I am using Blender3D for science visualization. I am doing proteins now, but are there any means I can get protein secondary structures (alpha helices and beta sheets) into Blender? (The above is an example of protein secondary structure visualization)
I have tried Blender’s built-in .pdb import feature, but it just shows all atoms. I have also looked into BioBlender, but it cannot do secondary structure visualization. Is this usually done through jmol or something?
I’m guessing that using blender for visualization of proteins will be a lot of work, and it would be better to use software designed for this purpose, such as Jmol.
Actually, problem solved. I loaded the protein .pdb file using the standalone version (not embedded in browser) of Jmol, exported as .x3d, and imported the x3d into Blender. And I ended up with this :
I have the exact same issue… but I can’t find how to export my pdb file as a x3d file with Jmol.
Would be great if you could tell how you did that!
thanks.
