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A Scientist’s 3D Interface for Molecular Modeling and Animation

Shawn M Waldon
Peter M Thompson
Patrick J Hahn
Russell M Taylor II

 

SketchBio aims to provide a rapid-to-use and easy-to-learn 3D modeling tool for biologists to enable effective interactive 3D “what if” scenario exploration for the exploration of subcellular structures.

It includes three novel features: crystal by example, pose-mode physics, and spring-based layout that accelerate operations common in the formation of molecular models. 

Release Date:
October, 2013
Status:
Availability:
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Techniques:
3D
Software:
Installed
Technology:
Visual Studio 2012
Platform:
Windows
Requirements:
UCSF Chimera, Blender, Visual C++

Project development

Institution: University of North Carolina

This work was supported bythe NIH 5-P41-EB002025. Molecular graphics and analyses were performed with the UCSF Chimera package. Chimera is developed by the Resource for Biocomputing, Visualization and Informatics at the University of California, San Francisco (supported by the NIGMS P41-GM103311). 3D rendering was performed using Blender (blender.org). Blender is an open source project supported by the blender Foundation and the online community. Early versions of SketchBio used PyMOL (pumol.org) to import dtata from PDB. PyMOL is an open source project maintained and distributed by Schrodinger.