REEL 02

A motion system, not a preset shelf

Motion Lab

Molecular machines don’t move from a dropdown. Any saved selection becomes a component; behaviours stack like clips; relationships wire components into machinery — all of it editable, all of it stored beside the data.

Select Compose Direct
Rotatecontinuous turn about a selection-derived or free axis
Oscillateswing between limits — hinges, flaps, gates
Translatelinear motion along any direction you set
Pathcarry a component along a drawn route
Ratchetstepwise advance — the signature of molecular motors
Driftgentle wander that keeps a still scene alive
Breatherhythmic expansion and relaxation across a selection
Style Animate Science

No-code · Unconstrained

Build motion from anything

Turn any saved molecular selection into a component, then stack general behaviours and relationships. Every layer remains independent and editable.

New component

Protein · 312 Create

Start anywhere. Protein domains, ligands, DNA strands, waters, or a custom residue query can all be components.

Protein 3 behaviours
Rotate · hinge axis
Breathe · 2.4 s phase
Drift · free pivot

Cycles, copies, and couplings

Behaviours repeat in phased cycles; components generate time-offset copies of themselves; and any component can attach to — or detach from — another moving component. Wire a ratchet to a rotor to a drifting cargo and you have a machine.

Examples compile, nothing is canned

The example constructions ship as conveniences, not fixtures — each compiles to the same editable component graph you would build by hand, and remains optional. Take one apart to learn; rebuild it your way.

Pivots where you need them

Axes and pivots derive from the selection itself — a helix axis, a hinge — or float free where you place them. The geometry of the data guides the motion; it never limits it.

The data stays honest

All motion lives in the client-side project document. Deposited atom coordinates remain unchanged — and provenance labels keep demonstration clearly separated from evidence.

Open Motion Lab in the studio Read the quickstart