Show HN: A library for custom scientifically accurate 3D models of SARS CoV2

https://github.com/tylermorganwall/coronaobj

by tylermw • 6 years ago

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tylermw2• 6 years ago

I created this R package because I kept on seeing awful 3D models of the virus out there (worst offender: a ball with what looked like toilet plungers sticking out of it). When I tried to find a good model, I realized people had just been taking the first free resource they found. So I created a package to easily output OBJ files with custom vertex colors, using a model that was approved by the National Institute for Allergies and Infectious Diseases (NIAID).

Being an OBJ file, you can render it in whatever software you want, but I also included example code in the docs/README to show how you can render it with rayrender, a pathtracer in R. Only takes two lines of code to set up a scene and render it.

You can see some higher quality moving examples at this Twitter thread: https://twitter.com/tylermorganwall/status/12482377944404828...

yodon• 6 years ago

Please add a license file. Without one people can't legally use the code you posted.

tylermw2• 6 years ago

For R packages the license is specified in the DESCRIPTION file.

See https://cran.r-project.org/doc/manuals/r-release/R-exts.html...

Show HN: A library for custom scientifically accurate 3D models of SARS CoV2

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