Usage:
export [ format format ] [ filename ]

Usage:
export list

The command export saves the graphical scene as a file named filename in the specified format (see limitations):

• X3D [.x3d] - X3D (default)
• ChimeraX [.py] - Python file for regenerating the scene in ChimeraX; includes atomic models, molecular surfaces, volume models (surface, mesh, image, plane/orthoplane, and box renderings), per-model clipping, sequences and sequence alignments, 2D labels and arrows, and color key. Not supported: per-vertex surface coloring (coloring by value, distance, or zone), nucleotide representations, worms, other types of surface models, etc.
• COLLADA [.dae] - COLLADA XML-based format; can be viewed with Mac Preview and incorporated into iBooks
• OBJ [.obj] - Wavefront OBJ (surfaces only); colors are written to a separate material definition file [.mtl]
• POV-Ray [.pov] - input for the Persistence of Vision Raytracer
  (alternatively, POV-Ray images can be produced directly)
• RenderMan [.rib] - RenderMan^® Interface Bytestream
• STL [.stl] - triangle-based format (binary) native to stereolithography CAD software (see the Chimera 3D Model Gallery)
• VRML [.wrl, .vrml] - Virtual Reality Markup Language
• VTK [.vtk] - format used by Visualization Toolkit
• WebGL [.html] - HTML5 format with embedded WebGL, to show a manipulable rendering of the scene in a web page (experimental feature)

The command export list reports the available format settings in the status line and Reply Log. Chimera extensions that enable further export types can add to the format list.

POV-Ray, RenderMan, STL, and VRML files are generated by postprocessing an initial X3D file. The conversion programs x3d2pov, x3d2RM, x3d2stl, and x3d2vrml are included with Chimera (in the bin directory) but can be used separately.

See also: struts, save, write, copy, pdbrun, Write DMS, exporting a scene, raytracing with POV-Ray, saving data