What is it?
Molecular Nodes (MN) is an addon for the 3D modelling & animation program Blender that enables easy import of molecular data such as .pdb
& .mmCIF
. MN also provides a number of pre-built Geometry Nodes for manipulating and creating animations from the underlying molecular data.
Features:
Download structures directly from the PDB using the 4-letter codes
Open local
.pdb
&.mmcif
filesOpen multi-state
.pdb
files and animate them as trajectoriesOpen molecular dynamics trajectory files such as
.xtc
&.dcd
Provides a suite of nodes for artistic manipulation of molecular data inside of Geometry Nodes
Getting Started Tutorials
Exmaples
Well, I've finally dipped my toe into Blender because of this tutorial, and am enjoying it so far (except for feeling like a total noob and having to google everything…) Thanks for flagging it up @miekeroth! Pleased with Day 1 progress. https://t.co/ked3VfAnpR pic.twitter.com/eqvmEA0zD0
— Equinox Graphics (@equinoxgraphics) July 4, 2022
A second video showing how to animate multi-state .pdb files and make them disappear in #blender3d and #geometrynodes with my Molecular Nodes! https://t.co/4j6UxC9241 pic.twitter.com/dwWmg1TmD1
— Brady Johnston (@bradyajohnston) July 1, 2022
Molecular Nodes is stable enough that I've made my first tutorial on how to use it!
— Brady Johnston (@bradyajohnston) June 30, 2022
Watch the video to see how to get started and import proteins into #blender3d and #geometrynodes with a single click!
Working towards an animation like this…https://t.co/YRKZe0RWfK pic.twitter.com/0WTAFSmj8k
Really starting to like Blender. Spot a bug; bug gets fixed. Epic. So here are some nuclear pore structures I couldn't do last week. Thanks @bradyajohnston! cc @jankosinski https://t.co/4TSppW1HY9 pic.twitter.com/fAw53k7KJa
— Equinox Graphics (@equinoxgraphics) July 11, 2022
Celebrating 1000 followers this week!🥳As a 'Thank You', #Render of the week is a fun little animation on my favourite #CryoEM #GPCR structure: The human secretin receptor complex (PDB: 6WZG)🎉Big thanks to @bradyajohnston for creating the awesome MolecularNodes addon #Blender3D pic.twitter.com/VgWewxUh4A
— PiperProteinProductions (@PiperProteins) June 19, 2022
I have now added support for importing full-blown MD topology & trajectory files, from the likes of GROMACS & CHARMM straight into #blender3d!
— Brady Johnston (@bradyajohnston) May 23, 2022
Along with a few other UI & under-the-hood improvements, download v0.5.15 now!https://t.co/qcu3MWGOUc#geometrynodes #3d pic.twitter.com/ybXc8suIyC