"urmila" <toi### [at] yahoocom> wrote:
> Hello all!
> I am a new to this group and am delighted at the prospect of interacting with
> you are smart and creative people.  I an new to using POVRay and am trying to
> use it to give a 'shine' to a protein molecule available in RasMol format.
> Would anyone know the commands I should use in RasMol to obtain a POVRay
> compatible output file that can then be used by POVray v 3.6?  If so, please
> let me know so I get unstuck!
> Thankyou so much in advance for all your help!  I look forward to participating
> and contributing to this newgroup in future :)
>
> Urmila.

I have used PDB files (protein data bank) to make POVRay scenes. I think you
need to download  a program called POVChem
(http://www.chemicalgraphics.com/PovChem/). I am not sure if RasMol has the
capability of exporting a POV file.

POVChem is really good at generating a POV scene file. You can set the camera
position and orient the molecule in space. After you get the POV file, you can
tweak the finish of the molecule to make it more reflective or whatever.

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