The pov file is intended as a starting point for the user. But you're right, rotating the molecule to be face-on as Avogadro does would be a good idea.
- Noel On Mon, 24 Jun 2019, 22:27 Malte Frank Gerdes, <malte.f.ger...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > > I'm trying to generate 3D Molecules via POVRay. The camera seems to not > be in the 'optimal' spot. I've read the code and the camera is placed 10 > units away from the centroid, looking at the centroid. The problem now > is: for (rather complex) molecules this leads to extremely bad camera > positioning (example as attachment). > > Is there any other output format supported by OpenBabel which lets me > generate 3D Molecules with a better camera positioning? > > Do i have to manually edit the .pov file? > > Or maybe the best solution is to just hack the exporter to give me more > control? > > Any Hints appreciated! If there is another tool which works better than > OpenBabel for this case please tell me :). > > Best Regards, > Malte > > _______________________________________________ > OpenBabel-discuss mailing list > OpenBabel-discuss@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/openbabel-discuss >
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