[chimerax-users] Exporting 3D models from ChimeraX?

Elaine Meng meng at cgl.ucsf.edu
Tue Oct 6 07:52:42 PDT 2020


Hi Mikael,
ChimeraX can save glb, stl, obj, etc. The save formats are listed in the User Guide help page for "save":

<http://rbvi.ucsf.edu/chimerax/docs/user/commands/save.html#formats>

... or you can list them in the Log with command "save formats."  
I hope this helps,
Elaine
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Elaine C. Meng, Ph.D.                       
UCSF Chimera(X) team
Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry
University of California, San Francisco

> On Oct 6, 2020, at 2:14 AM, Karjalainen, Mikael <mikael.p.karjalainen at jyu.fi> wrote:
> 
> Hi! 
> Is it possible to export 3D models from ChimeraX? Preferably in formats GLB (best for powerpoint), FBX, OBJ or 3MF? You can in old Chimera, but for powerpoint presentations it can only give STL files which do not have textures.
>  
> Here are supported file formats for Office products: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/3d-content-guidelines-for-microsoft-03a7b493-d549-4f1a-9735-f2457adf6261
>  
> Regards,
> Mikael




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