edu Subject: Re: [Chimera-users] large file size exporting scene with spheres Hi Bill, You can decrease the “subdivision” setting in the Effects dialog (menu Tools… Viewing Controls… Effects) and also zoom out the view before exporting. These are discussed in more detail in this previous post: <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__plato.cgl.ucsf.edu_piper... > I hope this helps, Elaine ---------- Elaine C. Meng, Ph.D. UCSF Computer Graphics Lab (Chimera team) and Babbitt Lab Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry University of California, San Francisco
On Sep 15, 2015, at 11:52 AM, Eliason, William <william.eliason@yale.edu> wrote:
Chimera-users,
I am very new to chimera. I would like to export a scene with spheres for 3d printing but the ( .stl) file size is enormous. They contain way to many triangles. I tested a smallish molecule in MeshLab and I could decrease the number of faces from 699732 (34MB) to 34986 faces (1.7MB) with minor flattening of the sphere. Is there a way to have chimera generate spheres with fewer faces?
Thank you,
Bill Eliason
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