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Add-on Molecular Nodes
Molecular Nodes

A toolbox for molecular import and animation in Blender.
Add-on by bradyajohnston
About What's New Permissions Reviews Version History
Example UI importing a structure form the protein data bank. Example of changing style and coloring of the structure using Geometry Nodes Example render of a CellPack dataset of the HIV Virion, imported and rendered in Blender with Molecular Nodes. A second example image of the HIV Virion Example protein rendering

Import and animate molecular data formats seamlessly inside of Blender.

Atoms, small molecules, protein structures, molecular dynamics trajectories, cyo electron microscopy, cryo electron-tomography, starfile instancing, CellPack molecular ensembles.

Molecular Nodes handles all of these different atomic data formats, allowing manipulation and animation of molecular data inside of Blender. A suite of pre-built nodes for selecting, styling and animating molecular data inside of Geometry Nodes are provided.

See the documentation for more examples and tutorials.

#MolecularNodes


What's New

4.5.12 March 17th, 2026

See release notes: https://github.com/BradyAJohnston/MolecularNodes/releases/tag/v4.5.12

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Permissions

This extension requests the following permissions:

  • Files

    Importing data files from disk and caching downloads

  • Network

    Downloading structural data from the PDB and AFPDB

Developer
bradyajohnston
Rating
(33)
Version
4.5.12
Updated
3 mo
Published
June 12th, 2024
Downloads
50063
Compatibility
Blender 5.1 and newer
Supported Platforms
  • macOS Apple Silicon
  • Windows
  • Linux
Website
bradyajohnston.github.io/MolecularNodes
Report Issues
github.com/BradyAJohnston/MolecularNodes/issues
License
GNU General Public License v3.0 or later
Import-Export Geometry Nodes
Windows – 126.5 MB
...or download and Install from Disk
macOS - Apple Silicon – 117.4 MB
...or download and Install from Disk
Linux – 156.4 MB
...or download and Install from Disk
  • Windows 126.5 MB
  • macOS Apple Silicon 117.4 MB
  • Linux 156.4 MB

Reviews

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  • Milez
  • v4.5.12
  • 2 mo

Awesome, thank you so much!

  • Mandelscape
  • v4.5.12
  • 2 mo

wonderful

  • DHRUBO
  • v4.5.5
  • 4 mo

ERROR: cannot import name 'Image' from 'PIL' (unknown location)

  • bradyajohnston replied
  • 4 mo

I can't help with such little information. If you can please open an issue on the bug tracker with as much information as possible (computer specs, operating system, actions you took to get the error) we can help you there.

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