Making a Methane Molecule

methTut15.blend – finished methane molecule model

Making A Water Molecule Using Open Babel to Convert Formats and ChemSpider as Source

• http://www.chemspider.com
• http://openbabel.org/wiki/Main_Page
• mol file – water937.mol
• pdb file – water.pdb
• finished blender file – waterTut10.blend

Using Open Babel to Generate 3D Data to Make Models of Molecules Part 1 Ethene

• http://openbabel.org/wiki/Main_Page
• pdb file no double bond in CONECT record – ethene1.pdb
• pdb file with double bond in CONECT record – ethene2.pdb

Using Open Babel to Make Models of Molecules Part 2 Ethane, Ethyne & Benzene Ring

• pdb file – methane.pdb
• pdb file – ethane1.pdb
• pdb file no triple bond in CONECT records – ethyne1.pdb
• pdb file with triple bond in CONECT records – ethyne2.pdb
• pdb file no double bonds in CONECT records – benzene1.pdb
• pdb file with double bonds in CONECT records – benzene2.pdb

Import and Edit a Spherical Fullerene and a Nanotube

• spherical fullerene pdb file – Fullerene.pdb
• nanotube pdb file – Nanotube8x3x1.pdb
• spherical fullerene blender file – fullTut8a.blend
• nanotube blender file – fullTut15a.blend

Making a 3D Model of Graphene

graphTut24.blend – finished file from tutorial

Using the Free Program Jmol to Look at Chemical Structures and Exporting to Blender

• ethene X3D file – ethene.x3d
• file before join – jmolTut17.blend
• finished file – jmolTut20.blend
• Jmol website – http://www.jmol.org
• NCI/CADD Chemical Identifier Resolver – http://cactus.nci.nih.gov/chemical/structure
• PubChem Search – http://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/search/

Importing a Molecule Using the Protein Data Bank Add On, Making a DNA Animation

• http://www.rcsb.org/ – RCSB Protein Data Bank
• http://www.wwpdb.org/ – World Wide Protein Data Bank
• http://www.rcsb.org/pdb/explore/explore.do?structureId=3bse
• pdbTut10.blend – finished file from tutorial

DNA Modelling Part 1 Making Base Pairs to Store the Codes A(red),C(yellow),G(green),T(blue)

• dnaTut33.blend – base pairs before joining
• dnaTut38.blend – base pairs joined, starting file for part 2
• dnaTut64.blend – finished file from tutorial
• dnaTut64a.blend – finished file from tutorial with higher subdivision, smoother

DNA Modelling Part 2 Putting the Base Pairs Together in a Sequence, Adding a Twist