Just to supplement Tom's answer, if you go the route of having ChimeraX as a backend, you can have it generate files that can be directly manipulated as 3D renderings in the browser, as described here: https--www.rbvi.ucsf.edu-chimerax-data-gltf-viewer-may2023

--Eric

Eric Pettersen
UCSF Computer Graphics Lab


On Dec 10, 2024, at 11:01 AM, Tom Goddard via ChimeraX-users <chimerax-users@cgl.ucsf.edu> wrote:

Hi Marius,

  ChimeraX is written in Python and C++ and runs on Mac, Windows, and Linux.  It will not run in a web browser since there is no JavaScript implementation of ChimeraX.  You would have to provide a server that runs ChimeraX on one of the supported operating systems and make a web page that talks to that server, a complex task.  That is what the NIH 3D web site does to create output of STL or GLTF from atomic models submitted through the web browser.


  Tom


On Dec 10, 2024, at 9:26 AM, Marius Mihasan via ChimeraX-users <chimerax-users@cgl.ucsf.edu> wrote:

Hi
I have been using ChimeraX for some time to generate .stl files and print various molecules and molecular scenes. I planning/working on making the pdb to stl file conversion semi-automatic and more user friendly by offering the users some predefined 3D-printable renderings of the molecule of their choice as well as some simple push-buttons that would allow them to do some very simple customisation in the renderings. Everything needs to be packaged in a simple to acces web-page that can be used by educators and students . In a way similar to how NIHPresets work, but in a webpage. Or how NIH 3D QuickSubmit works, but more interactive.
Is there a way to embed ChimeraX into web pages as it can be done with, for example, with JSmol (Jmol)? If yes, could someone please point me in the right direction?
Thanks
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Marius Mihasan, PhD. Habil.
Professor, BioActive Research Group
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Laboratory, Faculty of Biology
Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iasi
Room B228, Carol I Blvd, no 20A, Iasi, Romania, 700506
Tel: +40(0)232202434
Fax: +40(0)232201472
http://cercetare.bio.uaic.ro/cadre/pagini-personale/marius.mihasan/index.html
www.molecularmodels.ro

Research Associate Professor
Darie Biochemistry & Proteomics Group
Department of Chemistry & Biomolecular Science
Clarkson University
Potsdam, NY 13699-5810, USA
mmihasan@clarkson.edu




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