merritt@max.u.washington.edu (07/25/90)
A couple of weeks ago I mentioned that I had a version of the RASTER3D package for ray-tracing molecular graphics which I have modified for use under IRIX 3.2 on a 4D workstation. In addition to the ray-tracing program itself, there are a couple of utility routines to go from Brookhaven databank *.pdb files to descriptions of ribbon diagrams, space-filling models, ball-and-stick figures, etc. Among the responses I got were replies from two other groups (University of Alberta and University of British Columbia) who are also maintaining various incarnations of this program. After some scrambling to sort out who has what, I have collected the following compressed tar files onto an anonymous ftp site: xrayrs.bchem.washington.edu (128.208.112.3) /pub SOURCE: raster3d.tar.Z my version of raster3d and setup programs preraster3d.tar.Z my version of the UBC previewer and setup program (hastily modified for compatability with above raster3d version). RELATED SOURCE: raster3d.ua.tar.Z current University of Alberta version (which I have not looked at). I'm providing an anonymous ftp site for this since the UA group doesn't have one. Claims to support various other machines. source: Mark Israel (USERISRA@ualtamts.bitnet) preraster3d.ua.tar.Z UBC previewer and setup program compatible with UA version of raster3d. source: Michael Murphy (USERMBCM@mtsg.ubc.ca) via UA Please read README on the same directory. It gives a brief history of the program, and may point you to other people who have been involved in its development. I am sure that all the authors of this code would appreciate being acknowledged if you use it. DISCLAIMERS: My version draws pretty pictures on my 4D/20, that's all I promise. Ethan A Merritt Dept of Biological Structure University of Washington SM-20 Seattle WA 98195 (206)543-8865 merritt@xray0.bchem.washington.edu