BradyAJohnston/MolecularNodes

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1345 stars · 124 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

Molecular Nodes is a Blender add-on that imports and visualizes structural biology data such as PDB, mmCIF, molecular dynamics trajectories, and EM density maps. It leverages Blender's Geometry Nodes system to enable procedural styling and animation of molecules for scientific graphics.

Use cases

• animate protein structures in Blender
• visualize PDB and mmCIF files in 3D
• play back molecular dynamics trajectories as animations
• render EM density maps in Blender
• create scientific illustrations of molecules
• style proteins with customizable molecular representations

When to choose

• you need publication- or presentation-quality molecular animations
• you want to combine structural biology data with Blender's rendering and animation tools
• you work with MD trajectories, EM maps, or cryo-EM data and need 3D visualization
• you want procedural, node-based styling of molecular structures

When to avoid

• you need a standalone molecular viewer without Blender
• you only need quick interactive inspection of structures (use PyMOL, ChimeraX, or Mol*)
• you don't use Blender and can't install add-ons
• you need quantitative analysis of structures rather than visualization

Facets

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image-processing data-visualization parser animation python cross-platform blender-addon geometry-nodes molecular-dynamics protein-structure pdb mmcif em-density-maps sciart structural-biology biochemistry molecular-visualization scientific-visualization 3d-graphics blender

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