>I have been trying to look at VRML files on an SGI using CosmoPlayer
>(a version from last summer) and Netscape 3.01. However, I keep
>getting the same error message:
>CosmoPlayer: read error: File does not have a valid header string
The first line should read: #VRML V1.0 ascii or: #VRML V2.0 ascii
Does it ? (Save the file from Netscape and open it with a text editor).
Most crystal structure VRML files are version #VRML V1.0 ascii
for which the best visualiser on an SGI is "ivview" not CosmoPlayer.
You should already have "ivview" on your machine if it is recent.
Otherwise see: http://www.ill.fr/dif/icsd/VRML-setup.html
Alan Hewat, ILL Grenoble, FRANCE <hewat@ill.fr> tel (33) 4.76.20.72.13
ftp://ftp.ill.fr/pub/dif fax (33) 4.76.48.39.06 http://www.ill.fr/dif/