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Hi Christian,<br>
<br>
I'm not sure what version of Chimera you are using, but with the
current daily build, the VRML export (File / Export Scene...) does
include transparency of surfaces. I believe older Chimera versions
(1.3, ...) also do this. I made a transparent red icosahedron and
writing as vrml<br>
<br>
shape icos div 1 color 1,0,0,0.3<br>
export format vrml ~/Desktop/test.vrml<br>
<br>
The resulting vrml text file does have the transparency information,
and when I open it in Chimera it is transparent (although Chimera does
not display transparency of VRML models correctly). So quite possibly
the program you are using to read the VRML is ignoring the transparency.<br>
<br>
Tom<br>
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-------- Original Message --------<br>
Subject: [Chimera-users] Exporting surfaces as vrml<br>
From: Christian Hesketh<br>
To: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:chimera-users@cgl.ucsf.edu">chimera-users@cgl.ucsf.edu</a><br>
Date: 8/28/09 9:50 AM<br>
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cite="mid:598cf8520908280950g156cc9eblab55ca5359cace4a@mail.gmail.com"
type="cite">Hi there,
<div>I am trying to export molecular surfaces with varying
transparencies to vrml, but the resultant model has a completely opaque
surface. Is there anyway to export surfaces with transparent features
to a 3D model? I would rather not work with x3d files as there don't
seem to be any good 3D modeling programs that can accept this format.</div>
<div>Thanks in advance,</div>
<div>Christian</div>
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