MolPrint3D: Enhanced 3D Printing of Ball-and-Stick Molecular Models
MolPrint3D: Enhanced 3D Printing of Ball-and-Stick Molecular Models
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MolPrint3D：球棒分子模型的增强型 3D 打印
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2018
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P. Paukstelis
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作者：
P. Paukstelis
非商业性3D打印机的日益普及为教师和学生提供了更多接触打印技术的机会。然而，打印复杂的球棒状分子结构面临着明显的挑战，包括需要随着分子复杂性的增加而增加的支撑结构。MolPrint3D是Blender 3D建模包的一个附加软件，它通过允许用户有选择地将分子分割成碎片来增强球棒分子模型的可打印性。MolPrint3D在键上增加了针脚，并在选定的连接点在原子上增加了洞，以便可以独立打印和组装片段。这种方法大大减少了所需的支撑结构的数量，并使大分子结构的构建成为球棒模型。描述了MolPrint3D管道，并通过几个例子演示了改进的可打印性如何为增强学生与3D模型的交互提供新的工具。
The increased availability of noncommercial 3D printers has provided instructors and students improved access to printing technology. However, printing complex ball-and-stick molecular structures faces distinct challenges, including the need for support structures that increase with molecular complexity. MolPrint3D is a software add-on for the Blender 3D modeling package that enhances the printability of ball-and-stick molecular models by allowing the user to selectively split molecules into fragments. MolPrint3D adds pins to the bond and holes in the atom at selected junction points to allow the fragments to be printed independently and assembled. This approach significantly minimizes the number of support structures needed and enables the construction of large macromolecular structures as ball-and-stick models. The MolPrint3D pipeline is described, and several examples demonstrate how improved printability can provide new tools for enhancing student interaction with 3D models.
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Lon A. Porter
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Lon A. Porter