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<p>Yes, the CDF format is intriguing. Right now it's not useful for
Chimera/Chimerax because "Data import and export are not supported
from within CDF Player except for Wolfram-curated data sources".
When/if the CDF player supports importing 3D objects, we would
consider supporting a compatible 3D object format. <br>
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<p>Also, from my perspective, CDF is so flexible and does so much
that the CDF player could easily be more buggy/insecure than the
Adobe Flash player. So if CDF became popular, it would likely
become an infection vector. Not sure if the advantages out way
the risk.</p>
<p>I'm more interested in web delivery of 3D objects, but I can see
how the the CDF authoring tools could make generating content
easier.</p>
<p> Thanks for the heads up,<br>
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<p> Greg<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 02/02/2018 10:03 AM, White, Tommi A.
wrote:<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal">We are intrigued by a new document format
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<p class="MsoNormal">Are the developers of Chimera…<o:p></o:p></p>
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</span></span><!--[endif]-->Actively seeking ways to output
cdf formatted renderings? From a structural biology community
standpoint, the ability to break free of the traditional
static image figure and have the ability to render in 3D for a
more interactive way would be AMAZING for the structural
biology community<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Just wanted to give you a heads up that
this exists. If we could output our “images” into cdf files,
and further rendered in a document…<span
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<p class="MsoNormal">Tommi A. White, Ph.D.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Assistant Professor of Biochemistry<o:p></o:p></p>
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