alpha Tester Tasks
Install by following the instructions at the link provided in your email.
Let me know if you get stuck or if you have any suggestions/clarifications for the instructions
Try to run ePMV- only the basics for today (I don't expect this one to work yet):
Click the icon you made to open ePMV
Click the Fetch Button
Check the box that says [√] MSMS towards the bottom
Zoom to fit all to screen
If it worked, turn off MSMS then play with the other buttons
Restart 3Ds
Test a Filling script
Click the icon you made to open autoPack
Switch to the Fill Tab
Click the [start] button
Zoom to fit all
Click the [Fill] button
If it worked, email me a screenshot
Restart 3Ds
HIV model
Click the icon you made to open autoPack
In the default tab (VIEW), click and drag to select HIV_x_x
Click [Construct]
Wait about 20-30 seconds for the scene to build
You should end up with a nice model of HIV (no lipid bilayer, half of the capsid and matrix and no host cytoplasm, but still a fun model)
Zoom to fit all
Clean up the Scene. In the big dialog box that appears, :
uncheck Bounding Box [ ] Display HistoVolume Box
uncheck Organelles: Capside [ ] Display Geom
uncheck Organelles: Nucleus [ ] Display Geom
Spend a few short minutes to Light and render the scene and send me a fun screengrab along with a nice little render with your signature on it.
I don't know what I'm doing in Max, but even I was able to make a little render in just 10 minutes, so I'd love to see you Max guys take this a step further.
If you have time and patience, go ahead an explore other buttons and let us know what you find, but quit before you get frustrated because we have a lot of kinks to work out and a lot of links to add to make the other options fully functional for Max.