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

[Elaine Meng]

Hi Oli,
As far as I know we go by the format descriptions rather than trying to evaluate the files in other applications, which may or may not have their own problems.  Sometimes the format descriptions are not very complete, so different applications may interpret them differently, and I am sure that the exports from ChimeraX have some limitations.  However, the short answer is that I don't know the reason for the color differences you are seeing.  

Maybe the others on the team with more detailed knowledge of the code can comment.
Best,
Elaine

> On Oct 6, 2020, at 8:02 AM, Oliver Clarke <olibclarke at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi Elaine - I just tried this and it saves as glb, but importing into powerpoint gives washed out colors - it doesn't seem to preserve any lighting options - and the background color is not preserved. I guess this is an issue on Microsoft's end though?
> 
> Oli
> 
>> On Oct 6, 2020, at 10:52 AM, Elaine Meng <meng at cgl.ucsf.edu> wrote:
>> 
>> 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
>> -----
>> 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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