The option is available with Jmol 11.9. However, it is a major disappointment so far. The documentation is inadequate and in places downright wrong, and I got frustrated. So you can produce IDTF files using
write IDTF "somename.idtf" and you can use U3D_A_061228_5\Bin\Win32\Debug\IDTFConverter -input %1.idtf -output %1.u3d (see http://sourceforge.net/projects/u3d/files) to create U3D files from those, but there are major bugs in the way Adobe has implemented U3D files, and the prospects are not high for being able to do anything very satisfying with these. For example, I simply have not been able to figure out how to zoom or set the camera properly. Part of the problem is that it's a combination of embedded commands in the U3D file, capabilities of which are only partially available with this IDTF to U3D converter, and embedded JavaScript in the PDF files, and I haven't been able to figure that out, either. So that's where we are at. If you can figure out how to do that final step of integrating U3D files properly into PDF documents, let me know. In my mind the technology just isn't quite there yet. Adobe is apparently moving on to another format instead of U3D, so I'm not optimistic anyone is going to clear this up anytime soon. Bob 2009/12/19 Jan Halborg Jensen <[email protected]> > Hi, > > I see that there is an option coming on creating interactive 3D pdf > figures[1] with Jmol[2]. > > A question and a comment > > When will this option be available? > > In the post Robert Hanson compares this feature to POV-Ray, i.e. a > specialized feature for the experts. I would disagree with that. Unlike > POV-ray, interactive graphics provides something fundamentally new to the > user and would be used a lot if it is easy to use (from what I can see > JReality is not for the casual user). > > I would therefore advocate making this option as easy as possible to use > within Jmol. In my view, interactive 3D pdf figures should really be the > rule rather than the exception in scientific publishing, and Jmol could lead > the way. > > Best regards, Jan > > Links: > [1] > http://molecularmodelingbasics.blogspot.com/2009/12/future-of-scientific-publishing-is-here.html > > [2] > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg09684.html > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Verizon Developer Community > Take advantage of Verizon's best-in-class app development support > A streamlined, 14 day to market process makes app distribution fast and > easy > Join now and get one step closer to millions of Verizon customers > http://p.sf.net/sfu/verizon-dev2dev > _______________________________________________ > Jmol-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/jmol-users > > -- Robert M. Hanson Professor of Chemistry St. Olaf College 1520 St. Olaf Ave. Northfield, MN 55057 http://www.stolaf.edu/people/hansonr phone: 507-786-3107 If nature does not answer first what we want, it is better to take what answer we get. -- Josiah Willard Gibbs, Lecture XXX, Monday, February 5, 1900
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