There is a plugin (ePMV) for Maya and 3DS Max. http://www.grahamj.com/plugins-tutorials.php Reza Khayat, PhD Assistant Professor Department of Chemistry City College of New York 85 Saint Nicholas Terrace, CDI 12318 New York, NY 10031 http://www.khayatlab.org/ 212-650-6070 From: CCP4 bulletin board [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Katherine Sippel Sent: Friday, August 28, 2015 1:26 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: [ccp4bb] Software for 3D Schematic Diagrams? You can actually do shapes in Pymol too. You just have to build the CGO. For example, here is the link for making cylinders in Pymol. http://www.pymolwiki.org/index.php/CGOCylinder This might be simpler than learning a whole new software. Cheers, Katherine On Fri, Aug 28, 2015 at 12:18 PM, Scott Classen <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>> wrote: Blender has a bit of a steep learning curve, but it is pretty cool and there is a robust user community and plenty of online tutorials. There may even be plugins to load PDB files. I seem to remember such a thing existed years ago. On Aug 28, 2015, at 9:05 AM, Pavel Afonine <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>> wrote: Blender? On Fri, Aug 28, 2015 at 9:00 AM, Keller, Jacob <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>> wrote: Dear Crystallographers, This is semi-off-topic, but does anyone know of good software, preferably free, for doing 3D renderings of blocks, cylinders, cubes, whatever, allowing one to rotate the objects, do lighting, etc? Like Pymol, but with geometrical shapes instead of protein structures? All the best, Jacob ******************************************* Jacob Pearson Keller, PhD Looger Lab/HHMI Janelia Research Campus 19700 Helix Dr, Ashburn, VA 20147 email: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> ******************************************* -- "Nil illegitimo carborundum" - Didactylos