QuteMolX 0.5.1
QuteMolX is an interactive, high quality molecular visualization application forked off of the original code (QuteMol) written by Marco Tarini and Paolo Cignoni of the Visual Computing Lab at the Institute of Information Science and Technologies (ISTI), an institute of the Italian National Research Council (CNR). QuteMolX exploits current GPU capabilites through OpenGL shaders to offer an array of innovative visual effects. QuteMolX visualization techniques are aimed at improving clarity and understanding of the 3D shape and structure of large complex molecules.
This is QuteMolX 0.5.1 as of April 25, 2008.
Click the following links or visit the official QuteMolX page to learn more about QuteMolX:
System Requirements
- 2.5 GHz Intel Pentium 4 CPU or equivalent
- Windows XP, Mac OS X 10.5.2
- 1 Gb RAM
- 10 Mb available disk space
- OpenGL compatible 3D video card with FBO and VBO support (this web page gives a good list of recommended video cards.)
- QuteMolX runs well on the "Pro" series of Mac products, ie, Macbook Pro and Mac Pro
Installation Instructions
Windows
Run the QuteMolX self-extracting installer "QuteMolX_0.5.1.exe".
Mac OS X
Run the QuteMolX self-extracting installer "QuteMolX_0.5.1.dmg".
Linux and Developers
QuteMolX must be compiled from sources for Linux users and developers. Download the QuteMolX source distribution "QuteMolX_0.5.1.tar.gz" and follow the instructions here: Building and Installing QuteMolX
Post-install Notes
If you have not installed this from the NanoEngineer-1 Suite installer you will have to modify your preferences to enable NanoEngineer-1 to use this plugin.
- Launch NanoEngineer-1
- Choose Tools -> Preferences -> Plug-ins
- Check the box for QuteMolX and input the full path to the QuteMolX executable including its file name. For example, on Windows it may be C:\Program Files\Nanorex\QuteMolX 0.5.1\QuteMolX.exe)
- Click Ok.
Copyright and Licensing
The original QuteMol code is Copyright 2007 Marco Tarini and Paolo Cignoni of the Visual Computing Lab at the Institute of Information Science and Technologies
Changes by Nanorex to create QuteMolX are Copyright 2007-2008 Nanorex, Inc.
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.
You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.