Blender for Scientists - How to Make ANY Molecule in Blender

In this video I go through how to work with any molecule in Blender in conjunction with Avogadro and OpenBabel (both are free). I also provide a few tips and tricks for how to quickly setup common scenes used in journal covers and graphics.

I mention it in the video but the import function in Avogadro is really incredible. The thumbnail for this image includes five different molecules (benzene, adenosine, ibuprofen, boron subphthalocyanine chloride and even Spiro-MeOTAD) and all of them were either imported directly by name or (in the case of Spiro) using the chemical name taken from the Sigma-Aldrich website.

There's a lot to cover in this one and I apologize as a few words slip here and there. If you watch at x2 speed you might not notice though because you'll be too busy thinking about which molecules you want to visualize in 3D. I do want to address one point where I mention that it's easier to reimport than to change bond cylinder sizes. That is true, but if you really want to change bond sizes just make sure you're working in edit mode and it should correct for the problems I mention in the video.

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