Hi Jesse, In my tests today the "surface smooth" command works fine on an STL file. e.g. test.stl attached, example commands: open test.stl surface smooth #1 factor .5 iterations 5 hide #1 models See help for explanation of the parameters: <https://rbvi.ucsf.edu/chimerax/docs/user/commands/surface.html#smooth> The surface smooth command makes a new model #2 (unless you add "inplace true" to overwrite the original #1), so the old one is still shown unless you hide it, as in the example commands above. I do not have an obj file handy to test, but this command should work on any surface model. I hope this helps, Elaine ----- Elaine C. Meng, Ph.D. UCSF Chimera(X) team Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry University of California, San Francisco
On Jun 2, 2023, at 7:18 AM, Jesse Hansen via ChimeraX-users <chimerax-users@cgl.ucsf.edu> wrote:
dear all,
I have an object imported from segmentation in dragonfly that is quite jagged and rough looking. Is there a way to smooth the surface? When I try "surface smooth" that doesn't work because I guess it's looking for atoms/surface render. Is there a way to smooth .stl or .obj files? Thanks
Jesse