Re: CCL:XYZ --> POV

From: Jeffrey Gosper <Jeffrey.Gosper %! at !% brunel.ac.uk>
Subject: Re: CCL:XYZ --> POV
Date: Wed, 2 Jul 1997 08:09:48 PDT
 On Tue, 1 Jul 1997 19:00:52 +0100 (BST) s.hogg wrote:
 > From: s.hogg <s.hogg %! at !% ic.ac.uk>
 > Date: Tue, 1 Jul 1997 19:00:52 +0100 (BST)
 > Subject: CCL:XYZ --> POV
 > To: chemistry %! at !% www.ccl.net
 >
 > Is there a way to produce POVRAY .pov files from an XYZ input file?  I
 > actually have a concatenated series of xyz data points from an MD
 simulation
 >  and would like them, so that when read, they would make a 'movie'.
 >
 > I would like to put them into POVRAY in sequence, and render them as a
 > movie, but what is the best way of doing that?
 >
 > I don't really want to have to de-concatenate them, use babel, then PDB2POV
 > and then render them.  I *think* I have seen someone do this, but can't
 > remember who it was, but if anyone can give me a kick in the right
 > direction, I would be very grateful.
 >
 > (p.s. Is XMol available for Linux?)
 >
 Re_View will do exactly this and the original version is still free for
 individual user!
 Re_View automates the POV interface and will automatically create AAWin
 animations. Its also extremely easy to generate Mpegs.
 If you want to depict multiple/partial bonds as well and automatic Mpgeg
 production then Re_View2 is what you need.
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