[chimerax-users] Saving obj files

[Daniel VillanuevaAvalos]

Makes sense.
Thank you,
Daniel.

El El lun, sep. 12, 2022 a la(s) 8:27 p.m., Tom Goddard <goddard at sonic.net>
escribió:

> I see you are saving a ribbon.  This works for me in the current ChimeraX
> 1.4 or daily build.  For example,
>
> open 1a0m
> save test.obj
> open test.obj
>
> Loading the OBJ shows it as the same ribbon that I saved.  I guess this is
> a problem with the software you are using to read the OBJ file.  If saving
> the OBJ ribbon and loading it in ChimeraX does not give the correct shape
> then you can use ChimeraX menu Help / Report a Bug....  We don't debug
> other software's OBJ readers though.
>
> Tom
>
>
> On Sep 12, 2022, at 7:19 PM, Daniel VillanuevaAvalos <
> danielvillanuevaavalos at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I am exporting a single chain (chain A from 6ykm) and saving it as an obj,
> but when I import it, only points get imported, while other times, I am
> able to import geometry with faces.
>
> Thank you,
> Daniel.
>
> El lun, 12 sept 2022 a la(s) 20:08, Tom Goddard (goddard at sonic.net)
> escribió:
>
>> Not sure what you mean by points and faces.  Maybe you should include a
>> picture of what it looks like in ChimeraX and what the OBJ looks like.
>> Also try opening the OBJ in ChimeraX.  If the OBJ looks ok in ChimeraX then
>> the problem is with whatever software you are using to open the OBJ.  You
>> should also say what software you are using.
>>
>>         Tom
>>
>>
>> > On Sep 12, 2022, at 6:36 PM, Daniel VillanuevaAvalos via ChimeraX-users
>> <chimerax-users at cgl.ucsf.edu> wrote:
>> >
>> > Hello,
>> > I am exporting molecules in the backbone view from chimera x as obj
>> files, but only the points are saving and not the faces. When I import the
>> file to another 3D software, only points show up. How can I save the faces
>> too?
>> >
>> > Thank you,
>> > Daniel.
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