[chimerax-users] DAE format

[Giorgio Luciano]

@Elaine thanks for the response. I will give it a try. Also finally
preparing tutorials for chimera in order to try to contribute to this
wonderful project

Il giorno mar 4 mag 2021 alle ore 20:16 Elaine Meng <meng at cgl.ucsf.edu> ha
scritto:

> Hi Giorgio,
> At least one of our experts on this topic is away this week, so there
> might be a delay in a more definitive description of our plans.
>
> In the meanwhile, as I understand it GLTF is one of the main scene-export
> formats from ChimeraX.
> <https://rbvi.ucsf.edu/chimerax/docs/user/commands/save.html#gltf>
>
> I see a bunch of converters online, some free, for gltf -> dae (collada)
> and gltf -> usd (universal screen description) e.g.
> <https://modelconverter.com/>
> <https://github.com/kcoley/gltf2usd>
>
> (No idea what abc format is.)
>
> However, this is by no means an endorsement of those converters.  I have
> never tried any nor have any idea how well they work. You could probably
> find several others by searching.
>
> Or, maybe Blender can take GLTF (.glb) format as input directly.
> Best,
> Elaine
> -----
> Elaine C. Meng, Ph.D.
> UCSF Chimera(X) team
> Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry
> University of California, San Francisco
>
> > On May 4, 2021, at 10:18 AM, Giorgio Luciano <giorgio.luciano at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > Hello to all, I'm writing for a feature request. The old chimera had the
> option to export models (surfaces, ball and stickers etc) in DAE format
> which is the most "trustful" for importing the model in 3D software
> (blender for me now). Will it be possible to "revamp" it or include format
> as .abc ? (I don't know if .usd can be an idea also since I think its
> specifications are open). Thanks
>
>
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