Export 3D mesh

Use export_mesh() to save 3D mesh data. Use parameters with_cell, with_bond, with_polyhedra, with_boundary and with_search_bond to control the output meshes.

Support formats:

• x3d

• obj

• fbx

Note

After the export_mesh, all Batoms structures become mesh data, thus the python code does not work properly anymore. Thus, this function is suggested to be called at the very end. If you want to do anything else with python, please reopen blender and create the structures again.

X3D format

from ase.build import molecule
from batoms import Batoms
from batoms.bio.bio import read
bpy.ops.batoms.delete()
c2h6so = Batoms("c2h6so", from_ase=molecule("C2H6SO"))
c2h6so.model_style = 1
c2h6so.export_mesh("c2h6so.x3d", with_bond=True)

OBJ format

Two files are exported:

• xxx.obj: mesh data;

• xxx.matl: materials data;

from batoms.bio.bio import read
bpy.ops.batoms.delete()
tio2 = read("../tests/datas/tio2.cif")
tio2.boundary = 0.01
tio2.model_style = 2
tio2.bonds.show_search = True
tio2.export_mesh("tio2.obj", with_cell=True,
                 with_polyhedra=True,
                 with_boundary=True,
                 with_search_bond=True,
                 with_bond=True)

FBX format

from batoms.bio.bio import read
bpy.ops.batoms.delete()
tio2 = read("../tests/datas/tio2.cif")
tio2.boundary = 0.01
tio2.model_style = 2
tio2.bonds.show_search = True
tio2.export_mesh("tio2.fbx", with_cell=True,
                 with_polyhedra=True,
                 with_boundary=True,
                 with_search_bond=True,
                 with_bond=True)