molrender3d

A tool for creating macromolecular images and 3D models. It is based on molrender, which is based on Mol*. It can create PNG, JPEG, OBJ, GLB, and USDZ files.

The tool is being used on MolAR to create 3D models of proteins for augmented reality.

Usage

Create an image or 3D model

molrender3d model [options] IN OUT MODEL_INDEX
molrender3d assembly [options] IN OUT ASSEMBLY_INDEX
molrender3d chain [options] IN OUT CHAIN_NAME
molrender3d models [options] IN OUT
molrender3d all [options] IN OUT

The options are

--width WIDTH    image height
--height HEIGHT  image width
--format FORMAT  image format (png, jpeg, obj, glb, or usdz)

For example, the following command will create 6vxx.obj in the out folder. The 6vxx.cif file (structure data of SARS-CoV-2 spike glycoprotein) can be downloaded from https://files.rcsb.org/download/6vxx.cif.

molrender3d assembly 6vxx.cif out 0 --format obj

Building

Build:

npm install
npm run build

Build automatically on file save:

npm run watch

Build with debug mode enabled:

DEBUG=molstar npm run watch

Build for production:

NODE_ENV=production npm run build

Scripts installation

npm run build
npm install -g

Contributing

Just open an issue or make a pull request. All contributions are welcome.

niklasbt/molrender3d