MesoCraft is a new 3D modeling tool implementing visual-programming approach. The software is built on top of marion rendering library. It provides the user with the capabilities of loading, rendering and manipulating several modalities (protein data, volumetric data, meshes) and overlaying them inside one rendering view. The modeling algorithm is based on statistical and rule-based modeling approaches that are rapid to author, fast to construct, and easy to revise. Biological information can be incorporated by interactively defining the rules that spatially characterize the biological entity, such as mutual interactions among macromolecules, and their distances and orientations relative to other structures. These rules are defined through an intuitive 3D interactive visualization as a visual-programming feedback loop.

Future Work

Collaborative virtual reality environment for modeling of mesoscale models, where scientists can directly share and integrate their knowledge. Furthermore, we would like to re-implement the whole environment into online (web-based) project. In such a system, the exchanging of knowledge could happen online without the necessity of physical presence.