[Chimera-users] export scene to maya, obj, iges, stl, dwg-dxp?

[Greg Couch]

On Thu, 2 Oct 2008, Eli Kuslansky wrote:

> Hi Greg,
> I'm trying to export proteins using Chimera to a Maya file for
> animations and presentation, but when I export to an .obj file it has no
> geometry. How can I assure there is geometry in the file?
> Best regards, Eli Kuslansky

In Maya's bin directory there is a program, wrl2ma, that converts VRML 
files to Maya.  So you should be able to export VRML from chimera, run 
that conversion program, and import the result into Maya.  That should 
preserve the geometry.

There is also a turorial with more details on 
<http://www.molecularmovies.org/> on how to export molecular data to Maya: 
<http://www.molecularmovies.com/images/pdf_tutorials/MolGraphicsExport.pdf>.

 	Good luck,

 	Greg