Protein Models & CAD/CAM

[Roy Jefferis]

In article <4a2rre$alp at agate.berkeley.edu>, lhom at nature.Berkeley.EDU (Louis Hom) says:
>
>It seems to me that life for some folks would be easier if you could have
>your computer create a real 3D representation of a protein structure.  I
>know that computer-controlled generation of prototypes in manufacturing is
>done all the time.  Does anyone know of someone trying to apply computer
>aided manufacturing technology to protein structures? 
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>Lou Hom >K '93                          "Pe--li--gro . . . Pe-li-gro. . .   
>lhom at nature.berkeley.edu                   Peligro.  Ah, peligro!"
>http://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~lhom                                **SPLAT!** 


Hello Lou, I have just begun enquiring into possiblities of generating 
protein models in this way. I am not a computer buff and at the moment
I am trying to liase between buffs. We use quanta, on the Silicon 
Graphics, and I need to know whether we can generate a STL file 
(Stereolithography") for use on a CAD 5 system !!!!!

Any comment ?