blender_mdtraj_importer

Blender add-on that imports MD trajectories supported by the mdtraj project

Installation

• Download the latest source code as ZIP archive blender_mdtraj_importer.zip
• Navigate to 'File' --> 'User Preferences' --> 'Add-ons' --> 'Install from File...'
• Select the downloaded archive
• Find the imported add-on in the category 'Mesh'
• Enable it by ticking the checkbox

Prerequisites

For the add-on to work the installation of

• mdtraj
• scipy

for Python 3 is necessary.

On a Ubuntu system this can be done with

sudo apt-get install python3-pip
for package in scipy cython numpy mdtraj; do
    sudo pip3 install $package;
done

Usage Quickstart

• Open Blender blender
• Navigate to '3D View'
• Open the left menu area
• Open the the 'MD Trajectory' tab
• Select a trajectory
• Select a topology
• Change the subset selection string to something reasonable (Selection reference)
• Click on the 'Import' button