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<p>Hi David,</p>
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<p>Thanks very much! I'm currently experimenting with MeshMixer's "Reduce" to do the same kind of thing - though I think that will only get me so far. I'll certainly have a look at that walkthrough though.</p>
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<p>I have just realised part of my problem however, was that I was exporting the surface and ribbon representations though without realising it, rather than just the surface, which would be totally redundant when printed.</p>
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<div id="x_divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" color="#000000" style="font-size:11pt"><b>From:</b> David Bhella <David.Bhella@glasgow.ac.uk><br>
<b>Sent:</b> 22 September 2017 11:24:55<br>
<b>To:</b> Healey, Joe<br>
<b>Cc:</b> chimera-users@cgl.ucsf.edu<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Chimera-users] STL File export size</font>
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<div class="PlainText">The free software package meshlab is very effective at reducing the complexity of 3D scenes for printing.<br>
There is a tutorial here:<br>
<a href="https://www.shapeways.com/tutorials/polygon_reduction_with_meshlab">https://www.shapeways.com/tutorials/polygon_reduction_with_meshlab</a><br>
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> On 22 Sep 2017, at 10:38, Healey, Joe <J.R.J.Healey@warwick.ac.uk> wrote:<br>
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> Hi Chimera team,<br>
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> I'm dealing with some protein structures that vary quite a lot in size. I'd like to make 3D printable versions, so I'm exporting STL files.<br>
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> Is there any way to reduce the file size of the exported STLs? How might one control the level of detail (triangulation) of the exported file - I suspect the defaults are including a lot of detail that a 3D printer wouldn't even be able to replicate in the
first place.<br>
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> Many thanks<br>
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> Joe Healey<br>
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> M.Sc. B.Sc. (Hons) MSRB<br>
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> and the Gibson Lab (Warwick Chemistry)<br>
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