[ase-users] Export to CAD files?

[Adam Jackson]

Are there any alternatives to POV-RAY in order to export a file for 
CAD-software input? I had a quick look, but it doesn't look like the .pov 
format supportedby POV-RAY is supported by other softwares. 
 
Best, 
Thomas 
 
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Thomas M. Aarholt 
 
Post Doc, University of Oslo 
 
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Hi Thomas,



I'm not familiar with commercial CAD packages, but there is an extension permitting import from .xyz and .pdb structure formats into the Blender 3D graphics package. https://development.root-1.de/Atomic_Blender_PDB_XYZ.php ASE can write to those file formats; I have used this successfully in the past to create high-resolution renders.



>From there, you may find some of Blender's export options useful to reach your preferred package?


Good luck,

Adam



(Actually, I mostly use my package ascii-phonons which imports a v_sim-format .ascii file with vibrational displacement data, but not every atomistic calculation is a phonon calculation.)
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