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Dear all, <br>
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I'm in the process of 3d printing a large protein in ribbon
format; I've generated the .stl file, but the resolution of the
mesh that Chimera creates means that the resulting file is too large
to use easily. I've managed to use other software to reduce the
resolution of the mesh, so I <i>can</i> now get around the problem,
but can anyone tell me if it's possible to reduce the resolution of
the mesh in Chimera to save me a step for future models? <br>
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I know how to reduce the resolution of a surface mesh, but files
of ribbon representations remain obstinately large. One method I've
used that gives limited results is to simplify the cross-sectional
form of the ribbon, but I wonder, am I missing something obvious and
more effective? <br>
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thanks! <br>
<br>
Gavin<br>
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