[chimera-dev] cdf output

[Greg Couch]

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.

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.

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.

     Thanks for the heads up,

     Greg


On 02/02/2018 10:03 AM, White, Tommi A. wrote:
>
> Hello.
>
> We are intrigued by a new document format called “CDF”.
>
> https://www.wolfram.com/cdf/
>
> Are the developers of Chimera…
>
> 1)Aware this format exists?
>
> 2)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
>
> 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…J
>
> Tommi A. White, Ph.D.
>
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