{"id":981,"date":"2026-02-16T12:43:31","date_gmt":"2026-02-16T20:43:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kingchem.org\/?page_id=981"},"modified":"2026-02-16T12:43:31","modified_gmt":"2026-02-16T20:43:31","slug":"3d-printing-from-avogadro-and-mercury","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/kingchem.org\/?page_id=981","title":{"rendered":"3D printing from avogadro (and mercury)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Using avogadro,  draw, optimize, and double-check the research molecule that you have chosen.\u00a0 Set the &#8220;display preference&#8221; either ball and stick or van der Waals.\u00a0 Make sure only a single option is checked.\u00a0 If using ball and stick, adjust the bond widths to something reasonably stout so that the printed model has some mechanical integrity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Save your molecule (*.cjson), and then export as vrml, for which the extension is oddly *.wrl.\u00a0 <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Next, the following operations need to be done.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>use the program meshconv to convert the wrl file to either obj or stl formats\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>meshconv phthalocyanine.wrl \u00a0-c obj -tri -cc 32 -sc 32<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>(meshconv is available from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patrickmin.com\/meshconv\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.patrickmin.com\/meshconv\/<\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>set up an appointment a DeLamare to 3d print<br>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>use an slicer to convert the obj or stl file to 3d printer instructions\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>submit the print and keep your fingers crossed<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Using avogadro, draw, optimize, and double-check the research molecule that you have chosen.\u00a0 Set the &#8220;display preference&#8221; either ball and stick or van der Waals.\u00a0 Make sure only a single option is checked.\u00a0 If using ball and stick, adjust the bond widths to something reasonably stout so that the printed model has some mechanical integrity&#8230;. &raquo; <a class=\"read-more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/kingchem.org\/?page_id=981\">read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-981","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kingchem.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/981","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kingchem.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kingchem.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kingchem.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kingchem.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=981"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kingchem.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/981\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":982,"href":"https:\/\/kingchem.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/981\/revisions\/982"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kingchem.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=981"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}