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From: John Stone (johns_at_ks.uiuc.edu)
Date: Thu Jan 27 2011 - 20:09:15 CST

Hi,
  Most likely the VRML2 parser in VTK contains some flaws
if it segfaults while reading, I've had no trouble loading
VRML2 exports generated by VMD into other programs.

If you aren't able to load the VRML2 files into VTK, then
I'd suggest trying one of the latest test versions of VMD
with the Wavefront .OBJ format. There should be a VTK importer
for OBJ files, and they are much more compact (and simpler in general)
than VRML2 files, so I would expect it would have a higher probability
of success. You can get the test versions of VMD by following
instructions here:
  http://www.ks.uiuc.edu/Research/vmd/alpha/

The latest test version includes a much more sophisticated
Wavefront .OBJ export feature than the older versions did
(prior versions didn't output color/material data, but the
 latest test revs of VMD include all of that and more).

Let me know if you have further questions.

Cheers,
  John Stone
  vmd_at_ks.uiuc.edu

On Thu, Jan 27, 2011 at 07:14:25PM -0600, Peter C. Lai wrote:
> Hello
>
> Using the VRML2 render option creates a VRML2 file that causes Paraview/VTK
> to segfault when loading the vrml file...We're using paraview to do some
> specialized visualization stuff that requires it (and we'd like to get
> colors imported...)
>
> UCSF Chimera outputs a working vrml2 file but Chimera has issues with other
> things and I'd really like to avoid using it and stick with VMD if possible...
>
> Any suggestions?
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