I've used Chem3D and Spartan to make movies. I liked Chem3D better because Spartan would sometimes change the xyz coordinates to yzx when I changed from one structure to the next. -Jennifer
---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Mon, 8 Dec 2008 22:39:45 +0100 From: "A. Dijkman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [Jmol-users] Making movies To: <jmol-users@lists.sourceforge.net> Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" >> I'd rather look for an external way to build the multi-model file. That's exactly what I'm looking for. I'd found the website of chemtube3d, but that's not what I can use in my lessons. Anyone else with idea's to make movies? Arjan ----- Original Message ----- From: Angel Herr?ez To: A. Dijkman ; jmol-users@lists.sourceforge.net Sent: Saturday, December 06, 2008 7:25 PM Subject: Re: [Jmol-users] Making movies Hello Arjan > My question: > I'd like to make a movie of an esterification where molecules/atoms of the reactants move to > form the ester. I've been searching the net now for 2 days, but I cannot find any documentation > on this. Maybe I'm searching in the wrong place, so I've turned to you. I downloaded a xyz-file > and included it in this message, to give you an idea of my intentions. > Is there a program to make these files or do I have to start understanding the script (yes, I know, > that's probably a good idea anyway:-]) Yes, the problem is building the multi-model file for your reaction, similar to the one you downloaded. But that's not a Jmol task. Jmol will just display-animate the model once you have it built. There is little you can learn from scripting, apart from the way to play the animation. I do not know of a program that you can use to build the model. In fact, the thing MAY be done using Jmol scripting, as it can move atoms around, but that's not trivial at all. I'd rather look for an external way to build the multi-model file. There are a few websites that have animated mechanisms of reaction. Maybe you can find yours already built there. Please check out sites at http://wiki.jmol.org/index.php/Websites_Using_Jmol I particularly suggest ChemTube3D, by Nick Greeves. For example: http://www.chemtube3d.com/Nucleophilic%20substitution%20at%20the%20carbonyl%20group%20-%20Acid-catalysed%20ester%20hydrolysis%20and%20transesterification.html Once you've got your model, you may come back to this list if you need help with playing the animation. I (we) will be glad to help you. Good luck! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ SF.Net email is Sponsored by MIX09, March 18-20, 2009 in Las Vegas, Nevada. The future of the web can't happen without you. Join us at MIX09 to help pave the way to the Next Web now. Learn more and register at http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;208669438;13503038;i?http://2009.visitmix.com/ _______________________________________________ Jmol-users mailing list Jmol-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/jmol-users
