NHSE Software Catalog

Raster3D

url

ftp://stanzi.bchem.washington.edu/pub/raster3d/Raster3D_2.02.tar.Z

version

2.0.2

abstract

Raster3D is a set of tools for generating high quality raster images of
proteins or other molecules. The core program renders spheres, triangles,
and cylinders with specular highlighting, Phong shading, and shadowing. It
uses an efficient software Z-buffer algorithm which is independent of any
graphics hardware. Ancillary programs process atomic coordinates from
Brookhaven PDB files into rendering descriptions for pictures composed of
ribbons, space-filling atoms, bonds, ball+stick, etc. Raster3D can also be
used to render pictures composed in Per Kraulis' program MOLSCRIPT in
glorious 3D with highlights, shadowing, etc. Output is to pixel image files
with 24 bits of color information per pixel.

description

file://stanzi.bchem.washington.edu/pub/raster3d/raster3d.html

contact

merritt@u.washington.edu

keywords

chemistry; molecular biology; application program

application

raster image generation

comments

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