Illustrate

Illustrate generates non-photorealistic renderings of biological molecules to emphasize structural and functional features in biomolecular visualization. It produces schematic molecular images suitable for scientific communication and education.

Key Features:

• Non-Photorealistic Rendering: Creates schematic representations of biomolecules that highlight structural organization and interactions.
• Customizable Open-Source Implementation: Provides open-source Fortran code for modification and extension of rendering functionality.

Scientific Applications:

• Biomolecular Visualization for Communication: Generates interpretable molecular illustrations to support presentation and dissemination of structural biology data.

Methodology:

Illustrate applies non-photorealistic rendering algorithms to atomic coordinate data to produce simplified graphical representations that emphasize molecular structure and interactions over photorealistic detail.