Construct surface model from atomic force microscope data I am trying to reproduce in blender the sample surface imaged by atomic force microscope (AFM). I found the link below but cannot get it to work yet. Here is what I did (in windows environment):


Convert the AFM images to ascii files in the same format as the example in the attachment in the link below.
Copied the 'io_import_mesh_afm_ascii' folder to addons folder.
Run the .py files by the text editor in blender.
Import -> ascii text option


Now I see the error 'init.py' line 61, "system error: parent module '' not loaded".
Any idea what the problem is? Also, is there alternative ways to do this?

Thanks in advance!
JT

http://blenderscripting.blogspot.com/2012/06/atomic-force-microscope-ascii-loader.html
Probably long time since this is done but here goes:
open your AFM data with Gwyddion.net, export as ascii txt file, use open SCAD to plot the data and export as STL file. Import STL file into blender or your 3D printer slicer (to get the gcode for example). 

Gwyddion and openSCAD are python scryptable as far as I remember. Will work better on *ix systems than windows.